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Luis Tiant, 83. Best known for his run with the Red Sox in the '70s though he had a good run with the Cleveland Indians in the '60s as well. A sentimental star of the '75 Red Sox, he went 3-0 in the postseason that year. One notable stat, Tiant was 52-25 over his career in September/October.
 

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Luis Tiant, 83. Best known for his run with the Red Sox in the '70s though he had a good run with the Cleveland Indians in the '60s as well. A sentimental star of the '75 Red Sox, he went 3-0 in the postseason that year. One notable stat, Tiant was 52-25 over his career in September/October.
A legend of the Red Sox off the field too later in his career. One of my favorite "crazy" Tiant stats is he went from 21-9 with a 1.60 ERA and 5th in MVP in 1968 to 9-20 with a 3.71 ERA in 1969.
 

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I read up on him after I pulled a 1/1 auto of his a couple of years ago. Terrible name in the auto correct age though.

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Fernando Valenzuela. 63.

Too young. "Fernando-Mania" started in 1981. The last time the Yankees and Dodgers played in the World Series. Valenzuela was just 20 years old.

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I feel sometimes you can't really read a pitcher from season statistics. Valenzuela in any sense of the word was a genuine sensation in his rookie season. Almost certainly the greatest baseball star ever to come out of Mexico.
 
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