Tiant would win the ERA Title with a 1.91 stat, and he would win 15 Games against only six losses. The Cuban won at least 20 Games in three of the next four seasons, going to the All-Star Game in two of them. The BoSox won the 1975 American League Pennant, and though they lost the World Series to Cincinnati, he went 3-0 with 20 Strikeouts in the playoffs. Three times, he was in the top six in Cy Young voting, and other than 1971, he never had a losing record with Boston.
He would leave Boston for the division rival, New York, after the 1978 season. Tiant would have a record of 122-81 with 1,075 Strikeouts with the Red Sox. He was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1997.
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