Luis Tiant, Sr.

Luis Eleuterio Tiant Bravo

Tiant featured a screwball. Bill James and Rob Neyer ranked it the seventh-best screwball of all time.

Personal life Tiant's son, Luis Clemente Tiant, was a major league starting pitcher from 1964 to 1982. In August 1975, the elder Tiant and his wife were granted permission by Cuban leader Fidel Castro to visit the United States, so they could watch their son pitch in the major leagues. The Tiants' visit to the US is featured in the 2009 documentary film about their son, The Lost Son of Havana.

The elder Tiants remained in the US, and the elder Luis died 16 months later in Milton, Massachusetts. His wife died three days later. They were funeralized at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Milton.

He was often referred to as "Luis Tiant Sr." by contemporary press to differentiate him from his son.