Luis Tiant vs Vida Blue

Luis Tiant Vida Blue

Luis Tiant and Vida Blue compared on their MLB careers: Luis Tiant played 19 seasons, 1964 to 1982, Vida Blue 17 seasons, 1969 to 1986. Luis Tiant has 229 wins to Vida Blue's 209. Vida Blue won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Luis Tiant and Vida Blue career totals

573	GP	502
229	W	209
172	L	161
3.3	ERA	3.3
3486.1	IP	3343.1
2,416	K	2,175
1,104	BB	1,185
1.2	WHIP	1.2
15	SV	2

How do they compare in the postseason?

Luis Tiant and Vida Blue postseason

5	GP	17
0	R	0
29	H	55

Where each stands all time

Luis Tiant and Vida Blue all-time places

49th (2,416)	Strikeouts (pitching)	70th (2,175)
63rd (229)	Wins (pitching)	97th (209)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Luis Tiant: 0 championships; none on file
Vida Blue: 3 championships; AL Cy Young, AL MVP

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Luis Tiant and Vida Blue season by season

1st	1964	10	4	2.83	1969	1	1	6.64
2nd	1965	11	11	3.53	1970	2	0	2.09
3rd	1966	12	11	2.79	1971	24	8	1.82
4th	1967	12	9	2.74	1972	6	10	2.80
5th	1968	21	9	1.60	1973	20	9	3.28
6th	1969	9	20	3.71	1974	17	15	3.25
7th	1970	7	3	3.40	1975	22	11	3.01
8th	1971	1	7	4.85	1976	18	13	2.35
9th	1972	15	6	1.91	1977	14	19	3.83
10th	1973	20	13	3.34	1978	18	10	2.79
11th	1974	22	13	2.92	1979	14	14	5.01
12th	1975	18	14	4.02	1980	14	10	2.97
13th	1976	21	12	3.06	1981	8	6	2.45
14th	1977	12	8	4.53	1982	13	12	3.78
15th	1978	13	8	3.31	1983	0	5	6.01
16th	1979	13	8	3.91	1985	8	8	4.47
17th	1980	8	9	4.89	1986	10	10	3.27
18th	1981	2	5	3.92	—	—	—	—
19th	1982	2	2	5.76	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA