Tiant’s candidacy obscured by 300-win arms

Luis Tiant was on the Hall of Fame ballot for 15 years … and he never got close to the 30.9 percent of the vote he received during his inaugural year on the ballot. He didn’t even break 20 percent. Something drastic changed between Tiant’s first year on the ballot and his second. That change? An unparalleled flood of 300-game winners.