Who are the greatest Latino pitchers? You can choose from Marichal, Cuellar, Tiant, Valenzuela, Martinez, etc. It is a very impressive list.
My top five are:
1) Juan Marichal
243 wins and a 2.89 ERA. He started 451 games and completed 244 of them, pitching 52 shutouts. Marichal has one more complete game than wins. That’s amazing! Marichal’s career was played in the shadows of Sandy Koufax and Warren Spahn.
2) Mike Cuellar
In 15 seasons, Cuellar went 185-130 with a 3.14 ERA, 1,632 strikeouts, 172 complete games and 36 shutouts over 453 games and won 139 games in a 7-year span with Baltimore (1969-75) plus game 5 of the 1970 World Series pitching another complete game. Cuellar won’t make the Hall of Fame, but he is the most successful lefty from Latin America.