Tom Seaver

Full Name: George Thomas Seaver	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195	First Game: April 13, 1967
Birthdate: November 17, 1944	Final Game: September 19, 1986
Birthplace: Fresno, California	MLB Experience: 20 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992

1 Biography
- 1.1 Career Highlights
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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[edit] Biography

Born on November 17, 1944 in Fresno, California, Tom Seaver (George Thomas Seaver) played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 20 year career. Seaver broke into the bigs on April 13, 1967 with the New York Mets, and put up a 2.76 ERA in 251 innings pitched in 1967, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tom Seaver's best season was 1971, when he posted a 1.76 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 289 batters.

[edit] Career Highlights

All-Star Games: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977,1978, 1981
World Series Champion: 1969
3-time NL Cy Young Award winner: 1969, 1973, 1975
1967 NL Rookie of the Year
Two-time NL TSN Pitcher of the Year: 1969, 1975
Led league in ERA in 1970, 1971, & 1973
Led league in wins in 1969, 1975 & 1981

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1967	NY	N	35	34	16	13	2.76	170	85	77	18	2	0	251	224	19	78	6	5	5
1968	NY	N	36	35	16	12	2.20	205	73	68	14	5	1	277.2	224	15	48	5	8	8
1969	NY	N	36	35	25	7	2.21	208	75	67	18	5	0	273.1	202	24	82	9	8	7
1970	NY	N	37	36	18	12	2.82	283	103	91	19	2	0	290.2	230	21	83	8	6	4
1971	NY	N	36	35	20	10	1.76	289	61	56	21	4	0	286.1	210	18	61	2	5	4
1972	NY	N	35	35	21	12	2.92	249	92	85	13	3	0	262	215	23	77	2	8	5
1973	NY	N	36	36	19	10	2.08	251	74	67	18	3	0	290	219	23	64	5	5	4
1974	NY	N	32	32	11	11	3.20	201	89	84	12	5	0	236	199	19	75	10	4	3
1975	NY	N	36	36	22	9	2.38	243	81	74	15	5	0	280.1	217	11	88	6	7	4
1976	NY	N	35	34	14	11	2.59	235	83	78	13	5	0	271	211	14	77	9	12	4
1977	NY	N	13	13	7	3	3.00	72	33	32	5	3	0	96	79	7	28	3	3	0
1977	CIN	N	20	20	14	3	2.34	124	45	43	14	4	0	165.1	120	12	38	3	4	0
1977	TOT	N	33	33	21	6	2.58	196	78	75	19	7	0	261.1	199	19	66	6	7	0
1978	CIN	N	36	36	16	14	2.88	226	97	83	8	1	0	259.2	218	26	89	11	6	0
1979	CIN	N	32	32	16	6	3.14	131	85	75	9	5	0	215	187	16	61	6	4	0
1980	CIN	N	26	26	10	8	3.64	101	74	68	5	1	0	168	140	24	59	3	4	1
1981	CIN	N	23	23	14	2	2.54	87	51	47	6	1	0	166.1	120	10	66	8	5	3
1982	CIN	N	21	21	5	13	5.50	62	75	68	0	0	0	111.1	136	14	44	4	3	3
1983	NY	N	34	34	9	14	3.55	135	104	91	5	2	0	231	201	18	86	5	10	4
1984	CHI	A	34	33	15	11	3.95	131	108	104	10	4	0	236.2	216	27	61	3	5	2
1985	CHI	A	35	33	16	11	3.17	134	103	84	6	1	0	238.2	223	22	69	6	10	8
1986	CHI	A	12	12	2	6	4.38	31	37	35	1	0	0	72	66	9	27	1	1	5
1986	BOS	A	16	16	5	7	3.80	72	46	44	1	0	0	104.1	114	8	29	1	3	2
1986	TOT	A	28	28	7	13	4.03	103	83	79	2	0	0	176.1	180	17	56	2	4	7
Total	NL		559	553	273	170	2.73	3272	1380	1254	213	56	1	4131	3352	314	1204	105	107	59
Total	AL		97	94	38	35	3.69	368	294	267	18	5	0	651.2	619	66	186	11	19	17
Total			656	647	311	205	2.86	3640	1674	1521	231	61	1	4782.2	3971	380	1390	116	126	76

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1967	NY	N	P	35	34	251	17	38	1	3	2	14	11	0	.982
1968	NY	N	P	36	35	278	21	48	1	4	2	16	15	0	.986
1969	NY	N	P	36	35	273.1	18	48	2	7	3	7	4	1	.971
1970	NY	N	P	37	36	290.2	19	46	3	3	2	14	7	2	.956
1971	NY	N	P	36	35	286.1	17	38	1	3	0	7	3	3	.982
1972	NY	N	P	35	35	262	17	40	3	3	0	10	15	0	.950
1973	NY	N	P	36	36	290	26	35	5	1	4	5	3	0	.924
1974	NY	N	P	32	32	236	9	42	1	7	1	27	8	1	.981
1975	NY	N	P	36	36	280.1	21	43	4	6	2	24	15	1	.941
1976	NY	N	P	35	34	271	12	41	1	3	1	26	10	0	.981
1977	NY	N	P	13	13	96	6	17	1	0	1	10	3	2	.958
1977	CIN	N	P	20	20	165.1	7	16	0	3	0	12	4	0	1.000
1977	TOT	N	P	33	33	261.1	13	33	1	3	1	22	7	2	.979
1978	CIN	N	P	36	36	259.2	15	28	6	2	6	21	8	1	.878
1979	CIN	N	P	32	32	215	22	26	2	2	2	27	14	0	.960
1980	CIN	N	P	26	26	168	16	26	0	0	1	29	4	0	1.000
1981	CIN	N	P	23	23	166.1	8	22	1	1	0	23	11	0	.968
1982	CIN	N	P	21	21	111.1	7	11	2	1	1	14	6	0	.900
1983	NY	N	P	34	34	231	22	28	4	0	2	50	4	1	.926
1984	CHI	A	P	34	33	236.2	11	40	0	2	1	27	4	2	1.000
1985	CHI	A	P	35	33	238.2	20	43	2	2	1	24	9	0	.969
1986	CHI	A	P	12	12	72	4	7	0	0	1	8	2	0	1.000
1986	BOS	A	P	16	16	104.1	13	9	2	1	2	14	4	0	.917
1986	TOT	A	P	28	28	176.1	17	16	2	1	3	22	6	0	.943
Total			P	656	647	4783	328	692	42	54	35	409	164	14	.960

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1967	NY	N	36	77	5	11	0	5	.143	.230	.169	2	0	8	24	1	6	2	0
1968	NY	N	38	95	5	15	0	3	.158	.184	.179	2	0	3	44	0	3	0	0
1969	NY	N	39	91	7	11	0	6	.121	.200	.154	3	0	7	34	2	4	1	0
1970	NY	N	42	95	9	17	1	10	.179	.257	.242	1	1	10	31	0	7	0	1
1971	NY	N	39	92	8	18	1	7	.196	.245	.261	3	0	6	31	0	11	0	1
1972	NY	N	36	89	5	13	3	4	.146	.191	.303	3	1	5	41	0	6	0	1
1973	NY	N	39	93	9	15	1	5	.161	.220	.237	2	1	7	34	0	9	1	3
1974	NY	N	32	71	3	7	0	4	.099	.200	.099	0	0	9	28	0	7	0	3
1975	NY	N	37	95	7	17	0	5	.179	.250	.189	1	0	8	24	1	7	0	2
1976	NY	N	35	82	5	7	0	3	.085	.176	.085	0	0	9	26	0	9	0	1
1977	NY	N	13	31	1	5	0	4	.161	.206	.161	0	0	2	12	0	2	0	0
1977	CIN	N	20	55	10	12	3	5	.218	.246	.400	1	0	2	21	0	11	0	2
1977	TOT	N	33	86	11	17	3	9	.198	.231	.314	1	0	4	33	0	13	0	2
1978	CIN	N	36	74	5	9	0	4	.122	.207	.135	1	0	8	31	0	13	0	0
1979	CIN	N	33	76	3	12	2	8	.158	.169	.276	3	0	1	29	0	4	0	2
1980	CIN	N	26	46	5	6	0	3	.130	.245	.196	3	0	7	17	0	7	0	0
1981	CIN	N	23	55	3	11	1	6	.200	.297	.273	1	0	8	16	0	4	0	2
1982	CIN	N	22	34	3	6	0	0	.176	.222	.235	2	0	2	16	0	5	0	2
1983	NY	N	34	64	6	10	0	4	.156	.225	.219	0	2	6	26	0	6	0	2
1984	CHI	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	CHI	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	CHI	A	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	BOS	A	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	TOT	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		580	1315	99	202	12	86	.154	.219	.210	28	5	108	485	4	121	4	22
Total	AL		97	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			677	1315	99	202	12	86	.154	.219	.210	28	5	108	485	4	121	4	22

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 10th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1965).
Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (20th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - pick voided (January 29, 1966).
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Mets (April 3, 1966).
Traded by New York Mets to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson and Dan Norman (June 15, 1977).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to New York Mets in exchange for Charlie Puleo, Lloyd McClendon and Jason Felice (December 16, 1982).
Selected by Chicago White Sox from New York Mets in the player compensation pool draft (January 20, 1984).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Steve Lyons (June 29, 1986).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).

[edit] Trivia

Won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1967.
Won the Cy Young Award in 1969.
On July 9, 1969, versus the Chicago Cubs, took a perfect game into the 9th inning. With one out in the ninth, Jim Qualls (a rookie backup outfielder) singled, breaking up the no hitter. The next batter grounded into a double play; Seaver faced the minimum.
Named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1969.
Set a modern Major League record for most consecutive strikeouts in a game on April 22, 1970, versus the San Diego Padres with 10 straight Ks. He struck out 19 total in that game, tying the record set by Steve Carlton for most strikeouts in a nine inning game. (That record has since been broken by Kerry Wood, Randy Johnson, and twice by Roger Clemens).
Won his 300th game on August 4, 1985, beating the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium -- on Phil Rizzuto Day.
The New York Mets retired his number (#41) in 1988. To date, he is the only Mets player to have his uniform retired by the team.
Seaver was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on January 7, 1992, with 425 of 430 votes calling for his induction -- the highest percentage of yeas in Hall history (98.84%).
Seaver is a member of the Mets Hall of Fame (1992), the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame (2003), and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame (2006).