Tom Seaver
George Thomas Seaver
Born: November 17, 1944
Fresno, CA USA
Deceased: 2020
Calistoga, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 195
College: University of Southern California, Fresno City College
Career: 1967-1986
Draft: Round 10 (1965 June Amateur Draft, Los Angeles Dodgers)
Draft: Round 1 (1966 January Secondary Draft, Atlanta Braves)
School: Southern California
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.
Minor League Statistics
Tom Seaver compiled a career record of 311 wins and 205 losses in his 677-game career with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. He began playing during the 1967 season and last took the field during the 1986 campaign. Seaver was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1967 | NL | New York Mets | 16 | 13 | .552 | 2.76 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 251.0 | 224 | 85 | 77 | 19 | 78 | 6 | 170 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1029 |
1968 | NL | New York Mets | 16 | 12 | .571 | 2.20 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 277.7 | 224 | 73 | 68 | 15 | 48 | 5 | 205 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1088 |
1969 | NL | New York Mets | 25 | 7 | .781 | 2.21 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 273.3 | 202 | 75 | 67 | 24 | 82 | 9 | 208 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1089 |
1970 | NL | New York Mets | 18 | 12 | .600 | 2.82 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 290.7 | 230 | 103 | 91 | 21 | 83 | 8 | 283 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1173 |
1971 | NL | New York Mets | 20 | 10 | .667 | 1.76 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 286.3 | 210 | 61 | 56 | 18 | 61 | 2 | 289 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1103 |
1972 | NL | New York Mets | 21 | 12 | .636 | 2.92 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 262.0 | 215 | 92 | 85 | 23 | 77 | 2 | 249 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1060 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | 19 | 10 | .655 | 2.08 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 290.0 | 219 | 74 | 67 | 23 | 64 | 5 | 251 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1147 |
1974 | NL | New York Mets | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.20 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 236.0 | 199 | 89 | 84 | 19 | 75 | 10 | 201 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 956 |
1975 | NL | New York Mets | 22 | 9 | .710 | 2.38 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 280.3 | 217 | 81 | 74 | 11 | 88 | 6 | 243 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1115 |
1976 | NL | New York Mets | 14 | 11 | .560 | 2.59 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 271.0 | 211 | 83 | 78 | 14 | 77 | 9 | 235 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1079 |
1977 | NL | New York Mets | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.00 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 96.0 | 79 | 33 | 32 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 390 |
1977 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 14 | 3 | .824 | 2.34 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 165.3 | 120 | 45 | 43 | 12 | 38 | 3 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 641 |
1978 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 16 | 14 | .533 | 2.88 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 259.7 | 218 | 97 | 83 | 26 | 89 | 11 | 226 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1075 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 16 | 6 | .727 | 3.14 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 215.0 | 187 | 85 | 75 | 16 | 61 | 6 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 868 |
1980 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.64 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 168.0 | 140 | 74 | 68 | 24 | 59 | 3 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 692 |
1981 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 14 | 2 | .875 | 2.54 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 166.3 | 120 | 51 | 47 | 10 | 66 | 8 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 671 |
1982 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 5 | 13 | .278 | 5.50 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111.3 | 136 | 75 | 68 | 14 | 44 | 4 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 501 |
1983 | NL | New York Mets | 9 | 14 | .391 | 3.55 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 231.0 | 201 | 104 | 91 | 18 | 86 | 5 | 135 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 962 |
1984 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.95 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 236.7 | 216 | 108 | 104 | 27 | 61 | 3 | 131 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 978 |
1985 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.17 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 238.7 | 223 | 103 | 84 | 22 | 69 | 6 | 134 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 993 |
1986 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.38 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 66 | 37 | 35 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 309 |
1986 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.80 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104.3 | 114 | 46 | 44 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 450 |
Totals | 311 | 205 | .603 | 2.86 | 656 | 647 | 6 | 231 | 61 | 1 | 4782.7 | 3971 | 1674 | 1521 | 380 | 1390 | 116 | 3640 | 76 | 8 | 126 | 19369 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1967 | NL | New York Mets | 36 | 93 | 77 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .143 | .230 | .169 | .399 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
1968 | NL | New York Mets | 38 | 101 | 95 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | .158 | .184 | .179 | .363 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1969 | NL | New York Mets | 39 | 104 | 91 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 34 | .121 | .200 | .154 | .354 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1970 | NL | New York Mets | 42 | 112 | 95 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 31 | .179 | .257 | .242 | .499 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1971 | NL | New York Mets | 39 | 109 | 92 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | .196 | .245 | .261 | .506 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | NL | New York Mets | 36 | 100 | 89 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 41 | .146 | .191 | .303 | .495 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | 39 | 109 | 93 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 34 | .161 | .220 | .237 | .457 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1974 | NL | New York Mets | 32 | 87 | 71 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .099 | .200 | .099 | .299 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1975 | NL | New York Mets | 37 | 111 | 95 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .179 | .250 | .189 | .439 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1976 | NL | New York Mets | 35 | 100 | 82 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .085 | .176 | .085 | .261 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1977 | NL | New York Mets | 13 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .161 | .206 | .161 | .367 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1977 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 20 | 68 | 55 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .218 | .246 | .400 | .646 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1978 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 36 | 95 | 74 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31 | .122 | .207 | .135 | .342 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 33 | 81 | 76 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | .158 | .169 | .276 | .445 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1980 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 26 | 60 | 46 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .130 | .245 | .196 | .441 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 23 | 68 | 55 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .200 | .297 | .273 | .570 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
1982 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 22 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .176 | .222 | .235 | .458 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1983 | NL | New York Mets | 34 | 77 | 64 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .156 | .225 | .219 | .444 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
1984 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1985 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1986 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1986 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 677 | 1552 | 1315 | 99 | 202 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 108 | 485 | .154 | .219 | .210 | .429 | 276 | 22 | 4 | 121 | 4 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1967 | NL | New York Mets | P | 35 | 34 | 251.0 | 17 | 38 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 1.972 | 1.571 |
1968 | NL | New York Mets | P | 36 | 35 | 278.0 | 21 | 48 | 1 | 4 | .986 | 2.234 | 1.917 |
1969 | NL | New York Mets | P | 36 | 35 | 273.3 | 18 | 48 | 2 | 7 | .971 | 2.173 | 1.833 |
1970 | NL | New York Mets | P | 37 | 36 | 291.0 | 19 | 46 | 3 | 3 | .956 | 2.010 | 1.757 |
1971 | NL | New York Mets | P | 36 | 35 | 286.0 | 17 | 38 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 1.731 | 1.528 |
1972 | NL | New York Mets | P | 35 | 35 | 262.0 | 17 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .950 | 1.958 | 1.629 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | P | 36 | 36 | 290.0 | 26 | 35 | 5 | 1 | .924 | 1.893 | 1.694 |
1974 | NL | New York Mets | P | 32 | 32 | 236.0 | 9 | 42 | 1 | 7 | .981 | 1.945 | 1.594 |
1975 | NL | New York Mets | P | 36 | 36 | 280.3 | 21 | 43 | 4 | 6 | .941 | 2.055 | 1.778 |
1976 | NL | New York Mets | P | 35 | 34 | 271.0 | 12 | 41 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 1.760 | 1.514 |
1977 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 20 | 20 | 165.3 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.252 | 1.150 |
1977 | NL | New York Mets | P | 13 | 13 | 96.0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 2.156 | 1.769 |
1978 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 36 | 36 | 259.7 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 2 | .878 | 1.490 | 1.194 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 32 | 32 | 215.0 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .960 | 2.009 | 1.500 |
1980 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 26 | 26 | 168.0 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.615 |
1981 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 23 | 23 | 166.3 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.623 | 1.304 |
1982 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 21 | 21 | 111.3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.455 | .857 |
1983 | NL | New York Mets | P | 34 | 34 | 231.0 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 0 | .926 | 1.948 | 1.471 |
1984 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 34 | 33 | 236.7 | 11 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.939 | 1.500 |
1985 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 35 | 33 | 238.7 | 20 | 43 | 2 | 2 | .969 | 2.376 | 1.800 |
1986 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 16 | 16 | 104.3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.898 | 1.375 |
1986 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 12 | 12 | 72.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | .917 |
Totals | 656 | 647 | 4783.0 | 328 | 692 | 42 | 54 | .960 | 1.919 | 1.555 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1969 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
1969 | NL | New York Mets | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.62 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
Totals | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.77 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61.7 | 51 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 255 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1969 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1969 | NL | New York Mets | WS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .667 | 1.095 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | WS | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 8 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .100 | .143 | .200 | .343 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1969 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | P | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 |
1969 | NL | New York Mets | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 15.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.500 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | P | 2 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.620 | 1.500 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 1.000 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | P | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 8 | 8 | 61.7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.459 | 1.250 |
Awards
1967 - NL Rookie of the Year
1969 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1969 - NL Cy Young Award
1969 - NL TSN All-Star RHP
1973 - NL TSN All-Star RHP
1973 - NL Cy Young Award
1975 - NL TSN All-Star RHP
1975 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1975 - NL Cy Young Award
1981 - NL TSN All-Star RHP
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