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44. Tom Seaver

44. Tom Seaver
  1. General
  2. Awards
  3. Career Stats
  • Born: November 17, 1944 in Fresno, CA USA
  • Weight: 195 lbs.
  • Height: 6'1"
  • Bats: R
  • Throws: R
  • Debut: April 13, 1967
  • Final Game: September 19, 1986
  • Rookie of the Year - 1967
  • Cy Young Award - 1969
  • TSN All-Star - 1969
  • TSN Pitcher of the Year - 1969
  • Cy Young Award - 1973
  • TSN All-Star - 1973
  • Cy Young Award - 1975
  • TSN All-Star - 1975
  • TSN Pitcher of the Year - 1975
  • TSN All-Star - 1981
  • Cy Young - 1969
  • Cy Young - 1970
  • Cy Young - 1971
  • Cy Young - 1972
  • Cy Young - 1973
  • Cy Young - 1975
  • Cy Young - 1976
  • Cy Young - 1977
  • Cy Young - 1979
  • Cy Young - 1981
  • MVP - 1967
  • MVP - 1969
  • MVP - 1970
  • MVP - 1971
  • MVP - 1972
  • MVP - 1973
  • MVP - 1975
  • MVP - 1977
  • MVP - 1979
  • MVP - 1981
  • Rookie of the Year - 1967
 
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Tom Seaver was justifiably inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame with 98.8% of the vote.  He is equally warranted as our selection for the greatest New York Met of all-time.  Still, even though he spent five and a half seasons with Cincinnati after the “Midnight Massacre Trade” that decimated the Mets, do we ever think of “Tom Terrific” as a Red?

We don’t, but he was still a good one.

In the season that he split between New York and Cincinnati, he had a year good enough to finish third in Cy Young voting while being named an All-Star that year and the following one.  He would be an All-Star again in 1981 and would lead the National League in Wins in that strike-shortened year.  Fittingly for Mets fans, he was traded back to them after the 1982 season.

WIth the Reds, Seaver had a record of 75-46 with a 3.18 ERA and 731 Strikeouts.  Seaver was a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee in 1992, and the Reds inducted him into their Hall of Fame in 2006.

The Bullet Points

  • Position: Pitcher
  • Acquired: Traded from the New York Mets for Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, Dan Norman and Pat Zachary 6/15/77.
  • Departed:

    Traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Jason Felice, Lloyd McClendon and Charlie Pulelo 12/16/82.

  • Games Played: 158
  • Notable Statistics: 75 Wins
    46 Losses
    3.18 ERA
    158 Games Started
    42 Complete Games
    12 Shutouts
    1,085.2 Innings Pitched
    731 Strikeouts
    3.56 FIP
    1.177 WHIP
    2.05 SO/BB
    19.5 bWAR

    1 Playoff Game
    0 Wins
    0 Losses
    2.25 ERA
    1 Game Started
    8 Innings Pitched
    5 Strikeouts
    0.88 WHIP
    2.50 SO/BB
  • Major Accolades and Awards:

    All-Star (*1977, 1978 & 1981)
    Most Wins (1981)
    Most Shutouts (*1977 & 1979)
    Highest SO/BB (*1977)
    Highest Fielding Percentage by a Pitcher (1980)

    * Traded from the New York Mets halfway in the season

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