George Thomas Seaver (November 17, 1944 – August 31, 2020), nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "the Franchise", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, and Boston Red Sox from 1967 to 1986. Commonly described as the most iconic player in Mets history, Seaver played a significant role in their victory in the 1969 World Series over the Baltimore Orioles.
With the Mets, Seaver won the National League's (NL) Rookie of the Year Award in 1967, and won three NL Cy Young Awards as the league's best pitcher. He was a 12-time All-Star and ranks as the Mets' all-time leader in wins. During his MLB career, he compiled 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts, 61 shutouts, a 2.86 earned run average, and he threw a no-hitter in 1978.
In 1992, Seaver was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the highest percentage of votes ever recorded at the time.[a] Along with Mike Piazza, he is one of two players wearing a New York Mets hat on his plaque in the Hall of Fame. Seaver's No. 41 was retired by the Mets in 1988, and New York City changed the address of Citi Field to 41 Seaver Way in 2019. Seaver is also a member of the New York Mets Hall of Fame and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.
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George Thomas Seaver (November 17, 1944 – August 31, 2020), nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "the Franchise", was an American professional baseball pitcher...
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NL pennant to the New York Mets in five games in the NLCS. In Game 1, TomSeaver faced Jack Billingham in a classic pitching duel, with all three runs...
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New York City Cy Young Award – TomSeaver Jerry Koosman – Player of the Month, April 1973 All-Star Game TomSeaver Willie Mays LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Memphis...
innings. TomSeaver twice pitched 8+1⁄3 innings without allowing a hit for the Mets—in one of those games, against Chicago in 1969, Seaver only needed...
(98.2%); no other player received a higher percentage of votes until TomSeaver in 1992. In 1999, the Sporting News ranked Cobb third on its list of "Baseball's...
82–80 in 2005). 1969 holdovers Bud Harrelson, Jerry Grote, Wayne Garrett, TomSeaver, Jerry Koosman, and Tug McGraw and Cleon Jones joined forces with the...
final pitch in the history of the stadium from Hall of Famer TomSeaver. Piazza and Seaver also officially "closed" Shea when they walked off together...
consecutive starts, joining Warren Spahn, Steve Carlton, Gaylord Perry, and TomSeaver. Johnson was placed on the 60-day disabled list with a torn rotator cuff...
his success against Hall of Fame pitcher TomSeaver of the New York Mets; in 62 plate appearances against Seaver, Hutton batted .320, with 11 walks, three...
(1962–2003) Matt Loughlin: TV, Pregame Host/Sideline Reporter (1996–2005) TomSeaver: TV (1999–2005) Ted Robinson: Radio (2002–2003), TV (2002–2005) Dave O'Brien:...
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