Tom Seaver
Born: November 17, 1944, Fresno, CA Died: August 31, 2020, Calistoga, CAHeight: 6'1" Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Southern California
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1967 New York NL 22 16 13 2.76 35 34 18 0 1 0 2 251.0 224 1029 85 77 19 72 6 5 170 1968 New York NL 23 16 12 2.20 36 35 14 0 1 1 5 278.0 224 1088 73 68 15 43 5 8 205 1969 New York NL 24 25 7 2.21 36 35 18 0 1 0 5 273.1 202 1089 75 67 24 73 9 7 208 1970 New York NL 25 18 12 2.82 37 36 19 0 1 0 2 290.2 230 1173 103 91 21 75 8 4 283 1971 New York NL 26 20 10 1.76 36 35 21 0 1 0 4 286.1 210 1103 61 56 18 59 2 4 289 1972 New York NL 27 21 12 2.92 35 35 13 0 0 0 3 262.0 215 1060 92 85 23 75 2 5 249 1973 New York NL 28 19 10 2.08 36 36 18 0 0 0 3 290.0 219 1147 74 67 23 59 5 4 251 1974 New York NL 29 11 11 3.20 32 32 12 0 0 0 5 236.0 199 956 89 84 19 65 10 3 201 1975 New York NL 30 22 9 2.38 36 36 15 0 0 0 5 280.1 217 1115 81 74 11 82 6 4 243 1976 New York NL 31 14 11 2.59 35 34 13 1 0 0 5 271.0 211 1079 83 78 14 68 9 4 235 1977 2 Teams 32 21 6 2.58 33 33 19 0 0 0 7 261.1 199 1031 78 75 19 60 6 0 196 1978 Cincinnati NL 33 16 14 2.88 36 36 8 0 0 0 1 259.2 218 1075 97 83 26 78 11 0 226 1979 Cincinnati NL 34 16 6 3.14 32 32 9 0 0 0 5 215.0 187 868 85 75 16 55 6 0 131 1980 Cincinnati NL 35 10 8 3.64 26 26 5 0 0 0 1 168.0 140 692 74 68 24 56 3 1 101 1981 Cincinnati NL 36 14 2 2.54 23 23 6 0 0 0 1 166.1 120 671 51 47 10 58 8 3 87 1982 Cincinnati NL 37 5 13 5.50 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 111.1 136 501 75 68 14 40 4 3 62 1983 New York NL 38 9 14 3.55 34 34 5 0 0 0 2 231.0 201 962 104 91 18 81 5 4 135 1984 Chicago AL 39 15 11 3.95 34 33 10 0 1 0 4 236.2 216 978 108 104 27 58 3 2 131 1985 Chicago AL 40 16 11 3.17 35 33 6 2 0 0 1 238.2 223 993 103 84 22 63 6 8 134 1986 2 Teams 41 7 13 4.03 28 28 2 0 0 0 0 176.1 180 759 83 79 17 54 2 7 103 TOTALS 311 205 2.86 656 647 231 3 6 1 61 4783.0 3971 19369 1674 1521 380 1274 116 76 3640
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1967 New York NL 35 931 85 224 331 34 8 19 10 5 14 11 72 6 5 170 25 .241 .356 .301 1968 New York NL 36 1011 73 224 324 33 11 15 16 5 16 15 43 5 8 205 10 .222 .320 .261 1969 New York NL 36 975 75 202 323 35 7 24 20 5 7 4 73 9 7 208 18 .207 .331 .272 1970 New York NL 37 1073 103 230 352 45 7 21 9 4 14 7 75 8 4 283 19 .214 .328 .272 1971 New York NL 36 1021 61 210 303 31 4 18 11 6 7 3 59 2 4 289 24 .206 .297 .252 1972 New York NL 35 960 92 215 329 33 6 23 13 5 10 15 75 2 5 249 12 .224 .343 .284 1973 New York NL 36 1064 74 219 333 35 5 23 10 5 5 3 59 5 4 251 17 .206 .313 .252 1974 New York NL 32 866 89 199 295 21 9 19 10 2 27 8 65 10 3 201 21 .230 .341 .293 1975 New York NL 36 1012 81 217 295 37 4 11 9 2 24 15 82 6 4 243 18 .214 .292 .279 1976 New York NL 35 989 83 211 300 37 5 14 7 2 26 10 68 9 4 235 18 .213 .303 .272 1977 2 Teams 33 954 78 199 307 35 8 19 5 6 60 6 0 196 12 .209 .322 .258 1978 Cincinnati NL 36 961 97 218 352 42 7 26 13 12 21 8 78 11 0 226 13 .227 .366 .289 1979 Cincinnati NL 32 791 85 187 277 30 6 16 10 6 27 14 55 6 0 131 19 .236 .350 .289 1980 Cincinnati NL 26 622 74 140 243 29 1 24 2 8 29 4 56 3 1 101 12 .225 .391 .290 1981 Cincinnati NL 23 585 51 120 187 27 5 10 9 8 23 11 58 8 3 87 13 .205 .320 .285 1982 Cincinnati NL 21 450 75 136 225 33 7 14 2 2 14 6 40 4 3 62 8 .302 .500 .367 1983 New York NL 34 856 104 201 293 28 5 18 9 7 50 4 81 5 4 135 14 .235 .342 .305 1984 Chicago AL 34 900 108 216 346 39 5 27 8 7 27 4 58 3 2 131 8 .240 .384 .288 1985 Chicago AL 35 901 103 223 337 40 4 22 7 8 24 9 63 6 8 134 20 .248 .374 .304 1986 2 Teams 28 683 83 180 274 31 6 17 7 6 54 2 7 103 14 .264 .401 .323
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1967 New York NL 22 36 77 5 11 13 2 0 0 5 6 1 2 0 8 0 1 24 0 .143 .169 .230 1968 New York NL 23 38 95 5 15 17 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 44 0 .158 .179 .184 1969 New York NL 24 39 91 7 11 14 3 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 7 0 2 34 0 .121 .154 .200 1970 New York NL 25 42 95 9 17 23 1 1 1 10 7 0 0 0 10 0 0 31 1 .179 .242 .257 1971 New York NL 26 39 92 8 18 24 3 0 1 7 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 31 1 .196 .261 .245 1972 New York NL 27 36 89 5 13 27 3 1 3 4 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 41 1 .146 .303 .191 1973 New York NL 28 39 93 9 15 22 2 1 1 5 9 0 1 0 7 0 0 34 3 .161 .237 .220 1974 New York NL 29 32 71 3 7 7 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 9 0 0 28 3 .099 .099 .200 1975 New York NL 30 37 95 7 17 18 1 0 0 5 7 0 0 0 8 0 1 24 2 .179 .189 .250 1976 New York NL 31 35 82 5 7 7 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 26 1 .085 .085 .176 1977 2 Teams 32 33 86 11 17 27 1 0 3 9 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 33 2 .198 .314 .231 1978 Cincinnati NL 33 36 74 5 9 10 1 0 0 4 13 0 0 0 8 0 0 31 0 .122 .135 .207 1979 Cincinnati NL 34 33 76 3 12 21 3 0 2 8 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 2 .158 .276 .169 1980 Cincinnati NL 35 26 46 5 6 9 3 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 17 0 .130 .196 .245 1981 Cincinnati NL 36 23 55 3 11 15 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 8 0 0 16 2 .200 .273 .297 1982 Cincinnati NL 37 22 34 3 6 8 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 2 .176 .235 .222 1983 New York NL 38 34 64 6 10 14 0 2 0 4 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 26 2 .156 .219 .225 1984 Chicago AL 39 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 Chicago AL 40 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 2 Teams 41 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 677 1315 99 202 276 28 5 12 86 121 4 4 0 108 0 4 485 22 .154 .210 .219
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1967 New York NL P 251.0 34 35 17 38 1 3 .982 1.97 14 11 0 1968 New York NL P 278.0 35 36 21 48 1 4 .986 2.23 16 15 0 1969 New York NL P 273.1 35 36 18 48 2 7 .971 2.17 7 4 1 1970 New York NL P 290.2 36 37 19 46 3 3 .956 2.01 14 7 2 1971 New York NL P 286.1 35 36 17 38 1 3 .982 1.73 7 3 3 1972 New York NL P 262.0 35 35 17 40 3 3 .950 1.96 10 15 0 1973 New York NL P 290.0 36 36 26 35 5 1 .924 1.89 5 3 0 1974 New York NL P 236.0 32 32 9 42 1 7 .981 1.94 27 8 1 1975 New York NL P 280.1 36 36 21 43 4 6 .941 2.05 24 15 1 1976 New York NL P 271.0 34 35 12 41 1 3 .981 1.76 26 10 0 1977 New York NL P 96.0 13 13 6 17 1 0 .958 2.16 10 3 2 1977 Cincinnati NL P 165.1 20 20 7 16 0 3 1.000 1.25 12 4 0 1978 Cincinnati NL P 259.2 36 36 15 28 6 2 .878 1.49 21 8 1 1979 Cincinnati NL P 215.0 32 32 22 26 2 2 .960 2.01 27 14 0 1980 Cincinnati NL P 168.0 26 26 16 26 0 0 1.000 2.25 29 4 0 1981 Cincinnati NL P 166.1 23 23 8 22 1 1 .968 1.62 23 11 0 1982 Cincinnati NL P 111.1 21 21 7 11 2 1 .900 1.46 14 6 0 1983 New York NL P 231.0 34 34 22 28 4 0 .926 1.95 50 4 1 1984 Chicago AL P 236.2 33 34 11 40 0 2 1.000 1.94 27 4 2 1985 Chicago AL P 238.2 33 35 20 43 2 2 .969 2.38 24 9 0 1986 Chicago AL P 72.0 12 12 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.38 8 2 0 1986 Boston AL P 104.1 16 16 13 9 2 1 .917 1.90 14 4 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
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).
- Placed on disabled list by Cincinnati Reds, (July 1, 1980).
- Activated by Cincinnati Reds, (August 4, 1980).
- 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).
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