Tom Seaver

George Thomas "Tom" Seaver (born November 17, 1944), nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched from 1967-1986 for four different teams in his career, but is noted primarily for his time with the New York Mets. During a 20-year career, Seaver compiled 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts, 61 shutouts and a 2.86 earned run average. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the highest percentage ever recorded (98.84%), and has the only plaque at Cooperstown wearing a New York Mets hat. As of 2010, Tom Seaver and Gil Hodges (played for the Mets in 1962-63) are the only Met players to have their jersey numbers retired by the team (Gil Hodges' number was retired as a manager even though he also played for the Mets).

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Filmography

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Selected Tom Seaver film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

1973

The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (TV Show)

Guest Athlete

Self

2010

The Last Play at Shea

2007

The Bronx Is Burning (TV Show)

2002

The Tim McCarver Show (TV Show)

1999

ESPN SportsCentury (TV Show)

1989

1989 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1989

1989 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1986

1986 World Series (TV Show)

1982

1982 World Series (TV Show)

1981

1981 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1981

1981 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1980

1980 World Series (TV Show)

1979

1979 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1977

1977 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1977

1977 World Series (TV Show)

1976

1976 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1976

1976 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1975

Saturday Night Live (TV Show)

1975

1975 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1973

The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (TV Show)

1973

1973 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1973

1973 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1973

1973 World Series (TV Show)

1970

1970 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1969

The Joe Namath Show (TV Show)

1969

1969 World Series (TV Show)

1969

1969 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1968

1968 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1967

The Kraft Music Hall (TV Show)

1967

1967 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1965

The American Sportsman (TV Show)

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Show)

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Show)

Quotes

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List of Tom Seaver quotes.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1967	NYM	16-13	2.76	35	34	18	2	0	251	224	85	77	78	170
1968	NYM	16-12	2.20	36	35	14	5	1	278	224	73	68	48	205
1969	NYM	25-7	2.21	36	35	18	5	0	273	202	75	67	82	208
1970	NYM	18-12	2.82	37	36	19	2	0	290	230	103	91	83	283
1971	NYM	20-10	1.76	36	35	21	4	0	286	210	61	56	61	289
1972	NYM	21-12	2.92	35	35	13	3	0	262	215	92	85	77	249
1973	NYM	19-10	2.08	36	36	18	3	0	290	219	74	67	64	251
1974	NYM	11-11	3.20	32	32	12	5	0	236	199	89	84	75	201
1975	NYM	22-9	2.38	36	36	15	5	0	280	217	81	74	88	243
1976	NYM	14-11	2.59	35	34	13	5	0	271	211	83	78	77	235
1977	CIN	14-3	2.34	20	20	14	4	0	165	120	45	43	38	124
1977	NYM	7-3	3.00	13	13	5	3	0	96	79	33	32	28	72
1978	CIN	16-14	2.88	36	36	8	1	0	259	218	97	83	89	226
1979	CIN	16-6	3.14	32	32	9	5	0	215	187	85	75	61	131
1980	CIN	10-8	3.64	26	26	5	1	0	168	140	74	68	59	101
1981	CIN	14-2	2.54	23	23	6	1	0	166	120	51	47	66	87
1982	CIN	5-13	5.50	21	21	0	0	0	111	136	75	68	44	62
1983	NYM	9-14	3.55	34	34	5	2	0	231	201	104	91	86	135
1984	CHW	15-11	3.95	34	33	10	4	0	236	216	108	104	61	131
1985	CHW	16-11	3.17	35	33	6	1	0	238	223	103	84	69	134
1986	BOS	5-7	3.80	16	16	1	0	0	104	114	46	44	29	72
1986	CHW	2-6	4.38	12	12	1	0	0	72	66	37	35	27	31
Career		311-205	-	656	647	231	61	1	-	3971	1674	1521	1390	3640

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Tom Seaver.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1967	NYM	36	34	251	17	38	1	3	0.982
1968	NYM	38	35	278	21	48	1	4	0.986
1969	NYM	39	35	273	18	48	2	7	0.971
1970	NYM	42	36	290	19	46	3	3	0.956
1971	NYM	39	35	286	17	38	1	3	0.982
1972	NYM	36	35	262	17	40	3	3	0.950
1973	NYM	39	36	290	26	35	5	1	0.924
1974	NYM	32	32	236	9	42	1	7	0.981
1975	NYM	36	36	280	21	43	4	6	0.941
1976	NYM	35	34	271	12	41	1	3	0.981
1977	CIN	20	20	165	7	16	0	3	1.000
1977	NYM	13	13	96	6	17	1	0	0.958
1978	CIN	36	36	259	15	28	6	2	0.878
1979	CIN	32	32	215	22	26	2	2	0.960
1980	CIN	26	26	168	16	26	0	0	1.000
1981	CIN	23	23	166	8	22	1	1	0.968
1982	CIN	21	21	111	7	11	2	1	0.900
1983	NYM	34	34	231	22	28	4	0	0.926
1984	CHW	34	33	236	11	40	0	2	1.000
1985	CHW	35	33	238	20	43	2	2	0.969
1986	BOS	16	16	104	13	9	2	1	0.917
1986	CHW	12	12	72	4	7	0	0	1.000
Career		674	647	-	328	692	42	54	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Tom Seaver.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1967	NYM	36	77	5	11	2	0	0	5	2	8	24	0.143	0.230	0.169
1968	NYM	38	95	5	15	2	0	0	3	0	3	44	0.158	0.184	0.179
1969	NYM	39	91	7	11	3	0	0	6	1	7	34	0.121	0.200	0.154
1970	NYM	42	95	9	17	1	1	1	10	0	10	31	0.179	0.257	0.242
1971	NYM	39	92	8	18	3	0	1	7	0	6	31	0.196	0.245	0.261
1972	NYM	36	89	5	13	3	1	3	4	0	5	41	0.146	0.191	0.303
1973	NYM	39	93	9	15	2	1	1	5	1	7	34	0.161	0.220	0.237
1974	NYM	32	71	3	7	0	0	0	4	0	9	28	0.099	0.200	0.099
1975	NYM	37	95	7	17	1	0	0	5	0	8	24	0.179	0.250	0.189
1976	NYM	35	82	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	9	26	0.085	0.176	0.085
1977	CIN	20	55	10	12	1	0	3	5	0	2	21	0.218	0.246	0.400
1977	NYM	13	31	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	2	12	0.161	0.206	0.161
1978	CIN	36	74	5	9	1	0	0	4	0	8	31	0.122	0.207	0.135
1979	CIN	33	76	3	12	3	0	2	8	0	1	29	0.158	0.169	0.276
1980	CIN	26	46	5	6	3	0	0	3	0	7	17	0.130	0.245	0.196
1981	CIN	23	55	3	11	1	0	1	6	0	8	16	0.200	0.297	0.273
1982	CIN	22	34	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	16	0.176	0.222	0.235
1983	NYM	34	64	6	10	0	2	0	4	0	6	26	0.156	0.225	0.219
1984	CHW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1985	CHW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1986	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1986	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Career		582	1315	99	202	28	5	12	86	4	108	485	-	-	-

First Name	George
Middle Name	Thomas
Last Name	Seaver
Full Name at Birth	George Thomas Seaver
Other Names	Tom Terrific
Age	68
Date of Birth	November 17, 1944
Birthplace	Fresno, CA
Height	6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight	195 lbs (88.5 kg)
Star Sign	Scorpio
Nationality	American
High School	Fresno (Fresno, CA)
University	University of Southern California
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	13 April 1967
Last MLB Game	19 September 1986
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1992 (425/430 ballots).