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Tom
Seaver		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 221
 
Born: November 17, 1944 in Fresno, CA, USA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1977    1979    1981   
Cy Young 1979    1980   
Gold Glove Award 1980   
All-Star Selections 1977    1979    1980    1981    1983   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1977 32 CIN NL 16 9 .640 29 29 10 1 0 212.3 180 69 14 64 145 2.92 .231 .291 .350 .641 14.7
1978 33 CIN NL 20 9 .690 37 37 11 3 0 295.7 242 93 25 82 201 2.83 .221 .278 .339 .616 17.8
1979 34 CIN NL 30 10 .750 41 41 29 9 0 347.0 227 74 11 81 280 1.92 .184 .239 .265 .504 33.2
1980 35 CIN NL 21 8 .724 36 36 7 4 0 271.0 181 55 17 52 201 1.83 .187 .231 .289 .519 25.6
1981 36 CIN NL 20 3 .870 38 38 5 1 0 275.3 215 68 8 65 245 2.22 .213 .264 .302 .565 24.0
1982 37 KCR AL 11 7 .611 24 24 8 2 0 187.0 153 61 14 37 135 2.94 .218 .260 .340 .600 14.5
  PHI NL 1 8 .111 12 12 4 1 0 69.0 74 39 7 19 53 5.09 .267 .315 .422 .738 0.0
  TOT   12 15 .444 36 36 12 3 0 256.0 227 100 21 56 188 3.52 .232 .276 .363 .639 14.5
1983 38 BOS AL 14 13 .519 37 37 3 1 0 241.7 222 100 22 73 157 3.72 .242 .302 .397 .699 13.0
7 Years Sim 133 67 .665 254 254 77 22 0 1899.0 1494 559 118 473 1417 2.65 .214 .267 .326 .593 142.8
Season Average 19 9 .679 36 36 11 3 0 271.3 213 79 16 67 202 2.65 .214 .267 .326 .593  
Career Highs 30 15 .870 41 41 29 9 0 347.0 242 100 25 82 280 3.72 .242 .302 .397 .699  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 32 CIN NL 29 68 8 10 0 0 2 6 0 1 1 31 .147 .159 .235 .395 1.9 0.0
1978 33 CIN NL 37 99 7 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 41 .141 .150 .162 .312 0.7 0.0
1979 34 CIN NL 41 116 7 16 2 0 0 8 2 4 2 49 .138 .153 .155 .308 -0.8 0.0
1980 35 CIN NL 36 83 1 11 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 39 .133 .133 .169 .301 0.1 0.0
1981 36 CIN NL 38 88 8 19 0 0 0 11 0 0 6 44 .216 .266 .216 .482 5.0 0.3
1982 37 PHI NL 12 15 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .200 .250 .267 .517 1.2 0.0
6 Years Sim 193 469 33 73 5 0 3 32 2 5 11 211 .156 .175 .186 .361 8.1 0.3
162 Game Average 393 27 61 4 0 2 26 1 4 9 177 .156 .175 .186 .361 6.8  
Career Highs 41 116 8 19 2 0 2 11 2 4 6 49 .216 .266 .267 .517 5.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 32 CIN NL P 29 29 212.3 13 36 1 2 .980 2.08    
1978 33 CIN NL P 37 37 295.7 20 48 4 4 .944 2.07    
1979 34 CIN NL P 41 41 347.0 17 45 2 1 .969 1.61    
1980 35 CIN NL P 36 36 271.0 15 58 0 5 1.000 2.42    
1981 36 CIN NL P 38 38 275.3 19 41 2 2 .968 1.96    
1982 37 KCR AL P 24 24 187.0 15 31 2 2 .958 2.21    
  PHI NL P 12 12 69.0 5 11 1 1 .941 2.09    
  TOT   P 36 36 256.0 20 42 3 3 .954 2.18    
1983 38 BOS AL P 37 37 241.7 8 33 0 3 1.000 1.53    
Career Totals   254 254 1899.0 112 303 12 20 .972 1.97    
Career Highs   41 41 347.0 20 58 4 5 1.000 2.42    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1977 32 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 18.0 18 5 3 5 13 2.50 .257 .307 .486 .792
1978 33 CIN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 10.7 17 13 0 6 5 10.98 .370 .442 .435 .877
1979 34 CIN NL 3 1 .750 5 5 3 0 0 44.7 24 10 4 13 43 2.02 .159 .226 .285 .510
1980 35 CIN NL 3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 37.3 26 8 2 8 26 1.93 .198 .245 .305 .550
1981 36 CIN NL 4 0 1.000 5 5 2 0 0 39.3 32 6 2 4 33 1.37 .221 .242 .338 .580
Career Post-Season Pitching 12 3 .800 20 20 5 0 0 150.0 117 42 11 36 120 2.52 .215 .264 .343 .607
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 32 CIN NL 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
1978 33 CIN NL 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000
1979 34 CIN NL 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .071 .071 .071 .143
1980 35 CIN NL 4 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 .300 .273 .300 .573
1981 36 CIN NL 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 15 39 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 18 .205 .220 .231 .450
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1977-7-2.92
1979-1-1.92
1980-1-1.83
1981-3-2.22
1982-9-2.94
CAR-7-2.65
 Wins
1977-7-16
1978-1-20
1979-1-30
1980-1-21
1981-3-20
 Winning Pct
1977-7-.640
1978-6-.690
1979-4-.750
1980-3-.724
1981-1-.870
CAR-6-.665
 Games Started
1978-5-37
1979-2-41
1980-4-36
1981-9-38
 Complete Games
1977-3-10
1978-9-11
1979-1-29
1980-1-7
1981-3-5
1982-4-8
CAR-7-77
 Shutouts
1978-10-3
1979-1-9
1980-1-4
1981-7-1
1982-6-2
CAR-5-22
Innings Pitched
1978-2-295.7
1979-1-347.0
1980-3-271.0
1981-4-275.3
 Homeruns Allowed
1978-6-25
1983-6-22
 Strikeouts
1977-9-145
1978-2-201
1979-1-280
1980-1-201
1981-2-245
1983-5-157
 Walks per 9IP
1979-7-2.1
1980-5-1.7
1982-10-1.8
 Hits per 9IP
1977-7-7.6
1979-1-5.9
1980-1-6.0
1981-4-7.0
1982-6-7.4
CAR-9-7.1
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1977-3-6.1
1978-4-6.1
1979-5-7.3
1980-5-6.7
1981-5-8.0
1982-6-6.5
1983-10-5.8
WHiP
1977-7-1.15
1978-9-1.10
1979-1-0.89
1980-1-0.86
1981-6-1.02
1982-5-1.02
CAR-9-1.04
 OAVG
1977-9-.231
1979-1-.184
1980-1-.187
1981-4-.213
1982-5-.218
CAR-8-.214
 OOBP
1977-10-.291
1978-10-.278
1979-1-.239
1980-1-.231
1981-6-.264
1982-4-.260
CAR-10-.267
 OSLG
1979-1-.265
1980-1-.289
1981-5-.302
1982-7-.340
CAR-10-.326
 OOPS
1979-1-.504
1980-1-.519
1981-4-.565
1982-6-.600
CAR-6-.593
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 44    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 142    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 33)
 
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  1. Paul Moskau (897)
  2. Mark Lemongello (890)
  3. Barry Cort (869)
  4. Walt Terrell (853)
  5. Burt Hooton (845)
  6. Andy Messersmith (843)
  7. Alfredo Martinez (835)
  8. Vida Blue (830)
  9. Reggie Cleveland (828)
  10. Steve Rogers (827)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jon Matlack (992)
  2. Jeff Robinson (987)
  3. Steve Rogers (986)
  4. Bob Walk (984)
  5. Craig Swan (982)
  6. Doug Rau (977)
  7. Jeff Fischer (977)
  8. Joaquin Andujar (977)
  9. John Montefusco (973)
  10. Bob Kipper (972)
History
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 6 on 4/1/1977
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 9 on 4/5/1977
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 59 on 5/23/1977
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 63 on 5/28/1977
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 79 on 6/17/1977
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 96 on 7/6/1977
Injured on 7/6/1977 with a Inflamed Bicep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 7/27/1977 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 1977
Injured on 6/7/1978 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Pitched NO-HITTER against Pittsburgh on 6/12/1978, striking out 8
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1979, going 6-1, 0.58
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1979, going 5-0, 1.50
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 215 on 8/16/1979
Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 1979
Won Cy Young in 1979, going 30-10, 1.92 ERA
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Cy Young in 1980, going 21-8, 1.83 ERA
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1981, going 2-0, 0.68
Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 1981
Traded from Cincinnati to Kansas City on 3/2/1982 (Going to KCR: P T. Seaver. Going to CIN: P D. Stieb, RF W. Wilson)
Traded from Kansas City to Philadelphia on 7/31/1982 (Going to KCR: P D. Rau, P D. Ford, CF G. Richards. Going to PHI: P T. Seaver)
Traded from Philadelphia to Boston on 3/2/1983 (Going to PHI: P B. Hurst. Going to BOS: P T. Seaver, 3B L. Parrish)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1983, winning 2 games with a 3.60 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1983, going 5-1, 1.70
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
 
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