George Thomas Seaver (Tom Terrific)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 17, 1944 in Fresno, CA
High School: Fresno HS (Fresno, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1967 (Age 22)   vs. PIT 5.1 IP, 6 H, 8 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER
Teams (by GP): Mets/Reds/WhiteSox/RedSox 1967-1986
Agents: Bob Lawrence [*]
Final Game: September 19, 1986 (Age 41)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1992 (425/430 ballots).
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• 5/24 Rising Apple: Amazin’ Look Back – May 24th, 1973: Mets Top Dodgers 7-3 in 19 Innings: Tonight, in the opener of a 12 game road trip, the Mets topped the Dodgers 7-3 in an insanely long 19 inning affair in Los Angeles. ...
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• 1/24 The Writer's Journey: 1986 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars Cards #28-33: In 1986 Topps teamed up with Quaker to issue a 33-card set full of superstars, including a nice handful of future Hall of Famers....
• 1/23 Wahoo Sam: VIDEO: Tom Seaver strikes out the side in 1973 World Series action: No other player in baseball history was quite like Tom Seaver, who earned the highest vote total in the history of the Baseball...
• 1/21 MLB Dirt: Pitch Counts Don’t Add Up and Tommy John Surgeries Are Unnecessary: I will be in the minority here, and many will disagree with my sentiments and theories, but I believe pitch counts are a total...
• 1/17 Tyler's Think Tank: Best Pitching Season of the 2000s: Martinez was at the top of his game in 2000 (FanNation) After selecting the best offensive seasons of each decade last...
• 1/17 Blogging Mets: THE Rankings: Top 5 Mets Starting Pitchers: With all of the Mets position players done, it is time now to turn to pitchers. I’ll begin with the starters. Gee, I can’t...
• 1/16 Chicken Friars: Not Your Father’s Hall of Fame (Part One): At least we got two in before it all crumbled. Three if you count Jerry Coleman, and hell I’ll always count Jerry Coleman. It’s...
• 1/15 Mets360.com: This week in Mets history: 1-1: As you may or may not have enjoyed your Tuesdays with Frank (sounds like a book I once read), I have decided to change things...
• 1/14 Mets360.com: Mets bookshelf 2011-2013: Seems like there were a lot of books that came out, or are about to come out, surrounding the 50th anniversary of the franchise. ...
• 1/12 mlbreports.com : Roger Clemens: A Cardboard God Comes Into Focus: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, January.12, 2013 By Saul Wisnia,  Red Sox Correspondent (Read his blog ‘Fenway Reflections’...
• 1/12 mlbreports.com : Roger Clemens: A Cardboard God Comes Into Focus: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, January.12, 2013 By Saul Wisnia,  Red Sox Correspondent (Read his blog ‘Fenway Reflections’...
• 1/11 The Sports Provocateur: The Provocateur's Hall of Fame Ballot: Here's a look at who I would vote for induction into the Hall of Fame.  Since the vote comes out tomorrow, I'll do this quickly.Fred...
• 1/9 Blogging Mets: Mike Piazza Not Elected to Hall of Fame: It was the news every Mets fan dreaded — Mike Piazza was not elected to the Hall of Fame. Certainly this is unfair, but...
• 1/9 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1971 Topps Coins: 1971 TOPPS COINS TEAM SET From 1961 through 1971, Topps issued at least a single one-per-pack insert each year. Here’s a...
• 1/7 Blogging Mets: Sandy Alderson No Frank Cashen, Not Even Steve Phillips: After watching Sandy Alderson in action after his third off season of inactivity, I have come to the conclusion that he is no...
• 1/3 Rising Apple: Glory Days: Don Bosch: When Sandy Alderson traded R.A. Dickey to the Toronto Blue Jays last month, he was banking on a high major league yield of the...

• 12/31 Motor City Bengals: With Sanchez, Tigers Rotation Could Make History: Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer ranked first and second respectively on the major league strikeout leaderboard this past season....
• 12/30 More Than A Fan: ML what would B: What if Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan had been Mets their entire careers?: Hey baseball fans! I know that it has been about a month, but I am here with another ML”what would”B! That’s right folks;...
• 12/29 Mets360.com: The 1972 Mets Opening Day roster: It is amazing what we can find out online, especially in regards to sports (particularly baseball), here in the 21st Century....
• 12/24 Baseball With Matt: ML"what would"B: What if Ryan & Seaver Had Never Left the Mets 12/241/2: Hey baseball fans!I put up another ML"what would"B post on More Than A Fan. In every ML"what would"B alternative history post,...
• 12/22 mlbreports.com : Is Roger Clemens A Hall Of Famer? Try The Tom Seaver Test: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, December.22, 2012 Saul Wisnia (Baseball Writer and Red Sox Correspondent): : Since the list...
• 12/19 Baseball Reality Tour: Hall of Fame Potential by Game Score: There are six Starting Pitchers on this year's Hall of Fame ballot: Rk HOFs JAWS 1 Roger Clemens 73 99.0 2 ...
• 12/18 PaulLebowitz.com: The R.A. Dickey Trade, Part II—As A Means To Bash The Mets: R.A. Dickey was found money for the Mets. Rather than spend it immediately, they invested it wisely in blue chip stocks to secure...
• 12/16 Redlegs Review: On this day in Reds history: Deals that didn't pan out: December 16th hasn't been a real good day in a historical sense for the Redlegs. They have made several notable transactions...
• 12/13 Redlegs Review: Eight former Reds named one of the top 100 players of all-time: ESPN just finished running a series this week called the "Hall of 100" in which they attempted to accurately rank the top...
• 12/12 MLB Dirt: Another Sip of a Bitter Cup of Coffee: In 2010, Douglas Gladstone wrote A Bitter Cup of Coffee: How MLB and the Players Association Threw 974 Retirees a Curve (ISBN:...
• 12/12 MLB Dirt: Another Sip of a Butter Cup of Coffee: In 2010, Douglas Gladstone wrote A Bitter Cup of Coffee: How MLB and the Players Association Threw 974 Retirees a Curve (ISBN:...
• 12/12 MetsToday.com: Blockbuster Sends Choo To Cincinnati: According to various reports, the Indians, Diamondbacks, and Reds have completed a deal that sends outfielder Shin-Soo Choo to...
• 12/10 mlbreports.com : Forever A Met: David Wright And The Quest For Franchise King Status: Monday, December.10, 2012 Stephon Johnson (Guest Baseball Writer and Mets Correspondent): Met fans have gotten used to having...
• 12/9 Blog Red Machine: The PEDs Question: Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Barry Larkin Weighs In: Reds Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin used a charity autograph signing event this week to weigh in on the Hall of Fame ballot....
• 12/9 Mets360.com: The Mets and the five-man rotation: When I first started watching baseball, what broadcasters, newspapermen and other fans drilled into my head was that you batted...
• 12/6 Wahoo Sam: VIDEO: Tom Seaver strikes out the side in 1973 World Series action: No other player in baseball history was quite like Tom Seaver, who earned the highest vote total in the history of the Baseball...
• 12/5 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1977 Dave Kingman: 1977 TOPPS CLOTH STICKER DAVE KINGMAN Dave Kingman is as much 1977 to me as Rumours, Rocky, the Ramones, and R2-D2. He brought...

• 11/30 MLB Dirt: Mets Do Right By Wright: The David Wright saga is over. The Mets and David Wright finally agreed on an eight year $138 million dollar contract. Based...
• 11/29 MetsToday.com: Braves Sign B.J. Upton: In case you haven’t been near the Hot Stove since yesterday afternoon, the Braves have signed B.J. Upton to a five-year,...
• 11/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Marvin Miller—A Man Of Vision And Guts: Marvin Miller’s death at 95 has spurred public expressions of appreciation and recognition of all he did for baseball, baseball...
• 11/28 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1974 Felix Millan: 1974 TOPPS DECKLE EDGE FELIX MILLAN What the heck is a deckle? Well, a “deckle” is a frame used when making paper by hand;...
• 11/28 Rising Apple: Time to do the right thing, David: Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com is reporting that the Mets have offered David Wright a seven-year contract, worth between $119...
• 11/27 WasWatching: PItchers With 250+ Wins & Winning Percentage Of .600+: Andy Pettitte could join this club in 2013: Rk Player W-L% W From To Age G L IP BB SO ERA ERA+ 1 Lefty Grove .680 300 1925 1941...
• 11/24 Mets360.com: Orel Hershiser and Bob Gibson: Opposite ends of the autograph spectrum: During Thanksgiving I got an early Christmas present when my sister gave me this autographed ball of Orel Hershiser. My sister...
• 11/24 Bleeding Yankee Blue: PART 2: THE VENDOR FROM THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT: I like Dave Goode.  He’s a straight shooter, a huge Yankee fan and just a nice guy.  You don’t...
• 11/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #28: SP Aaron Harang: 3.61 ERA 4.14 FIP 179.2 IP 6.56 K/9 4.26 BB/9 1.5 fWAR B+ 2012 in brief: Provided a steady, if unspectacular, back-end presence....
• 11/22 Baseball Reality Tour: What's Up with Mike Scott?: Surely, there are others who woke up this Thanksgiving morning and started looking at pitching stats from 1982. I'm starting a...
• 11/19 Mets360.com: A history of fire sales by the Mets: The mega deal that is effectively ending any hopes of a budding Marlin dynasty last week can cause a Met fan to look back at Met...
• 11/15 Rising Apple: Glory Days: Dwight Gooden: Last night R.A. Dickey got the cherry on top of his sterling year in the form of the 2012 National League Cy Young Award. The...
• 11/15 MLB Dirt: R.A. Dickey is the “Maximus” of Queens. Which Character Will Sandy Alderson Portray?: Senator Gracchus from the movie Gladiator: ”Rome is the mob.” Proximo from the movie Gladiator speaking to Maximus: “Listen...
• 11/14 Baseball News Source: R.A.Dickey Becomes First Knuckleballer to Win Cy Young Award: Dickey won 20 games on a Mets team that went 74-88 this past season The New York Mets R.A. Dickey received 27 of 32 first-place...
• 11/14 Rising Apple: R.A. Wins NL Cy Young Award: Praise be to Dickey!! What we all dreamed of happening finally became a reality tonight as R.A. Dickey has won the NL Cy Young...
• 11/14 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1992 Dwight Gooden: 1992 DONRUSS ELITE DWIGHT GOODEN Donruss introduced the Elite insert set in 1991, and for the first few years of production, it...
• 11/12 New York Mets Report: Mets Rookie Of The Year Winners: Seaver, Matlack, Strawberry And Gooden: In explaining part of the Mets’ problems over the years, consider they haven’t produced a Rookie of the Year in nearly three...
• 11/7 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1994 Joe Orsulak: 1994 PINNACLE MUSEUM COLLECTION JOE ORSULAK If Woody Guthrie were alive in 1994, he would have written songs about Joe Orsulak....
• 11/5 Mets360.com: The Mets and the Cy Young Award: On November 14th, it will be announced whether R.A. Dickey will be the Mets 5th recipient of the NL Cy Young Award or not.  Either...
• 11/5 MetsToday.com: 2012 Evaluation: Matt Harvey: Hope died quickly for Mets fans after the 2012 All-Star Break, turning into despair. The season seemed all but lost, and in many...
• 11/2 Mets360.com: Hall of Famers who played for the Mets: How many of the 11 players who have been enshrined in Cooperstown who have also played for the Mets can you name? Most of these...

• 10/27 The Baseball Page: Any One Watching: "QUESTION" - "can you name me baseball's highest-ever, TV rated, World...
• 10/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Managers Traded For Players: To the best of my research, managers have been traded six times in baseball history. It wasn’t always player for manager and...
• 10/19 High Heat Stats: Tim Lincecum and the multi-award pitchers: Tim Lincecum‘s 2012 regular season was so poor that many folks believed he had to be hiding an injury. The speculation...
• 10/19 Rising Apple: The Year The Mets Dismantled The Big Red Machine: The Mets clinched their second ever National League East division flag on the second to last day of the 1973 regular season. ...
• 10/5 Rising Apple: Where Does R.A. Dickey’s Season Rank In Mets History?: R.A. Dickey pitched well enough against the Marlins to win his twenty first game of the season.   However, Tuesday’s game...

• 9/28 Baseball Analytics: R.A. Dickey, 20-game winner: Yesterday afternoon, R.A. Dickey (20-6) became the first 20-game winner on a sub-.500 team since Roger Clemens did...
• 9/26 High Heat Stats: How Soon We Forget: Brandon Webb: Throughout the course of baseball history, there have been nearly 20,000 men who have taken the field at the professional level....
• 9/24 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes – irrelevancy edition: Indians 15, @Royals 4: Deja Vin all over again. The game was still close when Vin Mazzaro entered. Four batters and no outs...
• 9/24 Rising Apple: David Wright: Face of the Faceless Franchise: Throughout the past couple years, David Wright has been breaking the Mets’ “Kranepool records,” team records held by the...
• 9/20 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 148: Loss to Phillies: Phillies 3 Mets 2 Matt Harvey‘s season ended on a high note. Unfortunately, the game itself finished on a low note. Mets...
• 9/19 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 147: Loss to Phillies: Phillies 3 Mets 2 Matt Harvey‘s season ended on a high note. Unfortunately, the game itself finished on a low note. Mets...
• 9/13 Mets360.com: As a fashion spokesman Tom Seaver was a terrific pitcher: As a child of the 1970s I remember Joe Namath hawking products and lending his name to virtually everything. But I don’t...
• 9/6 Baseball Analytics: R.A. Dickey and Gio Gonzalez move up their franchise single season win lists: Pitching for the less than mediocre Mets, R.A. Dickey last night became the first pitcher in the majors to reach 18...
• 9/5 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 137: Win Over Cardinals: Mets 6 Cardinals 2 R.A. Dickey becomes the first MLB pitcher to reach 18 wins as the Mets salvage the last game of their series...
• 9/4 The Baseball Page: Tom Seaver's Baseball Hall of Fame Bio: Today in 1985 Tom Seaver  wins his 300th game. To celebrate here's...
• 9/4 The Baseball Page: Bonds hits his 755th homer and ARod hits his 500th on This Day in Baseball: August 4, 2007 marks performance enhanced historical moments when Barry...

• 8/21 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Hank Peters Was the First Step in Building the Indians of 1990s: By Vince Guerrieri In the four seasons Hank Peters was general manager for the Indians (1988-1991), the Tribe never finished...
• 8/21 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1979 Pat Zachry: 1979 TOPPS PAT ZACHRY In his 1978 card, Pat Zachry looked like a college kid. On the 1979 card pictured here, Zachry looks like...
• 8/12 Rising Apple: This Day in Mets History: 1977 – Felix Millan’s MLB Career Slammed To The Ground By Pittsburgh’s Ed Ott: On This Date:  August 12, 1977 The Pittsburgh Pirates were perennial contenders in 1977 with sluggers such as Dave Parker, Willie...
• 8/8 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1978 Doug Flynn: 1978 TOPPS DOUG FLYNN When I think of bad baseball players, I immediately think of Doug Flynn. Want to win a bet with your friend?...
• 8/6 The Writer's Journey: 1980 Topps Cincinnati Reds team set: While putting my Reds cards in binders a few days ago, I realized I had the complete 1980 Topps Cincinnati Reds team set. The...
• 8/5 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 109: Loss to Padres: Padres 7 Mets 3 On the bright side, the Mets didn’t squander many opportunities. Mets Game Notes Of course, they didn’t...
• 8/5 The Writer's Journey: Baseball’s Greatest Games: New York Mets First No-Hitter (2012): Baseball’s Greatest Games: New York Mets First No-Hitter New Video, 2012 Approx. 131 mins. If a DVD were to be released...
• 8/1 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: Mets Cola: KIRIN METS COLA I’m in Japan currently, 6,000 miles from my collection, so I don’t have any cards to share this week....

• 7/30 The Writer's Journey: Baseball’s Greatest Games: New York Mets First No-Hitter (2012): Baseball’s Greatest Games: New York Mets First No-Hitter New Video, 2012 Approx. 131 mins. If a DVD were to be released...
• 7/28 The Baseball Page: Good First Impressions: Two highly touted prospects made their major league debuts this week,...
• 7/27 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes (light schedule): Mets 3, D-backs 1: Matt Harvey was 4 for 15 with a HR at Buffalo, so I guess he’s not just kidding around up there....
• 7/27 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 99: Win Over Diamondbacks: Mets 3 Diamondbacks 1 The Matt Harvey Era has begun. Mets Game Notes Matt Harvey: I love his mechanics — very tight, simple,...
• 7/27 Mets360.com: Matt Harvey’s fastball, Josh Edgin’s relief, R.A. Dickey’s streak: Matt Harvey sure looked ready for prime time last night. In his major league debut, Harvey pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, did...
• 7/17 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Lost Lottery to Land Tom Seaver: By Vince Guerrieri Tom Seaver and the Mets seem to go hand-in-hand. Seaver’s the only player in the Baseball Hall of Fame (where...
• 7/14 Chicken Friars: Where Are They Now? – John D’ Acquisto: John D’Acquisto retired from Major League Baseball in 1982. But instead of taking the high road and riding off into the sunset,...
• 7/12 Rising Apple: New York Mets Problems Are More Philosophical Than Tangible: Since Opening Day, starting pitching has been the Mets’ primary strength.  Today, two-fifths of the rotation is lost to...
• 7/6 Kings of Kauffman: Blast From the Past: The 1973 All-Star Game: Before it was Kauffman Stadium, you likely remember it as Royals Stadium. The huge-scoreboard, multi-fountained stadium opened...
• 7/6 Mets360.com: Daniel Murphy dazzles, Bobby Parnell ponders and Johan Santana surges: Daniel Murphy was one of several Mets to have a big game in Thursday’s come-from-behind win against Jonathan Papelbon and the...
• 7/4 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes: Fireworks Night at the ol’ ballpark! @Brewers 13, Marlins 12 (10): They had it all the way. After blowing a 9-2 lead, the...
• 7/3 Rising Apple: This Date in Mets History Double Header: Gm. 1: 1967 – Kranepool and Seaver help to beat out Giants, 5-3, at Shea: What Seaver really displayed was the meaning of the expression, “He knows how to win” — a quality baseball people...

• 6/30 Rising Apple: This Date in Mets History: 1968: Seaver Beats Fellow ’62s, 1-0, at Astrodome: The 1968 New York Mets are a team on the rise. Gil Hodges, in his first year with the club, has them playing hard and, though...
• 6/29 Rising Apple: This Date in Mets History: 1976: Kingman and Lolich All Mets Need as They Beat Cards, 2-0: The 1976 New York Mets, though out of it early, are a winning ball club. Weathering a stretch that leaves them at 33-37, The Mets...
• 6/28 WasWatching: Best Pitchers In Baseball 1971-1974: Wilbur Wood was just about the king of the hill during this time: Rk Player WAR From To Age G GS W L IP ERA ERA+ 1 Wilbur Wood...
• 6/25 Radical Baseball: Mets and their fans should be embarrassed.: Read my previous post: I never met a Met fan who knew what he was talking about. In addition to embracing a CARDINAL as...
• 6/23 PaulLebowitz.com: How Does Pine Tar Help A Pitcher?: When a pitcher throws a baseball, he gets his velocity from arm speed. Arm speed is enhanced by the use of his body. The legs,...
• 6/20 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1995 Bret Saberhagen: 1995 SUMMIT BRET SABERHAGEN R.A. Dickey is on track to have one of the seminal pitching seasons in Mets’ history, one to...
• 6/15 Mets360.com: Omar Quintanilla gets hot, Dickey stays hot and Tejada stays missing: For a fourth-string shortstop, Omar Quintanilla has been pretty good. After injuries felled Tejada, Cedeno and Turner, the Mets...
• 6/14 WasWatching: For Those Who Think Nolan Ryan Was Overrated…: Check out this list.  It’s pitchers with the most starts with a Game Score of 90+ since 1918: Rk Player #Matching   W...
• 6/14 WasWatching: Game Scores Of 100+ Since 1973: Welcome to the club, Matt Cain! Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR GSc 1 Tom Seaver 1974-05-01 NYM LAD L 1-2...
• 6/8 High Heat Stats: Best and Worst Ballparks for No-Hitters: Since the Mets finally got over the hump to record a no-hitter last week, the question has been “What took them so long?”...
• 6/8 Mets360.com: Tim Byrdak’s splits, Ike Davis’ slump, Chris Young’s LD%: Tim Byrdak has appeared in an MLB-high 33 games this year. Amazingly, 18 of those appearances have been for a single batter. We...
• 6/7 High Heat Stats: Thursday roundup (pocket edition): @Athletics 7, Rangers 1: The walks are starting to catch up with Yu Darvish. He walked 6 today, including 3 (plus a HBP) in a...
• 6/7 The Writer's Journey: I got more hits than Sadaharu Oh: We all know Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth were great home run hitters, but there was another guy who hit more longballs than either...
• 6/6 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1973 Jon Matlack: 1973 TOPPS JON MATLACK They say the camera adds 15 pounds. If that’s true, I shudder to think how skinny Jon Matlack was back...
• 6/5 60ft6in.com: F12 Top12 1970-1979: In the 1970s, there were tan and taupe sport coats, disco balls, the birth of this writer, and quality pitching.   The Factor12...
• 6/4 11th and Washington: Watching history from New Hampshire: Johan, in AprilMy father called during the seventh inning. I was up in New Hampshire, sitting in the living room of my college...
• 6/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: NO ONE DOES THE YANKEES BETTER THAN PETE CALDERA: (In Photo: Pete Caldera/The Bergen Record) Writing a blog always seems to have this “rogue” stigma attached...
• 6/3 NY Baseball Digest: NY Baseball Podcast: Jimmy Qualls Headlines 6/3/2012 Show: Tonight’s podcast will be a reaction segment to Johan Santana‘s no-hitter from Friday night. Since the Mets are on...
• 6/2 High Heat Stats: 10 Amazin’ Mets facts about Johan Santana’s no-hitter: Here are 10 facts about The Mets and Johan Santana following his no-hitter for the Mets. 1. The Mets had a whopping 26 compete-game...
• 6/2 Mets360.com: Santana no-hitter captivates New York; sets Twitter ablaze: Just call him No-Han! Well, it FINALLY happened! After waiting through 8,019 games Johan Santana finally achieved the Mets’...
• 6/2 PaulLebowitz.com: The Santana No-Hitter From Soup To Nuts: Let’s go point-by-point on Johan Santana’s no-hitter. The call at third base. Umpire Adrian Johnson called Cardinals’...
• 6/1 Mets Are Better Than Sex: Dickey Deserves a Quality Contract:   Dickey’s focused on making hitters look silly, not on his contract status. When Omar Minaya signed a relatively unknown...
• 6/1 Baseball Musings: Mets No-Hit Drought Ends: Johan Santana throws an ugly no-hitter against the Cardinals, but it goes in the books as the first in Mets history. The third...
• 6/1 Baseball Musings: Santana in the Ninth: According to the Mets broadcast, Johan Santana is only the second Mets pitcher to take a no-hitter into the ninth. Tom Seaver...

• 5/28 High Heat Stats: Pitchers who earn their losses: A familiar television advertisement from years ago featured the actor John Houseman as pitch man for the investment firm Smith...
• 5/24 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the New York Mets: Let’s move back to 1962 and start off with the New York Mets. This is going to be pretty interesting, I think. Before you...
• 5/16 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1970 Tom Seaver box: 1970 TOPPS TOM SEAVER CELLO BOX The dominant pack configuration for Topps baseball cards throughout the ’50s and ’60s...
• 5/15 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 36: Loss to Brewers: Brewers 8 Mets 0 Mets engage in an ugly game that needs to be forgotten as soon as possible. Mets Game Notes The story of the...
• 5/6 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 28: Win Over Diamondbacks: Mets 3 Diamondbacks 1 After losing four straight, the Mets win two in a row — the right kind of momentum they want as they...
• 5/6 Bay City Ball: We Call it Cain’d for a Reason: Tweet The Giants escaped Sunday’s game with two wins: one for the day and one for the series. Didn’t come easy though....

• 4/30 The Writer's Journey: The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times by Steven Travers (2011): The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times by Steven Travers Taylor Trade Publishing, 2011 312 pages Who is the greatest pitcher...
• 4/24 NY Baseball Digest: Don’t Expect Reyes’ Return to Be Very Memorable: Jose Reyes returns to New York tonight as a member of the Miami Marlins. It will be weird to see the former Mets shortstop decked...
• 4/23 The Daily Catch: Mets: Add Phil Humber To The List: This article is courtesy of our friends at Mets Merized Online Written by: John Delcos Add Phil Humber to the list of ex-Mets...
• 4/23 Mets360.com: Twenty memorable doubleheaders for the Mets: In honor of today’s single-admission doubleheader with the Giants, I’ve gone back and listed 20 memorable moments in doubleheaders...
• 4/20 High Heat Stats: Buyer Beware – This Week in Baseball Trade History: This week (April 16-22) saw a couple of trades with similar circumstances. In both instances, a team traded for a player who...
• 4/20 WSJ Daily Fix: Wright Climbs Short Mets Leaderboards: The Count: David Wright could set several New York records this season, thanks to his solid production and the franchise's unimpressive...
• 4/20 Mets Merized: Tom Seaver Wins His First On This Day In Mets’ History: Where did the time go? Forty-five years ago today in Mets’ history (1967), Tom Seaver won the first game of his Hall of Fame...
• 4/5 New York Mets Report: Happy Opening Day: I suppose you could ask for a nicer day, but that would be greedy. It’s bright and sunny, a crispness in the air. The forecast...
• 4/4 High Heat Stats: Opening Day Starters – Some Random Trivia: Opening day in North America is tomorrow, April 4th. As with last week’s opener in Japan, doesn’t seem to be a lot...

• 3/23 New York Mets Report: Chipper Jones – Mets Killer – to retire.: Some opponents you loathe. You watch with venom in your heart for how they destroy your team. Or you despise their arrogance and...
• 3/13 High Heat Stats: Graphs of 300-game winners: Following up the Halladay/300-win discussion, here are two age-based graphs of the 18 modern* 300-game winners: wins by seasonal...
• 3/13 High Heat Stats: Age takes no Halladay: Over the past 4 years, Roy Halladay leads the majors with 77 wins, a 160 ERA+ (min. 500 IP), 969 IP and 27.7 bWAR. With 188 career...
• 3/11 NY Baseball Digest: All-Star Panel Talks Best and Worst Acquisitions: I have been down here in Florida covering spring training, so there won’t be a show tonight. You can, however, enjoy a baseball...
• 3/8 The Pesky Pole: 1986 Red Sox: Spring Training Begins: March 8, 1986  RED SOX ROSTER Spring training games are about to begin for the 1986 Red Sox and spots on the...

• 2/24 NY Baseball Digest: Perfect Time to Give Joba One Last Rotation Try: Since the trading of A.J. Burnett to the Pittsburgh Pirates, some in the media has worried the Yankees might have a depth...
• 2/24 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Beane, Braun, Burnett, Minor: On this date in 1966, the Braves signed Tom Seaver out of the University of Southern California. The contract was later voided...
• 2/23 High Heat Stats: Crowning New Strikeout Kings – Fully Normalized Strikeout Leaders: Cy Seymour was arguably one of the best pitchers turned hitters that baseball has seen, yet he remains almost forgotten. Before...
• 2/22 PaulLebowitz.com: A.J. Burnett’s Yankees Epitaph: There are some pitchers who need to be left alone. Because pitching coaches are pitching coaches, they feel the need to jump in...
• 2/21 High Heat Stats: Normalized strikeout rates of the all-time greats: As strikeouts have become so much more frequent than they used to be, it’s useful to gain a little perspective on how the...
• 2/17 Mets360.com: Rod Gaspar, George Theodore and the pension fight of former players: Major League Baseball is a multi-billion dollar business. Today’s athletes are well-paid and well taken care of, even when...
• 2/15 Mets360.com: The 2012 Mets: I Wanna Believe: The confetti from the Giants’ Super Bowl victory is scarcely swept up and we’re gearing up for spring training. The annual...
• 2/12 High Heat Stats: The best relief career you never hear about: Who were the top relievers of the 1970s? If you ask the average fan, you’d likely hear Rollie Fingers, Sparky Lyle, Goose...
• 2/12 WasWatching: WHIP It Good: Pitchers since 1901 to qualify for the ERA title while posting a WHIP of 1.09 or less, at least four times in their career - Rk...

• 1/26 NY Baseball Digest: John Franco, A Hall of Famer at Heart: Today, the Mets announced John Franco as the latest inductee into their Hall of Fame. I discussed how Tom Seaver might have...
• 1/23 NY Baseball Digest: Tom Seaver, Born to be a Dodger?: I had an opportunity to chat with Steven Travers last night, author of a new book called “The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and...
• 1/22 The Daily Catch: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 4 (Picks 151-200): This article is courtesy of our friends at Bus Leagues Baseball Written by: Brian At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an...
• 1/22 Baseball Musings: Seaver on Pitch Counts: Tom Seaver is not against pitch counts, but he thinks they should be customized to the pitcher. He also doesn’t like wasting...
• 1/19 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 4 (Picks 151-200): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/17 PaulLebowitz.com: The Hall of Fame Debate Has Grown Tiresome: Barry Larkin was the only player elected by the writers. Jack Morris’s percentage has risen to 66.7%. With two years left on...
• 1/11 MetsToday.com: Mike Piazza, Winemaker: Next year, Mike Piazza‘s name goes on the Hall of Fame ballot. Whether he gets in or not is beyond his control — and...
• 1/11 The Daily Catch: Is Mike Piazza A First-Ballot Hall of Famer?: This article is courtesy of our friends at Mets Merized Online Written by: Jim Mancari With the dust settled from this year’s...
• 1/11 High Heat Stats: WAAS for Pitchers: (For an explanation of the Wins Above All-Star Level method, as well as position-player values, see previous post.)The following...
• 1/11 The Writer's Journey: A picture is worth a thousand words.: Baseball’s newest Hall of Famer, Barry Larkin. (I know that I’ve been posting a lot about Larkin the past few days....
• 1/9 PaulLebowitz.com: The Hall of Fame Debate Has Grown Tiresome: Barry Larkin was the only player elected by the writers. Jack Morris’s percentage has risen to 66.7%. With two years left on...
• 1/3 PaulLebowitz.com: Tim Lincecum Trade Pa-Troll: Reading the teaser headline and you’d automatically take the “news” on a slow day as an inviting and irresistible lure to...

• 12/29 MetsToday.com: New Year, New Beginning: With hours to go until the New Year, 2011 is taking its final bows, and 2012 is ready for its debut.  Most people look upon the...
• 12/28 11th and Washington: Jim Qualls vs. Tom Seaver: Part of my 2011 Christmas haulI finally watched the recent episode of Studio 42 with Bob Costas in which he sat down with Tom...
• 12/26 Mets360.com: Top 10 LHP with most wins in Mets history: When you think of the Mets you think of the outstanding pitchers the team has had throughout the years. Undoubtedly the first...
• 12/25 High Heat Stats: Most career PITCHING WAR by number of franchises played for: Earlier today, Andy took a look at the batting/fielding leaders in WAR categorized by number of franchises played for.  Here...
• 12/22 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #41 & #42: Everyone knows that #42 is retired league-wide for Robinson, and will probably be retired by the Yankees when Mariano Rivera hangs...
• 12/22 NY Baseball Digest: The Mets Have Become the Real Life Major League: The Mets financial problems have brought endless jokes and ridicule. If the Miami, don’t call me Florida, Marlins aren’t...
• 12/21 Mets360.com: The ultimate Mets killer — Willie Stargell: Hopefully Jerry Manuel was right. Believe it or not, in April 2010 he compared his rookie first baseman Ike Davis to Willie Stargell,...
• 12/18 High Heat Stats: Readers' Research: Only Career HR Off of a Hall of Famer: A week ago there was the following  comment was posted on our  suggestions page by Psychump  :I am currently collecting...
• 12/14 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 2011 Tom Seaver: 2011 TOPPS TOM SEAVER DIAMOND DIE CUT Topps created these die-cut, refractive, absurdly thick cards as part of its 2011 Diamond...
• 12/14 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #15 & #16: A catcher and three pitchers make up the next batch of retired numbers. The catcher was killed in a tragic accident, and there...
• 12/9 High Heat Stats: Baseball behemoths: rolling three-year WAR leaders (pitchers edition): Here are the pitchers with the highest total Wins Above Replacement for each 3-year period dating back to 1900. There are lots...
• 12/9 MetsToday.com: Why the Mets Were Right to Let Reyes Leave: Given all the information available as of December 8th, 2011, I’m willing to declare that the Mets were right to let Jose...
• 12/8 NY Baseball Digest: Love Works Both Ways: Anytime an athlete doesn’t get what he wants he pulls out the “respect and love card.” When they leave for more...
• 12/5 WasWatching: Santo Makes Hall, Kaat Missed By Two Votes: Here’s the story.  Guys to throw 4,000+ innings in the bigs since 1901: Rk Player ERA+ IP From To Age G GS W L SV BB SO...

• 11/30 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1984 Tom Seaver: 1984 TOPPS TOM SEAVER A few weeks ago I ran across a TV listing for a documentary entitled “The Last Play at Shea.” The Verizon...
• 11/18 MetsToday.com: The Endy Chavez Encore and 10 Other Double-Duty Mets: A recent NYDN article indicated that the Mets have “discussed” a reunion with OF Endy Chavez. FWIW, I am in favor of this...
• 11/16 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1964 Ron Hunt: 1964 TOPPS RON HUNT It’s post-season awards week, or as I like to call it, The Week When They Give the MVP Award to Someone...
• 11/14 Classic Minnesota Twins: Classic Twins Remembers Graig Nettles, The One That Got Away: Young Mr. Nettles (circa, 1968), the template for his1969 Topps Twins rookie card.Graig Nettles is better known as one of...

• 10/31 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Vazquez, Dobbs, Lopez, Nix: On this date in 1973, Tom Seaver of the Mets won the NL Cy Young award, becoming the first pitcher to take home the prize with...
• 10/27 MetsToday.com: Spilled Milk Part One: What-If Trades In Met History: First off a little brown-nosing–Joe’s article on what if the Mets hadn’t made certain moves was very entertaining and...
• 10/26 NY Baseball Digest: Looking Back: Gammons ’86 Playoff Preview: Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. I thought it would be fun to look back at the preview of...
• 10/25 NY Baseball Digest: ’09 Yanks Flex Their Muscles, Take 3-2 Series Lead: The script finally played out in Game 5 as many thought many it would on paper, as the 2009 Yankees hit 3 home runs and drubbed...
• 10/24 NY Baseball Digest: Seaver Carries Mets to Game 4 Victory- Series Tied: Just 24 hours ago it appeared the ’09 Yankees were well on their well to finishing the ’73 Mets off quickly. The Mets...
• 10/22 NY Baseball Digest: Separating Ownership Situation From Reyes Contract: After reading Joel Sherman’s column yesterday, I get the feeling the Mets threshold might be lower than we thought, and...
• 10/21 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Dodge a Bullet, Take Game 2 in 9th: Many thought the ’73 Mets were huge underdogs in this series, but through two games they have been right there with the...
• 10/21 B-R Blog: Colby Lewis: 2.22 ERA in 7 postseason starts: WS Game 2 was the 7th postseason start for Colby Lewis, and the 6th time that he went at least 5 innings allowing 2 runs or less....
• 10/20 NY Baseball Digest: The “Melk Man” Delivers in Game 1: It was a classic start to this year’s NYBD Sim Series between the 1973 Mets and 2009 Yankees. Tom Seaver took on CC Sabathia at...
• 10/19 MetsToday.com: The Nolan Ryan Express Still Doesn’t Stop In Flushing: Over the last couple of weeks, ESPN has been running the film “Catching **** from their exquisite 30 for 30 series. Directed...
• 10/19 NY Baseball Digest: NYBD World Series: ’73 Mets vs. ’09 Yankees: There will be World Series baseball in New York courtesy of NYBD. Each year I conduct a sim series using the software of Strat-O-Matic,...
• 10/15 The Writer's Journey: “Talking Baseball with Ed Randall” now on @Netflix streaming!: This just popped up on my RSS feed today…and I’m very interested to watch some of these interviews! Look at a few...
• 10/13 Baseball Musings: I Want Yu: I was looking at this video of Yu Darvish pitching, and I get the sense that he is part Tom Seaver and part Tim Lincecum. Like...
• 10/4 Mets360.com: 1975: One Day With The Mets: As we watch another Metsless playoff – ten years out of the last eleven, if you’re scoring at home – there is little to...

• 9/27 MLBTradeRumors: Returns For Trading The Manager: So it appears that the Florida Marlins, a team not known for friendliness to Twitterers, have acquired Ozzie Guillen, one of the...
• 9/18 PaulLebowitz.com: Mariano Rivera Didn’t Make The Rules: After Mariano Rivera recorded his 601st save to tie Trevor Hoffman as the career leader in saves, the debate began again as to...
• 9/13 B-R Blog: 4+ Seasons Of 30+ Starts With ERA+ Of 110+ Before Age 27: Since 1901, how many pitchers have 4+ seasons with 30 or more starts and an ERA+ of 110 or better at age 26 or younger? Here is...
• 9/8 NY Baseball Digest: Pete Rose on Shea Stadium: I have been meaning to share a bunch of pictures I took from my August visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Recently,...
• 9/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Waiting (Hoping?) For The Breakdown Of Tim Lincecum: Tim Lincecum got knocked around by the Diamondbacks in the Giants’ 7-2 loss last night. The Diamondbacks’ broadcasters—I’m...
• 9/3 B-R Blog: Friday Falkenbergs: Games of 9/2/2011: [No emery-ball specialists on the mound tonight -- that I know of -- but there was a "Cy" in action....] -- Justin Verlander won...

• 8/29 NY Baseball Digest: Chris Capuano’s Unique Place in Mets History: With everyone preparing for Hurricane Irene you might have missed a dominant pitching performance by Chris Capuano on Friday....
• 8/27 B-R Blog: Some things that happened Friday 8/26: -- Chris Capuano made the last pre-Irene game in this area memorable with a 2-hit, no-walk, 13-K shutout. His 96 Game Score was...
• 8/24 NY Baseball Digest: Original Scouting Reports on Santana, Seaver, and Koufax: During my visit to the Hall of Fame I came across quite a few interesting pieces. Throughout the next week I will share some of...
• 8/17 B-R Blog: CG With 14+ Ks And Getting The Loss: Since 1919, how many pitchers have thrown a complete game, whiffing 14 or more, and got the loss in the contest? Here is the list...
• 8/12 B-R Blog: 100th win puts Verlander in elite company: By winning his 5th straight start tonight (and 13th in his last 15), Justin Verlander not only put a little more air between Detroit...
• 8/10 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1990 Tim Teufel: 1990 LEAF TIM TEUFEL We all have our favorite Mets’ mannerisms. As a child of the ’70s/’80s, here are some of...
• 8/8 NY Baseball Digest: Seaver On Pitch Counts: “I Had My Own Pitch Count”: Marc Malusis did a great in studio interview on WFAN with “The Franchise” Tom Seaver. It was inevitable that pitch...
• 8/7 B-R Blog: Multiple Games of 9+ IP 0R without a Win: On Friday night,  Jered Weaver managed to pitch 9 innings without allowing a run and still not earn a win. Not only that, it...
• 8/4 NY Baseball Digest: Learning From Generation K- A Second Chance:  Paul Wilson, Jason Isringhausen, Bill Pulsipher. For now, that is the order in which their lockers are situated in the clubhouse...

• 7/30 B-R Blog: Derek Holland has 4 shutouts and a 4.14 ERA: Derek Holland shut out the Blue Jays in Toronto Saturday, his 4th shutout of the year and 3rd in his last 5 starts. He threw just...
• 7/26 B-R Blog: 5+ Seasons Since 1973 With 200+ IP and ERA+ >=120: How many pitchers, since 1973, have 5+ seasons with 200+ IP with an ERA+ of 120 or more? Here's the list - Rk   Yrs From To Age...
• 7/22 NY Baseball Digest: Mets As Sellers, Tex vs. Giambi, Matsui and New HOF, BBWAA Dilemma: Carlos Beltran likely played his final home game as a member of the Mets yesterday. Today is just another day where we read rumors...
• 7/21 NY Baseball Digest: Will Yanks Like Inge, Pepsi Porch, Senior Saviors, 50 Amazin Years, Vance Worley: The Tigers designated Brandon Inge for assignment last night. Inge has struggled this season hitting only .177 with a homer...
• 7/20 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1967 Tommie Reynolds: 1967 TOPPS TOM REYNOLDS Did you ever wonder about the force that drove apart the “Tom” and “Reynolds” at the top of this...
• 7/19 B-R Blog: Longest Streaks With 6+ IP On The Road Since 1919: From Doc Halladay to Sloppy Thurston! Here is the leader board on this one - Rk   Strk Start End Games W L GS CG SHO GF SV IP...
• 7/16 NY Baseball Digest: SNY on Kiner, Gangland, Reyes Video, Ubaldo an Injury Risk: Next Thursday SNY will be airing a special on Ralph Kiner at 7pm. Newsday’s Neil Best reports that among those interviewed...
• 7/12 The Greatest 21 Days: Rob Woodward, Did Return - 303: Tom Seaver became a Red Sox in June 1986 and somebody had to go. That somebody was Rob Woodward.It was a move that saw the future...
• 7/5 NY Baseball Digest: Unanimous HOF, Mo’s Injury, Parnell’s Key to Success: Josh Norris of the Trentonian wonders if Derek Jeter will be the first unanimous Hall of Fame selection in the history of the...

• 6/28 NY Baseball Digest: Where Does Reyes Season Stand in Mets History?: To date, has Jose Reyes had the best overall season in Mets history? Hard to compare him with pitchers; besides, no one will...
• 6/16 Mets360.com: For the Mets, .500 Is Step One: Since their 3-1 start to the season, the Mets have scraped the .500 mark twice: on May 20 at Yankee Stadium, and then last night...
• 6/15 NY Baseball Digest: Seaver Anniversary Today, Watch His Cincy Return: Mets Police reminds us that 34 years ago today Tom Seaver was deal by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson,...
• 6/9 PaulLebowitz.com: The Joba Ruination Is Now Complete: Noble and misguided, the Joba Rules surrounding the use of one-time Yankees phenom Joba Chamberlain demolished what was once...
• 6/2 NY Baseball Digest: Why Carter’s #8 Should Be Retired: I was a bit surprised about how polarized the fans are about retiring Gary Carter‘s number. This debate was born yesterday...

• 5/7 The Captain's Blog: Did Fans of the Past Better Appreciate Star Players? Examining a Radio Talk Show Claim: Toward the end of Friday afternoon’s edition of the Michael Kay radio show, which was being co-hosted by Don La Greca and Bill...
• 5/5 The Captain's Blog: (Half) Marathon Men: 10-Strikeout Game Leaders by Franchise: Last night, Tim Lincecum established the Giants’ franchise record for most 10 strikeout games by a pitcher. By punching...
• 5/4 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1967 Seaver/Ryan RC: This is not a real card but it could have been, as Tom Seaver’s rookie card was issued in 1967 and Nolan Ryan’s came a year...

• 4/28 NY Baseball Digest: Mike Francesa: A Modern Day **** Young: Back in the 1950s through the 1970s, here in New York City, there used to be a curmudgeonly sports columnist named **** Young...
• 4/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Travels In The Blameatorium: Rangers closer Neftali Feliz has been placed on the disabled list with shoulder inflammation. Naturally this is leading to the...
• 4/23 The Captain's Blog: One Hit Wonders: Sanchez Loses No Hitter, but Still Puts Himself in Select Company: Anibal Sanchez came within three outs of pitching his second no hitter, but his attempt at history was thwarted by Dexter Fowler’s...
• 4/20 B-R Blog: One Time All-Stars, Most Seasons Without 20 Wins Or Saves: Of all the pitchers to once make an All-Star team, who has the most seasons where he did not win or save 20 games? Here's the...
• 4/14 B-R Blog: Unlikely No-Hit Pitchers: One of the fun new things we can do with the PI is to sort the results of a game-finder search by a season finder. Here are all...
• 4/7 Mets Merized: For Mike Pelfrey, The Hits Just Keep On Comin’: Mike Pelfrey is entering his sixth season with the Mets, compiling a 43-41 record over his first five seasons in New York (43-42...

• 3/21 PaulLebowitz.com: Heroes: White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen exploded after pitcher Jake Peavy had to leave Saturday’s game with pain in his shoulder—ESPN...
• 3/18 B-R Blog: Bloops: The Hall of (Peak-Weighted) WAR: Here's a cool link from Adam Darowski: Hall of wWAR: The Hall of Fame Re-Po**** by Peak-Weighted WAR It is exactly what it sounds...

• 2/25 The Writer's Journey: Trade with The Phillies Room: Jim over at The Phillies Room makes some awesome custom cards, and has for several years now. He calls them “Chachi”...
• 2/24 Call to the Pen: Safety In Numbers: Best New Artist: Not too long ago, the internet nearly exploded from pre-teen angst over the upset victory by Esperanza Spalding over Tiger Beat...
• 2/19 NY Baseball Digest: Reunions Don’t Always Go Well: One of the biggest surprises the first week of spring training was the Mets signing former phenom Jason Isringhausen to a minor...
• 2/17 Baseball Musings: Down Goes Frazier: Joe Frazier, the former Mets manager, passed away Tuesday: Frazier, who spent almost a half-century in organized baseball, primarily...
• 2/17 The Writer's Journey: Trade with Nachos Grande: There are several bloggers attempting to complete the Diamond Parallel set in 2011 Topps. A noble goal, not one that I care to...
• 2/14 The Writer's Journey: Trade with White Sox Cards: It’s always fun to trade with Steve over at White Sox Cards. I sent him some 2011 ChiSox and a few odds and ends last week,...
• 2/13 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 2.13.2011: And if Tom Seaver comes back… I can see it. Pitchers and catchers are reporting; the sun in Florida and Arizona is warm;...
• 2/10 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Catfish Hunter Worst HOF Pitcher?: Catfish Hunter is best known as the ace pitcher for the A’s on their three consecutive World Series Championship teams of...
• 2/7 B-R Blog: 4+ Post-Season Games With GS = 65+: How many pitchers have 4+ post-season games in their career with a Game Score of 65 or better? Here's the list - Rk Player #Matching...

• 1/23 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Bubble Gum Hero: Tim Belcher: 1985 – #281 – Tim Belcher Tim Belcher didn’t pitch one inning for the Oakland Athletics. As this card indicates,...
• 1/20 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: No No-No No No No | Baseball Digest: BD Hot Stove: No No-No No No No | Baseball DigestThis morning’s local paper had its daily “What do these three things have...
• 1/20 MLBTradeRumors: Five Facts About The Elias Rankings: If you’re interested in free agency or the draft, chances are you’ve heard about the Elias rankings. The Elias Sports Bureau...
• 1/16 PaulLebowitz.com: Abandonment: The Joba Ruination leads to opportunity: The Yankees should make Joba Chamberlain into a starter. They should do so without constraints...
• 1/14 Mets360.com: In appreciation of Jerry Koosman: I looked at my calendar the other day, did some quick mental math and realized that 2011 will be the 50th season of New York Mets...
• 1/13 Subjective Baseball: All-Time Team: New York Mets (pitchers): Continuing my most recent entry, here is the Mets' all-time rotation.  Don't worry, fans of the other 29 teams, your team's...
• 1/12 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 1970 NL Batting (Cleon Jones): 1970 TOPPS NL BATTING LEADERS #61 Mets’ fans of the ‘60s must have thought that Topps league-leader cards were designed to...
• 1/12 NY Baseball Digest: Nova, Hughes, and Gee At Risk in 2011: Tom Verducci did his annual “Pitcher Abuse Analysis” yesterday, and three pitchers from the local teams showed up:...
• 1/8 NY Baseball Digest: Top 10 Mets Pitching Seasons: We did the top positional player seasons earlier this week. Today we look at the Mets best pitching seasons. 1. Doc Gooden (1985)...
• 1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Beltre, Angels, Dodgers: On this date in 1992, Tom Seaver was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame along with Rollie Fingers. Seaver received 425 of 430...
• 1/7 PaulLebowitz.com: Check ‘Ya Self: The NFL banned excessive celebrating for a reason: The reason, I think, is that it starts fights. Mostly. But there are other...
• 1/6 WSJ Daily Fix: Blyleven Celebrates; Brown Is Rejected: The Count: Bert Blyleven got his overdue induction into Cooperstown, but Kevin Brown got almost no support despite a strong case...
• 1/5 B-R Blog: A great day for baseball stats: Bert Blyleven's election to the Hall of Fame is big, big news to me. Personally, I think that it signifies acceptance of advanced...
• 1/5 B-R Blog: Bert Blyleven & Roberto Alomar Elected To Cooperstown: Congrats to Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar! I'll have more here shortly. In the interim, please feel free to use this entry...

• 12/31 Mets360.com: Roberto Clemente and the Mets: Most baseball fans know the story of Roberto Clemente. The Hall of Famer played 18 years in the majors, all with the Pirates....
• 12/30 Mets360.com: Perez Deal Is No Kazmir Trade: Just like us regular folk, Major League Baseball teams look towards the winter months for something special. The only difference...
• 12/30 NY Baseball Digest: NYBD Top 50 Mets of All Time: Let’s take another look at the history of the Mets. I recently gave you my “Top 10 Teams in Mets History” list,...
• 12/26 Mets360.com: Pitch counts and Al Jackson’s 15-inning game: Perhaps no issue in baseball today is more divisive than pitch counts. Advocates of pitch counts claim that it helps to protect...
• 12/24 Mets360.com: Edgardo Alfonzo delivers best Mets game ever: If you asked most Mets fans what is the greatest individual game in team history, most would answer Tom Seaver and his outing...
• 12/22 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: Tom Seaver: 1974 TOPPS TOM SEAVER #80 It was all too rare during the Golden Age of Topps (1952-1980) for star players to get cards that matched...
• 12/22 Mets360.com: The watchword under Alderson: Calm: Seems to me… …there’s something missing in the Mets’ front office these days: panic. It’s beyond refreshing to have...
• 12/4 B-R Blog: 4+ One-Hitters Since 1920: Since 1920, how many starting pitchers have thrown 4+ one-hitters? Here's the list - Rk Player #Matching   W L W-L% ERA GS CG...

• 11/19 B-R Blog: WAR Leader and Cy Young Winner in the Same Season: As Andy noted yesterday, King Felix won the AL Cy Young after also leading the AL in Wins Above Replacement. I was wondering how...
• 11/16 B-R Blog: Most Cheap Wins Since 1920: Bill James says that it's a “Cheap Win” when a starting pitcher wins a game where his Game Score was under 50. So, what pitchers...
• 11/11 The Writer's Journey: Starting pitchers and the Hall of Fame: Did you realize there are no starting pitchers in the Hall of Fame that debuted after 1967? Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Catfish Hunter…they...
• 11/4 The Captain's Blog: Bless That Boy: Sparky’s Career Takes Him from Anonymity to the Hall of Fame; Almost Became Yankees Skipper in 1980: Just days after the news that Sparky Anderson had entered a ho**** the legendary manager passed away at the age of 76. George...

• 10/31 MLBTradeRumors: Ranking Mets GMs All-Time: Well, it's official. Sandy Alderson is the 12th General Manager of the New York Mets, bringing joy to the corners of the globe...
• 10/21 B-R Blog: Data Dump: Postseason Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio Leaders: B-R user Simmy Cohen noticed that we don't have a K/BB leaderboard on our all-time playoff pitching leaders page, and asked if...
• 10/18 B-R Blog: Which Staff Had the Most Wins in Their Future?: Here's an interesting question sent to us by B-R reader Phil: "I've been a Mets fan since 1967, when, as the youngest kid in my...
• 10/9 B-R Blog: Young Starters In The Post-Season: Phil Hughes is 24.29 years old at this moment and will be starting Game 3 of the 2010 ALDS for the Yankees this evening.  How...

• 9/7 PaulLebowitz.com: The Paul Effect: The Paul Effect (pôl -f kt), adj.---A syndrome named for Paul (The Prince of New York) Lebowitz related to and caused by an...
• 9/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Pick A Side: Clean it up or don't----and know the consequences either way: Reading the Wall Street Journal this morning, I came across...

• 8/8 B-R Blog: Brandon Morrow’s Big Day 8/8/10: By now, you've probably have heard about Morrow's effort today. So, since 1920 and through yesterday, how many starting pitchers,...

• 7/27 The Captain's Blog: Mets, Padres Last to Have No “No-No”; Close Calls Foiled by Journeyman Doyle: After being denied a hit on two occasions in 2010, the Rays were finally on the celebratory end of the accomplishment when Matt...
• 7/19 B-R Blog: 25 Start Seasons to Begin a Career: Javier Vazquez has played for a lot of teams in his 13 season career. Yet, despite the frequent changes, he has taken the ball...
• 7/5 NY Baseball Digest: Vote: NYBD Strat-O-Matic Mets All Star Starter: Doc Gooden Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS CG SHO IP H ER HR BB SO ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 1985 20 24 4 .857 1.53 35 35 16 8 276.2...
• 7/2 B-R Blog: Starting pitcher goes 9+ innings without getting credited for a complete game: Yesterday we looked at the recent game in which Felix Hernandez pitched 9 innings but failed to complete the game since it went...

• 6/18 WasWatching: Not Too Old To Boogie Down: Old guys to start a game against the Yankees, in New York, since the Steinbrenners owned the team, where they won the game: Rk Player Age 6 Date Tm Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO GSc 1 Jamie...
• 6/8 B-R Blog: Consecutive Starts 8+IP, 1-R: With his shutout of the  Reds tonight, not only has Matt Cain thrown at least 8 innings in 4 consecutive starts, he has also...
• 6/1 B-R Blog: Jumping Jimenez – More On Über Ubaldo: Somewhat adding on to Raphy's post on Ubaldo Jimenez, via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Game Finder - starting...

• 5/20 B-R Blog: WAR Data: Best Starting Pitchers Not In the Hall of Fame: Yesterday, I looked at the best eligible position players not in the Hall of Fame by WAR, and you responded with your votes by...
• 5/6 B-R Blog: The 3,000 hit club (but not the one you think): The "3,000 hit club" is one of the most recognizable phrases among baseball fans. It ranks up there with "a .300 hitter", the...