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Tom Seaton

Thomas Gordon Seaton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 30, 1887 in Blair, NE (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1912
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Tip-Tops/Cubs/Pepper 1912-1917

Final Game: June 23, 1917
Died: April 10, 1940 in El Paso, TX
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, TX
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 5:18PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #698. Steve Busby… #699. Fred Frankhouse… #700. Red Ehret… #701. TOM SEATON… #702. Bill Hallahan… #703. Dick Tidrow… #704. Clay Buchholz… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1912 24 PHI NL 16 12 .571 3.28 44 27 14 16 2 2 255.0 246 126 93 8 106 118 9 0 9 1080 110 1.380 8.7 0.3 3.7 4.2 1.11
1913 25 PHI NL 27 12 .692 2.60 52 35 14 21 5 1 322.1 262 117 93 6 136 168 10 0 9 1324 128 1.235 7.3 0.2 3.8 4.7 1.24 MVP-11
1914 26 BTT FL 25 14 .641 3.03 44 38 5 26 7 2 302.2 299 130 102 6 102 172 13 0 4 1270 106 1.325 8.9 0.2 3.0 5.1 1.69
1915 27 TOT FL 13 17 .433 3.81 44 34 9 20 0 4 264.1 260 149 112 7 120 114 5 0 8 1126 78 1.438 8.9 0.2 4.1 3.9 0.95
1915 27 BTT FL 11 11 .500 4.42 32 24 8 13 0 3 189.1 199 123 93 6 99 86 3 0 6 831 69 1.574 9.5 0.3 4.7 4.1 0.87
1915 27 NEW FL 2 6 .250 2.28 12 10 1 7 0 1 75.0 61 26 19 1 21 28 2 0 2 295 126 1.093 7.3 0.1 2.5 3.4 1.33
1916 28 CHC NL 6 6 .500 3.27 31 12 13 4 0 1 121.0 108 54 44 3 43 45 4 0 3 504 89 1.248 8.0 0.2 3.2 3.3 1.05
1917 29 CHC NL 5 4 .556 2.53 16 9 5 3 1 1 74.2 60 30 21 0 23 27 1 0 1 295 115 1.112 7.2 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.17
6 Seasons 92 65 .586 3.12 231 155 60 90 15 11 1340.0 1235 606 465 30 530 644 42 0 34 5599 103 1.317 8.3 0.2 3.6 4.3 1.22
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .586 3.12 41 27 11 16 3 2 236 218 107 82 5 93 113 7 0 6 986 103 1.317 8.3 0.2 3.6 4.3 1.22
BTT (2 yrs) 36 25 .590 3.57 76 62 13 39 7 5 492.0 498 253 195 12 201 258 16 0 10 2101 88 1.421 9.1 0.2 3.7 4.7 1.28
PHI (2 yrs) 43 24 .642 2.90 96 62 28 37 7 3 577.1 508 243 186 14 242 286 19 0 18 2404 119 1.299 7.9 0.2 3.8 4.5 1.18
CHC (2 yrs) 11 10 .524 2.99 47 21 18 7 1 2 195.2 168 84 65 3 66 72 5 0 4 799 97 1.196 7.7 0.1 3.0 3.3 1.09
NEW (1 yr) 2 6 .250 2.28 12 10 1 7 0 1 75.0 61 26 19 1 21 28 2 0 2 295 126 1.093 7.3 0.1 2.5 3.4 1.33
FL (2 yrs) FL 38 31 .551 3.40 88 72 14 46 7 6 567.0 559 279 214 13 222 286 18 0 12 2396 91 1.377 8.9 0.2 3.5 4.5 1.29
NL (4 yrs) NL 54 34 .614 2.92 143 83 46 44 8 5 773.0 676 327 251 17 308 358 24 0 22 3203 113 1.273 7.9 0.2 3.6 4.2 1.16

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1912 24 PHI NL 255.0 27 126 150 1 1.0 24 3.1 $
1913 25 PHI NL 322.1 35 117 170 0 1.0 53 6.3 $ MVP-11
1914 26 BTT FL 302.2 38 130 160 -6 1.0 30 3.9 $
1915 27 BTT FL 189.1 23 126 93 -2 1.0 -33 -3.6 $
1915 27 NEW FL 75.0 10 26 37 -1 1.0 11 1.1 $
1916 28 CHC NL 121.0 12 54 53 0 1.0 -1 0.5 $
1917 29 CHC NL 74.2 9 30 33 -1 1.0 3 0.8 $
6 Seasons 1340.0 154 609 696 -9 1.0 87 12.1 $
BTT (2 yrs) 492.0 61 256 253 -8 1.0 -3 0.3 $
PHI (2 yrs) 577.1 62 243 320 1 1.0 77 9.4 $
CHC (2 yrs) 195.2 21 84 86 -1 1.0 2 1.3 $
NEW (1 yr) 75.0 10 26 37 -1 1.0 11 1.1 $

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1912 24 PHI NL 44 88 83 8 18 3 1 0 5 0 1 32 .217 .226 .277 .503 34 23 0 4 1
1913 25 PHI NL 52 119 110 8 12 0 1 1 2 0 2 6 35 .109 .155 .155 .310 -13 17 0 3 1 MVP-11
1914 26 BTT FL 44 117 107 14 22 3 2 1 7 3 9 39 .206 .267 .299 .566 61 32 0 1 1
1915 27 TOT FL 45 104 92 8 20 4 1 2 15 3 4 35 .217 .250 .348 .598 77 32 0 8 1
1915 27 BTT FL 33 77 66 5 16 4 1 1 13 2 3 24 .242 .275 .379 .654 92 25 0 8 1
1915 27 NEW FL 12 27 26 3 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 11 .154 .185 .269 .454 36 7 0 0 1
1916 28 CHC NL 31 40 38 4 7 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 15 .184 .205 .263 .468 38 10 0 1 1
1917 29 CHC NL 16 25 21 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 7 .238 .333 .286 .619 85 6 0 1 1
6 Seasons 232 493 451 44 84 12 6 4 32 8 2 24 163 .186 .227 .266 .493 40 120 0 18
162 Game Avg. 162 344 315 31 59 8 4 3 22 6 17 114 .186 .227 .266 .493 40 84 0 13
BTT (2 yrs) 77 194 173 19 38 7 3 2 20 5 12 63 .220 .270 .329 .600 73 57 0 9
PHI (2 yrs) 96 207 193 16 30 3 2 1 7 0 2 7 67 .155 .185 .207 .392 8 40 0 7
CHC (2 yrs) 47 65 59 6 12 2 1 0 3 2 0 4 22 .203 .254 .271 .525 55 16 0 2
NEW (1 yr) 12 27 26 3 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 11 .154 .185 .269 .454 36 7 0 0
FL (2 yrs) 89 221 199 22 42 7 3 3 22 6 13 74 .211 .259 .322 .581 68 64 0 9
NL (4 yrs) 143 272 252 22 42 5 3 1 10 2 2 11 89 .167 .202 .222 .424 18 56 0 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1912 24 PHI NL 88 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1913 25 PHI NL 119 -17 0 0 0 0 7 3 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.8 0.0 $3,000 1 MVP-11
1914 26 BTT FL 117 -7 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $8,500 1
1915 27 BTT FL 77 -2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $8,500 1
1915 27 NEW FL 27 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1916 28 CHC NL 40 -3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1917 29 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
6 Seasons 493 -40 1 0 0 0 25 9 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.6 0.0 $20,000
BTT (2 yrs) 194 -9 0 0 0 0 9 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $17,000
PHI (2 yrs) 207 -26 0 0 0 0 12 5 -9 -1.0 -9 -1.0 0.0 $3,000
CHC (2 yrs) 65 -3 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $
NEW (1 yr) 27 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1912 PHI NL 24 P 44 255.0 69 9 55 5 2 .928 2.26 1.45 .948 2.54 2.52
1913 PHI NL 25 P 52 322.1 103 15 86 2 1 .981 2.82 1.94 .955 2.61 2.60 MVP-11
1914 BTT FL 26 P 44 302.2 110 18 84 8 3 .927 3.03 2.32 .947 3.04 3.00
1915 TOT FL 27 P 44 264.1 100 5 92 3 4 .970 3.30 2.20 .956 3.08 3.05
1915 BTT FL 27 P 32 189.1 69 3 63 3 3 .957 3.14 2.06 .956 3.08 3.05
1915 NEW FL 27 P 12 75.0 31 2 29 0 1 1.000 3.72 2.58 .956 3.08 3.05
1916 CHC NL 28 P 31 121.0 42 5 36 1 0 .976 3.05 1.32 .959 2.67 2.67
1917 CHC NL 29 P 16 74.2 28 2 25 1 0 .964 3.25 1.69 .961 2.86 2.86
6 Seasons P 231 1340.0 452 54 378 20 10 .956 2.90 1.87 .953 2.81 2.77
6 Seasons TOT 231 1340.0 452 54 378 20 10 .956 2.90 1.87 .953 2.81 2.77
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1913 NL (11, 14%)
0.14 Career Shares (826th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1913 NL  5.5 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1913 NL  6.3 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1913 NL  2.60 (10th)
Career  3.12 (213th)

Wins s c a p y
1913 NL  27 (1st)
1914 FL  25 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1913 NL  .692 (7th)
1914 FL  .641 (4th)
Career  .586 (161st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1913 NL  7.315 (2nd)
Career  8.295 (226th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1913 NL  4.691 (4th)
1914 FL  5.115 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1912 NL  44 (5th)
1913 NL  52 (2nd)
1914 FL  44 (6th)
1915 FL  44 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1912 NL  2 (10th)
1914 FL  2 (10th)
1915 FL  4 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1913 NL  322.3 (1st)
1914 FL  302.7 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1913 NL  168 (1st)
1914 FL  172 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1913 NL  35 (5th)
1914 FL  38 (3rd)
1915 FL  34 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1913 NL  21 (6th)
1914 FL  26 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1913 NL  5 (2nd)
1914 FL  7 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1912 NL  8 (6th)
1915 FL  7 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1912 NL  106 (6th)
1913 NL  136 (1st)
1914 FL  102 (4th)
1915 FL  120 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1913 NL  262 (8th)
1914 FL  299 (5th)
1915 FL  260 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1913 NL  0.168 (7th)
Career  0.202 (168th)

Losses s c a p y
1915 FL  17 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1912 NL  93 (10th)
1913 NL  93 (7th)
1914 FL  102 (5th)
1915 FL  112 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1912 NL  9 (5th)
1913 NL  9 (4th)
1915 FL  8 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1913 NL  10 (3rd)
1914 FL  13 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1913 NL  1,324 (1st)
1914 FL  1,270 (6th)
1915 FL  1,126 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1912 NL  14 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1913 NL  128 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1913 NL  27 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1913 NL  2.9 (4th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1912 NL  44 (5th)
1913 NL  52 (2nd)
1915 FL  44 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1913 NL  15 (3rd)
1914 FL  18 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1913 NL  86 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1912 NL  5 (3rd)
1914 FL  8 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (209), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 56 (448), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (502), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (403), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Ted Lewis (947)
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  5. Brandon Webb (946)
  6. Jean Dubuc (945)
  7. Pol Perritt (945)
  8. Ed Seward (942)
  9. Ewell Blackwell (939)
  10. Pete Vuckovich (939)
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  1. Marino Pieretti (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Whitey Ford (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pete Alexander (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kevin Appier (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Lee (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Guy Morton (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
191325Philadelphia Phillies$3,000Baker affidavit in FL caseIncludes $500 bonus for 35 GP/21 wins
191426Brooklyn Tip-Tops$8,5004/11/14 NYT
191527Brooklyn Tip-Tops$8,5004/11/14 NYT
Career to date (may be incomplete)$20,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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