Tom Seaver
George Thomas Seaver (Tom Terrific)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 206 lb.

Born: November 17, 1944 in Fresno, CA
High School: Fresno (Fresno, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1967
Final Game: September 19, 1986
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1992 (425/430 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 NYM NL 22 P 35 34 251.0 56 17 38 1 3 .982 1.97 1.57 .959 2.00 0.78 AS,MVP-22,RoY-1
1968 NYM NL 23 P 36 35 278.0 70 21 48 1 4 .986 2.23 1.92 .957 2.01 0.85 AS
1969 NYM NL 24 P 36 35 273.1 68 18 48 2 7 .971 2.17 1.83 .957 1.95 0.78 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1970 NYM NL 25 P 37 36 290.2 68 19 46 3 3 .956 2.01 1.76 .951 1.85 0.71 AS,CYA-7,MVP-29
1971 NYM NL 26 P 36 35 286.1 56 17 38 1 3 .982 1.73 1.53 .952 1.90 0.78 AS,CYA-2,MVP-9
1972 NYM NL 27 P 35 35 262.0 60 17 40 3 3 .950 1.96 1.63 .950 1.78 0.73 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1973 NYM NL 28 P 36 36 290.0 66 26 35 5 1 .924 1.89 1.69 .952 1.88 0.73 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
1974 NYM NL 29 P 32 32 236.0 52 9 42 1 7 .981 1.94 1.59 .942 1.88 0.71
1975 NYM NL 30 P 36 36 280.1 68 21 43 4 6 .941 2.05 1.78 .946 1.86 0.72 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1976 NYM NL 31 P 35 34 271.0 54 12 41 1 3 .981 1.76 1.51 .948 1.88 0.72 AS,CYA-8
1977 TOT NL 32 P 33 33 261.1 47 13 33 1 3 .979 1.58 1.39 .949 1.85 0.67 AS,CYA-3,MVP-25
1977 NYM NL 32 P 13 13 96.0 24 6 17 1 0 .958 2.16 1.77 .950 1.85 0.67
1977 CIN NL 32 P 20 20 165.1 23 7 16 0 3 1.000 1.25 1.15 .948 1.85 0.67
1978 CIN NL 33 P 36 36 259.2 49 15 28 6 2 .878 1.49 1.19 .955 1.91 0.72 AS
1979 CIN NL 34 P 32 32 215.0 50 22 26 2 2 .960 2.01 1.50 .950 1.80 0.66 CYA-4,MVP-21
1980 CIN NL 35 P 26 26 168.0 42 16 26 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.62 .950 1.91 0.69
1981 CIN NL 36 P 23 23 166.1 31 8 22 1 1 .968 1.62 1.30 .958 1.97 0.68 AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
1982 CIN NL 37 P 21 21 111.1 20 7 11 2 1 .900 1.46 0.86 .955 1.96 0.70
1983 NYM NL 38 P 34 34 231.0 54 22 28 4 0 .926 1.95 1.47 .954 1.92 0.68
1984 CHW AL 39 P 34 33 236.2 51 11 40 0 2 1.000 1.94 1.50 .957 1.79 0.70
1985 CHW AL 40 P 35 33 238.2 65 20 43 2 2 .969 2.38 1.80 .952 1.86 0.70
1986 TOT AL 41 P 28 28 176.1 35 17 16 2 1 .943 1.68 1.18 .957 1.83 0.68
1986 CHW AL 41 P 12 12 72.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.92 .955 1.82 0.68
1986 BOS AL 41 P 16 16 104.1 24 13 9 2 1 .917 1.90 1.38 .958 1.83 0.68
20 Seasons P 656 647 4783.0 1062 328 692 42 54 .960 1.92 1.55 .952 1.89 0.72
20 Seasons TOT 656 647 4783.0 1062 328 692 42 54 .960 1.92 1.55 .913 1.89 0.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1967 NYM NL 22 36 34 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 NYM NL 23 38 35 38 38 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1969 NYM NL 24 39 35 39 39 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1970 NYM NL 25 42 36 42 42 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1971 NYM NL 26 39 35 39 39 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1972 NYM NL 27 36 35 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 NYM NL 28 39 36 39 39 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1974 NYM NL 29 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYM NL 30 37 36 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 NYM NL 31 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CIN NL 32 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 NYM NL 32 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CIN NL 33 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CIN NL 34 33 32 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 CIN NL 35 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CIN NL 36 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CIN NL 37 22 21 22 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 NYM NL 38 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHW AL 39 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHW AL 40 35 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BOS AL 41 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CHW AL 41 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Seasons 677 553 582 674 656 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1967 NYM NL 22 1060 76% 25% 45 93% 0 18 5 9 37 29 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 8 88%
1968 NYM NL 23 1133 77% 25% 51 92% 1 20 2 16 47 39 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 3 1 10 80%
1969 NYM NL 24 1115 73% 25% 59 95% 1 16 3 8 52 40 8 2 0 1 1 1 8 6 8 0 14 100%
1970 NYM NL 25 1201 69% 23% 49 96% 0 19 4 13 44 37 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 3 0 5 100%
1971 NYM NL 26 1123 68% 22% 42 90% 0 18 2 14 37 26 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 12 83%
1972 NYM NL 27 1091 70% 21% 44 95% 0 16 2 8 38 32 3 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 3 1 11 100%
1973 NYM NL 28 1167 73% 25% 43 95% 0 24 2 14 36 29 2 5 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 8 100%
1974 NYM NL 29 997 72% 26% 49 94% 1 10 1 7 45 33 9 1 0 1 0 0 7 6 7 0 10 100%
1975 NYM NL 30 1164 71% 25% 43 95% 0 21 2 18 40 29 8 4 0 1 3 1 6 4 6 0 7 100%
1976 NYM NL 31 1125 72% 26% 42 95% 1 15 2 13 39 32 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 8 88%
1977 CIN NL 32 660 75% 23% 20 95% 0 7 1 4 17 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 100%
1977 NYM NL 32 411 76% 21% 15 93% 0 4 0 4 16 13 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1978 CIN NL 33 1120 72% 22% 37 81% 1 17 0 11 28 18 5 6 0 4 2 4 2 2 2 0 10 90%
1979 CIN NL 34 912 79% 24% 38 97% 3 20 1 9 29 17 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 8 88%
1980 CIN NL 35 732 78% 25% 29 100% 1 15 1 11 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1981 CIN NL 36 710 78% 25% 26 81% 0 8 0 7 22 17 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 10 70%
1982 CIN NL 37 527 79% 29% 13 77% 0 7 1 4 10 9 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 50%
1983 NYM NL 38 1033 78% 25% 35 89% 0 22 0 18 30 25 2 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1984 CHW AL 39 1017 81% 27% 38 100% 0 10 1 9 40 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 8 100%
1985 CHW AL 40 1039 80% 28% 45 96% 3 20 2 16 42 34 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 14 93%
1986 BOS AL 41 469 78% 28% 14 64% 0 13 0 10 8 7 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 60%
1986 CHW AL 41 321 80% 29% 7 100% 0 4 0 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
20 Seasons 20127 75% 25% 784 93% 12 324 32 227 690 542 76 42 1 21 20 17 56 33 50 6 167 90%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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