Tom Seaver

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: November 17, 1944 in Fresno, CA us

Died: August 31, 2020 in Calistoga, CA

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 10th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) and the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (20th) of the 1966 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Fresno HS (Fresno, CA)

Schools: Fresno City College (Fresno, CA), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 13, 1967 (Age 22-147d, 12,556th in major league history)
vs. PIT 5.1 IP, 6 H, 8 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 19, 1986 (Age 41-306d)
vs. TOR 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1992. (Voted by BBWAA on 425/430 ballots)
View Tom Seaver's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Agents: Bob Lawrence

Full Name: George Thomas Seaver

Nicknames: Tom Terrific or The Franchise

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

109.9

311

205

ERA

2.86

656

647

4783.0

3640

WHIP

1.121

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-16 / in Starts: 20-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	388	1	Apr 6	CIN		HOU	W,11-9	GS-4		99	3.0	6	5	5	0	3	3	0	15.00	13.59	15	3	3	0	1	6	30			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.358	1.36	-0.34%	-3.66	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out d4
2	389	5	Apr 11	CIN		SFG	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	1	8	2	0	6.30	7.19	29	8	7	0	2	5	64			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.074	1.86	0.09%	1.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	390	10	Apr 16	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	2	5	1	1	0	5.06	7.09	28	6	10	1	2	6	46			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	0	.89	-0.158	1.78	-0.19%	-0.53	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
4	391	14	Apr 21	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	7.0	2	1	1	4	7	0	0	3.91	5.63	27	6	8	0	1	2	72			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.21	0.154	2.67	0.20%	2.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
5	392	18	Apr 26	CIN		LAD	L,4-14	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	4.0	8	5	5	1	6	2	0	5.00	5.81	21	3	3	0	0	8	31			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.344	2.61	-0.51%	-3.22	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	393	22	May 1	CIN		PHI	L,1-12	GS-3	L(0-3)	4	2.0	7	7	6	6	3	0	0	6.52	6.00	19	5	5	2	1	0	13			4	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	1	.85	-0.432	1.55	-0.47%	-6.72	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d7
7	394	25	May 6	CIN		MON	W,6-2	GS-7	W(1-3)	4	6.0	9	2	2	1	3	1	0	5.91	5.70	26	5	8	3	0	9	48			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.053	1.05	0.05%	0.07	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a3
8	395	30	May 11	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-8	L(1-4)	4	7.0	9	4	4	2	6	1	0	5.79	5.35	32	3	12	1	3	9	47			0	0	0	30	2	1	1	0	0	0	.80	-0.069	1.46	-0.08%	-1.76	1b start tie	8b --3 0 out d3
9	396	34	May 16	CIN	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	W(2-4)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	13	0	0	4.94	4.41	34	7	6	1	1	7	81			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.218	1.49	0.22%	2.94	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
10	397	40	May 21(2)	CIN		SDP	W,1-0	GS-7	W(3-4)	4	7.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.34	4.12	27	10	4	0	1	6	68			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.436	2.60	0.51%	3.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
11	398	44	May 26	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-4)	4	7.2	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.97	3.85	30	8	8	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.247	2.62	0.33%	1.81	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 2 out a1
12	399	49	May 31	CIN	@	ATL	W,10-4	GS-8	W(5-4)	4	8.0	9	4	3	2	8	1	0	3.91	3.75	34	8	7	2	0	9	56			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	1	1	.97	-0.008	1.99	-0.01%	0.00	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	400	53	Jun 5	CIN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	6	1	0	3	8	0	0	3.48	3.54	36	8	11	4	1	6	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.596	3.46	0.77%	2.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
14	401	58	Jun 10	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	11	4	4	1	6	1	0	3.53	3.49	38	13	7	1	1	11	54			2	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.025	2.76	0.04%	0.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
15	402	63	Jun 16	CIN		STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-4)	5	9.0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.22	3.44	30	15	9	0	1	0	87			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.365	1.39	0.45%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	403	67	Jun 21	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-3	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	7.0	5	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.26	3.42	31	8	10	1	1	5	55			1	0	0	26	2	0	2	0	0	0	.75	-0.122	3.03	-0.29%	0.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
17	404	72	Jun 26	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-8	W(9-5)	4	8.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.27	3.37	33	13	7	0	0	6	59			0	0	0	28	2	1	1	0	1	0	1.47	-0.019	3.48	-0.03%	0.29	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	405	78	Jul 1	CIN		LAD	L,0-2	CG	L(9-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	1	0	3.18	3.32	34	7	10	1	1	6	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	0.153	2.72	0.25%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
19	406	83	Jul 7(1)	CIN		SFG	L,6-7	GS-5	L(9-7)	5	5.0	7	5	4	1	7	2	0	3.33	3.41	24	2	7	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	.68	-0.234	2.42	-0.50%	-2.77	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
20	407	87	Jul 13	CIN		NYM	L,2-4	GS-7	L(9-8)	5	7.0	4	3	1	2	8	0	0	3.23	3.29	26	3	9	1	1	4	67			2	2	0	21	1	0	0	0	2	1	.80	-0.075	1.62	-0.09%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
21	408	92	Jul 18	CIN		MON	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-9)	4	7.0	6	2	1	2	5	0	0	3.13	3.23	28	9	6	1	0	6	62			0	0	1	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.050	2.10	0.07%	1.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	409	97	Jul 23	CIN	@	MON	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.1	8	4	4	3	7	0	0	3.22	3.17	34	11	6	1	2	7	50			1	0	0	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.073	3.64	0.10%	-0.34	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
23	410	102	Jul 28(2)	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	GS-9	W(10-9)	4	8.2	7	1	1	4	10	0	0	3.10	3.09	37	8	8	1	2	7	72			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.460	2.70	0.57%	3.45	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	411	107	Aug 2	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	W(11-9)	4	9.0	3	2	2	0	10	2	0	3.04	3.09	29	5	11	1	1	3	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.219	1.37	0.40%	2.50	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
25	412	111	Aug 7	CIN		ATL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(11-10)	4	7.0	6	4	3	3	5	0	0	3.07	3.07	30	6	11	1	1	5	53			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	1	0	.67	-0.170	2.20	-0.34%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
26	413	116	Aug 12	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-4	GS-7	L(11-11)	4	7.0	7	4	2	2	3	0	0	3.05	3.05	31	10	9	0	2	7	52			1	1	0	25	2	0	1	0	2	2	1.02	-0.204	3.24	-0.39%	-1.15	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
27	414	121	Aug 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-7	L(11-12)	4	7.0	6	2	1	3	3	1	0	2.99	3.12	30	8	15	6	2	1	59			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	2	.79	0.044	2.19	0.07%	1.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
28	415	126	Aug 22	CIN		STL	W,5-4	GS-9		4	8.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.01	3.16	33	10	10	2	1	5	62			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.279	2.31	0.37%	1.60	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
29	416	130	Aug 27	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	GS-7	L(11-13)	4	7.0	7	5	4	5	3	1	0	3.08	3.24	33	13	11	4	2	1	43			0	0	0	27	2	1	2	0	1	0	1.14	-0.200	1.10	-0.12%	-1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
30	417	133	Aug 31	CIN	@	STL	W,11-6	GS-7	W(12-13)	3	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.02	3.20	26	9	8	1	0	4	68			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	1	.23	0.086	.08	0.02%	2.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out a9
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	418	138	Sep 5	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	L(12-14)	4	8.2	7	3	3	3	10	0	0	3.02	3.13	35	9	6	0	0	7	65			2	1	0	30	2	0	2	0	1	0	1.85	-0.492	1.16	-0.19%	0.31	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
32	419	142	Sep 10	CIN		SFG	W,8-1	GS-7	W(13-14)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.97	3.13	27	8	7	0	4	6	65			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.313	.81	0.13%	2.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
33	420	147	Sep 15	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	W(14-14)	4	9.0	2	1	1	4	9	1	0	2.89	3.14	30	9	6	0	1	2	84			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	0	.52	0.199	.06	0.01%	2.86	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
34	421	152	Sep 20	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS-9	W(15-14)	4	8.1	5	3	3	5	12	2	0	2.91	3.19	35	7	6	0	1	5	68			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.182	.02	0.00%	1.13	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a2
35	422	156	Sep 26	CIN		LAD	W,6-4	GS-7	W(16-14)	5	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.90	3.20	29	8	7	1	2	6	61			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.218	.00	0.00%	1.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
36	423	161	Oct 1	CIN		ATL	W,10-8	GS-8		4	8.0	7	3	2	2	11	1	0	2.88	3.17	34	7	8	1	2	6	67			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
							20-16		W-L:16-14	4.1	259.2	218	97	83	89	226	26	0	2.88	3.17	1075	0.97		7%	7%	196	60		---%	21	8	1	961	42	7	11	13	12	16	1.01	1.616	1.89	1.11%	18.15

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