Tom Seaver

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 195 lb

BornNovember 17, 1944 · Fresno, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 13, 1967

Final gameSeptember 19, 1986

Seasons20 (1967–1986)

New York Mets 1967–1976; Cincinnati Reds 1977; New York Mets 1977; Cincinnati Reds 1978–1982; New York Mets 1983; Chicago White Sox 1984–1985; Boston Red Sox 1986; Chicago White Sox 1986

Percentile snapshot

1986 season — qualified pitchers

3.7

14.6

4.9

20.7

9.8

SHO

180

74.4

76.8

103

15.9

67.1

176.3

13.4

ERA

4.03

42.7

WHIP

1.338

40.2

K/9

5.26

34.1

FIP

3.95

41.5

FIP-

93.4

58.5

ERA+

104.7

53.7

sWAR

2.1

40.2

of 83 qualified 1986 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

126.7

95.3

sWAR

94.5

99.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1967	36	93	77	5	11	2	0	0	5	8	24	2	.143	.230	.169	.399	18.5	16.9	.205	4.5
1968	38	101	95	5	15	2	0	0	3	3	44	0	.158	.184	.179	.363	-3.0	9.7	.175	5.7
1969	39	104	91	7	11	3	0	0	6	7	34	1	.121	.200	.154	.354	-2.4	0.5	.182	7.4
1970	42	112	95	9	17	1	1	1	10	10	31	0	.179	.257	.242	.499	38.0	35.8	.243	7.2
1971	39	109	92	8	18	3	0	1	7	6	31	0	.196	.245	.261	.506	42.0	45.3	.242	9.1
1972	36	100	89	5	13	3	1	3	4	5	41	0	.146	.191	.303	.495	33.9	41.2	.228	4.4
1973	39	109	93	9	15	2	1	1	5	7	34	1	.161	.220	.237	.457	25.8	28.2	.220	8.4
1974	32	87	71	3	7	0	0	0	4	9	28	0	.099	.200	.099	.299	-10.5	-13.3	.169	3.1
1975	37	111	95	7	17	1	0	0	5	8	24	0	.179	.250	.189	.439	27.6	26.7	.224	6.7
1976	35	100	82	5	7	0	0	0	3	9	26	0	.085	.176	.085	.261	-20.8	-21.6	.148	4.9
1977	33	104	86	11	17	1	0	3	9	4	33	0	.198	.231	.314	.545	40.2	44.5	.246	6.9
1978	36	95	74	5	9	1	0	0	4	8	31	0	.122	.207	.135	.342	-3.3	-1.9	.181	4.8
1979	33	81	76	3	12	3	0	2	8	1	29	0	.158	.169	.276	.445	8.1	19.6	.200	3.8
1980	26	60	46	5	6	3	0	0	3	7	17	0	.130	.245	.196	.441	29.4	25.3	.227	1.7
1981	23	68	55	3	11	1	0	1	6	8	16	0	.200	.297	.273	.570	65.8	62.0	.281	4.1
1982	22	41	34	3	6	2	0	0	0	2	16	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	22.9	27.4	.219	-1.3
1983	34	77	64	6	10	0	2	0	4	6	26	0	.156	.225	.219	.444	21.8	24.3	.217	2.7
1984	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8
1985	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.3
1986	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1967	35	34	16	13	0	18	2	224	77	78	170	19	251.0	2.76	1.203	6.10	3.28	98.2	121.0	4.5
1968	36	35	16	12	1	14	5	224	68	48	205	15	277.7	2.20	.980	6.64	2.38	79.8	135.2	5.7
1969	36	35	25	7	0	18	5	202	67	82	208	24	273.3	2.21	1.039	6.85	3.25	90.1	163.7	7.4
1970	37	36	18	12	0	19	2	230	91	83	283	21	290.7	2.82	1.077	8.76	2.74	68.4	142.2	7.2
1971	36	35	20	10	0	21	4	210	56	61	289	18	286.3	1.76	.946	9.08	2.02	59.6	192.9	9.1
1972	35	35	21	12	0	13	3	215	85	77	249	23	262.0	2.92	1.115	8.55	2.71	80.8	114.7	4.4
1973	36	36	19	10	0	18	3	219	67	64	251	23	290.0	2.08	.976	7.79	2.55	71.0	173.0	8.4
1974	32	32	11	11	0	12	5	199	84	75	201	19	236.0	3.20	1.161	7.67	2.92	82.2	111.0	3.1
1975	36	36	22	9	0	15	5	217	74	88	243	11	280.3	2.38	1.088	7.80	2.38	68.6	146.0	6.7
1976	35	34	14	11	0	13	5	211	78	77	235	14	271.0	2.59	1.063	7.80	2.48	74.9	127.9	4.9
1977	33	33	21	6	0	19	7	199	75	66	196	19	261.3	2.58	1.014	6.75	2.94	75.8	150.3	6.9
1978	36	36	16	14	0	8	1	218	83	89	226	26	259.7	2.88	1.182	7.83	3.21	90.0	124.1	4.8
1979	32	32	16	6	0	9	5	187	75	61	131	16	215.0	3.14	1.153	5.48	3.29	87.8	119.4	3.8
1980	26	26	10	8	0	5	1	140	68	59	101	24	168.0	3.64	1.185	5.41	4.47	124.4	98.7	1.7
1981	23	23	14	2	0	6	1	120	47	66	87	10	166.3	2.54	1.118	4.71	3.65	103.1	139.2	4.1
1982	21	21	5	13	0	0	0	136	68	44	62	14	111.3	5.50	1.617	5.01	4.54	123.3	66.9	-1.3
1983	34	34	9	14	0	5	2	201	91	86	135	18	231.0	3.55	1.242	5.26	3.69	101.8	102.1	2.7
1984	34	33	15	11	0	10	4	216	104	61	131	27	236.7	3.95	1.170	4.98	3.92	95.3	104.1	2.8
1985	35	33	16	11	0	6	1	223	84	69	134	22	238.7	3.17	1.223	5.05	3.78	88.8	134.5	5.3
1986	28	28	7	13	0	2	0	180	79	56	103	17	176.3	4.03	1.338	5.26	3.95	93.4	104.7	2.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

677

1,552

1,315

202

RBI

108

485

.1536

OBP

.2194

SLG

.2099

OPS

.4293

Pitching

G (P)

656

168th-most career G (P)

647

15th-most career GS

311

18th-most career W

205

41st-most career L

231

100th-most career CG

SHO

7th-most career SHO

4,783

19th-most career IP

SO (P)

3,640

6th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,390

19th-most career BB allowed

ERA

2.862

131st-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1209

39th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

6.85

229th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1967-05-17	NYM @ ATL Gameday	3	0	3	2	0	2	1	5
1970-07-09	WSH @ NYM Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	5
1973-05-29	NYM @ SF Gameday	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	5
1977-09-10	LAD @ CIN Gameday	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	5
1972-08-27	NYM @ ATL Gameday	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1970-04-22	SD @ NYM Gameday	9.0	2	1	1	2	19	1
1974-05-01	NYM @ LAD Gameday	12.0	3	1	1	2	16	1
1973-05-29	NYM @ SF Gameday	9.0	3	2	2	2	16	1
1970-05-15	NYM @ PHI Gameday	9.0	1	0	0	3	15	0
1972-09-20	PIT @ NYM Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	1	15	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1992 (BBWAA)

3× Cy Young Award1× Rookie of the Year12× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.