Juan Marichal vs Tom Seaver

Juan Marichal Tom Seaver

Juan Marichal and Tom Seaver compared on their MLB careers: Juan Marichal played 16 seasons, 1960 to 1975, Tom Seaver 20 seasons, 1967 to 1986. Juan Marichal has 243 wins to Tom Seaver's 311. Tom Seaver won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Juan Marichal and Tom Seaver career totals

471	GP	656
243	W	311
142	L	205
2.9	ERA	2.9
3507.1	IP	4782.2
2,303	K	3,640
709	BB	1,390
1.1	WHIP	1.1
2	SV	1

How do they compare in the postseason?

Juan Marichal and Tom Seaver postseason

2	GP	8
0	R	0
6	H	51

Where each stands all time

Juan Marichal and Tom Seaver all-time places

57th (2,303)	Strikeouts (pitching)	6th (3,640)
54th (243)	Wins (pitching)	18th (311)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Juan Marichal: 0 championships; none on file
Tom Seaver: 1 championship; NL Rookie of the Year, NL Cy Young ×3

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Juan Marichal and Tom Seaver season by season

1st	1960	6	2	2.66	1967	16	13	2.76
2nd	1961	13	10	3.89	1968	16	12	2.20
3rd	1962	18	11	3.36	1969	25	7	2.21
4th	1963	25	8	2.41	1970	18	12	2.82
5th	1964	21	8	2.48	1971	20	10	1.76
6th	1965	22	13	2.13	1972	21	12	2.92
7th	1966	25	6	2.23	1973	19	10	2.08
8th	1967	14	10	2.76	1974	11	11	3.20
9th	1968	26	9	2.43	1975	22	9	2.38
10th	1969	21	11	2.10	1976	14	11	2.59
11th	1970	12	10	4.12	1977	21	6	2.58
12th	1971	18	11	2.94	1978	16	14	2.88
13th	1972	6	16	3.71	1979	16	6	3.14
14th	1973	11	15	3.82	1980	10	8	3.64
15th	1974	5	1	4.87	1981	14	2	2.54
16th	1975	0	1	13.50	1982	5	13	5.50
17th	—	—	—	—	1983	9	14	3.55
18th	—	—	—	—	1984	15	11	3.95
19th	—	—	—	—	1985	16	11	3.17
20th	—	—	—	—	1986	7	13	4.03

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA