Tom Seaver stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1967
- College
- USC
- NL Cy Young
- 3x
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1967
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1967
- College
- USC
- NL Cy Young
- 3x
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1967
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 656
- W
- 311
- L
- 205
- ERA
- 2.86
- IP
- 4782.2
- K
- 3,640
- BB
- 1,390
- WHIP
- 1.12
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NYM | 35 | 16 | 13 | 2.76 | 251.0 | 170 | 78 | 1.20 |
| 1968 | NYM | 36 | 16 | 12 | 2.20 | 277.2 | 205 | 48 | 0.98 |
| 1969 | NYM | 36 | 25 | 7 | 2.21 | 273.1 | 208 | 82 | 1.04 |
| 1970 | NYM | 37 | 18 | 12 | 2.82 | 290.2 | 283 | 83 | 1.08 |
| 1971 | NYM | 36 | 20 | 10 | 1.76 | 286.1 | 289 | 61 | 0.95 |
| 1972 | NYM | 35 | 21 | 12 | 2.92 | 262.0 | 249 | 77 | 1.11 |
| 1973 | NYM | 36 | 19 | 10 | 2.08 | 290.0 | 251 | 64 | 0.98 |
| 1974 | NYM | 32 | 11 | 11 | 3.20 | 236.0 | 201 | 75 | 1.16 |
| 1975 | NYM | 36 | 22 | 9 | 2.38 | 280.1 | 243 | 88 | 1.09 |
| 1976 | NYM | 35 | 14 | 11 | 2.59 | 271.0 | 235 | 77 | 1.06 |
| 1977 |  NYM/CIN | 33 | 21 | 6 | 2.58 | 261.1 | 196 | 66 | 1.01 |
| 1978 | CIN | 36 | 16 | 14 | 2.88 | 259.2 | 226 | 89 | 1.18 |
| 1979 | CIN | 32 | 16 | 6 | 3.14 | 215.0 | 131 | 61 | 1.15 |
| 1980 | CIN | 26 | 10 | 8 | 3.64 | 168.0 | 101 | 59 | 1.18 |
| 1981 | CIN | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2.54 | 166.1 | 87 | 66 | 1.12 |
| 1982 | CIN | 21 | 5 | 13 | 5.50 | 111.1 | 62 | 44 | 1.62 |
| 1983 | NYM | 34 | 9 | 14 | 3.55 | 231.0 | 135 | 86 | 1.24 |
| 1984 | CHW | 34 | 15 | 11 | 3.95 | 236.2 | 131 | 61 | 1.17 |
| 1985 | CHW | 35 | 16 | 11 | 3.17 | 238.2 | 134 | 69 | 1.22 |
| 1986 |  CHW/BOS | 28 | 7 | 13 | 4.03 | 176.1 | 103 | 56 | 1.34 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- W
- 3
- L
- 3
- ERA
- 2.80
- IP
- 61.0
- K
- 51
- BB
- 16
- WHIP
- 1.10
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 231
- SHO
- 61
- K/9
- 6.8
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NYM | 0 | 18 | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | NYM | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | NYM | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | NYM | 0 | 19 | 2 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | NYM | 0 | 21 | 4 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | NYM | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | NYM | 0 | 18 | 3 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | NYM | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | NYM | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | NYM | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | NYM/CIN | 0 | 19 | 7 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | CIN | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | CIN | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CIN | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | CIN | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | NYM | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHW | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | CHW | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHW/BOS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Tom Seaver's career stats?
Tom Seaver played 20 seasons for the Mets, the Reds and the White Sox. He had 311 wins and 3,640 strikeouts with a 2.86 ERA over 4,782.2 innings. His best season was 1969: 25 wins, a 2.21 ERA and 208 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
20 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1967 to 1986
Tom Seaver led MLB in wins (1969) and WHIP (1971, 1973); finished top 10 in a stat 30 times; sits top 10 all time in strikeouts (pitching).
Championships
- 1969 World Series with the New York Mets
Awards
All-time career rank
- 6th in strikeouts (pitching) (3,640)
- 18th in wins (pitching) (311)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Wins: 1967 (10th), 1969 (1st), 1971 (7th), 1972 (5th), 1975 (3rd), 1977 (2nd)
- ERA: 1969 (6th), 1971 (2nd), 1973 (5th), 1975 (6th), 1977 (8th)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1968 (10th), 1970 (2nd), 1971 (3rd), 1972 (4th), 1973 (3rd), 1974 (8th), 1975 (2nd), 1976 (3rd), 1977 (8th), 1978 (5th)
- WHIP: 1968 (5th), 1969 (8th), 1970 (7th), 1971 (1st), 1973 (1st), 1975 (8th), 1976 (4th), 1977 (3rd), 1979 (9th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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