What years did Seth Maness play?

Seth Maness played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2017.

Was Seth Maness a pitcher?

Yes. Seth Maness pitched in the major leagues, recording 18 wins and 156 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Seth Maness hit?

Seth Maness hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.

What teams did Seth Maness play for?

Seth Maness played for 2 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (2013–2016) and the Kansas City Royals (2017).

What were Seth Maness's career stats?

In 252 games, Seth Maness went 18-10 with a 3.21 ERA, 156 strikeouts, 247.0 innings pitched, and 7 saves.

What was Seth Maness's salary?

Seth Maness's last recorded salary was $1,400,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $1,400,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $509,000, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.

What position did Seth Maness play?

Seth Maness played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Seth Maness and how much did he weigh?

Seth Maness was listed at 6 feet and 190 pounds.

What was Seth Maness's career ERA?

Seth Maness finished with a 3.21 career ERA, going 18-10 with 156 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Seth Maness have?

Seth Maness recorded 156 career strikeouts.

Is Seth Maness in the Hall of Fame?

No. Seth Maness has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Seth Maness

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2017)

Seth Maness was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2017 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals, a span of 5 seasons. Across 252 career appearances, he went 18-10 with a 3.21 ERA and 156 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2077.6.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 18–10

ERA 3.21

WHIP 1.28

SO 156

Pitcher PIV 2077.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 190 lb
Born: 10/14/1988 in Pinehurst, NC, USA
MLB Debut: 2013-05-03
Last Game: 2017-06-04

Full name: Michael Seth Maness

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Career Pitching Statistics

Seth Maness — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
18	10	252	0	0	0	7	247.0	269	88	23	47	156	3.21	2077.6

Career ERA 3.21 vs. league average 4.02 across their career seasons — 20.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Seth Maness — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	SLN	NL	5	2	66	1	62.0	65	16	13	35	2.32	3.87 (+40%)	675.8
2014	SLN	NL	6	4	73	3	80.1	77	26	11	55	2.91	3.74 (+22%)	733.8
2015	SLN	NL	4	2	76	3	63.1	77	30	13	46	4.26	3.96 (-8%)	289.6
2016	SLN	NL	2	2	29	0	31.2	34	12	8	16	3.41	4.19 (+19%)	378.4
2017	KCA	AL	1	0	8	0	9.2	16	4	2	4	3.72	4.36 (+15%)	0.0
Career · 5 seasons			18	10	252	7	247.0	269	88	47	156	3.21	—	2,078

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Seth Maness — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
253	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	0

Career AVG .214 vs. league average .254 across their career seasons — 15.6% below league average.

Career OBP .214 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 32.8% below league average.

Career SLG .214 vs. league average .406 across their career seasons — 47.2% below league average.

Career OPS .429 vs. league average .725 across their career seasons — 40.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Seth Maness — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	SLN	NL	66	5	1	3	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SLN	NL	73	5	2	0	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SLN	NL	77	3	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	SLN	NL	29	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	KCA	AL	8	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 5 seasons			253	14	3	6	.214	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Seth Maness — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Seth Maness — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2015	NLDS1	SLN	2	.000
2014	NLCS	SLN	4	.000
2014	NLDS2	SLN	2	.000
2013	NLCS	SLN	3	.000
2013	NLDS1	SLN	2	.000
2013	WS	SLN	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Seth Maness — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	17	0	0	12.1	13	2	1	6	1.46

Playoff Pitching by Year

Seth Maness — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2015	NLDS1	SLN	0	2	1.2	2	1	1	1	5.40
2014	NLCS	SLN	1	4	4.2	4	0	0	1	0.00
2014	NLDS2	SLN	0	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0.00
2013	NLCS	SLN	0	3	1.1	2	0	0	1	0.00
2013	NLDS1	SLN	0	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	0.00
2013	WS	SLN	0	4	2.1	3	1	0	2	3.86

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Seth Maness — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	134	10	0	2	0	0	.200
Away	119	4	0	1	0	0	.250

Pitching — Home / Away

Seth Maness — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	133	127.0	136	42	19	79	2.98
Away	119	120.0	133	46	28	77	3.45

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Seth Maness — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2017-06-04	KCR	CLE	—	1.1	1	1	0	1	0	0
2017-05-31	KCR	DET	—	1.0	4	1	1	0	0	1
2017-05-29	KCR	DET	—	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0
2017-05-28	KCR	CLE	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2017-05-22	KCR	NYY	—	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1
2017-05-17	KCR	NYY	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
2017-05-16	KCR	NYY	—	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0
2017-05-13	KCR	BAL	W	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1
2016-08-13	STL	CHC	—	0.0	3	2	1	0	0	0
2016-08-12	STL	CHC	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Seth Maness — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	252	0	25	48	4	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Seth Maness — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2013	SLN	P	66	7	9	0	0
2014	SLN	P	73	9	21	2	4
2015	SLN	P	76	5	11	0	1
2016	SLN	P	29	4	6	2	0
2017	KCA	P	8	0	1	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Seth Maness — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	252

Salary History

Seth Maness's recorded salaries total $2,439,000 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Maness's career ran from 2013 to 2017. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.

Seth Maness — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	SLN	NL	$1,400,000
2015	SLN	NL	$530,000
2014	SLN	NL	$509,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$2,439,000

College History

Seth Maness — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
East Carolina University	Greenville	NC	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Seth Maness: the record in brief

Between the debut on May 3, 2013 and the final game on June 4, 2017, Seth Maness built the record summarized on this page. Club by club, the record runs the St. Louis Cardinals (2013 through 2016) and the Kansas City Royals (2017). Born on October 14, 1988, in Pinehurst, NC, USA, Maness is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Maness's listed size is 190 pounds on a 6-foot-0 frame. The given name on file is Michael Seth Maness.

Maness's career pitching line is 18 wins, 10 losses and a 3.21 ERA over 252 appearances. The totals include 156 strikeouts. Against a 4.02 league ERA for the same years, Maness was 20.3% better. No season topped the 6 wins of 2014. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.32 in 2013, when the league's was 3.87. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 2,077.6 for Maness's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Seth Maness

What years did Seth Maness play?: Seth Maness played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2017.
Was Seth Maness a pitcher?: Yes. Seth Maness pitched in the major leagues, recording 18 wins and 156 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Seth Maness hit?: Seth Maness hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.
What teams did Seth Maness play for?: Seth Maness played for 2 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (2013–2016) and the Kansas City Royals (2017).
What were Seth Maness's career stats?: In 252 games, Seth Maness went 18-10 with a 3.21 ERA, 156 strikeouts, 247.0 innings pitched, and 7 saves.
How much did Seth Maness earn in his career?: Seth Maness's recorded salaries total $2,439,000 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Maness's career ran from 2013 to 2017. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.
What was Seth Maness's salary?: Seth Maness's last recorded salary was $1,400,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $1,400,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $509,000, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.
What position did Seth Maness play?: Seth Maness played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Seth Maness and how much did he weigh?: Seth Maness was listed at 6 feet and 190 pounds.
What was Seth Maness's career ERA?: Seth Maness finished with a 3.21 career ERA, going 18-10 with 156 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Seth Maness have?: Seth Maness recorded 156 career strikeouts.
Is Seth Maness in the Hall of Fame?: No. Seth Maness has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.