What years did Tom Seaver play?

Tom Seaver played in Major League Baseball from 1967 to 1986.

Was Tom Seaver a pitcher?

Yes. Tom Seaver pitched in the major leagues, recording 311 wins and 3640 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Tom Seaver hit?

Tom Seaver hit 12 career home runs with 202 hits.

Is Tom Seaver in the Hall of Fame?

Yes. Tom Seaver was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.

Tom Seaver

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1967-1986)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1992

W–L 311–205

ERA 2.86

WHIP 1.12

SO 3,640

Pitcher PIV 79192.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 195 lb
Born: 11/17/1944 in Fresno, CA, USA
Died: 8/31/2020 in Calistoga, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1967-04-13
Last Game: 1986-09-19
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1992 (BBWAA)
Awards: 12× All-Star · 3× Cy Young · Rookie of the Year

Full name: George Thomas Seaver

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
311	205	656	647	231	61	1	4782.7	3,971	1,521	380	1,390	3,640	2.86	79192.4

Career ERA 2.86 vs. league average 3.70 across their career seasons — 22.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1967	NYN	NL	16	13	35	34	18	2	0	251.0	224	77	78	170	2.76	3.30 (+16%)	943.0
1968	NYN	NL	16	12	36	35	14	5	1	277.7	224	68	48	205	2.20	2.98 (+26%)	5622.6
1969	NYN	NL	25	7	36	35	18	5	0	273.3	202	67	82	208	2.21	3.61 (+39%)	3665.9
1970	NYN	NL	18	12	37	36	19	2	0	290.7	230	91	83	283	2.82	3.89 (+27%)	10454.9
1971	NYN	NL	20	10	36	35	21	4	0	286.3	210	56	61	289	1.76	3.47 (+49%)	11657.8
1972	NYN	NL	21	12	35	35	13	3	0	262.0	215	85	77	249	2.92	3.26 (+11%)	4732.7
1973	NYN	NL	19	10	36	36	18	3	0	290.0	219	67	64	251	2.08	3.75 (+44%)	9041.7
1974	NYN	NL	11	11	32	32	12	5	0	236.0	199	84	75	201	3.20	3.63 (+12%)	4419.4
1975	NYN	NL	22	9	36	36	15	5	0	280.3	217	74	88	243	2.38	3.71 (+36%)	10100.4
1976	NYN	NL	14	11	35	34	13	5	0	271.0	211	78	77	235	2.59	3.51 (+26%)	7493.5
1977	NYN	NL	7	3	13	13	5	3	0	96.0	79	32	28	72	3.00	4.00 (+25%)	2294.6
1977	CIN	NL	14	3	20	20	14	4	0	165.3	120	43	38	124	2.34	4.00 (+41%)	4818.5
1978	CIN	NL	16	14	36	36	8	1	0	259.7	218	83	89	226	2.88	3.69 (+22%)	3507.5
1979	CIN	NL	16	6	32	32	9	5	0	215.0	187	75	61	131	3.14	4.00 (+22%)	3759.7
1980	CIN	NL	10	8	26	26	5	1	0	168.0	140	68	59	101	3.64	3.84 (+5%)	-2674.3
1981	CIN	NL	14	2	23	23	6	1	0	166.3	120	47	66	87	2.54	3.58 (+29%)	14.2
1982	CIN	NL	5	13	21	21	0	0	0	111.3	136	68	44	62	5.50	3.86 (-42%)	-1784.3
1983	NYN	NL	9	14	34	34	5	2	0	231.0	201	91	86	135	3.55	3.87 (+8%)	631.2
1984	CHA	AL	15	11	34	33	10	4	0	236.7	216	104	61	131	3.95	3.81 (-4%)	-780.2
1985	CHA	AL	16	11	35	33	6	1	0	238.7	223	84	69	134	3.17	3.89 (+19%)	1038.2
1986	CHA	AL	2	6	12	12	1	0	0	72.0	66	35	27	31	4.38	3.97 (-10%)	-1612.3
1986	BOS	AL	5	7	16	16	1	0	0	104.3	114	44	29	72	3.80	3.97 (+4%)	1847.7
Career · 22 seasons			311	205	656	647	231	61	1	4,782.2	3,971	1,521	1,390	3,640	2.86	—	79,192

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
677	1,315	99	202	28	5	12	86	4	108	485	.154	.219	.210	.429	-7,256

Career AVG .154 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 40.0% below league average.

Career OBP .219 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — 31.8% below league average.

Career SLG .210 vs. league average .378 across their career seasons — 44.5% below league average.

Career OPS .429 vs. league average .700 across their career seasons — 38.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1967	NYN	NL	36	77	5	11	2	0	0	5	2	8	24	.143	.242 (-41%)	.306 (-25%)	.357 (-53%)	.663 (-40%)	-442.5
1968	NYN	NL	38	95	5	15	2	0	0	3	0	3	44	.158	.236 (-33%)	.298 (-39%)	.340 (-47%)	.638 (-43%)	-587.2
1969	NYN	NL	39	91	7	11	3	0	0	6	1	7	34	.121	.248 (-51%)	.320 (-38%)	.369 (-58%)	.689 (-49%)	-671.8
1970	NYN	NL	42	95	9	17	1	1	1	10	0	10	31	.179	.253 (-30%)	.325 (-21%)	.385 (-37%)	.711 (-30%)	-438.2
1971	NYN	NL	39	92	8	18	3	0	1	7	0	6	31	.196	.249 (-22%)	.316 (-23%)	.365 (-29%)	.682 (-26%)	-363.0
1972	NYN	NL	36	89	5	13	3	1	3	4	0	5	41	.146	.243 (-40%)	.310 (-38%)	.353 (-14%)	.664 (-26%)	-369.6
1973	NYN	NL	39	93	9	15	2	1	1	5	1	7	34	.161	.256 (-37%)	.325 (-32%)	.378 (-38%)	.703 (-35%)	-518.9
1974	NYN	NL	32	71	3	7	0	0	0	4	0	9	28	.099	.256 (-62%)	.324 (-38%)	.369 (-73%)	.693 (-57%)	-605.8
1975	NYN	NL	37	95	7	17	1	0	0	5	0	8	24	.179	.257 (-31%)	.327 (-24%)	.374 (-49%)	.701 (-37%)	-530.8
1976	NYN	NL	35	82	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	9	26	.085	.255 (-67%)	.320 (-45%)	.360 (-76%)	.681 (-62%)	-749.6
1977	NYN	NL	13	31	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	2	12	.161	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	CIN	NL	20	55	10	12	1	0	3	5	0	2	21	.218	.264 (-17%)	.329 (-25%)	.401 (avg)	.730 (-12%)	0.0
1978	CIN	NL	36	74	5	9	1	0	0	4	0	8	31	.122	.257 (-53%)	.323 (-36%)	.378 (-64%)	.702 (-51%)	-575.4
1979	CIN	NL	33	76	3	12	3	0	2	8	0	1	29	.158	.265 (-41%)	.329 (-49%)	.397 (-30%)	.727 (-39%)	-489.1
1980	CIN	NL	26	46	5	6	3	0	0	3	0	7	17	.130	—	—	—	—	-269.9
1981	CIN	NL	23	55	3	11	1	0	1	6	0	8	16	.200	.255 (-22%)	.320 (-7%)	.368 (-26%)	.688 (-17%)	-132.7
1982	CIN	NL	22	34	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	16	.176	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	NYN	NL	34	64	6	10	0	2	0	4	0	6	26	.156	.260 (-40%)	.324 (-31%)	.389 (-44%)	.714 (-38%)	-396.3
1984	CHA	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	CHA	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	CHA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	BOS	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 22 seasons			677	1,315	99	202	28	5	12	86	4	108	485	.154	—	—	—	—	-7,141

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	20	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	6	.100

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1979	NLCS	CIN	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1973	NLCS	NYN	2	6	1	2	2	1	1	1	.333
1973	WS	NYN	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1969	NLCS	NYN	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1969	WS	NYN	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	3	8	8	0	61.7	51	19	16	51	2.77

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1979	NLCS	CIN	0	0	1	1	8.0	5	2	2	5	2.25
1973	NLCS	NYN	1	1	2	2	16.7	13	3	5	17	1.62
1973	WS	NYN	0	1	2	2	15.0	13	4	3	18	2.40
1969	NLCS	NYN	1	0	1	1	7.0	8	5	3	2	6.43
1969	WS	NYN	1	1	2	2	15.0	12	5	3	9	3.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	331	595	46	85	5	30	.143
Away	346	720	53	117	7	56	.163

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	324	2359.2	1941	760	699	1848	2.90
Away	332	2423.1	2030	761	691	1792	2.83

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1986-09-19	BOS	TOR	L	4.0	5	3	3	2	1	0
1986-09-13	BOS	NYY	L	4.0	9	6	5	0	2	1
1986-09-08	BOS	BAL	—	8.0	6	3	3	3	6	0
1986-09-03	BOS	TEX	—	8.0	7	2	2	2	4	0
1986-08-29	BOS	CLE	L	4.1	9	5	5	0	4	2
1986-08-23	BOS	CLE	—	5.1	9	4	4	1	6	1
1986-08-18	BOS	MIN	W	8.2	3	1	1	4	7	1
1986-08-13	BOS	KCR	W	7.2	9	2	2	1	4	0
1986-08-08	BOS	DET	W	9.0	5	1	1	1	9	0
1986-08-02	BOS	KCR	L	6.0	6	3	3	2	8	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	656	647	328	692	42	54

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1967	NYN	P	35	34	17	38	1	3
1968	NYN	P	36	35	21	48	1	4
1969	NYN	P	36	35	18	48	2	7
1970	NYN	P	37	36	19	46	3	3
1971	NYN	P	36	35	17	38	1	3
1972	NYN	P	35	35	17	40	3	3
1973	NYN	P	36	36	26	35	5	1
1974	NYN	P	32	32	9	42	1	7
1975	NYN	P	36	36	21	43	4	6
1976	NYN	P	35	34	12	41	1	3
1977	NYN	P	13	13	6	17	1	0
1977	CIN	P	20	20	7	16	0	3
1978	CIN	P	36	36	15	28	6	2
1979	CIN	P	32	32	22	26	2	2
1980	CIN	P	26	26	16	26	0	0
1981	CIN	P	23	23	8	22	1	1
1982	CIN	P	21	21	7	11	2	1
1983	NYN	P	34	34	22	28	4	0
1984	CHA	P	34	33	11	40	0	2
1985	CHA	P	35	33	20	43	2	2
1986	CHA	P	12	12	4	7	0	0
1986	BOS	P	16	16	13	9	2	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	656

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
2017	Bob Feller Act of Valor Award - HOF Player
1985	Player of the Week	Week of 1985-08-02
1981	Pitcher of the Month	September
1981	TSN All-Star	RHP
1979	Player of the Week	Week of 1979-06-29
1978	Player of the Week	Week of 1978-06-16
1977	Pitcher of the Month	April
1977	Pitcher of the Month	August
1977	Player of the Week	Week of 1977-04-15
1975	Cy Young Award
1975	Pitcher of the Month	June
1975	Player of the Week	Week of 1975-09-05
1975	Player of the Week	Week of 1975-06-13
1975	TSN All-Star	RHP
1975	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1973	Cy Young Award
1973	Player of the Week	Week of 1973-06-01
1973	TSN All-Star	RHP
1969	Cy Young Award
1969	TSN All-Star	RHP
1969	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1967	Rookie of the Year

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
1986	CHA	AL	$1,132,652
1985	CHA	AL	$1,136,262
Total Career Earnings			$2,268,914

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Fresno City College	Fresno	CA	1964
University of Southern California	Los Angeles	CA	1965

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1981	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	67.0	120	8
1981	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	35.0	336	0
1979	Cy Young Award	NL	4th	20.0	120	0
1979	Most Valuable Player	NL	21th	9.0	336	0
1977	Cy Young Award	NL	3rd	18.0	120	2
1977	Most Valuable Player	NL	25th	1.0	336	0
1976	Cy Young Award	NL	8th	1.0	120	0
1975	Cy Young Award	NL	1st	98.0	120	15
1975	Most Valuable Player	NL	9th	65.0	336	0
1973	Cy Young Award	NL	1st	71.0	120	10
1973	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	57.0	336	0
1972	Cy Young Award	NL	5th	6.0	120	0
1972	Most Valuable Player	NL	25th	2.0	336	0
1971	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	61.0	120	6
1971	Most Valuable Player	NL	9th	46.0	336	0
1970	Cy Young Award	NL	7th	4.0	120	0
1970	Most Valuable Player	NL	29th	2.0	336	0
1969	Cy Young Award	NL	1st	23.0	24	23
1969	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	243.0	336	11
1967	Most Valuable Player	NL	22th	5.0	280	0
1967	Rookie of the Year	NL	1st	11.0	20	11

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Frequently Asked Questions about Tom Seaver

What years did Tom Seaver play?: Tom Seaver played in Major League Baseball from 1967 to 1986.
Was Tom Seaver a pitcher?: Yes. Tom Seaver pitched in the major leagues, recording 311 wins and 3640 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Tom Seaver hit?: Tom Seaver hit 12 career home runs with 202 hits.
Is Tom Seaver in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Tom Seaver was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.