Tom Seaver

Tom Seaver

Birthdate	11/17/1944
Death Date	8/31/2020
Debut Year	1967
Year of Induction	1992
Teams	Mets, Red Sox, Reds, White Sox
Position	Pitcher

Tom Seaver set the record highest voting percentage (98.84%) in the history of the Hall; he’s also the first player in Cooperstown with a Mets cap.

Tom Seaver's 25-win Cy Young campaign helped the Mets win their first World Series title in 1969

At their inception, the New York Mets franchise was historically bad. An expansion team in ’62, they lost 120 games. New York squads averaged 109 defeats per year in their first five seasons. Tom Seaver changed that. In his first big league action Seaver notched 16 wins, pushing the team to it

Seaver & Walter Johnson are the only pitchers with 300 wins, 3,000 Ks, and a sub 3.00-ERA

Tom Seaver is forever linked with Walter Johnson as the only men in baseball history with 300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts, and a sub-3.00 ERA. A member of Cooperstown’s inaugural class of 1936, Johnson retried with 417 victories. Only Cy Young with 511 has more. In 1923 the Big Train became the fir

Among pitchers, Tom Seaver has the 7th-highest career WAR in major league history

During his two-decade career, Tom Seaver made a dozen all star teams and won 20 or more five times. When he hung up his cleats in 1986, Seaver totaled a 311-205 record and a 2.86 ERA. Tom Terrific amassed a career 106 WAR. Among pitchers only Cy Young (165.6), Walter Johnson, (154.2), Roger Clemens

In the 1st matchup of 200-game winners with 3,000 Ks, Seaver got the win

On August 18, 1981, Tom Seaver of the Reds and Steve Carlton of the Phillies faced off at Riverfront Stadium. The game marked a historic pitching matchup, the first time in baseball history both starters had 200 wins and 3,000 strikeouts. Seaver entered with 252 wins and 3,041 strikeouts, while Carl

Fifteen first-ballot HoFers received the William J. Slocum Award

Tom Seaver enjoyed one of the finest pitching careers in the history of baseball. When he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1992, Seaver set the record for highest voting percentage. The first player inducted with a Mets cap on his plaque, Seaver is one of 15 first-ballot Hall of Famers to receive

Tom Seaver was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on August 2, 1992

Tom Seaver retired from the playing field in 1986. His resumé includes the Rookie of the Year Award, 3 Cy Young nods, and 311 career victories. After the requisite 5-years wait, he appeared on the writers’ ballot for the Hall of Fame. The scribes elected him with a then-record 98.8% of the v

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The William J. Slocum Award is one of MLB’s most prestigious honors

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The oldest professional sport in the United States, baseball remains America’s National Pastime to this day. The game’s current leagues were flourishing soon after the end of the 1800s. Every city with a team had multiple newspapers reporting their games. Sportswriters worked from stadium press boxes describing their team’s contests in great detail. The widespread news coverage helped grow the game.
In 1908 writers banded together to form the Baseball Writers Association of America. The BBWAA’s founding mission was to “ensure professional working conditions for beat writers at all MLB ballparks and to promote uniformity of scoring methods.
Early in the 1900s New York City boasted three big league teams, the Giants and Dodgers of the National League, and the Highlanders – who later became the Yankees – in the American League. The Big Apple soon became the hub of the baseball world.
One of the writers who covered the New York teams was William J. Slocum. Respected for his baseball knowledge and writing ability, Slocum quickly rose to the top of his profession. Well-liked, he helped organize the New York chapter of the BBWAA.
The Bill Slocom Award is one of the most prestigious awards baseball has to offer. The little-known honor has been given to more than 50 members of the Hall of Fame.