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Tom Seaver: Mets Wins Leader
Tom Seaver was good at winning games, and he did so often. He posted 198 wins as a Met, the most in franchise history. In all, Seaver reached 311 career wins, making him one of just a couple dozen pit ...
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Tom Seaver: The Face of the Mets
Tom Seaver’s dominance as “The Franchise” continued into the 1970s, when he won three league ERA titles and two more Cy Young Awards. But his career in New York came to a halt in June 1977 after a tra ...
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Tom Seaver’s First Win With the Mets
The Mets introduced Tom Seaver to The Show at the start of the 1967 season. Seaver recorded his first career win on April 20, a 6-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs at home. He notched 5 strikeouts in 7 ...
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Tom Seaver’s Remarkable Strikeouts
If you were an opposing batter, there was a good chance you’d return to the bench after a Tom Seaver strikeout. Over his 20-year career, Seaver rung up more than 800 individual hitters. Who was his mo ...
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Tom Seaver’s Stellar 1971 Season
Tom Seaver posted a MLB-leading 1.76 ERA in 1971, the lowest of his career. His league-leading 289 strikeouts was also a career best. Seaver expressed disappointment at being the runner-up for the Cy ...
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Tom Seaver’s Strong Performance in 1970
Tom Seaver kept up his hot pitching in 1970, leading the league with a 2.82 ERA and 283 strikeouts. He added another milestone that season from the batter’s box by hitting his first career home run. H ...
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Tom Seaver’s Three Cy Young Awards
No Met has won more Cy Young Awards than Tom Seaver, who took home the top pitching prize in 1969, 1973 and 1975. New York Daily News reporter Red Foley later wrote of Seaver’s unheralded call-up: “In ...
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Tom Seaver’s Wind-Up
Tom Seaver made franchise history by notching 25 wins in 1969. He was the first pitcher of a New York City team with that many victories in a season since Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers recorded ...
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Tom Terrific: 1975 Mets Yearbook
The Ks kept coming for Tom Seaver in 1975. For the fourth time in his career, Seaver led the NL in strikeouts (243). Along with another All-Star nod and a league-best 22 wins, Seaver picked up his thi ...
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Tommie Agee Mets Hall of Fame Bust
When Tommie Agee was traded to the Mets before the 1968 season, the former Rookie of the Year provided an offensive spark the young team needed. In 1969, Agee hit the only home run ever to reach the u ...