Tom Seaver

George Thomas Seaver (born November 17, 1944 in Fresno, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the major leagues in 1967 and retired in 1986. He played for four different teams in his career but was primarily associated with his first, the New York Mets. He won the National League Rookie of the Year Award and three Cy Young Awards as the league's best pitcher.

300 wins

Seaver and the Mets were stunned on January 20, 1984 when he was claimed in a replacement draft by the Chicago White Sox. The team had assumed that no one would pursue a 39-year-old starting pitcher and left him off their protected list. Seaver pitched two and a half seasons in Chicago, winning his 300th game in New York against the Yankees on August 4, 1985, before ending his career with the Boston Red Sox. His last win came on August 18, 1986 against the Minnesota Twins. An ankle injury prevented him from appearing against the Mets in the World Series, and the Red Sox released him following the 1986 season. Seaver was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1988.

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1984 - New York - Yankees - August 4 - Boston Red Sox - August 18 - Minnesota Twins - New York Mets Hall of Fame

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