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.

Bye, bye, Big Apple

Seaver had three more twenty-win seasons and two more Cy Young Awards with the Mets before a very unpopular trade sent him to the Cincinnati Reds on June 15, 1977 for four players. He finished the 1977 season with 21 wins by going 14-3 with Cincinnati, including a 5-1 win over the Mets in his return to Shea Stadium. The following season, after throwing five one-hitters for New York, Seaver recorded a 4-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals on June 16, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium.

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Cincinnati Reds - June 15 - 1977 - No-hitter - St. Louis Cardinals - June 16 - 1978 - Riverfront Stadium

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