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.

Rookie of the year

Seaver spent one season with the Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League, then joined New York in 1967. He won 16 games for the last place Mets, with 18 complete games and two shutouts, and was named the National League Rookie of the Year. In 1968 he won 16 games again, and recorded over 200 strikeouts for the first of nine consecutive seasons; but the Mets moved up only one spot in the standings.

Related Topics:
Jacksonville Suns - Southern League - 1968

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