Tom Seaton
1912–1917 · bats B / throws R · Brooklyn Tip-Tops, Chicago Cubs, NEW, Philadelphia Phillies
232G
.186AVG
.227OBP
.266SLG
More career statistics
84H
4HR
32RBI
8SB
92–65W–L
1,340.0IP
644K
3.12ERA
155GS
11SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 451 | 448 |
| Batting · Hits | 84 | 85 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 163 | 156 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 493 | 490 |
| Batting · RBI | 32 | 36 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,599 | 5,671 |
| Pitching · p hr | 30 | 31 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,020 | 4,008 |
| Pitching · p k | 644 | 645 |
| Pitching · p r | 606 | 607 |
| Pitching · p w | 530 | 531 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232 | 493 | 451 | 44 | 84 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 163 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | .186 | .227 | .266 | .493 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,340.0 | 231 | 155 | 90 | 92 | 65 | 11 | 1,235 | 606 | 465 | 30 | 530 | 644 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 1.317 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1912-05-01 to 1912-05-17
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1914-04-14 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1914-06-16 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1913-09-16 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 118 | 244 | 46 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 82 | .207 | .242 | .297 |
| Away | 114 | 246 | 39 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 74 | .173 | .203 | .243 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 21 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20 | .211 | .203 | .263 |
| May | 49 | 108 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 40 | .192 | .213 | .313 |
| June | 45 | 84 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 21 | .224 | .286 | .303 |
| July | 43 | 72 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 25 | .190 | .222 | .270 |
| August | 34 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | .203 | .231 | .254 |
| September | 35 | 88 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 29 | .133 | .170 | .217 |
| October | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .182 | .286 | .182 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 27 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | .245 | .263 | .358 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 22 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .125 | .143 | .156 |
| boston-braves | 20 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20 | .156 | .184 | .178 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 19 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | .158 | .179 | .211 |
| new-york-giants | 18 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .029 | .056 | .029 |
| chicago-whales | 16 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | .194 | .250 | .452 |
| chicago-cubs | 15 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .238 | .280 | .238 |
| st-louis-terriers | 15 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .231 | .286 | .346 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 44 | 82 | 18 | – | 8 | – | .220 | 254 | 118 |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Phillies | 52 | 111 | 12 | 1 | 2 | – | .108 | 320 | 172 |
| 1914 | BTBrooklyn Tip-Tops | 44 | 107 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .206 | 302 | 173 |
| 1915 | Brooklyn Tip-Tops, NEW | 45 | 89 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 3 | .236 | 264 | 111 |
| 1916 |  Chicago Cubs | 31 | 38 | 7 | – | 2 | 2 | .184 | 120 | 45 |
| 1917 | Chicago Cubs | 16 | 21 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .238 | 74 | 26 |