Tom Seaver

1967–1986  ·  bats R / throws R  ·  Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, NLS, New York Mets

661G
.154AVG
.219OBP
.210SLG
More career statistics
202H
12HR
86RBI
4SB
311–205W–L
4,782.2IP
3,640K
2.86ERA
647GS
1SV
12Rare 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.

StatisticMLB officialRecorded game sum
Batting · Games661677
Pitching · p ipouts14,34814,349

Career batting

GPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBKSBCSHBPSFTBAVGOBPSLGOPS
6611,5521,3159920228512861084854044276.154.219.210.429

Career pitching

IPGGSCGWLSVHRERHRBBKHBPWPERAWHIP
4,782.765664723131120513,9711,6741,5213801,3903,640002.861.121

Streaks

5longest hitting streak · 1975-08-07 to 1975-08-27
8longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

RarityWhatDateRateGame
8418-Strikeout Game1970-04-221 in 6,639 gamesbox score ↗
66Complete Game, Fifteen K1970-04-221 in 1,054 gamesbox score ↗
64No-Hitter1978-06-161 in 881 gamesbox score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

GPAHHRRBIBBKAVGOBPSLG
Home3317068553053219.143.195.188
Away34684611775655266.163.203.228

By month

GPAHHRRBIBBKAVGOBPSLG
April94208271141971.152.221.219
May119260332132082.150.204.191
June114278414171772.179.209.262
July10721525281570.138.186.182
August1243004312015100.168.193.223
September111275322142287.135.196.186
October81610003.071.062.071

Most-faced opponents

GPAHHRRBIBBKAVGOBPSLG
philadelphia-phillies5714615051047.118.171.142
atlanta-braves57171274121138.189.222.294
los-angeles-dodgers561422217935.185.218.227
chicago-cubs5514814021450.117.189.125
pittsburgh-pirates5414916061554.131.208.180
houston-astros541301429747.122.162.191
st-louis-cardinals5214115010852.126.163.160
montreal-expos50132152111347.138.212.211

Season by season

YearTeamGABHHRRBISBAVGIPK
1967New York Mets367711–52.143251170
1968New York Mets389515–3–.158278205
1969New York Mets399111–61.121273208
1970New York Mets429517110–.179290283
1971New York Mets39921817–.196286289
1972New York Mets36891334–.146262249
1973New York Mets399315151.161290251
1974New York Mets32717–4–.099236201
1975New York Mets379517–5–.179280243
1976New York Mets35827–3–.085271235
1977Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets33861739–.198261196
1978Cincinnati Reds36749–4–.122259226
1979Cincinnati Reds33761228–.158215131
1980Cincinnati Reds26466–3–.130168101
1981Cincinnati Reds23551116–.20016687
1982Cincinnati Reds22346–––.17611162
1983New York Mets346410–4–.156231135
1984Chicago White Sox34––––––236131
1985Chicago White Sox35––––––238134
1986Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox28––––––176103