Born: Nov. 17, 1944 (Fresno, California)
Died: Aug. 31, 2020 (age 75, Calistoga, California)
Throws: Right
Career record: 311-205
Winning percentage: .603
Career: 20 seasons (1967-86)
Teams: New York Mets (1967-77, 1983), Cincinnati Reds (1977-82), Chicago White Sox (1984-86), Boston Red Sox (1986)
Other stats: 656 G, 2.86 ERA, 231 CG, 61 SHO, 3,640 K
Career highlights: Three-time NL Cy Young Award (1969, 1973, 1975), 12-time All-Star (1967-73, 1975-78, 1981), NL Rookie of the Year (1967), three-time NL wins leader (1969, 1975, 1981), three-time NL wins leader (1969, 1975, 1981), three-time NL ERA leader (1970, 1971, 1973), five-time NL strikeout leader (1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976)
World Series titles: 1 (1969)
Bottom line: Tom Seaver was elected to the Hall of Fame with a then-record 98.4 percent of the vote in 1992, and the New York Mets renamed the address of Citi Field to 41 Seaver Way in 2019.
Seaver was the star pitcher on the Mets World Series championship team in 1969 and a three-time Cy Young Award winner.
He died in August 2020 after suffering from Lewy body dementia.