NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — The New York Mets will honor the late Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver with a number "41" patch on their uniforms at home and road games during the 2021 season.
Seaver died at his home in Calistoga, Calif. last August after complications with Lyme disease, dementia and COVID-19. He was 75.
Seaver made his MLB debut with the Mets in 1967, going 16-13 with a 2.76 ERA to win the Rookie of the Year Award. Two years later he led the "Miracle Mets" to the 1969 World Series championship, going 25-7 with a 2.21 ERA that season.
Nicknamed "Tom Teriffic," Seaver spent 12 years with the Mets, winning three Cy Young Awards with the team in 1969, 1973 and 1975.
He is the Mets all-time leader in wins (198), complete games (171), shutouts (44), starts (395), innings (3,045), strikeouts (2,541) and ERA (2.57).
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In his 20-year career in the majors, Seaver also had stints with the Cncinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox.
The 12-time All-Star had 311 career wins and his 3,640 career strikeouts ranks sixth all time in MLB history.
His No. 41 was retired by the Mets in 1988.
After his playing career, he worked as a broadcaster, calling Met games for WPIX from 1999 to 2005.
The former Met was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992, when he was listed on 98.8% of the ballots cast by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, the highest percentage ever received at the time.
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Seaver began showing symptoms of dementia in 2011 and in 2019 he left public life.
Soon after, the Mets and New York City decided to honor the Hall of Famer by officially changing the address of Citi Field to 41 Seaver Way.
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