Tom Seaver

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Age: 64 (born November 17, 1944)

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right Throws: Right

Number: 41

Acquired: Amateur draft

Contract: (retired)

Tom Seaver, Tom Terrific, The Franchise.

The Mets won the rights to him in 1968 after the Braves got a penalty for drafting a guy that still had coalleg games left in his schedule.

Tom Seaver was the best Met ever, and the face of the 1969 Miracle Mets.

He won the Rookie of the Year in 1967 and did not slow down.

This man has won three Cy Youngs as a Mets (1969,1973,1975)

He won 20 games four times as a Met.

He set the Major League record for Most Consecutive Strikeouts at 10 and the team record for Most Consecutive Batters Retired at 25.

Seaver also holds the Major League record for percentage of Hall of Fame votes, though Greg Maddux may steal this honor when he's eligible for election.

Of course with the Mets there's never been a good without a bad. In Seaver's case, it was June 15, 1977 when the Mets traded The Franchise to the Reds. The Mets would get Seaver back in 1982, and then somehow lose him again when they left him unprotected after the season.

As would occur with Dwight Gooden in the 2000 World Series, Seaver spent his last day as an active player in Shea Stadium, in the opposing dugout, in the last game of the 1986 World Series.