Tom Seaver
Tom Seaver
George Thomas "Tom" Seaver, nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise", is a former Major League Baseballpitcher. He pitched from 1967 to 1986 for four different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the New York Mets. During a 20-year career, Seaver compiled 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts, 61 shutouts and a 2.86 earned run average. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the second highest percentage ever recorded, and is one of two...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth17 November 1944
CityFresno, CA
CountryUnited States of America
It takes 20 victories for people to recognize you as a great pitcher.
These kids today, they want to be men, they want to be foxhole guys, but they’re not being allowed to do that. Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They’d be telling our soldiers: ‘That’s enough. You’ve fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!’
My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.
There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. Theyre all different.
Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms by pitching more, not less, starting from when they signed their first contract.
If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.
You have the honor and privilege of being in position to do something amazingly special. If you have the chance, you must do it.
The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.
The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of his/her own strengths.
Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season. Some want to pitch a no-hitter. All I want to do is the best I can, day after day. In other words, I want to prove I am the best.
Pitch within yourself.
Lou Brock, along with Maury Wills, are probably the two players most responsible for the biggest change in the game over the last fifteen years - the stolen base.
I wasn't ever much of a Yankee fan.
It's (baseball) on the radio and in the newspapers every day, the only game you can follow on that basis. From whatever arm's length you choose, it's always there.