On our special podcast today, I am joined by New York Times bestselling author and lifelong New York Mets fan Gary Myers to pay tribute to Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver.
Seaver passed away yesterday at the age of 75. He was the greatest Met who ever lived and one of the best pitchers in MLB history.
Seaver was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on January 7, 1992, with the then highest percentage of votes with 98.84%. He was named on 425 out of 430 ballots. Three of the five ballots that had omitted Seaver were blank, cast by writers protesting the Hall's decision to make Pete Rose ineligible for consideration. One ballot was sent by a writer who had failed to notice Seaver's name. The fifth "no" vote was cast by a writer who said he never voted for any player in their first year of eligibility.
Seaver is one of two players enshrined in the Hall of Fame with a Mets cap on his plaque, along with Mike Piazza.
Nicknamed “The Franchise”, Seaver won 311 games, posted a career ERA of 2.86, threw 3,640 strikeouts, and won 3 CY Young awards.
