Rookie backup outfielder Jim Qualls broke up Seaver's bid for a perfect game when he lined a clean single to left field. In front of a crowd of over 59,000 at New York's Shea Stadium on July 9, Seaver threw 8 + 1⁄ 3 perfect innings against the division-leading Chicago Cubs. He also finished runner-up to Willie McCovey for the League's Most Valuable Player Award. He won his first National League Cy Young Award. In 1969, Seaver won a league-high 25 games, including nine consecutive complete-game victories. He won 16 games again during that season, and recorded over 200 strikeouts for the first of nine consecutive seasons, but the Mets moved up only one spot in the standings, to ninth. Seaver started for the Mets on Opening Day in 1968. Seaver was named the 1967 National League Rookie of the Year. In his rookie season, Seaver was 16–13 for the last-place Mets, with 18 complete games, 170 strikeouts, and a 2.76 earned run average. Seaver made the Mets' roster in 1967, was named to the 1967 All-Star Game, and got the save by pitching a scoreless 15th inning. In 1966, Seaver was 12–12 with a 3.13 earned run average pitching in Class AAA with the Jacksonville Suns, the Mets' affiliate in the International League.
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Professional playing career Minor leagues (1966) The Mets were subsequently awarded his signing rights in a lottery drawing among the three teams (the Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians being the two others) that were willing to match the Braves' terms. After Seaver's father complained to Eckert about the unfairness of the situation, and threatened a lawsuit, Eckert ruled that other teams could match the Braves' offer.
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He then intended to finish the college season, but because he had signed a pro contract, the NCAA ruled him ineligible. However, the contract was voided by Baseball Commissioner William Eckert because USC had played two exhibition games that year, although Seaver hadn't participated. In 1966, Seaver signed a professional contract with the Atlanta Braves, who had selected him in the first round of the secondary January draft, 20th overall. When Seaver asked for $70,000, however, the Dodgers passed. As a sophomore in 1965, Seaver posted a 10–2 record for the Trojans, and he was selected in the tenth round of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. After a stellar season, in which he pitched and won a game in the national tournament with a grand slam, USC head coach Rod Dedeaux awarded him a scholarship. Unsure as to whether Seaver was worthy of a scholarship, USC sent him to pitch in Alaska for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks in the summer of 1964. The University of Southern California (USC) recruited Seaver to play college baseball. He remained a part-time member of the reserve until his eight-year commitment ended in 1970. After six months of active duty in the reserve, Seaver enrolled at Fresno City College. He served with AIRFMFPAC 29 Palms, California, through July 1963. Despite being an All-City basketball player, he hoped to play baseball in college. Seaver compensated for his lack of size and strength by developing great control on the mound. He attended Fresno High School and was a pitcher for the school's baseball team. Seaver was born in Fresno, California, to Betty Lee (née Cline) and Charles Henry Seaver. Seaver is also a member of the New York Mets Hall of Fame and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. 41 was retired by the Mets in 1988, and New York City changed the address of Citi Field to 41 Seaver Way in 2019.
Along with Mike Piazza, he is one of two players wearing a New York Mets hat on his plaque in the Hall of Fame. In 1992, Seaver was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the highest percentage of votes ever recorded at the time. During his MLB career, he compiled 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts, 61 shutouts, and a 2.86 earned run average, and he threw a no-hitter in 1978. He was a 12-time All-Star and ranks as the Mets' all-time leader in wins. With the Mets, Seaver won the National League's (NL) Rookie of the Year Award in 1967, and won three NL Cy Young Awards as the league's best pitcher.
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Commonly described as the most iconic player in Mets history, Seaver played a significant role in their victory in the 1969 World Series over the Baltimore Orioles. He played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, and Boston Red Sox from 1967 to 1986. George Thomas Seaver (Novem– August 31, 2020), nicknamed " Tom Terrific" and " the Franchise", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). September 19, 1986, for the Boston Red Sox
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