Tom Seaver Trades and Transactions

The Tom Seaver trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Tom Seaver has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I can't. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well." - Tom Seaver (Biography, IMDB.com)
Tom Seaver

Tom Seaver Autograph on a 1982 Donruss Diamond Kings (#16)

Tom Seaver Autograph on a 1982 Donruss Diamond Kings (#16)
 

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Birth Name:   George Thomas Seaver
Nickname:   Boy Scout or Tom Terrific
Born On:   11-17-1944  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Fresno, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Fresno High School (Fresno, CA)
College:   University of Southern California
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   206
First Game:   04-13-1967 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-19-1986
Draft:   1965 : 10th Round (190th)
Tom Seaver

Trades & Transactions

06-08-1965: Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 10th round — free-agent draft, did not sign.
01-29-1966: Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (20th pick overall) — secondary phase (or secondary phase delayed) — free-agent draft, pick voided.
04-03-1966: Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Mets.
06-15-1977: Traded by New York Mets to Cincinnati Reds for Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson and Dan Norman.
12-16-1982: Traded by Cincinnati Reds to New York Mets for Charlie Puleo and Lloyd McClendon.
01-20-1984: Selected by Chicago White Sox from New York Mets in the player compensation pool draft.
06-29-1986: Traded by Chicago White Sox to Boston Red Sox for Steve Lyons.
11-12-1986: Granted free agency.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Tom Seaver trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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