Pitching Great Tom Seaver Dies at 75

Pitching Great Tom Seaver Dies at 75

The New York Times is reporting pitching great Tom Seaver has died at 75.

Seaver was a star for the New York Mets and led the improbable team to a World Series win in 1969. And Seaver helped the Red Sox get to the World Series in 1986 -- the infamous series in which Boston lost to the Mets.

He was one of baseball’s greatest right-handed power pitchers, a Hall of Famer who won 311 games.

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The cause was complications of Lewy body dementia and Covid-19, according to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The New York Times writes:

At 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds, give or take a few, with a thick waist and tree-trunk legs that helped generate the velocity on his fastball and hard slider and the spin on his curveball, Seaver at work was a picture of kinetic grace. He had a smooth windup, a leg kick with his left knee raised high, and a stride so long after pushing off the mound that his right knee often grazed the dirt.

With precise control, he had swing-and-miss stuff. He struck out more than 200 batters in 10 different seasons, a National League record, and on April 22, 1970, facing the San Diego Padres, he struck out a record 10 batters in a row to end the game. His total of 3,640 strikeouts in his 20 big-league seasons is sixth on the all-time list.