Honoring Tom Seaver: Legendary NY Mets pitcher, Cy Young winner, MLB Hall of Famer | SNY 

Not just one of the greatest pitchers, but also a United States Marine Corps veteran. Proud to have his name among great Americans who served in the Corps. Rest In Peace Brother Marine

Tom Seaver is and will forever be a legend.

I'm 61 years old , and today is the first time I don't feel like a kid anymore . RIP , you were truly the best ever . My condolences to his family . I will always remember the games , but the memory of him after a game talking to us kids , being kind , upbeat , and yes Terrific even after a loss .. Now I got to get some tissues .

My Goodness.... I'm 62... First Major League game I ever saw...1969, in San Diego, Tom pitched that night! God speed sir! Deeply saddened today.

Father Time has just pushed all of us a little bit further down the conveyor belt of life. Tom's passing breaks us loose from a different generation. What a sad loss for baseball and for everyone who knew of him. R.I.P.

Tom Seaver was a great pitcher, and a classy person. No controversies, just a darn good pitcher. Thanks for the memories, Tom. RIP.

Tom was great on and off the field. He matched those hall-of fame numbers on the mound with character and integrity when conducting himself off the diamond. That's why he will always be my favorite athlete. Rest in peace, Tom Terrific. Condolences to his family and to my fellow Mets fans.

The Greatest Met of All Time. R.I.P Tom Seaver.

A heavy ball master. Tom Seaver was the best pitcher I ever saw up close... The best. I'm very sad today....

RIP Tom Seaver, THE FRANCHISE. A truly tragic loss for Mets Nation

I'm a Braves fan and this still hurts! RIP TT

The Franchise, Tom Seaver forever. World Series Champion, Rookie of the Year.

While there is "no crying in baseball", today there is an exception. RIP Tom "Terrific" Seaver...From a Phillies fan, long-time season ticket holder, now 57, whose boyhood hero is Steve Carlton of the Phillies...lots of wonderful pitching duels between "Lefty" and Tom "Terrific", especially on Opening Days!,...We all share and Mourn your loss. "Let's Go Mets."

It’s strange the things that trigger such sadness... I was never a Mets fan, or a Reds fan.. But he was the standard.. Probably the greatest right handed pitcher I’ve ever seen..

Tom Terrific was a first class pitcher and human being. He will be missed.

Tom Seaver, always and forever, "The Franchise". The greatest Mets' player of all-time. RIP, Tom Terrific, 41

Thank you for some of the greatest memories of our lives. R.I.P. Tom Seaver.

The greatest pitcher of all time, my hero and a highly respected professional athlete and off the field. All our love and prayers to the Seaver Family!

Only 25 years old, but it was instilled in me by my Dad that he was and will always be the greatest player to ever put on the Met uniform. The fact that his legend still stands with the young fans like myself shows how terrific he really was. Rest in peace, condolences to his family and friends.

R.I.P. Tom Seaver#41 Watched him pitch at the Vet when i was 10 years old. He threw a 3-0 shut out with 10 K's. I have collected many news paper clippings of some of the games he has pitched over his great career, he will be missed ! Such a sad day !

Tom Seaver was always my favorite ball player growing up. RIP #41

Class all the way. Terrific pitcher. RIP Tom Seaver. (feeling emotional here).

RIP - the one and only Tom Terrific.

A great athlete in baseball and humble gentlemen in retirement. A combination that is rare. RIP Tom Seaver

My boyhood idol, when steel was real,he was a master RIP

Thank You #41...RIP Tom Terrific!! #Da FRANCHISE #METS

As a 51 year old, I was fortunate enough to have watched him pitch on television. He was, no pun intended, simply "Amazin" RIP Terrific Tom⚾️❤🙏

Tom Seaver was one of those very rare players with an abundance of BOTH baseball talent & intelligence, and a driving obsession for the game. Other players who come to mind that fit into this category are Jackie Robinson, Henry Aaron & Pete Rose.

I'll never forget 1969. I was 10 years old, took a break from baseball for awhile myself. Became a bigger fan of baseball during "The Jeter Era." Today w/so many on the disabled list. That childhood pastime is long gone...Thanks for being a baseball legend, Tom. You along w/Hodges, Agee, Jones, Grote...are in the actual Field of Dreams. R.I.P. & Thank You. 4⚾️1

RIP Tom... so many great memories !!

RIP TOM WE LOVE YOU and we will miss you so so much.

Legends never Die....The Memories of his work will always remain....R.I.P. Tom Seaver....

Thank You Tom❤️ R.I.P.

A legend for all times. I am in tears and deeply sadden by his passing. RIP and God bless his family.

Rip Tom Seaver ,I will forever cherish your Jersey .what an amazing talent you were as well as an amazing man

😭😭😭😭😭 R.I.P. Tom. 😭😭😭😭😭 My childhood hero of the Mets.

Wow this tears me apart #1 Met ever nobody comes close R.I.P. “The Franchise” unreal 😔 he was a super hero to me!!!

A pitcher with a strong fast ball. He gave his all to the game and went out a Champ ⚾ Rest in Peace

R.I.P. Tom Seaver November 17, 1944 - August 31, 2020

RIP to a Mets legend and a fellow Marine. I had the pleasure of meeting him once. Let's Go Mets and Semper Fi!

Tom you were and always will be TERRIFIC RIP we will miss you

I remember the 1969 Mets World Series win. It was exciting times. Thanks for everything Tom. You were an inspiration and God Bless!!

Seaver and Ryan both started there...the 2 greatest pitchers in MLB to step on the mound

he was so intense, it was the hay day for starting pitching. now it's all about getting 6 out of a starter. tom you will be missed.

Tom Terrific was terrific. The best.I got to meet him at a card show and had a picture taken with him. RIP Tom. You are missed!!!!!!!!

I watched him pitch in second half of his career. I wish I could have been around to watch him pitch for Mets. Superb technique and delivery.

Rest in peace Mr Tom Seaver to young to soon

RIP Tom You will always be sadly Missed

I remember the great Tom Seaver through the years as a pitcher for the mets reds and white Sox. He will be missed , but never forgotten.

Greatest Met Ever

Tom and Tug are in Kiner's Korner of Heaven now, relaxing and sharing some laughs again. RIP

My first sports hero, Tom Teriffic! Had a huge poster of him, in full wind-up, in my room as an 8 yr old I bought from the Scholastic School Book Fair. A great player, and from everything I've heard and read a great, and kind man. RIP

The best pitcher of all time. My favorite Met of all time. I remember seeing pitch in a game at Shea and he won the game. I am sorry to hear that he passed away. RIP Tom and thanks for all the great memories.

He was the man. The scuffed right knee from getting so low in his leg drive! Grew up watching him. Best pitcher in my time.

RIP Mr. Seaver 😢

RIP Tom. I enjoyed watching you play over the years. You brought a lot of heart and soul to this franchise. Thanks for the memories. My condolences to Tom's family. Forever a New York Met.

The best athlete to come out of Fresno. He was The Natural! Nothing but class!

Being from NJ our family were Met fans die hard fans. We all had our favorite player but my Favorite was no other than Tom Seaver. I molded myself after him and started pitching at a young age trying my best to be my childhood hero. Thanks for the memories and may you rest in peace..........

I spent many a Sunday at Shea in 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1970 watching Seaver and the Mets. These were unbelievably great days!

Tom Seaver will always be the best pitcher for the New York Mets and one of the best of all time in MLB history...R.I.P. Tom Seaver, you will be missed by MLB and Mets fans in particular.

A tear runs down my face for the man who made me a Mets fan and never stopped believing RIP Tom Tereffic you are the Franchise

Such a perfect person. The man was nothing but class,got to meet the man at his home when my father was there putting in his swimming pool. He treated those guys,full of dirt and gunite like they were there to be invited to a home gathering. My hats off to MR.TOM SEAVER,class act all the way RIP ,YOU deserve it.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Condolences to Nancy and the rest of the Seaver family. May all mourning Mets fans be comforted by the memories of the legend that was Tom Seaver. I feel blessed for all the times I went to Shea and saw him pitch in his prime. RIP, Tom Terrific.

Tom Seaver was a true gentleman on and off the field. RIP Tom,you are no longer suffering anymore. I am a baseball fanatic,that cheers for the Toronto Blue Jays. 👋⚾️🙏🌟 #41❤🌹🇨🇦

My first Mets game in 1969 was the "Imperfect Game" Tom also wrote a great book entitled The Imperfect Game. Great read. From the age of 10 until 50 I pitched with his number 41 on my back. This is the saddest day of my life next to my dad passing. He was a hero to all Mets fans and such a class act, both off and on the field. "The Franchise" was such an appropriate moniker for Tom. RIP

A class act - a true role model for so many of us growing up during this era. Few heroes carry themselves as Mr. Seaver did both on and off the field.

Thank you for this post commemorating the memorable MLB career of Tom Seaver upon his recent passing 9 / 3/2020. As a longtime native Fresno California from his hometown, I would like to pass on my remembrances of him. Although I was not a close personal friend of him while we both attended Alexander Hamilton Junior High at 102 East Clinton Avenue in Fresno and also later at Fresno high at 1839 North Echo Avenue( we didn't attend grammar school together as he was at Fremont elementary School near to where his parents mr. And mrs. Charles Seaver lived on North Channing Way above West Clinton Avenue. I attended T.L Heaton Elementary on East McKinley Avenue. Seether graduated from Fresno high in 1962 and I graduated from Fresno high in 1963 as I was a year behind him. His story in his early life is from my observational experiences and some contacts with him as well as a friend he grew up with in the same neighborhood on Channing Way and who was of the Fresno high class of 1961. This friend I became acquainted with later on in my life several years ago and that from his recollections in my contact with him there are interesting life lessons in principles to be learned from George Thomas Seaver AKA Tom Seaver or" Tommy Terrific" Seaver that many of today's parents, who overly push their young athletically inclined with God blessed you athletic Talent become Major League ability by the time they are 12 or 13, which results in them burning out and never fulfilling there possible developments of the athletic talents they were blessed with. When Tom Seaver was young he did Xzibit some baseball Talent. Is Father Charles, who was a golf pro and instructor, and accomplished avid amateur golfer professional was instrumental in developing his son's career. He probably recognized some ability in his son that maybe Cedar at that age did not see and he tried to stay with him being on Tack and practicing baseball pitching. Although Seaver didn't appreciate sometimes his father's mentoring, as he was a young Junior High student with interests in that time we're in high school that go with developing from puberty to Young young adulthood. However, he obediently acceded as he could to his father's desires. When I was the seventh grade in the spring semester of 1958 at Hamilton Junior High I tried out for the Hamilton Hurricane baseball team. He was in the eighth grade in this junior high which went through the 9th grade. Remember that he had a very good fastball as I struck out on my first appearance in practice before him. He didn't have any other types of pitches perfected. Although he was accomplished in Babe Ruth league juvenile baseball, after being Little League, he actually pitched in the Citywide championship game against Wade Blasingame , a noted local left-handed pitcher who later start at Roosevelt High School in Fresno, eventually becoming a pitcher for the Houston Astros. Cedar with his encouragement from his father and other family continued working on his teaching abilities. He eventually made the Fresno high varsity baseball team in his senior year after being on the junior varsity for some time. At the time, it wasn't evident that you would have send to the MLB and rise to the stature that the world & the United and people of New York City have come to no. There were other pitchers from the Fresno area at that time including Dick Ellsworth (FHS '58) tamahu pitch for the Chicago Cubs; Dick Selma Tyler also graduating Fresno high at the time and pitched for several MLB teams as well as Jim Maloney, and MLB Hall of Famer for the Cincinnati Red Legs., in addition to Wade Blasingame that many Fresno's felt would make a bigger impact in MLB baseball Ben Seaver.( I had the Blessed opportunity to interview mr. Maloney on a couple of occasions for underwriting investigations on major insurance policies when he moved back to Fresno after retirement while I was employed by Equifax Services.) Tom Seaver didn't really Blossom as a picture become known as he was in MLB history now until he was coached at Fresno City College by Hans Wiedenhoffer and when he transferred to USC by a nationally-known University baseball coach, he became the status of a Major League when he started with the New York Mets. The lesson here which is learned is patiently encouraging the efforts of your children in such pursuits so that they can develop to their best potential without the regard of Fame and Fortune which results in people not accomplishing their goals in many instances. He probably is long ago when he accomplished the level of achievement of having 311 lifetime wins as a major league pitcher, having strikeouts in excess of 3600 and winning three Sai Young Awards and other achievements has thanked his father many times for his vigilance in his younger years. As a result of this he was also a successful in post-retirement ventures in baseball game commentary and other business interests. He married his early school sweetheart and was recognized in a visit to Fresno in the early 2000s and having a portion of echo Avenue North of McKinley to Weldon running along the front of Fresno high change to Tom Seaver Lane. as noted in the video he also had a portion of the street in front of Shea Stadium listed as 41 Seaver Way. Tom Seaver way on this portion vehicle runs in front of the Fresno high Majestic Royse Hall and the campus on the west side of Tom Seaver way. This Fresno high location was open in 1921 after Fresno high had been moved from downtown Fresno, starting in 1888. My Uncle Charles Innis, my grandmother's youngest brother, was in the first graduating class at 1839 North Echo location. Although I was a longtime fan and follower of the San Francisco Giants since they moved to San Francisco in 1958, I have always followed Tom Seavers career with interest because being a longtime Fresno native and have had a proud recollection of of how his efforts benefited this community as well as those who are close to him and we're blessed to have known him. It was indeed heartwarming that he did make it back to the franchise of the New York Mets before he retired after being traded to Cincinnati Red Legs and then the Chicago White Sox. Although he is rightly remembered by New York and the New York Mets fans as the franchise player, you will always be remembered in the Fresno as the greatest franchise MLB player coming from this city and the San Joaquin Valley.

RIP

Damn it! this is really bringing back memories to an old man. it was a time when sports were sports and politics were politics. RIP..Tom!

I didn't even know Tom.Seaver had passed as a young kid growing up in New York he was my favorite pitcher..RIP Tom Terrific!

Tom Seaver was to the New York Mets what Joe Namath was to the New York Jets. Both Men brought the city back to life and made the city a city of champions along with the help of the New York knicks. From 1969 to 1970 no one could beat them, they were the envy of everyone.

Sad to see him go he will always have a place in my heart as my Mets hero

Tom Seaver was one of the pitchers of his era that influenced me to pitch (just by watching him on television) in little league and babe ruth league. RIP Tom Terrific!

Statue coming soon I hope..

R.I.P.

In the third grade I did a book report on Tom Seaver. I love how Ozzie Guillén talks about him as a teammate.

An Icon! Baseball and the Golden Years.

Seaver was able to have three great catchers to throw to - Jerry Grote, Johnny Bench and Carlton Fisk.

Bobby Orr was my favorite athlete in the early '70's; second, either Seaver or Secretariat.

Damn! My sports idol is GONE!😔 As a Mets’ fan during the mid 70’s all I could do is go to school and listen to yankee fan who was starting to build that late 70’s empire.Seaver was and is THE FRANCHISE 4 EVER!😎

Central valleys own .From Fresno Ca.to the Big Apple. To a world series championship in 1969.Wow , what a baseball career. Classy guy⚾⚾⚾

Just here to pay my respects to the greatest Met ever. RIP Tom " terrific" Seaver ⚾

White sox fan here. We got him in his mid 30s and he was still terrific to watch!

You were the BEST T T. RIP My deepest sympathies.

He was the greatest Met...Tom Seaver #41 Forever

This man is a true professional As a player and as a man We'll miss you sir

God bless your soul Tom Seaver. You are deeply missed.

Rest In Peace Tom Seaver. He is on The Field of Dreams Team.

#RIP41

A true hall of famer. From a generation where men played the game.

The greatest Met of all time

The BEST MET

I was a kid in 1969 and didn't know all that much about baseball. I was eleven years old and from a small town in Arkansas. We didn't and still don't have a major league team in the state. But,, my grandparents lived in Astoria New York and in 1969 I was visiting and my grandfather took me to a Mets game,. They were my grandfathers TEAM the Amazing Mets! They played Cinncy that day and I saw all those greats,, Bench, Rose, and I think,,, Seaver was pitching,,, I've thought about that day ever since! I even got one of those blue plastic hats! :) Anyone remember those? Tom will be dearly missed but never EVER forgotten.

As a Yankee fan growing up in NY in the Horace Clark years of 1965 to 1975, I hated Tom Seaver. The Mets were winning, the Yankees were losing and Seaver led the way. A class act on the field and off. Truly one of New York's greats (though I didn't feel that way at the time). RIP Tom Terrific.

Sad day for sure.

Of all the met greats, Tom Seaver is considered the GOAT

Tom Seaver forever. A sad, rainy, gloomy night here in Queens. Greatest pitching mechanics. Ever. Oh, did my late mother love him so. We all did.

Tom Seaver was a far better pitcher than any of the others to grace the uniform for the Mets. I will never forget the year I was in 10 th grade and they beat the heavily favored Orioles 4 games to 1 in the world series. The starting staff consisted of Seaver, Koosman, Gentry , McAndrew. Ryan was on that team as well. He often came out of the bullpen. Tom Seaver was just so dominant. Truly one of the all time greats. I actually read a biography on him years ago. I vaguely remember a minor league team that he was on being called the Alaska Gold paners . Tom is easily the best starting pitcher the Mets have ever had.

What a shame, and the bigger shame is how they treated him.

RIP Tom (Terrific) Shaver Great Pitcher