Tom Seaton

Infobox MLB retired
name=Tom Seaton
position=Pitcher

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bgcolor1=#263473
bgcolor2=#A50024
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Both
throws=Right
birthdate=August 30, 1887
city-state|Blair|Nebraska
deathdate=death date and age|1940|4|10|1887|8|30
city-state|El Paso|Texas
debutdate= April 13
debutyear= 1912
debutteam= Philadelphia Phillies
finaldate= June 23
finalyear= 1917
finalteam= Chicago Cubs
stat1label=Pitching record
stat1value=93-65
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=3.14
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=644
teams=
* Philadelphia Phillies (1912-1913)
* Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1914-1915)
* Newark Pepper (1915)
* Chicago Cubs (1916-1917)
highlights=
* National League strikeout champion: 1913
* National League wins champion: 1913
* 2 20-win seasons

Tom Seaton was born on August 30, 1887, in Blair, Nebraska. In by|1909, he was signed as a pitcher by the Portland, Oregon baseball team in the Pacific Coast League. In by|1910 he was part of a pitching staff that included Gene Krapp, Jack Graney, Bill Steen and Vean Gregg. The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Seaton in by|1912.

After struggling through a mediocre season in 1912, Seaton became a dominating pitcher in 1913 appearing in 52 games and compiling a 27-12 record in 322 innings. After a dispute involving his wife and the Phillies, Seaton signed with the Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League. Seaton went 25-14 that year. Seaton struggled in 1915.

After the Federal League folded after the 1915 season, Seaton pitched for the Chicago Cubs. He eventually was released and returned to the Pacific Coast League.

After the Black Sox Scandal of by|1919, Seaton and Luther "Casey" Smith were released in May of 1920 due to rumors "...regarding the practices of the players (Seaton and Smith) and their associates."

He died April 10, 1940.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball strikeout champions
* List of Major League Baseball wins champions

External links

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* [http://www.bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=514&pid=12760 SABR Biography]