Tom Seats
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Tom Seats | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Farmington, North Carolina | September 24, 1910|
Died: May 10, 1992 San Ramon, California | (aged 81)|
Batted: Right Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
May 4, 1940, for the Detroit Tigers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 28, 1945, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 12–9 |
Earned run average | 4.47 |
Strikeouts | 69 |
Teams | |
Thomas Edward Seats (September 24, 1910 – May 10, 1992) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1940) and the Brooklyn Dodgers (1945). The 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 190 lb (86 kg) left-hander was a native of Farmington, North Carolina.
Seats was 2–2 for the Tigers in 1940, and then was 10–7 for the Dodgers five years later during World War II. He made his
win came two days later, also in relief, in a 6–4 victory over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. He pitched his first major league shutout on May 11, 1945, against the St. Louis Cardinals at Ebbets Field
. The score was 7–0.
Seats' career totals for 57 games include a 12–9 record, 20
of 4.47.Seats died at the age of 81 in San Ramon, California.
Trivia
- Even though he pitched just 1212⁄3 hit batsmen. By contrast, it took the other five pitchers who were tied with him for ninth an average of 1792⁄3 innings to hit the same number of batters.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet