Tom Seaver

1980s Franchise Wins Leaders

From Jack Morris to Len Barker, here are the wins leaders for every major league team in the 1980s.

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Tom Seaver by the Numbers

Thirteen men threw more than 4,000 innings and finished their careers with an E.R.A. of under 3.00.  Tom Seaver is…

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December 16th

Happy Birthday to Billy Ripken, Tom Seaver comes home, and Billy Martin gets fired again on December 16th in 1980s…

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November 17th

Bret Saberhagen becomes the highest-paid player in the game, Bill Virdon is manager of the Year and Mike Schmidt wins…

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November 10th

Happy Birthday to an underrated slugger, Tom Seaver asks if he needs to delay his Paris vacation, and a couple…

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November 3rd

Happy Birthday to Dwight Evans, two Brewers bring home some hardware, and the Royals announce they're not going to try…

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October 8th

Happy Birthday to Enos Cabell, the Braves make a change, and the 1983 World Series matchup is set on October…

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October 4th

Happy Birthday to The Duke, Schmitty hits a huge dinger, and Greg Gagne pulls off a rarity on October 4th…

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September 19th

Happy Birthday to Jim Abbott, Joe Morgan makes history and Darryl Strawberry nearly comes to blows with Davey Johnson on…

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August 31st

Happy Birthday to a Hall of Famer, Tommy John escapes from New York, and Kurt Bevacqua makes a great catch…

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August 4th

Happy Birthday to Roger Clemens and milestones for Tom Seaver and Rod Carew highlight August 4th in 1980s Baseball

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August 2nd

Happy Birthday to Bombo Rivera, the Angels are all in, and big days for Eric Davis and Kevin Seitzer highlight…

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June 25th

Sammy Khalifa makes history, Devo causes a delay in the Angels/Brewers game, and Dave Winfield continues to rip the ball…

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May 9th

Happy Birthday to the great Tony Gwynn, the Phillies make a big mistake and Tom Seaver gets two wins in…

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April 20th

Happy Birthday to Donnie Baseball, Barry Bonds makes his debut (sort of) and a big day for Tom Seaver on…

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April 18th

The Reds run wild, a Rookie of the Year makes his debut, and a big day for Mike Schmidt highlight…

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April 9th

Baseball unveils a new statistic, a Rookie of the Year makes his debut, and Tom Seaver sets another record on…

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April 5th

Happy Birthday to Rennie Stennett, a nice debut for Steve Garvey, and Orel Hershiser begins a magical year on April…

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January 20th

Happy Birthday to Ozzie Guillen, Pete Rose heads north, and the Reds lose a future star as a compensation pick…

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January 18th

Happy Birthday to Brady Anderson, a four-team trade goes down and the Mets leave Tom Seaver unprotected on January 18th…

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My Top 3 Larry Bowa Moments

I was an outsider. A malcontent. I grew up as a Phillies Phan in Reds Country in the 1970s. Mike…

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The 80’s are my 50’s

I grew up reading Angell, Halberstam, Kahn and others wax nostalgic about baseball in the 1950’s. The pictures they painted…

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