Subject(s): Tom Seaver Sport: Baseball Location: Citi Field, Queens, New York City, NY Unveiled: 15/4/2022 Sculptor: William Behrends Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Plaque 1: TOM SEAVER. Plaque 2: GEORGE THOMAS SEAVER. “THE FRANCHISE”. NY METS 1967-1977, 1983. TOM SEAVER ARRIVED IN QUEENS AND TURNED AROUND THE FORTUNES OF THE NEW YORK METS, LEADING TO THE NICKNAME “THE FRANCHISE”. NAMED THE 1967 NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, SEAVER LED THE MIRACLE METS TO CLUB’S FIRST WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1969. ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT PITCHERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY, SEAVER WAS A THREE-TIME CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER AND A MEMBER OF THE EXCLUSIVE 300-WIN CLUB, FINISHING HIS CAREER WITH 311 WINS. HE SET FRANCHISE RECORDS FOR WINS (198), STRIKEOUTS (2,541) AND COMPLETE GAMES (171) AND WAS HONORED BY THE METS IN 1988 WITH HIS INDUCTION INTO THE METS HALL OF FAME AND THE RETIREMENT OF HIS UNIFORM NUMBER 41. SEAVER WS INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1992. 41. Links: Sculptor