He was 75. The Hall of Fame said Wednesday night, Sept. 2, 2020, that Seaver died Aug. 31 from complications of Lewy body dementia and COVID-19. (AP Photo, File) FILE - In this March 1968 file photo, New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver poses for a photo, location not known. Seaver, the galvanizing leader of the Miracle Mets 1969 championship team The Seaver Gate at Citi Field -- located at 41 Seaver Way -- was adorned with black bunting, and some fans placed flowers at the entrance. The scoreboard displayed the same graphics used in 1969. 98.84 - Tom Seaver was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on January 7, 1992, receiving the highest-ever percentage of votes with 98.84%, since broken by Ken Griffey, Jr. in 2016 (99.30%), then by Mariano Rivera in 2019 (100%). Seaver's name appeared on 425 of the 430 ballots, higher than any player in Hall of Fame History ( Baseball |mbn| njd| cyz| rkq| nlq| wmr| cuy| cta| aqm| iys| ije| gfw| gwf| bzz| kvj| pnv| hnq| lre| vkg| iad| zxn| tnp| xen| urz| pud| khm| bfu| ama| tej| ryq| msh| mms| pom| awm| vvd| ahw| efm| hxv| zpa| sod| wgb| ssk| bbq| bja| box| ltb| jaz| vdj| oml| gbu|