Tom Seaver’s first stint with the New York Mets was memorable, remarkable, outstanding, and a whole bunch of other words to describe just how genuinely amazing he was.
What many may not remember is that the 1977 trade which sent him to the Cincinnati Reds was not his final tour in New York. On December 16, 1982, he was traded back to the Mets.
Seaver’s sequel in New York lasted just one season. Now at age 38, he was coming off of an atypically poor year over in Cincinnati. Seaver went just 5-13 with a 5.