Mets to honour Seaver with 41 patch on jerseys this season

By: The Associated Press Posted: 1:42 PM CST Monday, Mar. 1, 2021

NEW YORK - The New York Mets will honour the late Tom Seaver by wearing a “41” patch on their home and away jerseys this season.

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NEW YORK - The New York Mets will honour the late Tom Seaver by wearing a “41” patch on their home and away jerseys this season.

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NEW YORK – The New York Mets will honour the late Tom Seaver by wearing a “41” patch on their home and away jerseys this season.

The Mets announced Monday they’ll pay tribute to the Hall of Fame pitcher by putting his number on the right sleeves of their uniforms.

Seaver died Aug. 31 at age 75.

FILE - New York Mets' pitcher Tom Seaver straightens out his equipment at New York's Shea Stadium, in this Jan. 22, 1975, file photo. The past year has not been good for 1970s baseball, with the deaths of a multitude of the decade's mainstays and heroes. From Tom Seaver and Bob Gibson to Joe Morgan, Lou Brock and longtime home-run king Hank Aaron, some of the most familiar names on the field during that era are now gone.(AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)

The right-hander is the Mets career leader in wins, ERA and strikeouts. He earned three Cy Young Awards during his 12 seasons with New York and pitched the Mets to their first World Series championship in 1969.

Seaver also played for Cincinnati, the Chicago White Sox and Boston in a 20-year career. Overall, he had 311 wins, a 2.86 ERA and struck out 3,640.

The Mets retired his number in 1988 and he was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.

In 2019, the Mets changed the address of Citi Field to 41 Seaver Way. The team plans to unveil a Seaver statue at the ballpark this year.