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{{Short description|American baseball player (1887–1940)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Tom Seaton
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|image=Tom_Seaton_-_Portland_Beavers_-_Obak_Cabinet.jpg
|bats=Both
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1887|8|30}}
|birth_place=[[Blair, Nebraska]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1940|4|10|1887|8|30}}
|death_place=[[El Paso, Texas]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= April 13 
|debutyear= 1912
|debutteam= Philadelphia Phillies
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate= June 23
|finalyear= 1917
|finalteam= Chicago Cubs
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=93–65
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=3.14
|stat3label=[[Strikeouts]]
|stat3value=644
|teams=
* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] (1912–1913)
* [[Brooklyn Tip-Tops]] (1914–1915)
* [[Newark Pepper]] (1915)
* [[Chicago Cubs]] (1916–1917)
|highlights=
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders|NL wins leader]] (1913)
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders|NL strikeout leader]] (1913)
}}

'''Thomas Gordon Seaton''' (August 30, 1887 – April 10, 1940) was a [[pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]] from 1912-1917. He was signed in 1909 as a pitcher by the [[Portland, Oregon]] baseball team in the [[Pacific Coast League]].  In {{Baseball year|1910}} he was part of a pitching staff that included [[Gene Krapp]], [[Jack Graney]], [[Bill Steen]] and [[Vean Gregg]].  The [[Philadelphia Phillies]] drafted Seaton in {{Baseball year|1912}}.

After struggling through a mediocre season in 1912, Seaton became a dominating pitcher in 1913 appearing in 52 games and compiling a 27–12 record in 322.1 innings.  After a dispute involving his wife and the Phillies, Seaton signed with the [[Brooklyn Tip-Tops]] of the [[Federal League]].  Seaton went 25–14 that year.  Seaton struggled in 1915.

After the Federal League folded after the 1915 season, Seaton pitched for the [[Chicago Cubs]].  He eventually was released and returned to the Pacific Coast League.

As a hitter, Seaton posted a .186 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] (84-for-451) with 44 [[run (baseball)|runs]], 4 [[home runs]], 32 [[Run batted in|RBI]] and 24 [[bases on balls]] in 231 games.

After the [[Black Sox Scandal]] of {{Baseball year|1919}}, Seaton and Luther "Casey" Smith were released in May 1920 due to rumors "...regarding the practices of the players (Seaton and Smith) and their associates."

He died on April 10, 1940.

==See also==
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders]]

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Baseballstats |br=s/seatoto01 |brm=seaton001tho }}
* {{SABR Baseball Biography Project|5679fc51}}
* {{Find a Grave}}

{{NL wins champions}}
{{NL strikeout champions}}
{{Philadelphia Phillies ODS}}

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[[Category:1887 births]]
[[Category:1940 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Blair, Nebraska]]
[[Category:Major League Baseball pitchers]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Nebraska]]
[[Category:Philadelphia Phillies players]]
[[Category:Brooklyn Tip-Tops players]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
[[Category:Newark Peppers players]]
[[Category:Chicago Cubs players]]
[[Category:National League strikeout champions]]
[[Category:National League (baseball) wins champions]]
[[Category:Portland Beavers players]]
[[Category:Portland Colts players]]
[[Category:Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players]]
[[Category:San Francisco Seals (baseball) players]]


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