50108 SHEA STADIUM, NEW YOK, NY 9/28/2008 Tom Seaver bows after the final game at Shea Stadium Sunday. TYSON TRISH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Tom Seaver bows after the final game at Shea Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008. 84700lay
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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets will honor the late Tom Seaver by wearing a “41” patch on their home and away jerseys this season.
The Mets say 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.
The right-hander is the Mets career leader in wins, ERA and strikeouts.
He earned three Cy Young Awards with the Mets and pitched them to their first World Series championship in 1969.
The Mets plan to unveil a Seaver statue at Citi Field this year.
