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- Sport(s):
- Baseball
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- Year of Graduation:
- 1976
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- Year of Induction:
- 2020
Bio
Kim Michael Seaman
Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (1975-76) / Baseball
Moss Point, Mississippi
Kim Seaman, from Pascagoula, played at Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College in 1976. He went 8-1 with 113 strikeouts in 69 innings to earn All-NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) Eastern Division First Team honors. During his year at Gulf Coast, Seaman placed fourth in the NJCAA in ERA, with a sterling 0.54. He also had a .408 average at the plate, hitting five home runs and driving in 19 runs.
During the 1976 season, Gulf Coast finished with a 35-10 overall record, the best in the state.
He played for Mets minor league clubs in 1976-78, and was part of the first Jackson Mets team to make the playoffs in 1978. He posted a 10-4 record with a 2.13 ERA, a good enough season to make him attractive for St. Louis to trade for him in December 1978.
Seaman had been drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1975 Major League Baseball (MLB) June Amateur Draft when he was at Live Oak Academy in Moss Point, and just before his freshman season was drafted again by the New York Mets in the fourth round of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase. He would sign a contract that summer and begin his professional career.
He played for Mets minor league clubs in 1976-78, and was part of the first Mets team to make the playoffs in 1978. He posted a 10-4 record with a 2.13 ERA, a good enough season to make him attractive for St. Louis to trade for him in December 1978.
Seaman made his Major League debut by pitching two hitless innings of relief for the Cardinals on September 28, 1979, striking out three. He would start the 1980 season in the minors, but would get called up in June and make 26 appearances out of the bullpen. He compiled a 3-2 record with a 3.16 ERA and four saves.
He was traded that December to the San Diego Padres in an 11-player trade that included Baseball Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers.
Seaman pitched the next three seasons in Triple A, including a trade to the Montreal organization before retiring in 1983.