On This Day: December 16

1982

Tom Seaver agrees to a new contract with the Mets, completing a trade that sends him back to New York from Cincinnati. The Reds receive pitcher Charlie Puleo and minor leaguers Lloyd McClendon and Jason Felice for the three-time Cy Young Award winner. Tom Terrific will go 9-14 with a 3.55 ERA in 1983 for the Amazins’