On Tom Seaver's 70th, how does he stack up with birthday mates Danny DeVito and Lorne Michaels?
Comparing Seaver, DeVito and Michaels on their b-day
George Thomas Seaver has now been on Earth for 70 rotations around the sun. Also turning 70 today are Danny DeVito and Lorne Michaels. What better time than today to compare their lives hitherto?
Seaver: 20 MLB seasons, 311 wins, three National League Cy Young Awards and 3,640 strikeouts.
DeVito: 121 acting credits on IMDB, one Emmy win, one Golden Globe win, one Oscar nomination and one turn as a nose-biting supervillain.
Lorne Michaels: 35 seasons as Executive Producer of Saturday Night Live, 13 Emmy wins, 21 feature films produced and one American comedy institution created.
As you can see, November 17, 1944 was a very, very good day for births in America. And while we can't say which of the three is funniest or most prolific, we do know that only one has thrown a no-hitter:
And we're pretty sure two of them haven't struck out 10 batters in a row:
So happy 70th birthday to Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver. We hope the celebration is something like the one following your 300th win:
