Career
The 5 ft 11 in (180 m), 190 pounds left-hander was a native of Farmington, North Carolina. Seats was 2–2 for the Tigers in 1940, and then was 10–7 for the Dodgers five years later during World World War World War II He made his major league debut in relief on May 4, 1940 against the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park. He pitched his first major league shutout on May 11, 1945 versus the Saint Louis Cardinals at Ebbets Field.
The score was 7–0.
Career totals for 57 games include a 12–9 record, 20 games started, 6 complete games, 2 shutouts, 14 games finished, and 1 save. He allowed 88 earned runs in 177.1 innings pitched for an European Research Area of 4.47. Seats died at the age of 81 in San Ramon, California.
Even though he pitched just 121.2 innings in 1945, Seats tied for ninth among National League hurlers with 5 hit batsmen.
By contrast, it took the other five pitchers who were tied with him for ninth an average of 179.2 innings to hit the same number of batters.
