Tom Seaver statue in front of Citi Field apparently has mistake, sculptor says

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The Tom Seaver statue built in front of Citi Field to honor the New York Mets legend apparently has a small mistake.

New York had the sculpture erected following Seaver’s death in 2020. According to Uni Watch, the No. 4 digit in Seaver’s No. 41 on the back of the statue is incorrect. The website, which focuses on uniforms in sports, noted that the font for the No. 4 is different than the font on the uniform Seaver wore while playing for the Mets.

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The Tom Seaver statue outside Citi Field on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in New York. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

William Behrends, the sculptor of Seaver’s statue, told Uni Watch he was "shocked" by what happened.

"I went back and looked at my original clay model to see if the number mistake had happened in the foundry. But no – the clay model has it that way too. It’s not like me to miss something like that, but that’s what happened. It’s something I missed," Behrends told the website.

"That clay model, I worked on that for about 10 and a half months. I laid out the torso, laid out the uniform, and blocked in the letters. At an early stage, I know I had that little stub on the ‘4.’ But during the process of adjusting the model, you take things off and rebuild them elsewhere. So those numbers were probably built and rebuilt five or six times in the process. And in the later part of the process, I clearly was not thinking about the number – I was thinking about other things, and I just missed it. It’s embarrassing."

For what it’s worth, the fonts on the front of the statue were seemingly correct.

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