1979 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place6th
OwnersStanley Golub, Danny Kaye,
Walter Schoenfeld, Lester Smith,
James Stillwell, Jr., James A. Walsh
General managersLou Gorman
ManagersDarrell Johnson
TelevisionKING-TV 5
RadioKVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson,
Bill Freehan)
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The 1979 Seattle Mariners season was the franchise's third since its creation. The Mariners ended the season in sixth place in the American League West with a record of 67–95 (.414). The Mariners hosted the All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 17.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 88 74 0.543 — 49–32 39–42
Kansas City Royals 85 77 0.525 3 46–35 39–42
Texas Rangers 83 79 0.512 5 44–37 39–42
Minnesota Twins 82 80 0.506 6 39–42 43–38
Chicago White Sox 73 87 0.456 14 33–46 40–41
Seattle Mariners 67 95 0.414 21 36–45 31–50
Oakland Athletics 54 108 0.333 34 31–50 23–58

Record vs. opponents

1979 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 8–5 9–3 8–3 8–5 7–6 6–6 8–5 8–4 5–6 8–4 10–2 6–6 11–2
Boston 5–8 — 5–7 5–6 6–7 8–5 8–4 8–4 9–3 5–8 9–3 8–4 6–6 9–4
California 3–9 7–5 — 9–4 6–6 4–8 7–6 7–5 9–4 7–5 10–3 7–6 5–8 7–5
Chicago 3–8 6–5 4–9 — 6–6 3–9 5–8 5–7 5–8 4–8 9–4 5–8 11–2 7–5
Cleveland 5–8 7–6 6–6 6–6 — 6–6 6–6 4–9 8–4 5–8 8–4 7–5 5–7 8–5
Detroit 6–7 5–8 8–4 9–3 6–6 — 5–7 6–7 4–8 7–6 7–5 7–5 6–6 9–4
Kansas City 6–6 4–8 6–7 8–5 6–6 7–5 — 5–7 7–6 5–7 9–4 7–6 6–7 9–3
Milwaukee 5–8 4–8 5–7 7–5 9–4 7–6 7–5 — 8–4 9–4 6–6 9–3 9–3 10–3
Minnesota 4–8 3–9 4–9 8–5 4–8 8–4 6–7 4–8 — 7–5 9–4 10–3 4–9 11–1
New York 6–5 8–5 5–7 8–4 8–5 6–7 7–5 4–9 5–7 — 9–3 6–6 8–4 9–4
Oakland 4–8 3–9 3–10 4–9 4–8 5–7 4–9 6–6 4–9 3–9 — 8–5 2–11 4–8
Seattle 2–10 4–8 6–7 8–5 5–7 5–7 6–7 3–9 3–10 6–6 5–8 — 6–7 8–4
Texas 6–6 6–6 8–5 2–11 7–5 6–6 7–6 3–9 9–4 4–8 11–2 7–6 — 7–5
Toronto 2–11 4–9 5–7 5–7 5–8 4–9 3–9 3–10 1–11 4–9 8–4 4–8 5–7 —


Opening Day lineup

  1. Julio Cruz, 2B
  2. Bill Stein, 3B
  3. Dan Meyer, 1B
  4. Leon Roberts, RF
  5. Willie Horton, DH
  6. Ruppert Jones, CF
  7. Tom Paciorek, LF
  8. Larry Cox, C
  9. Mario Mendoza, SS

Notable transactions

All-Star Game

The 1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 50th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 17, 1979, at the Kingdome, the home of the Mariners. The National League defeated the American League, 7–6.

Roster

1979 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Larry Cox 100 293 63 .215 4 36
1B Bruce Bochte 150 554 175 .316 16 100
2B Julio Cruz 107 414 112 .271 1 29
3B Dan Meyer 144 525 146 .278 20 74
SS Mario Mendoza 148 373 74 .198 1 24
LF Tom Paciorek 103 310 83 .267 6 42
CF Ruppert Jones 162 622 166 .267 21 78
RF Leon Roberts 140 450 122 .271 15 54
DH Willie Horton 162 646 180 .279 29 106

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Larry Milbourne 123 356 99 .278 2 26
Joe Simpson 120 265 75 .283 2 27
Bill Stein 88 250 62 .248 7 27
Bob Stinson 95 247 60 .243 6 28
Bobby Valentine 62 98 27 .276 0 7
John Hale 54 63 14 .222 2 7
Rod Craig 16 52 20 .385 0 6
Charlie Beamon 27 25 5 .200 0 0
Juan Bernhardt 1 1 1 1.000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Parrott 38 229.1 14 12 3.77 127
Rick Honeycutt 33 194.0 11 12 4.04 83
Floyd Bannister 30 182.1 10 15 4.05 115
Odell Jones 25 118.2 3 11 6.07 72
Glenn Abbott 23 116.2 4 10 5.17 25
Roy Branch 2 11.1 0 1 7.94 6

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rob Dressler 21 104.0 3 2 4.93 36
Paul Mitchell 10 36.2 1 4 4.42 18
Joe Decker 9 27.1 0 1 4.28 12
Wayne Twitchell 4 13.2 0 2 5.27 5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Byron McLaughlin 47 7 7 14 4.22 74
Shane Rawley 48 5 9 11 3.84 48
John Montague 41 6 4 1 5.57 60
Randy Stein 23 2 3 0 5.88 39
Rich Hinton 14 0 2 0 5.40 7
Rafael Vásquez 9 1 0 0 5.06 9
Jim Lewis 2 0 0 0 15.43 0

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Rene Lachemann
A San Jose Missions California League Bob Didier
A Alexandria Mariners Carolina League Bobby Floyd
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Jeff Scott

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose[13]

Notes

  1. ^ Enrique Romo page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Floyd Bannister page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Mario Díaz page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Mike Davey page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Bobby Valentine page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Bud Black page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Tom Henke page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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