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)
Seasons

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 8874 0.543 — 49–32 39–42
Kansas City Royals 8577 0.525 3 46–35 39–42
Texas Rangers 8379 0.512 5 44–37 39–42
Minnesota Twins 8280 0.506 6 39–42 43–38
Chicago White Sox 7387 0.456 14 33–46 40–41
Seattle Mariners 6795 0.414 21 36–45 31–50
Oakland Athletics 54108 0.333 34 31–50 23–58

Record vs. opponents

1979 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–59–38–38–57–66–68–58–45–68–410–26–611–2
Boston 5–8—5–75–66–78–58–48–49–35–89–38–46–69–4
California 3–97–5—9–46–64–87–67–59–47–510–37–65–87–5
Chicago 3–86–54–9—6–63–95–85–75–84–89–45–811–27–5
Cleveland 5–87–66–66–6—6–66–64–98–45–88–47–55–78–5
Detroit 6–75–88–49–36–6—5–76–74–87–67–57–56–69–4
Kansas City 6–64–86–78–56–67–5—5–77–65–79–47–66–79–3
Milwaukee 5–84–85–77–59–47–67–5—8–49–46–69–39–310–3
Minnesota 4–83–94–98–54–88–46–74–8—7–59–410–34–911–1
New York 6–58–55–78–48–56–77–54–95–7—9–36–68–49–4
Oakland 4–83–93–104–94–85–74–96–64–93–9—8–52–114–8
Seattle 2–104–86–78–55–75–76–73–93–106–65–8—6–78–4
Texas 6–66–68–52–117–56–67–63–99–44–811–27–6—7–5
Toronto 2–114–95–75–75–84–93–93–101–114–98–44–85–7—

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
CLarry Cox10029363.215436
1BBruce Bochte150554175.31616100
2BJulio Cruz107414112.271129
3BDan Meyer144525146.2782074
SSMario Mendoza14837374.198124
LFTom Paciorek10331083.267642
CFRuppert Jones162622166.2672178
RFLeon Roberts140450122.2711554
DHWillie Horton162646180.27929106

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 Milbourne12335699.278226
Joe Simpson12026575.283227
Bill Stein8825062.248727
Bob Stinson9524760.243628
Bobby Valentine629827.27607
John Hale546314.22227
Rod Craig165220.38506
Charlie Beamon27255.20000
Juan Bernhardt1111.00000

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 Parrott38229.114123.77127
Rick Honeycutt33194.011124.0483
Floyd Bannister30182.110154.05115
Odell Jones25118.23116.0772
Glenn Abbott23116.24105.1725
Roy Branch211.1017.946

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 Dressler21104.0324.9336
Paul Mitchell1036.2144.4218
Joe Decker927.1014.2812
Wayne Twitchell413.2025.275

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 McLaughlin4777144.2274
Shane Rawley4859113.8448
John Montague416415.5760
Randy Stein232305.8839
Rich Hinton140205.407
Rafael Vásquez91005.069
Jim Lewis200015.430

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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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