1983 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record60–102 (.370)
Divisional place7th
OwnersGeorge Argyros
General managersDan O'Brien Sr.
ManagersRene Lachemann
Del Crandall (June 25)
TelevisionKSTW-TV 11
RadioKVI 570 AM (Dave Niehaus,
Rick Rizzs, Wes Stock)
Seasons

The 1983 Major League Baseball season was the seventh season in the history of the Seattle Mariners. They were seventh in the American League West at 60–102 (.370), 39 games behind, with the worst record in the major leagues.

In his third season as the Mariners' manager, Rene Lachemann was fired on June 25, succeeded by Del Crandall.[1][2] At the time, the Mariners were 26–47 (.356), on an eight-game losing streak, and had the worst record in the majors.[3] A former major league manager, Crandall was managing the Triple-A Albuquerque Dukes, the Pacific Coast League affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9963 0.611 — 55–26 44–37
Kansas City Royals 7983 0.488 20 45–36 34–47
Texas Rangers 7785 0.475 22 44–37 33–48
Oakland Athletics 7488 0.457 25 42–39 32–49
California Angels 7092 0.432 29 35–46 35–46
Minnesota Twins 7092 0.432 29 37–44 33–48
Seattle Mariners 60102 0.370 39 30–51 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–57–57–56–75–88–411–28–46–78–48–49–37–6
Boston 5–8—6–66–67–64–95–74–95–77–68–47–57–57–6
California 5–76–6—3–108–44–86–76–66–75–75–86–76–74–8
Chicago 5–76–610–3—8–48–49–44–88–58–48–512–18–55–7
Cleveland 7–66–74–84–8—5–87–53–106–66–77–58–43–94–9
Detroit 8–59–48–44–88–5—7–56–79–35–86–68–48–46–7
Kansas City 4–87–57–64–95–75–7—6–66–76–67–68–58–5–16–6
Milwaukee 2–119–46–68–410–37–66–6—8–44–96–65–78–48–5
Minnesota 4–87–57–65–86–63–97–64–8—4–84–99–45–85–7
New York 7–66–77–54–87–68–56–69–48–4—8–47–57–57–6
Oakland 4–84–88–55–85–76–66–76–69–44–8—9–42–116–6
Seattle 4–85–77–61–124–84–85–87–54–95–74–9—6–74–8
Texas 3–95–77–65–89–34–85–8–14–88–55–711–27–6—4–8
Toronto 6–76–78–47–59–47–66–65–87–56–76–68–48–4—

Notable transactions

Roster

1983 Seattle Mariners roster
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
CRick Sweet9324955.221122
1BPat Putnam144469126.2691967
2BTony Bernazard8030080.267630
SSSpike Owen8030660.196221
3BJaime Allen8627361.223421
LFSteve Henderson121436128.2941054
CFDave Henderson137484130.2691755
RFAl Cowens11035673.205735
DHRichie Zisk9028569.2421236

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
Ricky Nelson9829174.254536
Todd Cruz6521641.190721
Manny Castillo9020342.207024
Ron Roenicke5919850.253423
Julio Cruz6118146.254212
Orlando Mercado6617835.197116
John Moses9313027.20806
Ken Phelps5012730.236716
Domingo Ramos5312736.283210
Jamie Nelson409621.21915
Darnell Coles279226.28316
Al Chambers316714.20917
Phil Bradley236718.26905
Jim Maler266612.18213
Dave Edler296312.19014
Harold Reynolds205912.20301
Rod Allen11122.16700
Bud Bulling550.00000

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
Matt Young33203.211153.27130
Jim Beattie30196.210153.84132
Mike Moore22128.0684.71108
Gaylord Perry16102.03104.9442
Glenn Abbott1482.1534.5938

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
Bob Stoddard35175.29174.4187
Bryan Clark41162.17103.9476
Edwin Núñez1437.0044.3835
Gene Nelson1032.0037.8811

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
Bill Caudill6328264.7173
Ed Vande Berg682453.3649
Mike Stanton502373.3247
Roy Thomas433113.4577
Karl Best401013.503
Manny Castillo100023.632

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Bobby Floyd
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Mickey Bowers and Bill Haywood
A Bakersfield Mariners California League Greg Mahlberg
A Wausau Timbers Midwest League R. J. Harrison
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Jeff Scott

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "A shake-up in Seattle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 26, 1983. p. D1.
  2. ↑ "Seattle fires Lachemann, drops Perry and Cruz". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. June 26, 1983. p. 7C.
  3. ↑ "Major league standings". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). June 25, 1983. p. 5B.
  4. ↑ Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Danny Tartabull page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Vance McHenry page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Bobby Brown page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Clint Hurdle page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Bob Long page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ "Were the Mariners Perry's last hurrah?". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 26, 1983. p. D4.
  13. ↑ Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ Todd Cruz page at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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