1977 Seattle Mariners season

The 1977 Seattle Mariners season was the first season in franchise history, which was established via the 1977 Major League Baseball expansion. The creation of the Mariners brought baseball back to Seattle, which had been without a major league team since the Seattle Pilots left for Milwaukee to become the Brewers in April 1970.

1977 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Danny Kaye
General manager(s)Dick Vertlieb/Lou Gorman
Manager(s)Darrell Johnson
Local televisionKING-TV 5 (NBC)
Local radioKVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson)
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The Mariners ended the 1977 season by narrowly avoiding last place (held by the Oakland A's), finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 64–98 (.395), 38 games behind the AL West champion Kansas City Royals.

Offseason

Regular season

The first game

Linescore

April 6, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
California 112 210 000 791
Seattle 000 000 000 092
W: Frank Tanana (1–0)  L: Diego Seguí (0–1)  
HRs: Joe Rudi (1)

Boxscore

Batting
California Angels AB R H RBI Seattle Mariners AB R H RBI
Remy, 2b 3 1 0 0 Collins, DH 4 0 0 0
Grich, ss 4 0 0 0 Báez, 2B 4 0 2 0
Bonds, rf 5 1 0 0 Braun, LF 3 0 1 0
Baylor, dh 3 1 1 1 Stanton, RF 4 0 1 0
Rudi, lf 5 1 3 4 Stein, 3B 4 0 2 0
Solaita, 1b 5 0 1 0 Meyer, 1B 4 0 0 0
Bochte, cf 3 2 2 0 Jones, CF 4 0 0 0
Chalk, 3b 5 0 1 0 Stinson, C 3 0 1 0
Humphrey, c 4 1 1 2 Reynolds, SS 4 0 2 0
Totals 37 7 9 7 Totals 34 0 9 0
Pitching
California Angels IP H R ER BB SO Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana, W, (1–0) 9.0 9 0 0 2 9 Seguí, L, (0–1) 3.2 5 6 4 3 3
Montague 5.1 4 1 1 3 3
Totals 9.0 9 0 0 2 9 Totals 9.0 9 7 5 6 6

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Other notable events

  • April 10, 1977: Designated hitter Juan Bernhardt hit the first home run in team history.[6]
  • April 13, 1977: The first extra innings game in team history resulted in a 3–2 win over the Minnesota Twins.
  • May 19, 1977: The first shutout win in team history was a 3–0 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
  • July 1, 1977: The Milwaukee Brewers played their first game in Seattle since 1969, when they were the Seattle Pilots. The Brewers beat the hometown Mariners, 2–1.
  • July 8, 1977: Scored the most runs of the season in a 13–11 win against the Minnesota Twins.

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 10260 0.630 55–26 47–34
Texas Rangers 9468 0.580 8 44–37 50–31
Chicago White Sox 9072 0.556 12 48–33 42–39
Minnesota Twins 8477 0.522 17½ 48–32 36–45
California Angels 7488 0.457 28 39–42 35–46
Seattle Mariners 6498 0.395 38 29–52 35–46
Oakland Athletics 6398 0.391 38½ 35–46 28–52

Record vs. opponents

1977 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 6–85–65–511–412–34–711–46–48–78–27–34–610–5
Boston 8–67–33–78–79–65–59–64–68–78–310–16–412–3
California 6–53–78–76–44–66–95–57–84–75–109–65–106–4
Chicago 5–57–37–86–44–68–76–510–53–710–510–56–98–3
Cleveland 4–117–84–64–68–73–711–42–93–127–37–32–99–5
Detroit 3–126–96–46–47–83–810–55–56–95–55–62–810–5
Kansas City 7–45–59–67–87–38–38–210–55–59–611–48–78–2
Milwaukee 4–116–95–55–64–115–102–83–88–75–57–35–58–7
Minnesota 4–66–48–75–109–25–55–108–32–88–67–88–79–1
New York 7–87–87–47–312–39–65–57–88–29–26–47–39–6
Oakland 2–83–810–55–103–75–56–95–56–82–97–82–137–3
Seattle 3–71–106–95–103–76–54–113–78–74–68–79–64–6
Texas 6–44–610–59–69–28–27–85–57–83–713–26–97–4
Toronto 5–103–124–63–85–95–102–87–81–96–93–76–44–7

Notable transactions

Roster

1977 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

1977 Game Log

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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
CBob Stinson10529780.269832
1BDan Meyer159582159.2732290
2BJosé Báez9130579.259117
3BBill Stein151566144.2591367
SSCraig Reynolds135420104.248428
LFSteve Braun139451106.235531
CFRuppert Jones160597157.2632476
RFLeroy Stanton133454125.2752790
DHJuan Bernhardt8930574.243730

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
Dave Collins12040296.239528
Carlos López9929784.283834
Larry Milbourne8624253.219221
Julio Cruz6019951.25617
Skip Jutze4210924.220315
Larry Cox359323.24726
Jimmy Sexton14378.21613
Ray Fosse113412.35305
Tommy Smith21277.25904
Puchy Delgado13224.18202
Kevin Pasley4135.38502
Joe Lis9133.23101
Tom McMillan250.00000

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
Glenn Abbott36204.112134.45100
Dick Pole25122.17125.1551
Gary Wheelock1788.1694.8947
Rick Jones1042.1145.1016
Paul Mitchell939334.9920
Doc Medich322.1203.633
Frank MacCormack37003.864

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
John Montague47182.18124.2998
Diego Seguí40110.2075.6991
Tom House2689.1453.9339
Dave Pagan2466116.1430
Stan Thomas1358.1266.0214
Bob Galasso1135069.0021
Rick Honeycutt1029014.3417

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
Enrique Romo58810162.83105
Bill Laxton433234.9549
Mike Kekich415435.6055
Tommy Moore142104.9113
Steve Burke60102.876
Greg Erardi50106.005
Byron McLaughlin100027.001

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Bobby Floyd

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bellingham[13]

References

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