1978 Seattle Mariners season

The 1978 Seattle Mariners season was the second in franchise history. The Mariners ended the season by finishing 7th in the American League West with a record of 56–104 (.350).

1978 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record56–104 (.350)
Divisional place7th
Other information
Owner(s)Danny Kaye
General manager(s)Lou Gorman
Manager(s)Darrell Johnson
Local televisionKING-TV 5
Local radioKVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson)
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Offseason

Regular season
  • October 1, 1978: Kevin Pasley hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.[3]

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 9270 0.568 — 56–25 36–45
Texas Rangers 8775 0.537 5 52–30 35–45
California Angels 8775 0.537 5 50–31 37–44
Minnesota Twins 7389 0.451 19 38–43 35–46
Chicago White Sox 7190 0.441 20½ 38–42 33–48
Oakland Athletics 6993 0.426 23 38–42 31–51
Seattle Mariners 56104 0.350 35 32–49 24–55

Record vs. opponents
1978 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–84–68–19–67–82–87–85–56–911–09–17–48–7
Boston 8–7—9–27–37–812–34–610–59–27–95–57–33–711–4
California 6–42–9—8–76–44–79–65–512–35–59–69–65–107–3
Chicago 1–83–77–8—8–22–98–74–78–71–97–87–811–44–6
Cleveland 6–98–74–62–8—5–105–65–105–56–94–68–11–910–4
Detroit 8–73–127–49–210–5—4–67–84–64–116–48–27–39–6
Kansas City 8–26–46–97–86–56–4—6–47–86–510–512–37–85–5
Milwaukee 8–75–105–57–410–58–74–6—4–710–59–15–56–412–3
Minnesota 5–52–93–127–85–56–48–77–4—3–79–66–96–96–4
New York 9–69–75–59–19–611–45–65–107–3—8–26–56–411–4
Oakland 0–115–56–98–76–44–65–101–96–92–8—13–26–97–4
Seattle 1–93–76–98–71–82–83–125–59–65–62–13—3–128–2
Texas 4–77–310–54–119–13–78–74–69–64–69–612–3—4–7
Toronto 7–84–113–76–44–106–95–53–124–64–114–72–87–4—

Notable transactions
  • June 6, 1978: Vance McHenry was drafted by the Mariners in the 11th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Roster
1978 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 11 Charlie Beamon
 Outfielders 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
CBob Stinson12436494.2581155
1BDan Meyer (first baseman)123444101.227856
2BJulio Cruz147550129.235125
SSCraig Reynolds148548160.292544
3BBill Stein114403105.261437
LFBruce Bochte140486128.2631151
CFRuppert Jones129472111.235646
RFLeon Roberts134472142.3012292
DHLeroy Stanton9330255.182324

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
Tom Paciorek7025175.299430
Larry Milbourne9323453.254220
John Hale10721136.171422
Bob Robertson6417440.230828
Juan Bernhardt5416538.230212
Bill Plummer419320.21527
Steve Braun327417.230315
Kevin Pasley255413.24115
José Báez23508.16002
Charlie Beamon10112.18200

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
Paul Mitchell291688144.1875
Glenn Abbott29155.17155.2767
Rick Honeycutt26134.15114.8950
Jim Colborn20114.13105.3526
Byron McLaughlin20107484.3787
Dick Pole2198.24116.4841

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
Rick Jones312.1025.8411

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 Romo56117103.6962
Shane Rawley524944.1266
Jim Todd493433.8837
Tom House345404.6629
Mike Parrott271515.1441
John Montague191323.8837
Steve Burke180103.4916
Tom Brown60004.158

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA San Jose Missions Pacific Coast League Rene Lachemann
A Stockton Mariners California League Bobby Floyd
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Bob Didier

[5]

Notes
  1. Bob Galasso page at Baseball Reference
  2. Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference
  3. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml
  4. Vance McHenry page at Baseball Reference
  5. 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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