1982 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1982 season was their sixth since the franchise creation, and the team finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 76–86 (.469).

1982 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)George Argyros
General manager(s)Dan O'Brien, Sr.
Manager(s)Rene Lachemann
Local televisionKSTW-TV 11
Local radioKVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson,
Wes Stock)
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During their first decade, this was the Mariners' best season, their best previous total was 67 wins in 1979.[1] Slightly past the season's midpoint on July 8, their record was 45–38 (.542), just three games behind division-leading Kansas City.[2][3] Seattle was at .500 (59–59) on August 17, but then dropped seven straight,[4] and closed the season at home with six consecutive losses.[5]

Home attendance at the Kingdome was 1.07 million, twelfth in the league; it was the first time over a million in five years, since the debut season of 1977.

This was Rene Lachemann's only full year as manager with Seattle; previously the manager at its Class AAA affiliate in Spokane. He took over the major league club in early May 1981, initially on an interim basis, succeeding Maury Wills.[6][7] Lachemann signed a three-year contract in October 1981,[7][8] and another during the season in 1982, then was relieved of his duties in late June 1983.[9][10]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9369 0.574 — 52–29 41–40
Kansas City Royals 9072 0.556 3 56–25 34–47
Chicago White Sox 8775 0.537 6 49–31 38–44
Seattle Mariners 7686 0.469 17 42–39 34–47
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Texas Rangers 6498 0.395 29 38–43 26–55
Minnesota Twins 60102 0.370 33 37–44 23–58

Record vs. opponents
1982 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–97–55–76–77–64–89–4–18–411–27–57–59–310–3
Boston 9–4—7–54–86–78–56–64–96–67–68–47–510–27–6
California 5–75–7—8–58–45–77–66–67–67–59–410–38–58–4
Chicago 7–58–45–8—6–69–33–103–97–68–49–46–78–58–4
Cleveland 7–67–64–86–6—6–72–107–68–44–94–89–37–57–6
Detroit 6–75–87–53–97–6—6–63–109–38–59–36–68–46–7
Kansas City 8–46–66–710–310–26–6—7–57–65–77–67–67–64–8
Milwaukee 4–9–19–46–69–36–710–35–7—7–58–57–58–47–59–4
Minnesota 4–86–66–76–74–83–96–75–7—2–103–105–85–85–7
New York 2–116–75–74–89–45–87–55–810–2—7–56–67–56–7
Oakland 5–74–84–94–98–43–96–75–710–35–7—6–75–83–9
Seattle 5–75–73–107–63–96–66–74–88–56–67–6—9–47–5
Texas 3–92–105–85–85–74–86–75–78–55–78–54–9—4–8
Toronto 3–106–74–84–86–77–68–44–97–57–69–35–78–4—

Opening Day starters

[15]

Notable transactions

Draft Picks
  • June 7: 1982 Major League Baseball Draft
    • Spike Owen was selected by the Mariners in the first round (sixth pick).[22]
    • Lance Johnson was selected by the Mariners in the 31st round, but did not sign.[23]

Roster
1982 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 Sweet8825866.256424
2BJulio Cruz154549133.242849
3BManny Castillo138506130.257349
SSTodd Cruz136492113.2301657

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Gary Gray8026969.257729
Bobby Brown7924559.241417
Paul Serna6516938.22538
Jim Essian4815342.275320
Dan Firova350.00000
Vance McHenry310.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Floyd Bannister3524712133.43209
Gaylord Perry32216.210124.40116
Gene Nelson22122.2694.6271
Bob Stoddard967.1332.4124

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rich Bordi713028.3110

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill Caudill70129262.35111
Mike Stanton562474.1649
Larry Andersen400015.9932

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Bobby Floyd
AA Lynn Sailors Eastern League Mickey Bowers
A Bakersfield Mariners California League Ken Pape
A Wausau Timbers Midwest League R. J. Harrison
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Jeff Scott

[24]

Notes
  1. "Lach says M's must sign trio". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 6, 1982. p. 26.
  2. "Another All-Star effort". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). UPI. July 9, 1982. p. 13.
  3. "Standings: American League". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). July 9, 1982. p. 15.
  4. "'Inspector' solves case for Mariners". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. August 27, 1982. p. 14.
  5. "Blue Jays, 5-2". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 4, 1982. p. 3B.
  6. Blanchette, John (May 7, 1981). "Wills fired, M's turn to 'Lach'". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.
  7. "M's pilot to remain with ship". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 6, 1981. p. 21.
  8. "Lachemann gets three-year contract". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 6, 1982. p. 3C.
  9. "Lach, Cruz, Perry cut by Mariners". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 26, 1983. p. 1B.
  10. "Seattle fires Lachemann, drops Perry and Cruz". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. June 26, 1983. p. 7C.
  11. Bud Black page at Baseball Reference
  12. Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference
  13. Todd Cruz page at Baseball Reference
  14. Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
  15. 1982 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac
  16. Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
  17. Dick Drago page at Baseball Reference
  18. Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference
  19. Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
  20. Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
  21. Dave Revering page at Baseball Reference
  22. Spike Owen page at Baseball Reference
  23. Lance Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  24. 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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