1983 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1983 season was their seventh since the franchise creation. They were seventh in the American League West at 60–102 (.370), 39 games behind, with the worst record in the major leagues.

1983 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record60–102 (.370)
Divisional place7th
Other information
Owner(s)George Argyros
General manager(s)Dan O'Brien, Sr.
Manager(s)Rene Lachemann
Del Crandall (June 25)
Local televisionKSTW-TV 11
Local radioKVI 570 AM (Dave Niehaus,
Rick Rizzs, Wes Stock)
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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 Records

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
LFSteve Henderson121436128.2941054

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ricky Nelson9829174.254536
Todd Cruz6521641.190721
Ken Phelps5012730.236716
Darnell Coles279226.28316

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Beattie30196.210153.84132
Gaylord Perry161023104.9442
Glenn Abbott1482.1534.5938

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Stoddard35175.29174.4187
Edwin Núñez1437044.3835

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Stanton502373.3247
Roy Thomas433113.4577

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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. "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

References
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