1979 Seattle Mariners season

The 1979 Seattle Mariners season was the franchise's third since its creation. The Mariners ended the season in sixth place in the American League West with a record of 67–95 (.414). The Mariners hosted the All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 17.

1979 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Stanley Golub, Danny Kaye,
Walter Schoenfeld, Lester Smith,
James Stillwell, Jr., James A. Walsh
General manager(s)Lou Gorman
Manager(s)Darrell Johnson
Local televisionKING-TV 5
Local radioKVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson,
Bill Freehan)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 8874 0.543 — 49–32 39–42
Kansas City Royals 8577 0.525 3 46–35 39–42
Texas Rangers 8379 0.512 5 44–37 39–42
Minnesota Twins 8280 0.506 6 39–42 43–38
Chicago White Sox 7387 0.456 14 33–46 40–41
Seattle Mariners 6795 0.414 21 36–45 31–50
Oakland Athletics 54108 0.333 34 31–50 23–58

Record vs. opponents
1979 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–59–38–38–57–66–68–58–45–68–410–26–611–2
Boston 5–8—5–75–66–78–58–48–49–35–89–38–46–69–4
California 3–97–5—9–46–64–87–67–59–47–510–37–65–87–5
Chicago 3–86–54–9—6–63–95–85–75–84–89–45–811–27–5
Cleveland 5–87–66–66–6—6–66–64–98–45–88–47–55–78–5
Detroit 6–75–88–49–36–6—5–76–74–87–67–57–56–69–4
Kansas City 6–64–86–78–56–67–5—5–77–65–79–47–66–79–3
Milwaukee 5–84–85–77–59–47–67–5—8–49–46–69–39–310–3
Minnesota 4–83–94–98–54–88–46–74–8—7–59–410–34–911–1
New York 6–58–55–78–48–56–77–54–95–7—9–36–68–49–4
Oakland 4–83–93–104–94–85–74–96–64–93–9—8–52–114–8
Seattle 2–104–86–78–55–75–76–73–93–106–65–8—6–78–4
Texas 6–66–68–52–117–56–67–63–99–44–811–27–6—7–5
Toronto 2–114–95–75–75–84–93–93–101–114–98–44–85–7—

Opening Day lineup
  1. Julio Cruz, 2B
  2. Bill Stein, 3B
  3. Dan Meyer, 1B
  4. Leon Roberts, RF
  5. Willie Horton, DH
  6. Ruppert Jones, CF
  7. Tom Paciorek, LF
  8. Larry Cox, C
  9. Mario Mendoza, SS

Notable transactions

All-Star Game

The 1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 50th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 17, 1979, at the Kingdome, the home of the Mariners. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 7–6.

Roster
1979 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CLarry Cox10029363.215436
1BBruce Bochte150554175.31616100
2BJulio Cruz107414112.271129
3BDan Meyer144525146.2782074
SSMario Mendoza14837374.198124
LFTom Paciorek10331083.267642
CFRuppert Jones162622166.2672178
RFLeon Roberts140450122.2711554
DHWillie Horton162646180.27929106

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
Bill Stein8825062.248727
Bobby Valentine629827.27607
Charlie Beamon27255.27600

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
Rick Honeycutt3319411124.0483
Floyd Bannister30182.110154.05115
Glenn Abbott23116.24105.1725
Odell Jones25118.23116.0772
Roy Branch211.1017.946

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
Rob Dressler21104324.9336
Paul Mitchell1036.2144.4218
Joe Decker927.1014.2812

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
John Montague416415.5760
Randy Stein232305.8839
Rich Hinton140205.407
Rafael Vásquez91005.069
Jim Lewis200015.430

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose[13]

Notes
  1. Enrique Romo page at Baseball Reference
  2. Floyd Bannister page at Baseball Reference
  3. Mario Díaz page at Baseball Reference
  4. Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference
  5. Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference
  6. Mike Davey page at Baseball Reference
  7. Bobby Valentine page at Baseball Reference
  8. Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
  9. Bud Black page at Baseball Reference
  10. Tom Henke page at Baseball Reference
  11. Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference
  12. Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference
  13. 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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