1980 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1980 season was their fourth since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 7th in the American League West with a record of 59–103 (.364).

1980 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record59–103 (.364)
Divisional place7th
Other information
Owner(s)Danny Kaye
General manager(s)Lou Gorman
Manager(s)Darrell Johnson, Maury Wills
Local televisionKING-TV 5
Local radioKVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson,
Bill Freehan)
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Offseason

Regular season
  • September 30, 1980: While pitching for the Mariners against the Kansas City Royals, Rick Honeycutt taped a thumbtack to his finger to cut the ball. Royals baserunner Willie Wilson spotted the tack from second base. The umpires investigated and not only found the tack, but also a gash in Honeycutt's forehead. Honeycutt was ejected from the game, suspended for 10 games, and fined.[6]

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 9765 0.599 — 49–32 48–33
Oakland Athletics 8379 0.512 14 46–35 37–44
Minnesota Twins 7784 0.478 19½ 44–36 33–48
Texas Rangers 7685 0.472 20½ 39–41 37–44
Chicago White Sox 7090 0.438 26 37–42 33–48
California Angels 6595 0.406 31 30–51 35–44
Seattle Mariners 59103 0.364 38 36–45 23–58

Record vs. opponents
1980 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–510–26–66–710–36–67–610–27–67–56–66–611–2
Boston 5–8—9–36–47–68–55–76–76–63–109–37–55–77–6
California 2–103–9—3–104–65–75–86–67–62–103–1011–211–23–9
Chicago 6–64–610–3—5–72–105–85–75–85–76–76–76–7–25–7
Cleveland 7–66–76–47–5—3–105–73–109–35–86–68–46–68–5
Detroit 3–105–87–510–210–3—2–107–66–65–86–610–2–14–89–4
Kansas City 6–67–58–58–57–510–2—6–65–88–46–77–610–39–3
Milwaukee 6–77–66–67–510–36–76–6—7–55–87–59–35–75–8
Minnesota 2–106–66–78–53–96–68–55–7—4–86–77–69–37–5
New York 6–710–310–27–58–58–54–88–58–4—8–49–37–510–3
Oakland 5–73–910–37–66–66–67–65–77–64–8—8–57–68–4
Seattle 6–65–72–117–64–82–10–16–73–96–73–95–8—4–96–6
Texas 6–67–52–117–6–26–68–43–107–53–95–76–79–4—7–5
Toronto 2–116–79–37–55–84–93–98–55–73–104–86–65–7—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster
1980 Seattle Mariners roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: 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
3BTed Cox8324760.243223
LFDan Meyer146531146.2751171
CFJuan Beníquez7023754.228621
DHWillie Horton9733574.221836

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jerry Narron4810721.196418

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Glenn Abbott3121512124.1078
Rick Honeycutt30203.110173.9479
Jim Beattie33187.15154.8567

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA
Rick Anderson59.2003.72

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Heaverlo606343.8942
Dave Roberts372334.3747

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Rene Lachemann
AA Lynn Sailors Eastern League Bobby Floyd
A San Jose Missions California League Bill Plummer
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Jeff Scott

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Bellingham[13]

Notes
  1. Jim Beattie page at Baseball Reference
  2. Rafael Vásquez page at Baseball Reference
  3. Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference
  4. Bill Mooneyham page at Baseball Reference
  5. Dan Firova page at Baseball Reference
  6. http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html
  7. Dave Heaverlo page at Baseball Reference
  8. Paul Serna page at Baseball Reference
  9. Casey Parsons page at Baseball Reference
  10. Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
  11. John Moses page at Baseball Reference
  12. Ernest Riles 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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