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1977 Seattle Mariners
Major league affiliations
Location
1977 information
Owner(s) Danny Kaye
Manager(s) Darrell Johnson
Local television KING-TV 5
Local radio KVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson

The Seattle Mariners 1977 season was their 1st season. The creation of the Mariners brought baseball back to Seattle, which had been devoid of baseball since the Seattle Pilots left for Milwaukee to become the Brewers. The Mariners ended the season just avoiding last place (held by the Oakland A's), finishing 6th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 64-98.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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The first game

Linescore

April 6, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
California 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 9 1
Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
W: Frank Tanana (1-0)  L: Diego Seguí (0-1)  
HRs: Joe Rudi (1)

Boxscore

Batting
California Angels AB R H RBI Seattle Mariners AB R H RBI
Remy, 2b 3 1 0 0 Collins, DH 4 0 0 0
Grich, ss 4 0 0 0 Báez, 2B 4 0 2 0
Bonds, rf 5 1 0 0 Braun, LF 3 0 1 0
Baylor, dh 3 1 1 1 Stanton, RF 4 0 1 0
Rudi, lf 5 1 3 4 Stein, 3B 4 0 2 0
Solaita, 1b 5 0 1 0 Meyer, 1B 4 0 0 0
Bochte, cf 3 2 2 0 Jones, CF 4 0 0 0
Chalk, 3b 5 0 1 0 Stinson, C 3 0 1 0
Humphrey, c 4 1 1 2 Reynolds, SS 4 0 2 0
Totals 37 7 9 7 Totals 34 0 9 0
Pitching
California Angels IP H R ER BB SO Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana, W, (1-0) 9.0 9 0 0 2 9 Seguí, L, (0-1) 3.2 5 6 4 3 3
Montague 5.1 4 1 1 3 3
Totals 9.0 9 0 0 2 9 Totals 9.0 9 7 5 6 6

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Other notable events

  • April 10, 1977: Designated hitter Juan Bernhardt hits the first home run in team history. [4]
  • July 1, 1977: Amidst a frenzy of negative cheering, the Milwaukee Brewers play their first game in Seattle since 1969, when they were the failed Seattle Pilots. The Brewers beat the hometown Mariners, 2-1.

Season standings

AL West W L GB Pct.
Kansas City Royals 102 60 -- .630
Texas Rangers 94 68 8 .580
Chicago White Sox 90 72 12 .556
Minnesota Twins 84 77 17.5 .522
California Angels 74 88 28 .457
Seattle Mariners 64 98 38 .395
Oakland Athletics 63 98 38.5 .391

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Jose Baez (Apr 6)
    • Julio Cruz (Jul 4)
    • Puchy Delgado (Sep 6)
    • Tom McMillan (Sep 17)
    • Jimmy Sexton (Sep 2)
  • Pitchers:
    • Steve Burke (Sep 10)
    • Greg Erardi (Sep 6)
    • Bob Galasso (Jul 24)
    • Rick Honeycutt (Aug 24)
    • Byron McLaughlin (Sep 18)
    • Enrique Romo (Apr 7) [10]

Roster

1977 Seattle Mariners roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 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
C Stinson, BobBob Stinson 105 297 80 .269 8 32
1B Meyer, DanDan Meyer 159 582 159 .273 22 90
2B Báez, JoséJosé Báez 91 305 79 .259 1 17
3B Stein, BillBill Stein 151 566 144 .259 13 67
SS Reynolds, CraigCraig Reynolds 135 420 104 .248 4 28
LF Braun, SteveSteve Braun 139 451 106 .235 5 31
CF Jones, RuppertRuppert Jones 160 597 157 .263 24 76
RF Stanton, LeroyLeroy Stanton 133 454 125 .275 27 90
DH Bernhardt, JuanJuan Bernhardt 89 305 74 .243 7 30

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Collins, DaveDave Collins 120 402 96 .239 5 28
López, CarlosCarlos López 99 297 84 .283 8 34
Milbourne, LarryLarry Milbourne 86 242 53 .219 2 21
Cruz, JulioJulio Cruz 60 199 51 .256 1 7
Fosse, RayRay Fosse 11 34 12 .353 0 5
Smith, TommyTommy Smith 21 27 7 .259 0 4
Lis, JoeJoe Lis 9 13 3 .231 0 1
McMillan, TomTom McMillan 2 5 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Abbott, GlennGlenn Abbott 36 204.1 12 13 4.45 100
Pole, DickDick Pole 25 122.1 7 12 5.15 51
Wheelock, GaryGary Wheelock 17 88.1 6 9 4.89 47
Jones, RickRick Jones 10 42.1 1 4 5.10 16
Mitchell, PaulPaul Mitchell 9 39 3 3 4.99 20

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Montague, JohnJohn Montague 47 182.1 8 12 4.29 98
Seguí, DiegoDiego Seguí 40 110.2 0 7 5.69 91
Pagan, DaveDave Pagan 24 66 1 1 6.14 30
Thomas, StanStan Thomas 13 58.1 2 6 6.02 14
Galasso, BobBob Galasso 11 35 0 6 9.00 21
Honeycutt, RickRick Honeycutt 10 29 0 1 4.34 17

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Romo, EnriqueEnrique Romo 58 8 10 16 2.83 105
Laxton, BillBill Laxton 43 3 2 3 4.95 49
Moore, TommyTommy Moore 14 2 1 0 4.91 13
Burke, SteveSteve Burke 6 0 1 0 2.87 6
Erardi, GregGreg Erardi 5 0 1 0 6.00 5
MacCormack, FrankFrank MacCormack 3 0 0 0 3.86 4

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
Short-Season A Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Bobby Floyd

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bellingham[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kekicmi01.shtml
  3. ^ Game log for April 6, 1977
  4. ^ Griffeys made home run history in '90 | Mariners.com: News
  5. ^ Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Tony Phillips page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1977/26.shtml
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links

1977 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas
NL East
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1977 Major League Baseball Draft • 1977 All-Star Game • 1977 World Series
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Owner: Nintendo of America, represented by Howard Lincoln • General Manager: Jack Zduriencik • Manager: Don Wakamatsu
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