1958 Seattle Mariners
Record: 81-81
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 742
Runs Allowed: 818
Exp W-L: 74-88
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,305,362
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 4th in the AL
AA: 65-72, 6th in the AL
A: 64-73, 4th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Bill Serena 33 156 589 87 150 38 1 23 92 0 0 89 167 .255 .355 .440 .795 91.4 16.9 5.1
1B  Steve Bilko 29 155 582 97 152 31 1 37 102 0 0 83 152 .261 .353 .509 .861 102.0 20.8 2.7
2B  George Strickland 32 154 555 72 145 19 2 7 58 0 0 80 101 .261 .353 .341 .694 69.7 10.1 6.3
RF  Wally Post 28 143 552 69 143 33 2 22 101 0 0 59 113 .259 .329 .446 .775 75.9 12.9 3.0
CF *Cal Abrams 34 148 520 74 130 29 2 5 46 0 0 76 106 .250 .348 .342 .691 63.8 9.9 4.5
SS  Danny O'Connell 31 146 551 61 161 36 3 6 73 5 1 44 46 .292 .346 .401 .747 69.5 12.1 8.1
C *Joe Ginsberg 31 95 360 56 95 22 1 9 39 0 0 35 30 .264 .334 .406 .740 48.1 7.9 2.6
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 30 107 318 55 77 16 1 5 30 0 0 43 77 .242 .333 .346 .679 38.6 5.6 1.9
C *Frank Torre 26 112 270 34 83 19 3 3 36 0 0 23 13 .307 .366 .433 .799 39.4 7.5 0.5
LF  Dino Restelli 33 95 262 32 67 12 0 12 38 0 0 20 55 .256 .314 .439 .753 35.4 5.7 1.7
CF *Vada Pinson 19 53 209 29 50 15 0 4 24 10 4 14 28 .239 .290 .368 .659 22.8 2.9 0.9
CF  Johnny Groth 31 95 196 31 50 11 2 7 25 0 0 27 31 .255 .344 .439 .783 28.3 4.8 1.3
P  Ralph Terry 22 38 92 5 21 2 0 1 11 0 0 2 21 .228 .253 .283 .535 6.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Beard 29 41 85 5 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 25 .153 .163 .188 .351 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Miller 19 40 88 6 10 3 1 1 10 0 0 1 37 .114 .124 .205 .328 0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Ed Fitz Gerald 34 36 85 10 25 7 0 0 10 0 0 11 16 .294 .367 .376 .744 12.0 1.9 0.5
SS  Clete Boyer 21 28 74 9 12 2 0 2 8 0 0 6 14 .162 .225 .270 .495 4.3 0.0 0.7
2B *Jerry Lumpe 25 28 64 4 16 3 1 0 9 0 0 6 13 .250 .310 .328 .638 6.8 0.8 0.9
P  Frank Lary 28 21 41 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .171 .171 .171 .341 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Barry Latman 22 11 28 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 .143 .143 .179 .321 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Orlando Pena 24 11 28 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 14 .071 .100 .143 .243 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Wight 36 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Roger Bowman 30 98 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Necciai 26 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Don McMahon 28 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Anderson 22 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.8 1957 5566 742 1414 300 22 144 721 15 5 621 1085 .254 .330 .393 .724 716.3 119.8 40.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 5 2 8 6 5 6 3 2 8 5 3 5 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Ralph Terry 22 12 19 .387 38 38 0 289.3 299 151 39 80 120 4.70 15.3
 Ralph Beard 29 15 13 .536 41 40 0 279.3 276 127 16 111 101 4.09 20.2
 Bob Miller 19 12 11 .522 40 40 0 261.3 262 151 21 115 116 5.20 9.4
 Frank Lary 28 6 9 .400 21 18 0 131.3 151 79 25 53 60 5.41 2.3
*Roger Bowman 30 10 5 .667 98 0 10 109.7 117 65 20 44 78 5.33 7.6
 Barry Latman 22 4 6 .400 11 11 0 86.0 79 52 14 41 50 5.44 2.3
 Orlando Pena 24 5 3 .625 11 11 0 81.0 68 27 8 21 46 3.00 8.1
 Bob Anderson 22 6 6 .500 65 0 8 75.0 67 37 6 36 37 4.44 7.2
 Ron Necciai 26 5 2 .714 33 0 3 43.3 49 19 5 18 25 3.95 4.5
*Bill Wight 36 4 3 .571 13 5 1 38.7 51 24 5 18 14 5.59 1.5
 Don McMahon 28 0 2 .000 35 0 5 38.7 40 21 4 15 31 4.89 3.1
 Ruben Gomez 30 2 2 .500 26 0 1 26.0 32 16 4 13 18 5.54 1.1
Team Totals 26.3 81 81 .500 432 163 28 1459.6 1491 769 167 565 696 4.74 82.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 7 5 8 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 30.3
J.Ginsberg 798.3 81 86 453 26 2 0 .996 22.2
F.Torre 465.3 53 53 226 10 7 0 .971 25.0
E.Fitz Gerald 199.0 21 25 95 4 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1462.6 155 164 774 40 9 0 .989 23.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.41
S.Bilko 1293.3 145 146 1606 129 13 157 .993 12.07
J.Groth 105.0 12 12 145 8 1 10 .994 13.11
F.Torre 53.0 5 5 66 6 2 9 .973 12.23
G.Goldsberry 8.3 0 3 7 1 0 1 1.000 8.64
J.Ginsberg 7.5 0 4 12 0 0 2 1.000 14.40
Team Total 1467.2 162 170 1836 144 16 179 .992 12.15
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.75
G.Strickland 1338.3 150 150 297 595 13 127 .986 6.00
C.Boyer 66.0 8 8 13 22 0 7 1.000 4.77
J.Lumpe 36.3 4 6 6 20 0 3 1.000 6.44
J.Groth 19.0 0 10 6 8 1 2 .933 6.63
Team Total 1459.7 162 174 322 645 14 139 .986 5.96
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.73
B.Serena 1343.7 149 149 89 350 28 32 .940 2.94
C.Boyer 116.0 13 15 7 30 1 3 .974 2.87
Team Total 1459.7 162 164 96 380 29 35 .943 2.93
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.11
D.O'Connell 1295.3 145 145 211 572 11 109 .986 5.44
J.Lumpe 117.0 13 15 19 49 0 12 1.000 5.23
J.Groth 24.0 2 5 4 8 0 2 1.000 4.50
G.Strickland 19.3 2 4 2 11 1 1 .929 6.05
B.Serena 3.0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
C.Boyer 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 173 236 642 12 125 .987 5.41
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.84
D.Restelli 541.3 62 62 132 4 0 0 1.000 2.26
W.Post 494.0 56 56 110 1 4 0 .965 2.02
V.Pinson 296.3 33 36 48 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
J.Groth 94.0 9 19 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.34
C.Abrams 24.0 1 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Bilko 10.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1459.7 162 177 314 5 4 0 .988 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.38
C.Abrams 1184.7 132 137 348 4 5 2 .986 2.67
V.Pinson 146.0 17 17 39 0 1 0 .975 2.40
J.Groth 116.0 12 16 44 0 0 0 1.000 3.41
D.Restelli 13.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
Team Total 1459.7 162 172 433 4 6 2 .986 2.69
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.83
W.Post 783.3 87 87 161 2 5 0 .970 1.87
G.Goldsberry 607.0 68 69 150 2 0 1 1.000 2.25
S.Bilko 35.3 4 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.27
J.Groth 31.0 3 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
D.Restelli 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 170 325 4 5 1 .985 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.09
R.Terry 289.3 38 38 13 59 1 5 .986 2.24
R.Beard 279.3 40 41 27 55 3 2 .965 2.64
B.Miller 261.3 40 40 13 38 2 2 .962 1.76
F.Lary 131.3 18 21 11 17 1 1 .966 1.92
R.Bowman 109.7 0 98 4 14 0 2 1.000 1.48
B.Latman 86.0 11 11 4 15 0 0 1.000 1.99
O.Pena 81.0 11 11 6 13 2 1 .905 2.11
B.Anderson 75.0 0 65 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.92
R.Necciai 43.3 0 33 2 13 1 4 .938 3.12
B.Wight 38.7 5 13 1 8 1 0 .900 2.10
D.McMahon 38.7 0 35 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.86
R.Gomez 26.0 0 26 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.73
Team Total 1459.6 163 432 89 253 11 19 .969 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average O'Connell .292
On-Base Pct Serena .355
Slugging Pct Bilko .509
OPS Bilko .861
XR Bilko 102.0
Games Serena 156
At-Bats Serena 589
Runs Bilko 97
Hits O'Connell 161
Total Bases Bilko 296
Singles Strickland 117
Doubles Serena 38
Triples O'Connell, Torre 3
Homeruns Bilko 37
RBIs Bilko 102
Stolen Bases Pinson 10
Caught Stealing Pinson 4
Walks Serena 89
Strikeouts Serena 167
ERA Beard 4.09
Wins Beard 15
Losses Terry 19
Winning Pct Beard .536
Saves Bowman 10
Games Pitched Bowman 98
Games Started Beard, Miller 40
Complete Games Terry 13
Shutouts Terry 2
Innings Pitched Terry 289.3
Hits Allowed Terry 299
Homeruns Allowed Terry 39
Strikeouts Terry 120
Walks Allowed Miller 115
Walks per 9IP Terry 2.5
Hits per 9IP Beard 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Miller 4.0
WHiP Terry 1.31
OAVG Beard .260
OOBP Terry .314
OSLG Beard .366
OOPS Beard .695
Team All-Stars
Steve Bilko
Joe Ginsberg
Bill Serena
Player Salaries
Bill Serena $ 7,960,000
Cal Abrams $ 6,000,000
Steve Bilko $ 3,200,000
Danny O'Connell $ 1,800,000
Wally Post $ 1,700,000
George Strickland $ 1,450,000
Johnny Groth $ 1,200,000
Dino Restelli $ 1,150,000
Dick Donovan $ 1,000,000
Don McMahon $ 300,000
Bob Anderson $ 300,000
Ralph Beard $ 300,000
Clete Boyer $ 300,000
Ed Fitz Gerald $ 300,000
Ruben Gomez $ 300,000
Warren Hacker $ 300,000
Frank Lary $ 300,000
Jerry Lumpe $ 300,000
Frank Torre $ 300,000
Bob Miller $ 300,000
Ron Necciai $ 300,000
Orlando Pena $ 300,000
Vada Pinson $ 300,000
Ralph Terry $ 300,000
Barry Latman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ted Kluszewski Detroit Vic Janowicz
2/2 Signed     Bill Wight
2/2 Signed     Warren Hacker
2/5 Signed     Gordon Goldsberry
2/5 Signed     Ben Flowers
4/2 Released Vic Janowicz    
4/2 Released Ben Flowers    
7/31 Released Bill Wight    
7/31 Traded Joe Ginsberg Montreal Jimmie Coker
9/1 Released Ray Semproch    
10/13 Released Gordon Goldsberry    
10/13 Released Roger Bowman