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1968 Seattle Mariners
Record: 112-50
Finish: 1st in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 754
Runs Allowed: 466
Exp W-L: 115-47
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,346,000
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 89-48, 1st in the American League
AA: 74-63, 3rd in the American League
A: 75-62, 3rd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-3 over Cleveland (N) Spiders
Won AL League Series 4-0 over Kansas City Royals
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Toronto Blue Jays
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
2B *Joe Morgan 24 154 515 105 131 20 12 11 51 66 36 115 93 .254 .391 .404 .795 88.7 20.8 2.4
3B #Don Buford 31 156 517 75 125 16 9 10 65 31 16 76 84 .242 .342 .366 .708 69.9 14.4 4.5
SS  Denis Menke 27 156 511 57 110 31 0 8 62 4 4 51 117 .215 .290 .323 .613 46.9 6.6 6.7
CF *Vada Pinson 29 135 458 80 145 31 7 10 65 43 14 50 43 .317 .383 .480 .863 85.1 22.9 3.3
CF *Gates Brown 29 141 440 79 121 21 9 19 92 29 4 57 52 .275 .358 .493 .851 80.6 20.0 3.7
3B *Derrell Griffith 24 119 406 44 126 23 4 6 64 9 6 12 51 .310 .326 .431 .757 49.9 10.8 3.3
2B  Bert Campaneris 26 118 310 31 82 9 2 2 33 43 11 19 29 .265 .307 .326 .632 36.2 6.3 4.3
SS  Jake Wood 31 82 264 41 78 2 1 3 23 49 19 27 41 .295 .360 .345 .704 37.7 8.3 4.3
CF *Johnny Briggs 24 63 227 42 61 9 0 8 50 3 0 47 52 .269 .395 .414 .809 40.1 10.3 2.1
CF *Johnny Lewis 28 83 227 30 61 8 2 7 41 0 2 40 47 .269 .384 .414 .798 36.7 8.8 2.7
DH  Ken Harrelson 26 87 229 27 44 8 1 11 36 2 1 36 38 .192 .303 .380 .683 27.5 4.4 2.0
C  Frank Fernandez 25 73 190 30 24 4 0 10 23 0 0 40 66 .126 .278 .305 .583 21.2 2.0 3.7
C *Tim McCarver 26 76 197 26 62 10 2 3 28 2 0 14 15 .315 .357 .431 .788 29.0 7.3 3.2
C *Tom Satriano 27 59 165 20 43 9 0 3 22 0 0 28 14 .261 .362 .370 .732 24.1 5.3 2.8
CF  Ivan Murrell 23 60 144 20 41 5 2 4 28 7 4 11 25 .285 .335 .431 .766 19.9 4.5 0.9
P  Dean Chance 27 43 115 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 .035 .035 .052 .087 -7.8 0.0 0.0
P  Rollie Sheldon 31 41 110 6 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 47 .045 .086 .055 .141 -4.8 0.0 0.0
P *Jerry Stephenson 24 32 87 10 18 0 0 0 9 1 0 3 22 .207 .231 .207 .438 4.5 0.0 0.0
CF *Lou Brock 29 72 84 15 23 3 2 0 11 12 5 6 15 .274 .319 .357 .676 10.7 2.2 0.2
P  Hal Reniff 29 59 54 6 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 21 .148 .161 .148 .309 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Giusti 28 22 39 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .154 .175 .154 .329 0.5 0.0 0.0
CF  Tommy Harper 27 20 38 4 4 1 0 0 2 3 0 3 10 .105 .171 .132 .302 0.6 0.0 0.2
P  Jim Bouton 29 16 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .429 .500 .929 1.2 0.2 0.0
P  Jay Ritchie 31 59 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Anderson 32 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ron Moeller 29 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 27.5 1981 5339 754 1325 212 54 115 716 304 122 643 941 .248 .329 .373 .702 699.2 155.5 50.4
  Rank among 10 AL teams 10 3 7 9 1 7 3 1 10 2 4 7 2 6 4 3  
* - 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
 Dean Chance 27 26 9 .743 43 43 0 355.7 268 90 17 96 265 2.28 30.1
 Rollie Sheldon 31 26 12 .684 41 41 0 342.3 266 81 17 30 254 2.13 31.7
 Jerry Stephenson 24 23 5 .821 32 32 0 245.3 196 83 17 102 180 3.04 19.1
 Hal Reniff 29 15 10 .600 59 27 11 212.3 153 49 4 85 132 2.08 23.6
 Dave Giusti 28 9 2 .818 22 15 0 124.3 111 37 10 23 76 2.68 9.7
 Jay Ritchie 31 5 7 .417 59 0 8 74.0 60 29 5 17 53 3.53 7.0
*Ron Moeller 29 7 2 .778 35 0 8 46.0 39 14 7 14 31 2.74 6.3
 Jim Bouton 29 1 2 .333 16 3 0 32.7 39 15 3 12 16 4.13 0.6
 Bob Anderson 32 0 1 .000 20 1 3 27.7 28 9 0 12 10 2.93 1.9
Team Totals 28.9 112 50 .691 327 162 30 1460.3 1160 407 80 391 1017 2.51 130.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 7 1  
* - 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 .991 36.5
F.Fernandez 559.0 62 64 378 36 2 0 .995 50.0
T.McCarver 466.7 50 66 334 27 2 1 .994 32.7
T.Satriano 434.7 50 52 321 22 3 0 .991 39.5
Team Total 1460.3 162 182 1033 85 7 1 .994 40.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.19
J.Morgan 1262.7 141 147 1584 121 15 123 .991 12.15
T.Harper 94.0 11 11 111 12 1 12 .992 11.78
L.Brock 90.0 10 12 114 8 0 11 1.000 12.20
I.Murrell 6.7 0 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 8.11
T.Satriano 5.0 0 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 10.80
J.Lewis 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 175 1821 143 16 146 .992 12.10
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.51
D.Buford 830.3 96 97 147 334 17 56 .966 5.21
B.Campaneris 587.0 65 73 142 260 9 62 .978 6.16
J.Morgan 21.0 0 6 3 10 0 2 1.000 5.57
J.Wood 12.0 0 7 1 5 0 1 1.000 4.50
D.Griffith 9.0 1 1 3 5 0 0 1.000 8.00
D.Menke 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 185 297 614 26 121 .972 5.61
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.70
D.Griffith 870.7 98 104 54 203 14 16 .948 2.66
D.Menke 524.0 60 60 22 132 10 14 .939 2.65
B.Campaneris 43.7 4 8 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.47
D.Buford 11.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
T.Satriano 7.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
F.Fernandez 4.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1460.3 162 186 82 348 24 30 .947 2.65
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.95
D.Menke 772.0 92 95 98 329 17 43 .962 4.98
J.Wood 588.7 64 71 76 260 5 49 .985 5.14
B.Campaneris 94.7 6 27 12 47 2 5 .967 5.61
T.Harper 5.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1460.3 162 197 186 637 24 97 .972 5.07
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.68
V.Pinson 941.3 104 112 157 6 0 2 1.000 1.56
D.Buford 449.0 57 57 60 1 1 0 .984 1.22
G.Brown 51.0 0 23 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.24
T.Harper 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
D.Griffith 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
J.Briggs 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Campaneris 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Lewis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Harrelson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 200 230 7 1 2 .996 1.46
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.22
J.Briggs 533.3 61 61 111 1 1 0 .991 1.89
J.Lewis 511.3 61 61 131 2 0 2 1.000 2.34
I.Murrell 288.0 29 47 58 0 4 0 .935 1.81
G.Brown 73.7 7 11 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.71
V.Pinson 42.0 4 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
L.Brock 12.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1460.3 162 195 325 4 5 2 .985 2.03
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.82
G.Brown 875.3 100 100 170 7 4 2 .978 1.82
K.Harrelson 554.0 62 65 100 5 0 2 1.000 1.71
J.Lewis 18.0 0 6 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00
V.Pinson 6.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
I.Murrell 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Brock 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1460.3 162 180 277 12 5 4 .983 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.08
D.Chance 355.7 43 43 26 85 7 7 .941 2.81
R.Sheldon 342.3 41 41 21 68 1 4 .989 2.34
J.Stephenson 245.3 32 32 23 42 0 2 1.000 2.38
H.Reniff 212.3 27 59 21 22 1 2 .977 1.82
D.Giusti 124.3 15 22 13 25 1 4 .974 2.75
J.Ritchie 74.0 0 59 7 10 0 0 1.000 2.07
R.Moeller 46.0 0 35 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.78
J.Bouton 32.7 3 16 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.65
B.Anderson 27.7 1 20 0 6 1 2 .857 1.95
Team Total 1460.3 162 327 114 265 11 21 .972 2.34
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pinson .317
On-Base Pct Morgan .391
Slugging Pct Brown .493
OPS Pinson .863
XR Morgan 88.7
Games Menke, Buford 156
At-Bats Buford 517
Runs Morgan 105
Hits Pinson 145
Total Bases Pinson 220
Singles Pinson 97
Doubles Menke, Pinson 31
Triples Morgan 12
Homeruns Brown 19
RBIs Brown 92
Stolen Bases Morgan 66
Caught Stealing Morgan 36
Walks Morgan 115
Strikeouts Menke 117
ERA Reniff 2.08
Wins Chance, Sheldon 26
Losses Sheldon 12
Winning Pct Stephenson .821
Saves Reniff 11
Games Pitched Reniff, Ritchie 59
Games Started Chance 43
Complete Games Chance 23
Shutouts Chance 9
Innings Pitched Chance 355.7
Hits Allowed Chance 268
Homeruns Allowed Chance, Sheldon, Stephenson 17
Strikeouts Chance 265
Walks Allowed Stephenson 102
Walks per 9IP Sheldon 0.8
Hits per 9IP Reniff 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Chance 6.7
WHiP Sheldon 0.86
OAVG Reniff .202
OOBP Sheldon .232
OSLG Reniff .261
OOPS Sheldon .530
Team All-Stars
Gates Brown
Dean Chance
Joe Morgan
Vada Pinson
Hal Reniff
Rollie Sheldon
Jerry Stephenson
Player Salaries
Dean Chance $ 8,000,000
Hal Reniff $ 6,000,000
Vada Pinson $ 5,700,000
Rollie Sheldon $ 4,871,429
Dave Giusti $ 3,821,429
Jake Wood $ 3,500,000
Gates Brown $ 3,300,000
Joe Morgan $ 3,250,000
Denis Menke $ 2,807,143
Don Buford $ 2,442,857
Lou Brock $ 2,000,000
Phil Regan $ 1,537,143
Jay Ritchie $ 1,405,714
Tim McCarver $ 580,000
Ken Harrelson $ 372,857
Bill Stafford $ 352,857
Jim Bouton $ 300,000
Tommy Harper $ 300,000
Derrell Griffith $ 300,000
Ron Moeller $ 300,000
Frank Fernandez $ 300,000
Ivan Murrell $ 300,000
Bert Campaneris $ 300,000
Tom Satriano $ 300,000
Jerry Stephenson $ 300,000
Johnny Briggs $ 300,000
Johnny Lewis $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Tom Haller Washington Ken Harrelson
10/31 Released Bob Anderson    
10/31 Released Jimmy Stewart    
 
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