1983 Seattle Mariners
Record: 86-74
Finish: 3rd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 724
Runs Allowed: 660
Exp W-L: 87-73
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,275,529
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 3rd in the American League
AA: 73-64, 5th in the American League
A: 55-82, 12th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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
2B #Rodney Scott 29 152 593 95 151 15 4 1 59 78 27 80 65 .255 .343 .298 .642 69.2 11.6 6.5
RF  Ellis Valentine 28 156 620 75 167 34 4 23 95 3 1 33 92 .269 .305 .448 .753 76.5 15.6 4.2
1B *Clint Hurdle 25 150 559 80 163 30 1 11 83 1 1 63 70 .292 .361 .408 .769 77.5 18.0 2.8
CF  Garry Maddox 33 153 573 65 165 35 6 3 72 23 7 27 84 .288 .318 .386 .704 67.9 14.2 2.3
C *Milt May 32 144 479 84 154 13 1 12 48 0 2 59 34 .322 .397 .428 .825 76.5 20.5 4.8
SS #Garry Templeton 27 150 471 61 128 20 6 7 47 25 12 38 109 .272 .325 .384 .709 58.3 11.4 8.3
3B  Buddy Bell 31 155 485 56 125 26 2 5 55 1 2 27 25 .258 .296 .351 .646 47.2 7.4 5.4
CF *Ken Griffey Sr. 33 129 465 50 117 11 7 6 71 20 8 26 44 .252 .288 .344 .632 48.3 6.8 3.9
RF *Jim Spencer 35 104 268 32 62 4 1 6 26 0 1 15 31 .231 .271 .321 .592 21.8 1.8 1.7
RF  Mike Vail 31 98 229 28 67 12 1 1 27 3 0 25 36 .293 .363 .367 .730 29.3 6.6 1.6
LF *Harold Baines 24 60 238 29 67 9 6 4 26 0 2 11 21 .282 .311 .420 .731 27.1 5.2 0.0
C *Jay Johnstone 37 85 177 17 45 13 0 3 31 0 0 11 34 .254 .298 .379 .677 17.6 2.5 2.1
DH  Gary Gaetti 24 58 165 19 30 8 0 7 24 0 0 7 19 .182 .220 .358 .577 13.1 0.5 0.6
LF  Pepe Mangual 31 33 113 14 31 4 0 1 15 14 6 21 21 .274 .388 .336 .724 17.5 4.2 0.6
3B  Art Howe 36 23 56 4 12 3 0 2 9 0 0 5 5 .214 .279 .375 .654 5.1 0.4 0.4
C #Ike Hampton 31 37 51 7 11 2 0 0 7 5 2 5 14 .216 .281 .255 .536 3.8 0.1 0.4
RF  Al Cowens 31 11 28 7 8 3 1 1 9 0 0 2 4 .286 .355 .571 .926 5.0 1.5 0.0
SS *Ed Goodson 35 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.7 1701 5575 723 1504 243 40 93 704 173 71 455 708 .270 .324 .378 .702 661.9 128.3 45.6
  Rank among 12 AL teams 6 7 4 10 4 11 7 1 10 9 3 3 7 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Tom Dixon 28 15 10 .600 37 37 0 252.7 262 117 36 70 131 4.17 10.6
 Jim York 35 12 15 .444 35 35 0 237.3 227 98 24 94 134 3.72 11.5
 Rob Dressler 29 14 15 .483 30 30 0 230.0 264 90 19 39 53 3.52 12.2
 Andy McGaffigan 26 10 10 .500 30 30 0 192.0 195 88 22 63 95 4.13 7.6
 Dave Tobik 30 11 8 .579 28 28 0 188.0 177 81 18 53 119 3.88 9.4
*Ed Glynn 30 7 8 .467 80 0 16 125.0 111 58 10 62 88 4.18 8.3
 John Verhoeven 29 10 2 .833 63 0 9 97.3 99 34 2 36 37 3.14 9.3
*Al Hrabosky 33 6 3 .667 54 0 15 78.7 58 17 6 34 59 1.95 11.9
*Rich Wortham 29 1 2 .333 15 0 3 19.0 18 6 1 7 10 2.84 1.6
 Bill Campbell 34 0 1 .000 7 0 0 13.3 8 2 1 3 5 1.35 1.3
 Bert Roberge 28 0 0 .000 4 0 1 6.7 7 3 2 2 2 4.05 0.3
Team Totals 30.1 86 74 .538 383 160 44 1440.0 1426 594 141 463 733 3.71 84.1
Rank among 12 AL teams 6 6 4 7 5 5 11 2 6 8 2  
* - 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 .987 37.2
M.May 1181.0 130 139 645 63 12 2 .983 34.4
J.Johnstone 170.0 21 21 94 11 4 0 .963 40.0
I.Hampton 89.0 9 14 39 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1440.0 160 174 778 74 16 2 .982 33.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.72
C.Hurdle 1120.3 124 127 1303 70 5 129 .996 11.03
J.Spencer 222.0 26 28 254 15 0 27 1.000 10.91
A.Howe 72.7 8 10 95 7 0 9 1.000 12.63
J.Johnstone 11.0 1 2 12 0 0 2 1.000 9.82
I.Hampton 11.0 1 2 10 2 0 1 1.000 9.82
M.May 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
E.Goodson 1.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1440.0 160 172 1678 95 5 168 .997 11.08
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.90
R.Scott 1240.3 147 148 299 519 17 125 .980 5.94
J.Spencer 114.0 4 42 27 39 0 8 1.000 5.21
A.Howe 44.7 5 6 8 14 0 1 1.000 4.43
J.Johnstone 33.0 3 3 8 14 1 3 .957 6.00
G.Gaetti 8.0 1 2 3 5 1 1 .889 9.00
Team Total 1440.0 160 201 345 591 19 138 .980 5.85
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.90
B.Bell 1282.3 153 154 107 296 24 28 .944 2.83
J.Johnstone 68.0 4 24 8 18 0 1 1.000 3.44
R.Scott 43.7 0 21 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.68
I.Hampton 30.0 2 10 3 7 1 1 .909 3.00
G.Gaetti 10.0 1 2 0 6 0 1 1.000 5.40
A.Howe 6.0 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50
Team Total 1440.0 160 214 122 337 26 32 .946 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.31
G.Templeton 1227.3 149 150 203 510 26 101 .965 5.23
J.Johnstone 107.0 6 35 12 45 0 7 1.000 4.79
G.Gaetti 54.7 4 15 4 20 0 7 1.000 3.95
R.Scott 37.0 0 17 2 14 0 1 1.000 3.89
E.Goodson 11.0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.45
A.Howe 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1440.0 160 221 221 593 26 116 .969 5.09
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
G.Maddox 452.7 51 51 101 2 9 1 .920 2.05
M.Vail 394.0 43 48 93 4 4 0 .960 2.22
P.Mangual 291.7 33 33 57 1 3 0 .951 1.79
C.Hurdle 164.7 19 19 33 2 4 1 .897 1.91
J.Spencer 83.0 8 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.63
K.Griffey Sr. 28.0 3 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.29
J.Johnstone 26.0 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
Team Total 1440.0 160 169 311 9 21 2 .938 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.62
K.Griffey Sr. 952.0 117 117 285 7 0 3 1.000 2.76
G.Maddox 351.7 37 44 100 3 2 3 .981 2.64
M.Vail 72.7 0 35 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.85
J.Spencer 56.0 6 12 26 0 1 0 .963 4.18
C.Hurdle 5.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
A.Cowens 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.0 160 213 434 11 3 7 .993 2.78
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.04
E.Valentine 1324.0 146 155 328 16 11 3 .969 2.34
J.Spencer 63.0 8 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
M.Vail 36.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
K.Griffey Sr. 12.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
H.Baines 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1440.0 160 172 354 16 11 3 .971 2.31
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.03
T.Dixon 252.7 37 37 9 40 0 2 1.000 1.75
J.York 237.3 35 35 11 33 0 3 1.000 1.67
R.Dressler 230.0 30 30 11 57 4 4 .944 2.66
A.McGaffigan 192.0 30 30 14 36 1 2 .980 2.34
D.Tobik 188.0 28 28 11 29 0 1 1.000 1.91
E.Glynn 125.0 0 80 6 21 1 2 .964 1.94
J.Verhoeven 97.3 0 63 2 20 0 1 1.000 2.03
A.Hrabosky 78.7 0 54 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.60
R.Wortham 19.0 0 15 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.37
B.Campbell 13.3 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Roberge 6.7 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1440.0 160 383 67 254 6 16 .982 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average May .322
On-Base Pct May .397
Slugging Pct Valentine .448
OPS May .825
XR Hurdle 77.5
Games Valentine 156
At-Bats Valentine 620
Runs Scott 95
Hits Valentine 167
Total Bases Valentine 278
Singles Scott 131
Doubles Maddox 35
Triples Griffey Sr. 7
Homeruns Valentine 23
RBIs Valentine 95
Stolen Bases Scott 78
Caught Stealing Scott 27
Walks Scott 80
Strikeouts Templeton 109
ERA Dressler 3.52
Wins Dixon 15
Losses Dressler, York 15
Winning Pct Dixon .600
Saves Glynn 16
Games Pitched Glynn 80
Games Started Dixon 37
Complete Games Dressler 17
Shutouts Dixon, Dressler, York 1
Innings Pitched Dixon 252.7
Hits Allowed Dressler 264
Homeruns Allowed Dixon 36
Strikeouts York 134
Walks Allowed York 94
Walks per 9IP Dressler 1.5
Hits per 9IP Tobik 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Tobik 5.7
WHiP Tobik 1.22
OAVG Tobik .248
OOBP Tobik .299
OSLG York .368
OOPS Tobik .686
Team All-Stars
Tom Dixon
Al Hrabosky
Milt May
Player Salaries
Garry Maddox $ 10,000,000
Milt May $ 7,500,000
Ellis Valentine $ 6,000,000
Garry Templeton $ 5,200,000
Clint Hurdle $ 3,542,857
Tom Dixon $ 3,514,286
Jim York $ 2,900,000
John Verhoeven $ 2,800,000
Ed Glynn $ 2,325,714
Ken Griffey Sr. $ 2,000,000
Jim Spencer $ 2,000,000
Buddy Bell $ 2,000,000
Rodney Scott $ 1,892,857
Al Hrabosky $ 1,780,000
Mike Vail $ 1,700,000
Rob Dressler $ 1,685,714
Bill Campbell $ 1,200,000
Jay Johnstone $ 1,100,000
Bert Roberge $ 794,286
Ike Hampton $ 630,000
Rich Wortham $ 613,000
Omar Moreno $ 435,714
Ed Goodson $ 400,000
Dave Tobik $ 350,000
Harold Baines $ 300,000
Andy McGaffigan $ 300,000
Gary Gaetti $ 300,000
Al Cowens $ 300,000
Tim Johnson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     John Verhoeven
2/7 Signed     Mike Vail
2/8 Traded Steve Hammond Pittsburgh Ellis Valentine
2/9 Signed     Jim York
2/17 Signed     Ken Griffey Sr.
2/19 Signed     Buddy Bell
2/23 Signed     Jay Johnstone
2/24 Signed     Art Howe
2/24 Signed     Garry Templeton
2/24 Signed     Bill Campbell
2/26 Signed     Jim Spencer
7/1 Released Pepe Mangual    
7/1 Released Art Howe    
10/23 Released Jimmy Sexton    
10/23 Released Bobby Brown    
10/23 Released Mardie Cornejo