1969 Seattle Mariners
Record: 107-55
Finish: 1st in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 834
Runs Allowed: 587
Exp W-L: 106-56
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,302,645
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 2nd in the American League
AA: 78-59, 3rd in the American League
A: 68-69, 4th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Boston (A) Red Sox
 
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 *Joe Morgan 25 155 591 96 151 32 9 15 76 89 38 120 101 .255 .379 .416 .795 104.0 24.7 1.8
CF *Johnny Briggs 25 155 550 116 175 23 6 31 120 10 1 117 131 .318 .435 .551 .985 129.3 38.3 2.2
SS  Denis Menke 28 154 464 67 124 21 1 9 69 3 2 71 100 .267 .367 .375 .742 68.1 15.8 7.1
3B #Don Buford 32 138 444 62 96 17 5 4 43 20 16 50 68 .216 .298 .304 .602 40.3 4.2 5.3
CF *Lou Brock 30 109 433 62 118 17 5 3 47 58 20 21 58 .273 .306 .356 .662 48.5 8.6 0.0
3B *Derrell Griffith 25 118 422 59 131 25 3 10 81 4 1 12 48 .310 .326 .455 .781 59.4 13.9 3.5
CF *Johnny Lewis 29 114 386 52 84 12 4 8 44 1 1 48 87 .218 .304 .332 .636 38.7 5.0 2.1
CF  Ivan Murrell 24 114 359 41 90 13 3 5 50 12 13 20 52 .251 .284 .345 .629 35.7 3.4 1.4
CF *Vada Pinson 30 105 334 46 97 18 3 7 51 20 7 26 33 .290 .342 .425 .768 47.6 10.8 1.2
SS  Jake Wood 32 116 318 53 89 6 3 5 40 38 10 32 53 .280 .349 .365 .714 46.1 10.0 4.7
DH  Ken Harrelson 27 115 289 59 77 10 1 16 59 2 0 47 48 .266 .363 .474 .837 51.6 12.3 0.1
C *Tim McCarver 27 73 251 36 63 14 1 3 34 2 0 25 29 .251 .318 .351 .668 29.8 5.5 3.6
C  Frank Fernandez 26 75 196 30 33 4 2 10 32 1 0 47 64 .168 .325 .362 .687 29.1 5.0 3.5
2B  Bert Campaneris 27 77 208 29 54 8 3 2 18 33 15 12 26 .260 .311 .356 .667 22.8 3.2 2.8
CF  Tommy Harper 28 47 122 16 28 4 0 4 18 13 1 13 17 .230 .307 .361 .667 15.8 2.7 0.5
C *Tom Satriano 28 37 114 10 29 3 1 2 12 0 0 18 6 .254 .353 .351 .704 15.8 3.3 1.6
  Team Totals 27.7 1702 5481 834 1439 227 50 134 794 306 125 679 921 .263 .343 .396 .739 782.6 166.8 41.6
  Rank among 10 AL teams 9 2 4 8 1 5 2 1 10 2 3 4 2 4 2 2  
* - 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
 Rollie Sheldon 32 20 11 .645 35 35 0 284.3 273 101 17 42 195 3.20 20.2
 Dean Chance 28 16 9 .640 31 31 0 232.7 234 106 8 105 143 4.10 10.6
 Hal Reniff 30 12 6 .667 32 32 0 214.0 175 67 3 90 160 2.82 17.2
 Tom Qualters 34 18 6 .750 29 29 0 203.7 145 51 1 71 168 2.25 20.7
 Jerry Stephenson 25 12 9 .571 27 27 0 198.7 180 82 14 96 127 3.71 10.4
*Ron Moeller 30 13 7 .650 58 0 12 97.7 89 26 8 32 73 2.40 12.9
 Bill Stafford 29 5 4 .556 31 4 6 83.3 81 33 10 18 60 3.56 6.3
 Jay Ritchie 32 8 1 .889 57 0 16 80.0 86 32 6 25 60 3.60 8.4
 Phil Regan 32 1 0 1.000 29 0 3 39.0 38 11 1 5 25 2.54 3.8
 Jim Bouton 30 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 17.7 17 4 1 3 10 2.04 2.1
 Bruce Dal Canton 27 0 2 .000 4 2 1 14.0 19 7 3 6 7 4.50 0.0
Team Totals 29.9 107 55 .660 335 162 38 1465.0 1337 520 72 493 1028 3.19 112.5
Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 1 2 3 6 1 1 3 6 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 .992 36.3
T.McCarver 620.3 69 73 433 37 5 0 .989 44.4
F.Fernandez 555.7 60 71 427 22 1 0 .998 31.9
T.Satriano 289.0 33 33 199 15 3 0 .986 50.0
Team Total 1465.0 162 177 1059 74 9 0 .992 40.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.94
J.Morgan 1337.0 147 153 1499 130 9 147 .995 10.97
D.Buford 110.0 14 14 129 9 5 8 .965 11.29
T.Satriano 9.0 1 1 12 2 0 0 1.000 14.00
J.Briggs 6.0 0 4 7 0 0 1 1.000 10.50
L.Brock 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1465.0 162 173 1650 141 14 156 .992 11.00
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
D.Buford 856.3 96 101 180 386 9 73 .984 5.95
B.Campaneris 511.7 58 60 97 222 6 37 .982 5.61
J.Wood 89.0 8 19 17 36 4 11 .930 5.36
D.Menke 8.0 0 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.63
Team Total 1465.0 162 184 295 648 19 121 .980 5.79
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.58
D.Griffith 919.0 102 112 58 209 17 17 .940 2.61
D.Menke 489.0 57 57 35 98 9 9 .937 2.45
D.Buford 29.0 3 4 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.79
T.Satriano 9.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93
T.Harper 8.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Fernandez 7.0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14
B.Campaneris 3.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.0 162 185 98 316 26 26 .941 2.54
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.85
D.Menke 777.0 93 95 138 323 12 69 .975 5.34
J.Wood 663.7 69 97 117 258 8 46 .979 5.09
B.Campaneris 21.0 0 11 5 6 0 2 1.000 4.71
T.Harper 3.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1465.0 162 206 261 587 20 117 .977 5.21
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.78
V.Pinson 686.3 73 87 130 3 1 0 .993 1.74
T.Harper 297.7 36 37 58 2 1 1 .984 1.81
J.Briggs 169.0 18 18 36 0 2 0 .947 1.92
D.Buford 158.0 19 21 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
I.Murrell 74.0 8 11 9 1 1 0 .909 1.22
K.Harrelson 60.0 7 8 11 0 1 0 .917 1.65
D.Griffith 14.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Lewis 6.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1465.0 162 188 273 6 6 1 .979 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.43
J.Lewis 905.7 101 106 237 2 0 1 1.000 2.38
I.Murrell 535.7 61 65 114 6 6 1 .952 2.02
V.Pinson 15.0 0 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.20
T.Harper 6.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Briggs 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.0 162 185 358 8 6 2 .984 2.25
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.93
J.Briggs 1177.0 131 131 232 6 1 1 .996 1.82
I.Murrell 195.0 25 25 45 2 0 0 1.000 2.17
V.Pinson 54.0 6 6 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.67
K.Harrelson 38.0 0 16 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
T.McCarver 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.0 162 179 292 9 1 1 .997 1.85
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.93
R.Sheldon 284.3 35 35 16 41 0 3 1.000 1.80
D.Chance 232.7 31 31 15 40 5 7 .917 2.13
H.Reniff 214.0 32 32 13 15 1 2 .966 1.18
T.Qualters 203.7 29 29 14 24 0 6 1.000 1.68
J.Stephenson 198.7 27 27 18 30 1 5 .980 2.17
R.Moeller 97.7 0 58 10 15 1 2 .962 2.30
B.Stafford 83.3 4 31 8 11 0 0 1.000 2.05
J.Ritchie 80.0 0 57 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.46
P.Regan 39.0 0 29 4 2 0 1 1.000 1.38
J.Bouton 17.7 2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.02
B.Dal Canton 14.0 2 4 1 3 1 1 .800 2.57
Team Total 1465.0 162 335 105 190 9 28 .970 1.81
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Briggs .318
On-Base Pct Briggs .435
Slugging Pct Briggs .551
OPS Briggs .985
XR Briggs 129.3
Games Morgan, Briggs 155
At-Bats Morgan 591
Runs Briggs 116
Hits Briggs 175
Total Bases Briggs 303
Singles Briggs 115
Doubles Morgan 32
Triples Morgan 9
Homeruns Briggs 31
RBIs Briggs 120
Stolen Bases Morgan 89
Caught Stealing Morgan 38
Walks Morgan 120
Strikeouts Briggs 131
ERA Qualters 2.25
Wins Sheldon 20
Losses Sheldon 11
Winning Pct Qualters .750
Saves Ritchie 16
Games Pitched Moeller 58
Games Started Sheldon 35
Complete Games Sheldon 18
Shutouts Stephenson 2
Innings Pitched Sheldon 284.3
Hits Allowed Sheldon 273
Homeruns Allowed Sheldon 17
Strikeouts Sheldon 195
Walks Allowed Chance 105
Walks per 9IP Sheldon 1.3
Hits per 9IP Qualters 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Qualters 7.4
WHiP Qualters 1.06
OAVG Qualters .200
OOBP Qualters .271
OSLG Qualters .252
OOPS Qualters .523
Team All-Stars
Johnny Briggs
Joe Morgan
Tom Qualters
Rollie Sheldon
Player Salaries
Tom Qualters $ 13,600,000
Dean Chance $ 8,000,000
Rollie Sheldon $ 7,178,571
Joe Morgan $ 6,500,000
Hal Reniff $ 6,000,000
Vada Pinson $ 5,700,000
Jake Wood $ 3,500,000
Don Buford $ 3,200,000
Johnny Briggs $ 3,125,000
Denis Menke $ 2,807,143
Lou Brock $ 2,000,000
Jay Ritchie $ 1,405,714
Bert Campaneris $ 1,297,143
Ken Harrelson $ 1,250,000
Bill Stafford $ 352,857
Frank Fernandez $ 300,000
Bruce Dal Canton $ 300,000
Derrell Griffith $ 300,000
Tommy Harper $ 300,000
Ron Moeller $ 300,000
Ivan Murrell $ 300,000
Tom Satriano $ 300,000
Jerry Stephenson $ 300,000
Johnny Lewis $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Al Weis New York (A) Tom Qualters
2/21 Traded Gates Brown
Frank Bertaina
$3,600,000
Colorado Tom Parsons
4/2 Released Tom Parsons    
9/22 Released Tim Mccarver    
9/22 Released Bob Saverine    
9/22 Released Grover Powell    
10/3 Released Jim Bouton    
10/31 Released Al Mcbean    
10/31 Released Phil Regan    
10/31 Released Bill Faul