1970 Seattle Mariners
Record: 105-57
Finish: 1st in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 848
Runs Allowed: 592
Exp W-L: 107-55
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,237,142
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 91-46, 1st in the American League
AA: 99-38, 2nd in the American League
A: 75-62, 3rd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to Kansas City Royals
 
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 26 155 575 124 168 25 13 19 84 81 43 135 101 .292 .427 .480 .907 119.6 28.7 2.0
CF *Johnny Briggs 26 154 559 108 149 25 6 26 110 9 2 115 126 .267 .391 .472 .863 107.2 25.2 4.6
SS  Jake Wood 33 150 498 54 124 5 2 1 35 37 17 30 85 .249 .295 .273 .568 40.8 2.5 6.2
SS *Sonny Jackson 25 126 434 55 138 14 5 4 72 45 20 26 16 .318 .353 .401 .754 60.3 12.1 3.9
DH  Ken Harrelson 28 130 414 68 110 17 2 19 77 6 4 44 80 .266 .334 .454 .788 60.1 11.7 0.2
CF *Johnny Lewis 30 113 348 74 97 13 1 16 58 3 3 75 60 .279 .407 .460 .867 67.9 16.3 2.7
3B *Derrell Griffith 26 126 391 48 114 21 1 4 56 3 0 25 35 .292 .334 .381 .715 45.3 8.4 2.5
C *Tom Satriano 29 110 343 51 83 8 1 12 54 2 0 65 38 .242 .359 .376 .735 51.6 9.1 3.9
2B  Bert Campaneris 28 132 362 48 101 12 3 2 44 39 16 20 33 .279 .318 .345 .663 39.7 6.0 4.5
CF *Lou Brock 31 110 360 51 114 17 5 1 54 50 18 16 37 .317 .346 .400 .746 50.4 10.4 0.2
3B #Don Buford 33 96 301 31 60 5 2 2 22 23 9 35 35 .199 .282 .249 .531 24.2 0.8 3.8
CF *Vada Pinson 31 73 239 38 60 14 0 7 35 15 5 25 27 .251 .322 .397 .720 29.9 4.9 2.2
CF  Ivan Murrell 25 76 220 28 55 9 0 7 25 15 4 14 36 .250 .300 .386 .686 26.6 3.8 1.7
SS  Ed Brinkman 28 71 186 14 41 8 3 1 27 1 0 9 31 .220 .256 .312 .568 15.6 1.0 2.6
C  Frank Fernandez 27 67 143 31 27 3 0 15 35 1 0 47 43 .189 .393 .524 .917 32.0 7.3 2.2
RF  Jose Ortiz 23 54 153 15 36 6 0 1 16 0 0 7 12 .235 .270 .294 .564 12.0 0.6 0.8
C  Jim Price 28 23 67 10 25 4 0 1 12 0 0 5 7 .373 .405 .478 .883 12.6 3.3 0.9
  Team Totals 28.1 1766 5593 848 1502 206 44 138 816 330 141 693 802 .269 .349 .395 .744 795.6 152.3 44.9
  Rank among 10 AL teams 4 3 4 10 1 4 3 1 10 1 2 3 2 4 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
 Rollie Sheldon 33 20 4 .833 32 32 0 269.3 243 77 8 24 190 2.57 25.0
 Dean Chance 29 18 10 .643 32 32 0 253.0 230 93 16 94 156 3.31 18.2
 Tom Qualters 35 16 9 .640 36 36 0 234.7 188 81 8 112 171 3.11 17.5
 Hal Reniff 31 15 7 .682 34 34 0 221.0 180 77 6 75 153 3.14 16.6
 Jerry Stephenson 26 13 3 .813 19 19 0 150.0 108 42 7 61 88 2.52 14.2
*Al Hrabosky 20 10 10 .500 76 0 21 118.7 96 44 8 46 80 3.34 14.1
 Jay Ritchie 33 2 3 .400 41 0 6 70.7 73 33 8 12 39 4.20 4.3
*Fred Norman 27 3 3 .500 9 9 0 61.3 72 31 6 34 53 4.55 2.1
 Lew Krausse 27 3 4 .429 32 0 4 50.3 58 30 6 27 21 5.36 1.1
*Ron Moeller 31 5 4 .556 34 0 6 48.3 52 21 5 18 28 3.91 3.6
 Vicente Romo 27 0 0 .000 7 0 2 8.0 7 2 1 3 8 2.25 1.2
Team Totals 29.0 105 57 .648 352 162 39 1485.3 1307 531 79 506 987 3.22 117.8
Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 5 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 31.4
T.Satriano 909.0 100 108 614 35 14 2 .979 35.4
F.Fernandez 405.3 43 54 272 12 0 0 1.000 26.9
J.Price 171.0 19 22 130 6 1 0 .993 35.7
Team Total 1485.3 162 184 1016 53 15 2 .986 33.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.18
J.Morgan 1340.0 145 150 1607 106 13 136 .992 11.51
J.Lewis 43.0 6 6 54 2 0 1 1.000 11.72
L.Brock 33.0 4 4 37 2 0 3 1.000 10.64
E.Brinkman 28.0 4 4 24 6 0 3 1.000 9.64
K.Harrelson 21.0 1 4 26 2 0 3 1.000 12.00
D.Griffith 18.0 2 3 25 3 0 1 1.000 14.00
J.Briggs 2.3 0 2 2 1 1 0 .750 11.59
Team Total 1485.3 162 173 1775 122 14 147 .993 11.49
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.59
B.Campaneris 550.7 60 79 109 223 6 45 .982 5.43
D.Buford 459.7 54 58 101 214 10 37 .969 6.17
E.Brinkman 414.7 44 56 82 194 8 35 .972 5.99
J.Wood 19.0 1 6 2 5 1 0 .875 3.32
J.Lewis 18.0 2 2 8 9 0 5 1.000 8.50
S.Jackson 12.0 0 8 0 6 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Morgan 11.3 1 3 3 4 1 1 .875 5.56
Team Total 1485.3 162 212 305 655 26 123 .974 5.82
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.73
S.Jackson 939.3 106 107 70 212 5 19 .983 2.70
D.Buford 325.0 39 39 22 86 9 4 .923 2.99
B.Campaneris 135.0 16 18 9 43 1 3 .981 3.47
D.Griffith 47.7 0 19 4 9 1 1 .929 2.45
F.Fernandez 29.7 1 11 2 10 0 0 1.000 3.64
T.Satriano 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Brinkman 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Lewis 1.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42
I.Murrell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1485.3 162 199 108 361 16 27 .967 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.94
J.Wood 1208.0 139 147 152 500 21 85 .969 4.86
B.Campaneris 219.3 22 35 24 86 3 13 .973 4.51
S.Jackson 33.3 1 16 6 12 2 3 .900 4.86
E.Brinkman 9.7 0 7 5 5 0 2 1.000 9.32
J.Lewis 6.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
L.Brock 4.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
V.Pinson 3.7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.86
J.Ortiz 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Griffith 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1489.0 162 210 188 610 26 104 .968 4.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
D.Griffith 770.0 91 94 138 6 0 2 1.000 1.68
J.Ortiz 306.0 36 38 46 2 0 0 1.000 1.41
I.Murrell 180.7 21 22 33 0 1 0 .971 1.64
L.Brock 79.7 7 16 12 0 1 0 .923 1.36
J.Lewis 67.0 7 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
K.Harrelson 62.7 0 26 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.58
J.Briggs 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Pinson 4.4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Jackson 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Buford 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
Team Total 1483.4 162 216 254 9 2 2 .992 1.60
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.46
J.Lewis 595.3 65 70 139 1 0 0 1.000 2.12
V.Pinson 555.5 65 69 138 3 2 1 .986 2.28
I.Murrell 302.0 37 38 87 2 5 1 .947 2.65
J.Ortiz 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
L.Brock 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
S.Jackson 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Brinkman 2.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1472.8 167 188 369 6 7 2 .982 2.29
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
J.Briggs 1351.3 147 148 298 7 3 2 .990 2.03
J.Lewis 37.0 5 5 8 0 1 0 .889 1.95
I.Murrell 24.0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.38
J.Ortiz 19.0 2 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.79
E.Brinkman 18.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50
D.Griffith 17.0 1 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.29
L.Brock 17.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
K.Harrelson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1485.3 162 168 334 7 4 2 .988 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.91
R.Sheldon 269.3 32 32 18 47 2 2 .970 2.17
D.Chance 253.0 32 32 10 46 2 2 .966 1.99
T.Qualters 234.7 36 36 20 28 0 6 1.000 1.84
H.Reniff 221.0 34 34 11 22 0 2 1.000 1.34
J.Stephenson 150.0 19 19 10 23 1 1 .971 1.98
A.Hrabosky 118.7 0 76 9 19 1 4 .966 2.12
J.Ritchie 70.7 0 41 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.91
F.Norman 61.3 9 9 3 10 1 0 .929 1.91
L.Krausse 50.3 0 32 6 10 1 1 .941 2.86
R.Moeller 48.3 0 34 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.86
V.Romo 8.0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1485.3 162 352 92 226 8 18 .975 1.93
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Jackson .295
On-Base Pct Morgan .427
Slugging Pct Morgan .480
OPS Morgan .907
XR Morgan 119.6
Games Morgan 155
At-Bats Morgan 575
Runs Morgan 124
Hits Morgan 168
Total Bases Morgan 276
Singles Wood 116
Doubles Morgan, Briggs 25
Triples Morgan 13
Homeruns Briggs 26
RBIs Briggs 110
Stolen Bases Morgan 81
Caught Stealing Morgan 43
Walks Morgan 135
Strikeouts Briggs 126
ERA Sheldon 2.57
Wins Sheldon 20
Losses Chance, Hrabosky 10
Winning Pct Sheldon .833
Saves Hrabosky 21
Games Pitched Hrabosky 76
Games Started Qualters 36
Complete Games Sheldon 16
Shutouts Qualters, Sheldon 2
Innings Pitched Sheldon 269.3
Hits Allowed Sheldon 243
Homeruns Allowed Chance 16
Strikeouts Sheldon 190
Walks Allowed Qualters 112
Walks per 9IP Sheldon 0.8
Hits per 9IP Qualters 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Qualters 6.6
WHiP Sheldon 0.99
OAVG Qualters .218
OOBP Sheldon .254
OSLG Reniff .293
OOPS Sheldon .567
Team All-Stars
Dean Chance
Joe Morgan
Player Salaries
Tom Qualters $ 13,600,000
Rollie Sheldon $ 9,000,000
Dean Chance $ 8,500,000
Joe Morgan $ 6,500,000
Johnny Briggs $ 6,292,857
Hal Reniff $ 6,000,000
Jake Wood $ 3,500,000
Derrell Griffith $ 2,257,143
Ken Harrelson $ 2,011,429
Lou Brock $ 2,000,000
Jay Ritchie $ 1,405,714
Johnny Lewis $ 1,142,857
Bert Campaneris $ 1,000,000
Tom Satriano $ 500,000
Ivan Murrell $ 300,000
Fred Norman $ 300,000
Jose Ortiz $ 300,000
Lew Krausse $ 300,000
Sonny Jackson $ 300,000
Al Hrabosky $ 300,000
Jim Price $ 300,000
Vicente Romo $ 300,000
Frank Fernandez $ 300,000
Jerry Stephenson $ 300,000
Ed Brinkman $ 300,000
Ron Moeller $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Bill Stafford Montreal Jerry Walker
4/2 Released Jerry Walker    
7/1 Traded Vada Pinson
$2,550,000
New York (N) Bill Russell
Tex Nelson
7/31 Traded Don Buford Boston (N) Dick Lines
7/31 Released Dick Lines    
10/13 Released Tex Nelson