1965 Seattle Mariners
Record: 96-66
Finish: 1st in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 716
Runs Allowed: 580
Exp W-L: 96-66
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 1,942,513
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 92-45, 1st in the American League
AA: 95-42, 1st in the American League
A: 65-72, 7th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-1 over Montreal Expos
Won AL League Series 4-2 over Minnesota Twins
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over 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
CF *Vada Pinson 26 148 538 89 150 22 8 10 81 52 8 59 54 .279 .351 .405 .757 83.9 20.0 2.5
SS  Jake Wood 28 150 531 62 137 13 5 6 47 57 20 31 87 .258 .300 .335 .636 53.8 8.0 7.7
2B *Joe Morgan 21 137 430 87 123 12 9 6 41 70 46 91 54 .286 .411 .398 .808 74.6 17.2 1.1
CF *Johnny Briggs 21 128 435 67 124 15 4 18 79 2 1 76 73 .285 .388 .462 .850 79.3 20.1 2.9
3B #Don Buford 28 136 419 46 105 17 4 9 68 25 9 60 49 .251 .345 .375 .720 58.0 12.2 4.8
CF *Gates Brown 26 127 382 61 110 8 4 15 74 25 12 49 42 .288 .369 .448 .817 63.8 14.5 2.7
2B  Bert Campaneris 23 134 413 42 95 9 9 4 35 41 14 19 50 .230 .267 .324 .591 38.5 5.1 6.1
C *Tom Haller 28 117 369 35 99 8 4 8 47 1 2 46 58 .268 .350 .377 .727 47.8 9.7 3.0
CF *Lou Brock 26 133 334 51 99 14 5 5 38 47 14 28 51 .296 .349 .413 .762 52.2 12.4 1.5
SS  Denis Menke 24 118 323 34 77 18 2 4 34 0 1 28 77 .238 .300 .344 .644 30.8 4.6 5.1
LF  Bob Nieman 38 122 290 42 73 11 1 10 46 1 0 28 44 .252 .315 .400 .715 37.6 7.5 0.5
C  Harry Chiti 32 97 273 45 85 11 0 8 36 1 0 24 55 .311 .367 .440 .807 39.3 9.5 2.3
RF  Stan Palys 35 66 193 16 49 7 0 3 27 0 0 18 37 .254 .316 .337 .653 19.2 2.9 1.2
P  Rollie Sheldon 28 42 118 3 8 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 51 .068 .074 .076 .151 -5.8 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Giusti 25 41 113 7 25 1 0 0 9 1 0 1 38 .221 .235 .230 .465 5.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dean Chance 24 40 98 3 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 40 .051 .077 .061 .138 -3.8 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Reniff 26 31 71 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 29 .070 .083 .070 .154 -3.4 0.0 0.0
CF  Tommy Harper 24 53 64 16 14 2 0 1 4 9 1 4 14 .219 .265 .297 .562 6.4 1.1 0.6
C *Tim McCarver 23 17 16 5 8 1 1 1 5 1 0 2 1 .500 .526 .875 1.401 5.7 1.8 0.0
P  Jim Bouton 26 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Stafford 25 100 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Fischer 25 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Miller 26 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Jim Maloney 25 23 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Anderson 29 26 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.3 0.0
P  Dave Sisler 33 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Phil Regan 28 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.8 2049 5451 716 1396 171 56 108 688 333 128 568 915 .256 .326 .367 .694 681.9 146.9 42.1
  Rank among 10 AL teams 8 2 5 10 1 6 2 1 10 2 4 4 2 6 6 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 28 17 18 .486 42 42 0 329.0 314 128 26 51 205 3.50 13.9
 Dave Giusti 25 20 11 .645 41 41 0 310.3 291 109 15 68 164 3.16 21.6
 Dean Chance 24 18 15 .545 40 39 0 295.0 260 108 18 115 224 3.29 16.3
 Hal Reniff 26 16 4 .800 31 31 0 204.3 168 55 1 85 122 2.42 19.2
 Bill Stafford 25 10 6 .625 100 0 16 118.7 118 48 10 34 74 3.64 10.3
 Phil Regan 28 5 6 .455 40 1 7 67.3 75 29 8 23 40 3.88 3.0
 Jim Bouton 26 1 1 .500 11 3 0 34.7 34 11 1 11 17 2.86 2.0
 Jim Maloney 25 3 2 .600 23 12 5 32.0 24 8 3 16 35 2.25 4.9
 Bob Anderson 29 4 1 .800 26 1 7 31.7 31 13 4 16 16 3.70 3.2
 Hank Fischer 25 1 1 .500 2 2 0 16.3 12 3 0 2 13 1.65 1.5
 Bob Miller 26 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 15.7 7 1 1 6 12 0.57 2.5
 Dave Sisler 33 0 1 .000 8 0 0 13.3 12 5 0 9 9 3.38 0.6
Team Totals 26.7 96 66 .593 366 174 35 1468.3 1346 518 87 436 931 3.18 99.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 1 1 2 2 5 6 1 2 1 7 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 .989 35.1
T.Haller 903.0 100 105 583 36 8 1 .987 25.0
H.Chiti 554.3 61 68 366 35 5 1 .988 40.4
T.McCarver 11.0 1 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1468.3 162 176 956 71 13 2 .988 31.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.31
J.Morgan 906.0 100 105 1102 82 8 101 .993 11.76
B.Nieman 535.3 62 62 655 38 16 60 .977 11.65
L.Brock 13.7 0 5 17 1 0 0 1.000 11.86
J.Briggs 8.0 0 2 10 0 0 3 1.000 11.25
S.Palys 4.3 0 1 6 1 0 2 1.000 14.55
T.McCarver 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 176 1793 122 24 166 .988 11.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.70
D.Buford 964.0 112 113 237 415 17 92 .975 6.09
J.Wood 364.0 43 44 79 174 8 36 .969 6.26
J.Morgan 73.3 4 20 17 28 3 7 .938 5.52
D.Menke 53.0 3 16 13 24 0 5 1.000 6.28
B.Campaneris 14.0 0 2 3 7 0 0 1.000 6.43
Team Total 1468.3 162 195 349 648 28 140 .973 6.11
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.69
B.Campaneris 1059.0 128 130 51 290 5 27 .986 2.90
D.Menke 181.0 17 32 15 45 4 3 .938 2.98
T.Harper 114.3 9 31 6 22 1 3 .966 2.20
D.Buford 88.7 8 18 5 21 1 0 .963 2.64
H.Chiti 22.7 0 14 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.78
B.Nieman 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.7 162 227 77 385 11 33 .977 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.91
J.Wood 876.7 95 104 114 374 9 71 .982 5.01
D.Menke 581.7 67 67 90 250 11 45 .969 5.26
T.Harper 9.0 0 5 2 4 1 1 .857 6.00
B.Campaneris 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 177 206 629 21 117 .975 5.12
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 1.76
V.Pinson 1081.3 118 124 183 2 1 0 .995 1.54
L.Brock 289.0 34 34 51 3 1 1 .982 1.68
T.Harper 44.0 5 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
B.Nieman 38.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
B.Campaneris 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Brown 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Chiti 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1468.3 162 172 249 5 2 1 .992 1.56
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.36
G.Brown 845.0 93 103 211 6 2 2 .991 2.31
J.Briggs 312.3 34 37 76 2 5 0 .940 2.25
V.Pinson 160.0 18 18 42 1 0 0 1.000 2.42
L.Brock 125.0 15 19 30 0 1 0 .968 2.16
S.Palys 15.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Harper 11.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
Team Total 1468.3 162 184 363 9 8 2 .979 2.28
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.84
J.Briggs 764.0 85 85 162 7 0 2 1.000 1.99
S.Palys 415.3 50 50 88 6 0 2 1.000 2.04
L.Brock 237.0 27 31 48 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
G.Brown 22.0 0 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
B.Nieman 13.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
T.Harper 11.0 0 5 2 0 1 0 .667 1.64
V.Pinson 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
H.Chiti 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 191 305 13 1 4 .997 1.95
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.10
R.Sheldon 329.0 42 42 23 48 1 2 .986 1.94
D.Giusti 310.3 41 41 22 55 0 2 1.000 2.23
D.Chance 295.0 39 40 13 57 1 4 .986 2.14
H.Reniff 204.3 31 31 14 34 0 2 1.000 2.11
B.Stafford 118.7 0 100 8 17 0 3 1.000 1.90
P.Regan 67.3 1 40 5 8 0 2 1.000 1.74
J.Bouton 34.7 3 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 2.86
J.Maloney 32.0 12 23 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.25
B.Anderson 31.7 1 26 2 3 1 0 .833 1.42
H.Fischer 16.3 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.10
B.Miller 15.7 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.72
D.Sisler 13.3 0 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.68
Team Total 1468.3 174 366 93 241 3 16 .991 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Morgan .286
On-Base Pct Morgan .411
Slugging Pct Briggs .462
OPS Briggs .850
XR Pinson 83.9
Games Wood 150
At-Bats Pinson 538
Runs Pinson 89
Hits Pinson 150
Total Bases Pinson 218
Singles Wood 113
Doubles Pinson 22
Triples Campaneris, Morgan 9
Homeruns Briggs 18
RBIs Pinson 81
Stolen Bases Morgan 70
Caught Stealing Morgan 46
Walks Morgan 91
Strikeouts Wood 87
ERA Reniff 2.42
Wins Giusti 20
Losses Sheldon 18
Winning Pct Reniff .800
Saves Stafford 16
Games Pitched Stafford 100
Games Started Sheldon 42
Complete Games Sheldon 21
Shutouts Giusti, Sheldon 3
Innings Pitched Sheldon 329.0
Hits Allowed Sheldon 314
Homeruns Allowed Sheldon 26
Strikeouts Chance 224
Walks Allowed Chance 115
Walks per 9IP Sheldon 1.4
Hits per 9IP Reniff 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Chance 6.8
WHiP Sheldon 1.11
OAVG Reniff .231
OOBP Sheldon .279
OSLG Reniff .300
OOPS Reniff .611
Team All-Stars
Dean Chance
Player Salaries
Vada Pinson $ 5,700,000
Dean Chance $ 4,564,286
Harry Chiti $ 4,250,000
Bob Nieman $ 3,760,000
Tom Haller $ 1,446,429
Bob Anderson $ 900,000
Jake Wood $ 646,429
Bob Miller $ 576,000
Jim Bouton $ 300,000
Johnny Briggs $ 300,000
Lou Brock $ 300,000
Gates Brown $ 300,000
Don Buford $ 300,000
Bert Campaneris $ 300,000
Hank Fischer $ 300,000
Tommy Harper $ 300,000
Tim McCarver $ 300,000
Denis Menke $ 300,000
Joe Morgan $ 300,000
Phil Regan $ 300,000
Hal Reniff $ 300,000
Rollie Sheldon $ 300,000
Bill Stafford $ 300,000
Dave Giusti $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dick Radatz Oakland Stan Palys
2/3 Traded Rudy May Kansas City Fred Norman
Tom Satriano
2/13 Traded Costen Shockley Cleveland (N) Sonny Jackson
2/13 Traded Jerry Walker Montreal Ed Brinkman
3/3 Traded Joe Shipley San Diego Harry Chiti
6/1 Traded Jim Maloney San Diego Bill Faul
9/1 Released Whammy Douglas    
9/1 Released Bob Miller    
9/22 Released Stan Palys    
9/22 Released Earl Wilson    
9/22 Released Dave Sisler    
9/22 Released Jim Golden    
9/22 Released Galen Cisco