1972 Seattle Mariners
Record: 99-63
Finish: 2nd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 827
Runs Allowed: 696
Exp W-L: 94-68
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,290,577
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 93-44, 1st in the American League
AA: 80-57, 2nd in the American League
A: 82-55, 3rd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 3-4 to Cleveland (N) Spiders
Won AL League Series 4-2 over Detroit Tigers
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 
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 #Billy North 24 153 610 112 189 16 11 3 59 105 37 104 80 .310 .411 .387 .798 108.2 22.6 0.0
2B *Joe Morgan 28 155 573 100 158 25 7 17 84 64 40 101 103 .276 .378 .433 .811 100.7 18.4 4.4
CF *Johnny Briggs 28 156 544 102 162 23 11 30 115 11 6 119 104 .298 .422 .546 .967 121.4 29.3 4.6
2B  Bert Campaneris 30 155 543 63 142 19 5 3 74 56 20 22 44 .262 .288 .331 .619 53.2 4.0 5.7
SS  Ed Brinkman 30 154 521 61 135 25 3 5 49 4 5 41 84 .259 .313 .347 .661 55.0 5.7 7.3
C  Frank Fernandez 29 140 449 79 89 20 3 19 65 1 0 102 123 .198 .345 .383 .728 66.4 9.4 8.4
CF *Willie Montanez 24 131 411 63 121 24 1 14 60 1 1 43 64 .294 .362 .460 .822 66.6 13.9 2.5
SS *Sonny Jackson 27 123 415 62 116 23 2 10 81 32 7 19 25 .280 .308 .417 .725 53.2 7.6 3.8
3B *Derrell Griffith 28 111 360 31 101 14 1 8 53 2 0 9 32 .281 .296 .392 .687 39.0 4.7 2.0
RF  Jose Ortiz 25 104 331 35 102 23 3 2 51 1 0 10 13 .308 .334 .414 .748 40.4 6.6 1.7
CF  Ivan Murrell 27 78 216 34 61 9 1 3 18 18 6 19 32 .282 .339 .375 .714 29.8 4.8 1.5
C  Dave Duncan 26 70 182 21 44 5 0 7 31 0 0 20 27 .242 .315 .385 .700 22.4 2.8 1.0
3B  Carmen Fanzone 28 34 94 13 26 2 1 4 15 0 0 8 15 .277 .337 .447 .783 13.5 2.4 0.6
C *Tom Satriano 31 36 74 18 20 4 0 5 14 0 0 13 7 .270 .379 .527 .906 13.6 2.9 1.1
CF *Lou Brock 33 49 78 7 20 2 0 0 12 12 2 5 11 .256 .298 .282 .580 8.8 1.1 0.1
LF *John Lowenstein 25 17 51 10 14 4 0 2 5 0 1 5 9 .275 .333 .471 .804 8.1 1.4 0.2
LF  Gene Clines 25 14 46 5 14 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 .304 .319 .348 .667 4.7 0.6 0.2
LF  Ron Davis 30 18 41 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 .220 .256 .244 .500 2.5 0.0 0.2
LF *Pat Kelly 27 7 23 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 3 .130 .286 .130 .416 1.1 0.0 0.1
SS  Jake Wood 35 19 21 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .190 .261 .238 .499 0.9 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 28.0 1724 5583 827 1530 240 50 132 797 307 127 650 789 .274 .348 .406 .754 809.5 138.0 45.8
  Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 4 8 1 6 5 1 10 3 1 3 2 5 5 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
 Jerry Stephenson 28 17 11 .607 37 37 0 266.7 238 109 11 124 227 3.68 18.5
 Dean Chance 31 15 9 .625 32 32 0 237.0 215 89 18 90 140 3.38 18.0
 Hal Reniff 33 14 10 .583 45 30 2 198.0 201 87 6 108 125 3.95 13.3
 Mike Torrez 25 11 6 .647 23 23 0 168.7 200 91 7 66 72 4.86 7.6
 Lew Krausse 29 10 5 .667 20 20 0 159.7 149 51 8 49 80 2.87 14.2
*Al Hrabosky 22 12 4 .750 71 0 10 126.0 99 40 9 45 108 2.86 15.8
 Wayne Twitchell 24 4 8 .333 17 17 0 110.7 106 71 13 75 104 5.77 0.8
 Jay Ritchie 35 7 3 .700 68 0 17 76.0 69 25 3 26 54 2.96 10.9
 Phil Hennigan 26 3 3 .500 32 0 8 52.7 50 23 3 19 47 3.93 5.1
*Ron Moeller 33 4 3 .571 30 0 4 50.3 35 15 3 16 28 2.68 6.2
 Rollie Sheldon 35 2 1 .667 3 3 0 23.7 23 6 2 2 19 2.28 2.7
Team Totals 29.2 99 63 .611 378 162 41 1469.3 1385 607 83 620 1004 3.72 113.2
Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 7 2 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 .989 34.8
F.Fernandez 1220.0 136 137 871 61 7 0 .993 39.6
T.Satriano 171.3 19 26 122 6 1 0 .992 50.0
D.Duncan 78.0 7 14 44 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1469.3 162 177 1037 67 8 0 .993 38.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.03
J.Morgan 622.7 70 71 726 55 6 57 .992 11.29
D.Duncan 341.3 38 47 390 33 4 37 .991 11.15
C.Fanzone 189.0 23 24 224 16 0 23 1.000 11.43
J.Lowenstein 90.0 11 11 106 11 1 5 .992 11.70
R.Davis 83.0 10 12 94 6 1 6 .990 10.84
P.Kelly 47.0 6 6 52 11 1 5 .984 12.06
L.Brock 29.0 3 9 39 2 0 3 1.000 12.72
W.Montanez 21.0 0 10 27 1 1 2 .966 12.00
I.Murrell 21.0 0 6 30 0 0 2 1.000 12.86
D.Griffith 20.3 1 6 25 1 0 0 1.000 11.51
E.Brinkman 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
J.Briggs 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
T.Satriano 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 205 1719 136 14 141 .993 11.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
J.Morgan 730.3 81 83 158 301 10 57 .979 5.66
B.Campaneris 665.0 77 77 128 273 11 51 .973 5.43
J.Wood 38.0 1 10 7 19 0 3 1.000 6.16
C.Fanzone 35.0 3 9 9 18 1 2 .964 6.94
D.Griffith 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 180 302 611 22 113 .976 5.59
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.72
S.Jackson 759.0 82 95 53 185 4 9 .983 2.82
B.Campaneris 602.3 73 73 39 157 4 6 .980 2.93
D.Griffith 73.0 7 14 6 11 0 1 1.000 2.10
T.Satriano 16.3 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
F.Fernandez 7.0 0 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14
R.Davis 6.7 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
E.Brinkman 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Fanzone 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 201 102 359 8 16 .983 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
E.Brinkman 1346.3 154 154 204 583 28 106 .966 5.26
S.Jackson 62.0 5 14 7 34 2 4 .953 5.95
J.Wood 24.0 1 7 3 8 0 1 1.000 4.13
B.Campaneris 24.0 2 5 8 9 0 3 1.000 6.38
T.Satriano 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Griffith 4.0 0 2 0 2 1 0 .667 4.50
L.Brock 3.0 0 2 2 2 2 1 .667 12.00
I.Murrell 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 187 224 638 33 115 .963 5.28
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
D.Griffith 673.0 79 83 125 4 0 0 1.000 1.73
I.Murrell 492.0 57 61 96 4 3 0 .971 1.83
G.Clines 98.0 12 13 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.47
J.Ortiz 67.7 2 25 12 0 1 0 .923 1.60
J.Lowenstein 42.0 5 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.07
J.Briggs 40.0 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
W.Montanez 32.0 3 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.97
L.Brock 20.7 0 9 2 0 1 0 .667 0.87
S.Jackson 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1469.3 162 211 272 9 5 0 .983 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.45
J.Briggs 1313.7 145 146 333 5 12 1 .966 2.32
I.Murrell 53.7 6 7 12 0 1 0 .923 2.01
J.Ortiz 36.0 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
S.Jackson 33.0 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
W.Montanez 27.0 3 3 11 1 0 0 1.000 4.00
R.Davis 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Clines 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Kelly 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Brock 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 169 375 6 13 1 .967 2.33
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.95
W.Montanez 845.3 93 105 167 3 5 0 .971 1.81
J.Ortiz 583.0 68 72 110 1 0 0 1.000 1.71
D.Griffith 14.0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
I.Murrell 11.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
L.Brock 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Davis 6.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Briggs 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Jackson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 192 286 4 5 0 .983 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.92
J.Stephenson 266.7 37 37 17 44 2 3 .968 2.06
D.Chance 237.0 32 32 14 33 4 1 .922 1.78
H.Reniff 198.0 30 45 18 28 1 0 .979 2.09
M.Torrez 168.7 23 23 9 20 2 1 .935 1.55
L.Krausse 159.7 20 20 7 22 1 0 .967 1.63
A.Hrabosky 126.0 0 71 10 13 1 1 .958 1.64
W.Twitchell 110.7 17 17 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.65
J.Ritchie 76.0 0 68 6 5 0 1 1.000 1.30
P.Hennigan 52.7 0 32 2 11 0 1 1.000 2.22
R.Moeller 50.3 0 30 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.61
R.Sheldon 23.7 3 3 1 4 1 0 .833 1.90
Team Total 1469.3 162 378 90 191 12 9 .959 1.72
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average North .310
On-Base Pct Briggs .422
Slugging Pct Briggs .546
OPS Briggs .967
XR Briggs 121.4
Games Briggs 156
At-Bats North 610
Runs North 112
Hits North 189
Total Bases Briggs 297
Singles North 159
Doubles Morgan, Brinkman 25
Triples Briggs, North 11
Homeruns Briggs 30
RBIs Briggs 115
Stolen Bases North 105
Caught Stealing Morgan 40
Walks Briggs 119
Strikeouts Fernandez 123
ERA Chance 3.38
Wins Stephenson 17
Losses Stephenson 11
Winning Pct Hrabosky .750
Saves Ritchie 17
Games Pitched Hrabosky 71
Games Started Stephenson 37
Complete Games Chance 7
Shutouts Krausse, Stephenson, Torrez 2
Innings Pitched Stephenson 266.7
Hits Allowed Stephenson 238
Homeruns Allowed Chance 18
Strikeouts Stephenson 227
Walks Allowed Stephenson 124
Walks per 9IP Chance 3.4
Hits per 9IP Stephenson 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Stephenson 7.7
WHiP Chance 1.29
OAVG Stephenson .237
OOBP Chance .312
OSLG Stephenson .322
OOPS Stephenson .643
Team All-Stars
Johnny Briggs
Sonny Jackson
Jerry Stephenson
Player Salaries
Rollie Sheldon $ 9,000,000
Dean Chance $ 8,500,000
Johnny Briggs $ 7,500,000
Hal Reniff $ 7,500,000
Joe Morgan $ 6,500,000
Jerry Stephenson $ 4,642,857
Frank Fernandez $ 3,178,571
Derrell Griffith $ 2,000,000
Ivan Murrell $ 1,662,857
Jay Ritchie $ 1,500,000
Bert Campaneris $ 1,000,000
Ron Moeller $ 680,000
Tom Satriano $ 500,000
John Lowenstein $ 300,000
Gene Clines $ 300,000
Ron Davis $ 300,000
Dave Duncan $ 300,000
Carmen Fanzone $ 300,000
Ed Brinkman $ 300,000
Phil Hennigan $ 300,000
Al Hrabosky $ 300,000
Sonny Jackson $ 300,000
Lew Krausse $ 300,000
Wayne Twitchell $ 300,000
Garry Maddox $ 300,000
Willie Montanez $ 300,000
Billy North $ 300,000
Jose Ortiz $ 300,000
Mike Torrez $ 300,000
Pat Kelly $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Tom Qualters New York (A) Bob Didier
4/2 Released Lou Klimchock    
4/2 Released Nelson Briles    
4/2 Released Don Dennis    
4/2 Released Bruce Howard    
4/2 Released Hal Haydel    
4/2 Released Rich Morales    
4/2 Released Don Secrist    
4/2 Released Gary Neibauer    
5/1 Released Fred Klages    
6/1 Released Jake Wood    
7/31 Released Ed Stroud    
7/31 Released Tommy Harper    
7/31 Released Billy Rohr    
9/22 Released Lou Brock    
9/22 Released Cecil Upshaw