1979 Seattle Mariners
Record: 99-61
Finish: 1st in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 774
Runs Allowed: 570
Exp W-L: 102-58
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,383,642
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 10th in the American League
AA: 72-65, 5th in the American League
A: 50-87, 12th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-0 over Los Angeles Dodgers
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Kansas City Royals
Won Divisional Series 4-0 over Cleveland (A) Indians
 
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 31 154 608 102 183 9 3 5 66 101 55 92 82 .301 .393 .350 .744 91.5 15.4 0.0
2B *Joe Morgan 35 152 587 99 174 32 10 11 90 40 15 87 102 .296 .387 .441 .828 100.3 20.8 2.7
CF *Johnny Briggs 35 153 550 94 173 23 5 24 104 7 9 121 91 .315 .437 .505 .942 116.5 26.9 5.6
CF  Garry Maddox 29 152 612 87 188 31 4 22 103 22 5 35 64 .307 .347 .479 .825 91.3 17.9 5.3
C *Milt May 28 146 531 55 150 25 2 12 58 1 4 56 38 .282 .352 .405 .757 72.3 12.8 10.3
CF *Willie Montanez 31 137 472 56 129 22 1 15 87 0 1 45 65 .273 .335 .419 .755 63.1 10.9 2.9
SS  Dave Nelson 35 158 475 52 114 8 7 0 49 43 15 33 84 .240 .289 .286 .575 41.4 2.9 10.3
2B #Rodney Scott 25 145 437 51 83 11 2 0 33 52 11 47 53 .190 .269 .224 .493 31.5 0.0 6.1
2B *Frank Baker 32 124 303 49 63 7 1 2 32 33 6 36 58 .208 .290 .257 .548 28.9 2.1 4.0
LF  Pepe Mangual 27 100 172 29 50 8 0 4 33 22 9 35 28 .291 .410 .407 .817 31.6 6.3 0.9
LF *John Lowenstein 32 97 163 24 39 4 0 3 21 1 0 29 26 .239 .354 .319 .673 19.6 2.7 1.1
1B  Jimmy Sexton 27 96 145 15 23 2 0 1 12 15 4 8 28 .159 .203 .193 .396 5.1 0.0 2.4
2B #Bump Wills 26 38 119 16 31 4 2 2 11 11 3 16 18 .261 .348 .378 .726 16.3 2.7 1.1
C #Ike Hampton 27 51 103 14 19 1 1 3 12 6 2 12 20 .184 .280 .301 .581 9.1 0.1 1.9
CF *Omar Moreno 26 74 90 17 23 2 2 0 18 11 6 12 16 .256 .337 .322 .659 11.0 1.4 0.1
1B *Clint Hurdle 21 25 80 13 19 2 0 3 6 0 0 12 15 .238 .337 .375 .712 10.1 1.4 0.6
2B #Larry Bowa 33 34 23 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .130 .130 .130 .261 0.1 0.0 0.7
  Team Totals 29.4 1836 5470 774 1464 191 40 107 735 367 145 676 789 .268 .348 .376 .724 739.8 124.3 56.0
  Rank among 12 AL teams 9 1 5 12 4 6 1 1 12 1 10 4 1 8 3 1  
* - 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
 Bill Campbell 30 20 9 .690 36 36 0 263.7 219 104 17 91 128 3.55 18.4
 Mike Torrez 32 13 11 .542 34 34 0 263.3 205 75 3 78 98 2.56 23.0
 Dave Tobik 26 12 12 .500 34 34 0 222.0 204 83 17 75 129 3.36 14.8
 Tom Johnson 28 14 7 .667 30 30 0 215.7 213 83 11 65 88 3.46 15.1
 Randy Scarbery 27 11 4 .733 22 20 0 142.7 144 59 12 45 54 3.72 8.9
*Al Hrabosky 29 7 4 .636 84 0 13 123.7 85 44 17 50 83 3.20 13.5
*Ed Glynn 26 10 6 .625 46 4 9 84.3 80 33 7 48 66 3.52 7.9
 Mardie Cornejo 27 4 4 .500 48 0 13 60.0 60 19 0 27 31 2.85 7.5
 Bert Roberge 24 5 4 .556 32 0 4 45.7 53 18 3 13 23 3.55 3.5
 Rob Dressler 25 3 0 1.000 9 2 1 30.0 26 5 2 3 5 1.50 4.1
Team Totals 27.4 99 61 .619 375 160 40 1451.0 1289 523 89 495 705 3.24 116.7
Rank among 12 AL teams 1 1 6 1 3 1 1 1 4 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 .986 32.3
M.May 1240.7 135 143 632 63 5 0 .993 42.0
I.Hampton 210.3 25 26 106 12 1 0 .992 38.9
Team Total 1451.0 160 169 738 75 6 0 .993 41.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
J.Morgan 1346.0 150 151 1614 95 9 147 .995 11.43
J.Lowenstein 47.0 5 6 73 5 1 5 .987 14.94
O.Moreno 37.0 4 5 48 1 0 6 1.000 11.92
W.Montanez 9.0 0 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
P.Mangual 8.0 1 2 9 4 0 0 1.000 14.63
J.Briggs 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
I.Hampton 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1451.0 160 170 1760 105 10 158 .995 11.57
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
F.Baker 711.0 89 89 162 286 5 57 .989 5.67
B.Wills 271.0 35 37 63 110 4 23 .977 5.75
R.Scott 245.7 30 30 59 93 4 24 .974 5.57
P.Mangual 169.0 5 58 31 56 2 14 .978 4.63
J.Morgan 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Sexton 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
D.Nelson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Bowa 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1401.7 159 218 316 548 15 118 .983 5.55
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
R.Scott 905.7 110 114 70 246 4 17 .988 3.14
J.Sexton 381.3 40 67 22 98 3 4 .976 2.83
F.Baker 111.0 10 26 8 26 0 0 1.000 2.76
I.Hampton 30.3 0 19 3 5 1 0 .889 2.37
L.Bowa 19.7 0 11 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.75
D.Nelson 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 160 239 104 380 8 21 .984 3.00
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
D.Nelson 1267.0 156 156 194 550 18 97 .976 5.28
J.Sexton 67.0 2 27 9 29 0 8 1.000 5.10
L.Bowa 60.3 1 23 11 27 0 4 1.000 5.67
F.Baker 47.7 1 21 9 24 1 5 .971 6.23
R.Scott 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
O.Moreno 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Wills 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.5 160 230 223 633 19 115 .978 5.31
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
W.Montanez 1037.0 114 127 216 2 4 1 .982 1.89
C.Hurdle 191.0 24 24 47 1 4 0 .923 2.26
P.Mangual 109.0 12 16 19 0 1 0 .950 1.57
J.Lowenstein 101.0 10 15 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
O.Moreno 8.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Briggs 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
I.Hampton 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1451.0 160 188 315 3 9 1 .972 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
G.Maddox 1355.0 149 152 375 3 11 2 .972 2.51
J.Lowenstein 60.0 7 7 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
P.Mangual 36.0 4 4 9 0 1 0 .900 2.25
Team Total 1451.0 160 163 408 3 12 2 .972 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
J.Briggs 1346.0 148 150 362 8 0 1 1.000 2.47
J.Lowenstein 74.0 9 11 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.95
P.Mangual 27.0 3 3 6 0 1 0 .857 2.00
W.Montanez 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
O.Moreno 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 160 166 384 9 1 1 .997 2.44
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
B.Campbell 263.7 36 36 21 54 1 4 .987 2.56
M.Torrez 263.3 34 34 13 35 2 4 .960 1.64
D.Tobik 222.0 34 34 11 30 1 4 .976 1.66
T.Johnson 215.7 30 30 11 22 4 3 .892 1.38
R.Scarbery 142.7 20 22 8 29 2 3 .949 2.33
A.Hrabosky 123.7 0 84 5 21 2 2 .929 1.89
E.Glynn 84.3 4 46 6 15 1 3 .955 2.24
M.Cornejo 60.0 0 48 5 14 0 1 1.000 2.85
B.Roberge 45.7 0 32 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.58
R.Dressler 30.0 2 9 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.90
Team Total 1451.0 160 375 82 229 13 24 .960 1.93
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Briggs .315
On-Base Pct Briggs .437
Slugging Pct Briggs .505
OPS Briggs .942
XR Briggs 116.5
Games Nelson 158
At-Bats Maddox 612
Runs North 102
Hits Maddox 188
Total Bases Maddox 293
Singles North 166
Doubles Morgan 32
Triples Morgan 10
Homeruns Briggs 24
RBIs Briggs 104
Stolen Bases North 101
Caught Stealing North 55
Walks Briggs 121
Strikeouts Morgan 102
ERA Torrez 2.56
Wins Campbell 20
Losses Tobik 12
Winning Pct Campbell .690
Saves Cornejo, Hrabosky 13
Games Pitched Hrabosky 84
Games Started Campbell 36
Complete Games Torrez 15
Shutouts Torrez 5
Innings Pitched Campbell 263.7
Hits Allowed Campbell 219
Homeruns Allowed Campbell, Hrabosky, Tobik 17
Strikeouts Tobik 129
Walks Allowed Campbell 91
Walks per 9IP Torrez 2.7
Hits per 9IP Torrez 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Tobik 5.2
WHiP Torrez 1.07
OAVG Torrez .213
OOBP Torrez .273
OSLG Torrez .251
OOPS Torrez .524
Team All-Stars
Johnny Briggs
Bill Campbell
Garry Maddox
Milt May
Joe Morgan
Billy North
Player Salaries
Billy North $ 15,000,000
Johnny Briggs $ 13,680,000
Joe Morgan $ 9,000,000
Garry Maddox $ 5,385,714
Bill Campbell $ 4,764,286
Mike Torrez $ 4,450,000
Willie Montanez $ 4,000,000
Milt May $ 3,135,714
Al Hrabosky $ 1,780,000
Frank Baker $ 1,041,429
Tom Johnson $ 928,571
Dave Nelson $ 350,000
Bump Wills $ 300,000
Randy Scarbery $ 300,000
Omar Moreno $ 300,000
Rodney Scott $ 300,000
Bert Roberge $ 300,000
Pepe Mangual $ 300,000
Ike Hampton $ 300,000
Ed Glynn $ 300,000
Rob Dressler $ 300,000
Mardie Cornejo $ 300,000
Jimmy Sexton $ 300,000
Dave Tobik $ 300,000
Clint Hurdle $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Bart Johnson Washington Milt May
4/3 Released Bill Russell    
4/3 Released Bob Didier    
7/31 Released Larry Bowa    
7/31 Traded Joe Kerrigan Tampa Bay Bump Wills
10/28 Released John Lowenstein