1978 Seattle Mariners season

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The 1978 Seattle Mariners season was the second in franchise history. The Mariners ended the season by finishing last in the American League West with a record of 56–104 (.350), their first last place finish and six games worse than their inaugural season.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkKingdome
Record56–104 (.350)
OwnersDanny Kaye
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1978 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record56–104 (.350)
Divisional place7th
OwnersDanny Kaye
General managerLou Gorman
ManagerDarrell Johnson
TelevisionKING-TV 5
RadioKVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson)
← 1977
1979 →
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 9270 .568 — 56‍–‍25 36‍–‍45
Texas Rangers 8775 .537 5 52‍–‍30 35‍–‍45
California Angels 8775 .537 5 50‍–‍31 37‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins 7389 .451 19 38‍–‍43 35‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox 7190 .441 20½ 38‍–‍42 33‍–‍48
Oakland Athletics 6993 .426 23 38‍–‍42 31‍–‍51
Seattle Mariners 56104 .350 35 32‍–‍49 24‍–‍55
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Record vs. opponents

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1978 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–84–68–19–67–82–87–85–56–911–09–17–48–7
Boston 8–7—9–27–37–812–34–610–59–27–95–57–33–711–4
California 6–42–9—8–76–44–79–65–512–35–59–69–65–107–3
Chicago 1–83–77–8—8–22–98–74–78–71–97–87–811–44–6
Cleveland 6–98–74–62–8—5–105–65–105–56–94–68–11–910–4
Detroit 8–73–127–49–210–5—4–67–84–64–116–48–27–39–6
Kansas City 8–26–46–97–86–56–4—6–47–86–510–512–37–85–5
Milwaukee 8–75–105–57–410–58–74–6—4–710–59–15–56–412–3
Minnesota 5–52–93–127–85–56–48–77–4—3–79–66–96–96–4
New York 9–69–75–59–19–611–45–65–107–3—8–26–56–411–4
Oakland 0–115–56–98–76–44–65–101–96–92–8—13–26–97–4
Seattle 1–93–76–98–71–82–83–125–59–65–62–13—3–128–2
Texas 4–77–310–54–119–13–78–74–69–64–69–612–3—4–7
Toronto 7–84–113–76–44–106–95–53–124–64–114–72–87–4—
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Season summary

Notable transactions

1978 Roster

1978 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBob Stinson12436494.2581155
1BDan Meyer123444101.227856
2BJulio Cruz147550129.235125
SSCraig Reynolds148548160.292544
3BBill Stein114403105.261437
LFBruce Bochte140486128.2631151
CFRuppert Jones129472111.235646
RFLeon Roberts134472142.3012292
DHLeroy Stanton9330255.182324
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tom Paciorek7025175.299430
Larry Milbourne9323453.254220
John Hale10721136.171422
Bob Robertson6417440.230828
Juan Bernhardt5416538.230212
Bill Plummer419320.21527
Steve Braun327417.230315
Kevin Pasley255413.24115
José Báez23508.16002
Charlie Beamon10112.18200
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Paul Mitchell29168.08144.1875
Glenn Abbott29155.17155.2767
Rick Honeycutt26134.15114.8950
Jim Colborn20114.13105.3526
Byron McLaughlin20107.0484.3787
Dick Pole2198.24116.4841
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rick Jones312.1025.8411
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Enrique Romo56117103.6962
Shane Rawley524944.1266
Jim Todd493433.8837
Tom House345404.6629
Mike Parrott271515.1441
John Montague191323.8837
Steve Burke180103.4916
Tom Brown60004.158
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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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Level Team League Manager
AAA San Jose Missions Pacific Coast League Rene Lachemann
A Stockton Mariners California League Bobby Floyd
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Bob Didier
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After fielding only one minor league affiliate in 1977, the Mariners added a Triple-A and Single-A team in 1978.[11][12]

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