1979 Seattle Mariners season

1979 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (since 1977)
Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stanley Golub, Danny Kaye, Walter Schoenfeld, Lester Smith, James Stillwell, Jr. and James A. Walsh
General manager(s)	Lou Gorman
Manager(s)	Darrell Johnson
Local television	KING-TV 5
Local radio	KVI 570 AM (Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson, Bill Freehan)
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The 1979 Seattle Mariners season was the franchise's third since its creation. The Mariners ended the season in sixth place in the American League West, finishing with a record of 67-95. The Mariners hosted the 1979 All-Star Game.

Offseason

December 5, 1978: Enrique Romo, Rick Jones, and Tom McMillan were traded by the Mariners to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Odell Jones, Rafael Vásquez, and Mario Mendoza.^[1]
December 8, 1978: Craig Reynolds was traded by the Mariners to the Houston Astros for Floyd Bannister.^[2]
December 21, 1978: Mario Díaz was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mariners.^[3]
January 27, 1979: Willie Horton was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[4]
February 8, 1979: Jim Todd was released by the Mariners.^[5]
February 22, 1979: Mike Davey was purchased by the Mariners from the Atlanta Braves.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
California Angels	88	74	0.543	—	49–32	39–42
Kansas City Royals	85	77	0.525	3	46–35	39–42
Texas Rangers	83	79	0.512	5	44–37	39–42
Minnesota Twins	82	80	0.506	6	39–42	43–38
Chicago White Sox	73	87	0.456	14	33–46	40–41
Seattle Mariners	67	95	0.414	21	36–45	31–50
Oakland Athletics	54	108	0.333	34	31–50	23–58

Record vs. opponents

1979 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	9–3	8–3	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5	8–4	5–6	8–4	10–2	6–6	11–2
Boston	5–8	—	5–7	5–6	6–7	8–5	8–4	8–4	9–3	5–8	9–3	8–4	6–6	9–4
California	3–9	7–5	—	9–4	6–6	4–8	7–6	7–5	9–4	7–5	10–3	7–6	5–8	7–5
Chicago	3–8	6–5	4–9	—	6–6	3–9	5–8	5–7	5–8	4–8	9–4	5–8	11–2	7–5
Cleveland	5–8	7–6	6–6	6–6	—	6–6	6–6	4–9	8–4	5–8	8–4	7–5	5–7	8–5
Detroit	6–7	5–8	8–4	9–3	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	7–6	7–5	7–5	6–6	9–4
Kansas City	6–6	4–8	6–7	8–5	6–6	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	5–7	9–4	7–6	6–7	9–3
Milwaukee	5–8	4–8	5–7	7–5	9–4	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	9–4	6–6	9–3	9–3	10–3
Minnesota	4–8	3–9	4–9	8–5	4–8	8–4	6–7	4–8	—	7–5	9–4	10–3	4–9	11–1
New York	6–5	8–5	5–7	8–4	8–5	6–7	7–5	4–9	5–7	—	9–3	6–6	8–4	9–4
Oakland	4–8	3–9	3–10	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	6–6	4–9	3–9	—	8–5	2–11	4–8
Seattle	2–10	4–8	6–7	8–5	5–7	5–7	6–7	3–9	3–10	6–6	5–8	—	6–7	8–4
Texas	6–6	6–6	8–5	2–11	7–5	6–6	7–6	3–9	9–4	4–8	11–2	7–6	—	7–5
Toronto	2–11	4–9	5–7	5–7	5–8	4–9	3–9	3–10	1–11	4–9	8–4	4–8	5–7	—

Opening Day lineup

Glenn Abbott, starting pitcher

Notable transactions

April 10, 1979: Bobby Valentine was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[7]
June 5, 1979: 1979 Major League Baseball Draft
- Mike Hart was drafted by the Mariners in the 13th round.^[8]
- Bud Black was drafted by the Mariners in the 17th round.^[9]
- Tom Henke was drafted by the Mariners in the 20th round, but did not sign.^[10]
June 7, 1979: Paul Mitchell was traded by the Mariners to the Milwaukee Brewers for Randy Stein.^[11]
July 6, 1979: Juan Bernhardt was traded by the Mariners to the Chicago White Sox for Rich Hinton.^[12]

All-Star Game

The 1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 50th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 17, 1979 at The Kingdome, the home of the Seattle Mariners of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 7-6.

Roster

1979 Seattle Mariners

Roster

Pitchers

17 Glenn Abbott

38 Floyd Bannister

29 Roy Branch

35 Joe Decker

24 Rob Dressler

37 Rich Hinton

40 Rick Honeycutt

36 Odell Jones

26 Jim Lewis

27 Byron McLaughlin

34 Paul Mitchell

25 John Montague

20 Mike Parrott

41 Shane Rawley

33 Randy Stein

35 Wayne Twitchell

21 Rafael Vásquez

Catchers

5 Larry Cox

15 Bob Stinson

Infielders

12 Charlie Beamon

23 Bruce Bochte

6 Julio Cruz

11 Mario Mendoza

7 Dan Meyer

10 Larry Milbourne

1 Bill Stein

2 Bobby Valentine

Outfielders

19 Rod Craig

43 John Hale

9 Ruppert Jones

14 Tom Paciorek

8 Leon Roberts

18 Joe Simpson

Other batters

26 Juan Bernhardt

53 Willie Horton

Manager

22 Darrell Johnson

Coaches

31 Don Bryant

30 Bill Mazeroski

28 Vada Pinson

32 Wes Stock

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Cox, LarryLarry Cox	100	293	63	.215	4	36
2B	Cruz, JulioJulio Cruz	107	414	112	.271	1	29
3B	Meyer, DanDan Meyer	144	525	146	.278	20	74
SS	Mendoza, MarioMario Mendoza	148	373	74	.198	1	24
LF	Paciorek, TomTom Paciorek	103	310	83	.267	6	42
CF	Jones, RuppertRuppert Jones	162	622	166	.267	21	78
RF	Roberts, LeonLeon Roberts	140	450	122	.271	15	54
DH	Horton, WillieWillie Horton	162	646	180	.279	29	106

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Stein, BillBill Stein	88	250	62	.248	7	27
Valentine, BobbyBobby Valentine	62	98	27	.276	0	7
Beamon, CharlieCharlie Beamon	27	25	5	.276	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Honeycutt, RickRick Honeycutt	33	194	11	12	4.04	83
Bannister, FloydFloyd Bannister	30	182.1	10	15	4.05	115
Abbott, GlennGlenn Abbott	23	116.2	4	10	5.17	25
Jones, OdellOdell Jones	25	118.2	3	11	6.07	72
Branch, RoyRoy Branch	2	11.1	0	1	7.94	6

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dressler, RobRob Dressler	21	104	3	2	4.93	36
Mitchell, PaulPaul Mitchell	10	36.2	1	4	4.42	18
Decker, JoeJoe Decker	9	27.1	0	1	4.28	12

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Montague, JohnJohn Montague	41	6	4	1	5.57	60
Stein, RandyRandy Stein	23	2	3	0	5.88	39
Hinton, RichRich Hinton	14	0	2	0	5.40	7
Vásquez, RafaelRafael Vásquez	9	1	0	0	5.06	9
Lewis, JimJim Lewis	2	0	0	0	15.43	0

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Bruce Bochte, reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Spokane Indians	Pacific Coast League	Rene Lachemann
A	San Jose Missions	California League	Bob Didier
A	Alexandria Mariners	Carolina League	Bobby Floyd
A-Short Season	Bellingham Mariners	Northwest League	Jeff Scott

Notes

↑ Enrique Romo page at Baseball Reference
↑ Floyd Bannister page at Baseball Reference
↑ Mario Díaz page at Baseball Reference
↑ Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference
↑ Mike Davey page at Baseball Reference
↑ Bobby Valentine page at Baseball Reference
↑ Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
↑ Bud Black page at Baseball Reference
↑ Tom Henke page at Baseball Reference
↑ Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

1979 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1979 MLB draft 1979 All-Star Game 1979 World Series

Seattle Mariners

Based in Seattle, Washington

Franchise

Ballparks

Kingdome Safeco Field

Spring training:	Tempe Diablo Stadium Peoria Sports Complex

Culture

Lore

Key personnel

Owner: Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO John Stanton
President: Kevin Mather
General Manager: Jerry Dipoto
Manager: Scott Servais

Retired numbers

All-Star Games hosted (2)

1979
2001

American League
West Division titles (3)

Wild card berths (1)

2000

Minor league affiliates

Broadcasting

Television	Root Sports Northwest

Radio	ESPN-710 Radio network affiliates

Broadcasters	Rick Rizzs Dave Sims Mike Blowers Aaron Goldsmith Julio Cruz (Spanish) Alex Rivera (Spanish)

Seasons (41)

1970s	1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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