1978 Seattle Mariners season

1978 Seattle Mariners
1978 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Kingdome
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	56–104 (.350)
Divisional place	7th
Owners	Danny Kaye
General managers	Lou Gorman
Managers	Darrell Johnson
Television	KING-TV 5
Radio	KVI 570 AM; (Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson)

The 1978 Seattle Mariners season was the second in franchise history. The Mariners ended the season by finishing seventh in the American League West with a record of 56–104 (.350).

Offseason

March 27, 1978: Bob Galasso was released by the Mariners.^[1]
March 27, 1978: Mike Kekich was released by the Mariners.^[2]

Regular season

October 1, 1978: Kevin Pasley hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.^[3]

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	—	56‍–‍25	36‍–‍45
Texas Rangers	87	75	.537	5	52‍–‍30	35‍–‍45
California Angels	87	75	.537	5	50‍–‍31	37‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins	73	89	.451	19	38‍–‍43	35‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox	71	90	.441	20½	38‍–‍42	33‍–‍48
Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	23	38‍–‍42	31‍–‍51
Seattle Mariners	56	104	.350	35	32‍–‍49	24‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–8	4–6	8–1	9–6	7–8	2–8	7–8	5–5	6–9	11–0	9–1	7–4	8–7
Boston	8–7	—	9–2	7–3	7–8	12–3	4–6	10–5	9–2	7–9	5–5	7–3	3–7	11–4
California	6–4	2–9	—	8–7	6–4	4–7	9–6	5–5	12–3	5–5	9–6	9–6	5–10	7–3
Chicago	1–8	3–7	7–8	—	8–2	2–9	8–7	4–7	8–7	1–9	7–8	7–8	11–4	4–6
Cleveland	6–9	8–7	4–6	2–8	—	5–10	5–6	5–10	5–5	6–9	4–6	8–1	1–9	10–4
Detroit	8–7	3–12	7–4	9–2	10–5	—	4–6	7–8	4–6	4–11	6–4	8–2	7–3	9–6
Kansas City	8–2	6–4	6–9	7–8	6–5	6–4	—	6–4	7–8	6–5	10–5	12–3	7–8	5–5
Milwaukee	8–7	5–10	5–5	7–4	10–5	8–7	4–6	—	4–7	10–5	9–1	5–5	6–4	12–3
Minnesota	5–5	2–9	3–12	7–8	5–5	6–4	8–7	7–4	—	3–7	9–6	6–9	6–9	6–4
New York	9–6	9–7	5–5	9–1	9–6	11–4	5–6	5–10	7–3	—	8–2	6–5	6–4	11–4
Oakland	0–11	5–5	6–9	8–7	6–4	4–6	5–10	1–9	6–9	2–8	—	13–2	6–9	7–4
Seattle	1–9	3–7	6–9	8–7	1–8	2–8	3–12	5–5	9–6	5–6	2–13	—	3–12	8–2
Texas	4–7	7–3	10–5	4–11	9–1	3–7	8–7	4–6	9–6	4–6	9–6	12–3	—	4–7
Toronto	7–8	4–11	3–7	6–4	4–10	6–9	5–5	3–12	4–6	4–11	4–7	2–8	7–4	—

Notable transactions

June 6, 1978: Vance McHenry was drafted by the Mariners in the 11th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Roster

1978 Seattle Mariners

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

22 Darrell Johnson

Coaches

31 Don Bryant (Bullpen)
33 Jim Busby (Third base)
28 Vada Pinson (First base/Hitting)
32 Wes Stock (Pitching)

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	Bob Stinson	124	364	94	.258	11	55
1B	Dan Meyer	123	444	101	.227	8	56
2B	Julio Cruz	147	550	129	.235	1	25
SS	Craig Reynolds	148	548	160	.292	5	44
3B	Bill Stein	114	403	105	.261	4	37
LF	Bruce Bochte	140	486	128	.263	11	51
CF	Ruppert Jones	129	472	111	.235	6	46
RF	Leon Roberts	134	472	142	.301	22	92
DH	Leroy Stanton	93	302	55	.182	3	24

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
Tom Paciorek	70	251	75	.299	4	30
Larry Milbourne	93	234	53	.254	2	20
John Hale	107	211	36	.171	4	22
Bob Robertson	64	174	40	.230	8	28
Juan Bernhardt	54	165	38	.230	2	12
Bill Plummer	41	93	20	.215	2	7
Steve Braun	32	74	17	.230	3	15
Kevin Pasley	25	54	13	.241	1	5
José Báez	23	50	8	.160	0	2
Charlie Beamon	10	11	2	.182	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
Paul Mitchell	29	168.0	8	14	4.18	75
Glenn Abbott	29	155.1	7	15	5.27	67
Rick Honeycutt	26	134.1	5	11	4.89	50
Jim Colborn	20	114.1	3	10	5.35	26
Byron McLaughlin	20	107.0	4	8	4.37	87
Dick Pole	21	98.2	4	11	6.48	41

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
Rick Jones	3	12.1	0	2	5.84	11

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
Enrique Romo	56	11	7	10	3.69	62
Shane Rawley	52	4	9	4	4.12	66
Jim Todd	49	3	4	3	3.88	37
Tom House	34	5	4	0	4.66	29
Mike Parrott	27	1	5	1	5.14	41
John Montague	19	1	3	2	3.88	37
Steve Burke	18	0	1	0	3.49	16
Tom Brown	6	0	0	0	4.15	8

Farm system

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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Notes

^ Bob Galasso page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference
^ "Home Run in Last at Bat | Baseball Almanac".
^ Vance McHenry 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

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[1] Bob Galasso page at Baseball Reference

[2] Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference

[3] "Home Run in Last at Bat | Baseball Almanac".

[4] Vance McHenry page at Baseball Reference

[5] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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