1979 Seattle Mariners season

March 2026 November 2013 Seattle Mariners 1979 American League West Kingdome Seattle, Washington 67 95 y 6th Stanley Golub, Danny Kaye,Walter Schoenfeld, Lester Smith,James Stillwell, Jr., James A. Walsh Lou Gorman Darrell Johnson KING-TV 5 KVI 570 AM(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson,Bill Freehan) 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 with a record of 67 95 y. The Mariners hosted the All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 17. 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.Enrique Romo page at Baseball Reference December 8, 1978: Craig Reynolds was traded by the Mariners to the Houston Astros for Floyd Bannister.Floyd Bannister page at Baseball Reference December 21, 1978: Mario Díaz was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mariners.Mario Díaz page at Baseball Reference January 27, 1979: Willie Horton was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference February 8, 1979: Jim Todd was released by the Mariners.Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference February 22, 1979: Mike Davey was purchased by the Mariners from the Atlanta Braves.Mike Davey page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents SEA Opening Day lineup Julio Cruz, 2B Bill Stein, 3B Dan Meyer, 1B Leon Roberts, RF Willie Horton, DH Ruppert Jones, CF Tom Paciorek, LF Larry Cox, C Mario Mendoza, SS Glenn Abbott, starting pitcher Notable transactions April 10, 1979: Bobby Valentine signed as a free agent by the Mariners.Bobby Valentine page at Baseball Reference June 5, 1979: 1979 Major League Baseball draft Mike Hart was drafted by the Mariners in the 13th round.Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference Bud Black was drafted by the Mariners in the 17th round.Bud Black page at Baseball Reference Tom Henke was drafted by the Mariners in the 20th round, but did not sign.Tom Henke page at Baseball Reference June 7, 1979: Paul Mitchell was traded by the Mariners to the Milwaukee Brewers for Randy Stein.Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference July 6, 1979: Juan Bernhardt was traded by the Mariners to the Chicago White Sox for Rich Hinton.Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference 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 Mariners. The National League defeated 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 (Bullpen) 30 Bill Mazeroski (Third base) 28 Vada Pinson (First base/Hitting) 32 Wes Stock (Pitching) Game log Regular season Legend Mariners win Mariners loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff race BoldMariners team member Seattle Mariners 1977thru1992 1979 regular season game log: 67–95 (Home: 36–45; Away: 31–50) y Seattle Mariners 1977thru1992 April: 8–15 (Home: 8–10; Away: 0–5) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y Seattle Mariners 1977thru1992 May: 10–18 (Home: 4–8; Away: 6–10) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y Seattle Mariners 1977thru1992 June: 16–12 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–6) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y Seattle Mariners 1977thru1992 July: 11–18 (Home: 4–5; Away: 7–13) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;" | — || July 17, 1979 || 5:30p.m. PDT || 50th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Kingdome, Seattle, Washington) |- y Seattle Mariners 1977thru1992 August: 12–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 5–8) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y Seattle Mariners 1977thru1992 September: 10–16 (Home: 4–8; Away: 6–8) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 Larry Cox Larry Cox (baseball) 100 293 63 .215 4 36 1B Bruce Bochte 150 554 175 .316 16 100 2B Julio Cruz Julio Cruz (baseball) 107 414 112 .271 1 29 3B Dan Meyer Dan Meyer (first baseman) 144 525 146 .278 20 74 SS Mario Mendoza 148 373 74 .198 1 24 LF Tom Paciorek 103 310 83 .267 6 42 CF Ruppert Jones 162 622 166 .267 21 78 RF Leon Roberts 140 450 122 .271 15 54 DH Willie Horton Willie Horton (baseball) 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 Larry Milbourne 123 356 99 .278 2 26 Joe Simpson 120 265 75 .283 2 27 Bill Stein 88 250 62 .248 7 27 Bob Stinson 95 247 60 .243 6 28 Bobby Valentine 62 98 27 .276 0 7 John Hale 54 63 14 .222 2 7 Rod Craig 16 52 20 .385 0 6 Charlie Beamon Charlie Beamon, Jr. 27 25 5 .200 0 0 Juan Bernhardt 1 1 1 1.000 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 Mike Parrott 38 229.1 14 12 3.77 127 Rick Honeycutt 33 194.0 11 12 4.04 83 Floyd Bannister 30 182.1 10 15 4.05 115 Odell Jones 25 118.2 3 11 6.07 72 Glenn Abbott 23 116.2 4 10 5.17 25 Roy 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 Rob Dressler 21 104.0 3 2 4.93 36 Paul Mitchell Paul Mitchell (baseball) 10 36.2 1 4 4.42 18 Joe Decker 9 27.1 0 1 4.28 12 Wayne Twitchell 4 13.2 0 2 5.27 5 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 Byron McLaughlin 47 7 7 14 4.22 74 Shane Rawley 48 5 9 11 3.84 48 John Montague John Montague (baseball) 41 6 4 1 5.57 60 Randy Stein 23 2 3 0 5.88 39 Rich Hinton 14 0 2 0 5.40 7 Rafael Vásquez Rafael Vásquez (baseball) 9 1 0 0 5.06 9 Jim Lewis Jim Lewis (1980s pitcher) 2 0 0 0 15.43 0 Awards and honors All-Stars 1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Bruce Bochte, reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San JoseJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1979 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference 1979 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Seattle Mariners seasons Seattle Mariners season Seattle Mariners