1978 Seattle Mariners season

March 2026 November 2013 Seattle Mariners 1978 American League West Kingdome Seattle, Washington 56 104 y 7th Danny Kaye Lou Gorman Darrell Johnson KING-TV 5 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 last in the American League West with a record of 56 104 y, their first last place finish and six games worse than their inaugural season. Offseason December 5, 1977: Received Leon Roberts in a trade with the Houston Astros for Jimmy Sexton.Durso Joseph 1977-12-06 Angels’ Bonds Is Acquired By White Sox https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/06/archives/angels-bonds-is-acquired-by-white-sox-white-sox-acquire-bonds-in.html 2026-04-06 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 December 7: Received Mike Parrott in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles for Carlos López and Tommy Moore.December 8, 1977 Messersmith A Yank, Orioles Trade Twice https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19771208.2.115&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 The Desert Sun California Digital Newspaper Collection Associated Press December 9: Traded Dave Collins to the Cincinnati Reds for Shane Rawley.1977-12-10 Reds acquire Dave Collins https://www.newspapers.com/article/argus-leader-reds-acquire-dave-collins/148254379/ 2026-04-06 Argus-Leader 19 December 20: Bruce Bochte signed as a free agent. March 27, 1978: Bob Galasso, Mike Kekich, and Skip Jutze were released by the Mariners.1978 Seattle Mariners Trades and Transactions https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1978-transactions.shtml 2026-04-06 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents SEA Season summary April 1, 1982: Newly acquired outfielder Leon Roberts hit a grand slam on Opening Day.Retrosheet Boxscore: Minnesota Twins 8, Seattle Mariners 6 https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B04090SEA1978.htm 2026-04-06 www.retrosheet.org July 11: Craig Reynolds, Seattle's representative in the All-Star Game, does not play in the game.1978 MLB All-Star Game Roster http://www.espn.com/mlb/allstargame/history/results/_/year/1978 2026-04-06 ESPN.com1978 All-Star Game Box Score, July 11 https://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/1978-allstar-game.shtml 2026-04-06 Baseball-Reference.com en October 1: Kevin Pasley hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.https://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last at Bat Baseball Almanac Notable transactions May 31, 1978: Tom Paciorek signs as a free agent with Seattle.Stone Larry Memoirs - 20 Years Of Mariners -- List Of Paciorek's Favorites Even Includes The Kingdome https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970817/2555266/memoirs---20-years-of-mariners----list-of-pacioreks-favorites-even-includes-the-kingdome 2026-04-06 The Seattle Times June 1: Steve Braun traded to the Kansas City Royals for Jim Colborn. June 6: 1978 MLB draft. Dave Valle selected in the second round. Vance McHenry selected in the 11th round.Vance McHenry page at Baseball Reference 1978 Roster 1978 Seattle Mariners Roster Pitchers 17 Glenn Abbott 42 Tom Brown 39 Steve Burke 48 Jim Colborn 40 Rick Honeycutt 29 Tom House 46 Rick Jones 30 Byron McLaughlin 34 Paul Mitchell 25 John Montague 20 Mike Parrott 13,45 Dick Pole 41 Shane Rawley 43 Enrique Romo 27 Jim Todd Catchers 18 Kevin Pasley  3 Bill Plummer 15 Bob Stinson Infielders 14 José Báez 11 Charlie Beamon 26 Juan Bernhardt  2 Julio Cruz  7 Dan Meyer 10 Larry Milbourne 12 Craig Reynolds  6 Bob Robertson  1 Bill Stein Outfielders 23 Bruce Bochte  4 Steve Braun 44 John Hale  9 Ruppert Jones 14 Tom Paciorek  8 Leon Roberts 36 Leroy Stanton 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 Bob Stinson (baseball) 124 364 94 .258 11 55 1B Dan Meyer Dan Meyer (first baseman) 123 444 101 .227 8 56 2B Julio Cruz Julio Cruz (baseball) 147 550 129 .235 1 25 SS Craig Reynolds Craig Reynolds (baseball) 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 John Hale (baseball) 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 Steve Braun (baseball) 32 74 17 .230 3 15 Kevin Pasley 25 54 13 .241 1 5 José Báez José Báez (baseball) 23 50 8 .160 0 2 Charlie Beamon Charlie Beamon, Jr. 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 Paul Mitchell (baseball) 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 Rick Jones (pitcher) 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 Jim Todd (baseball) 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 John Montague (baseball) 19 1 3 2 3.88 37 Steve Burke Steve Burke (baseball) 18 0 1 0 3.49 16 Tom Brown Tom Brown (pitcher) 6 0 0 0 4.15 8 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 After fielding only one minor league affiliate in 1977, the Mariners added a Triple-A and Single-A team in 1978.https://archive.org/details/seattle-mariners-1978-media-guide-c/Seattle%20Mariners%201978%20Media%20Guide%20%28C%29/page/78/ 1978 Seattle Mariners Media Guide 78Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1978 Seattle Mariners at [Baseball Reference] 1978 Seattle Mariners team page at [Baseball Almanac] Category:Seattle Mariners seasons Seattle Mariners season Seattle Mariners