1977 Seattle Mariners season

The 1977 Seattle Mariners season was the first season in franchise history, which was established via the 1977 Major League Baseball expansion. The creation of the Mariners brought baseball back to Seattle, which had been without a major league team since the Seattle Pilots left for Milwaukee to become the Brewers in April 1970.

1977 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Kingdome
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	64–98 (.395)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	Danny Kaye
General managers	Dick Vertlieb/Lou Gorman
Managers	Darrell Johnson
Television	KING-TV 5 (NBC)
Radio	KVI 570 AM (Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson)
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The Mariners ended the 1977 season by narrowly avoiding last place (held by the Oakland Athletics), finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 64–98 (.395), 38 games behind the AL West champion Kansas City Royals.

Offseason

• September 3, 1976: Former Red Sox manager Darrell Johnson is hired to be the team's first manager. Lou Gorman, Seattle's director of baseball operations, states that Johnson will help in scouting players for the upcoming expansion draft.^[1]
• October 1, 1976: Dave Johnson was purchased by the Mariners from the Baltimore Orioles.^[2]
• October 22, 1976: Diego Seguí was purchased by the Mariners from the San Diego Padres.^[3]
• November 5, 1976: The 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft was held. The Mariners (along with their expansion partners, the Toronto Blue Jays) selected 30 players to fill their major league roster.
• April 1, 1977: Mike Kekich was purchased by the Mariners from the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo.^[4]

Regular season

The first game

Linescore

April 6, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
California	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	7	9	1
Seattle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
W: Frank Tanana (1–0)  L: Diego Seguí (0–1)
HRs: Joe Rudi (1)

Boxscore

Batting

California Angels	AB	R	H	RBI	Seattle Mariners	AB	R	H	RBI
Remy, 2b	3	1	0	0	Collins, DH	4	0	0	0
Grich, ss	4	0	0	0	Báez, 2B	4	0	2	0
Bonds, rf	5	1	0	0	Braun, LF	3	0	1	0
Baylor, dh	3	1	1	1	Stanton, RF	4	0	1	0
Rudi, lf	5	1	3	4	Stein, 3B	4	0	2	0
Solaita, 1b	5	0	1	0	Meyer, 1B	4	0	0	0
Bochte, cf	3	2	2	0	Jones, CF	4	0	0	0
Chalk, 3b	5	0	1	0	Stinson, C	3	0	1	0
Humphrey, c	4	1	1	2	Reynolds, SS	4	0	2	0
Totals	37	7	9	7	Totals	34	0	9	0

Pitching

California Angels	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	Seattle Mariners	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Tanana, W, (1–0)	9.0	9	0	0	2	9	Seguí, L, (0–1)	3.2	5	6	4	3	3
							Montague	5.1	4	1	1	3	3
Totals	9.0	9	0	0	2	9	Totals	9.0	9	7	5	6	6

^[5]

Other notable events

• April 10, 1977: Designated hitter Juan Bernhardt hit the first home run in team history.^[6]
• April 13, 1977: The first extra innings game in team history resulted in a 3–2 win over the Minnesota Twins.
• May 19, 1977: The first shutout win in team history was a 3–0 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
• July 1, 1977: The Milwaukee Brewers played their first game in Seattle since 1969, when they were the Seattle Pilots. The Brewers beat the hometown Mariners, 2–1.
• July 8, 1977: Scored the most runs of the season in a 13–11 win against the Minnesota Twins.

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	102	60	.630	—	55‍–‍26	47‍–‍34
Texas Rangers	94	68	.580	8	44‍–‍37	50‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox	90	72	.556	12	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins	84	77	.522	17½	48‍–‍32	36‍–‍45
California Angels	74	88	.457	28	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners	64	98	.395	38	29‍–‍52	35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	63	98	.391	38½	35‍–‍46	28‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1977 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–8	5–6	5–5	11–4	12–3	4–7	11–4	6–4	8–7	8–2	7–3	4–6	10–5
Boston	8–6	—	7–3	3–7	8–7	9–6	5–5	9–6	4–6	8–7	8–3	10–1	6–4	12–3
California	6–5	3–7	—	8–7	6–4	4–6	6–9	5–5	7–8	4–7	5–10	9–6	5–10	6–4
Chicago	5–5	7–3	7–8	—	6–4	4–6	8–7	6–5	10–5	3–7	10–5	10–5	6–9	8–3
Cleveland	4–11	7–8	4–6	4–6	—	8–7	3–7	11–4	2–9	3–12	7–3	7–3	2–9	9–5
Detroit	3–12	6–9	6–4	6–4	7–8	—	3–8	10–5	5–5	6–9	5–5	5–6	2–8	10–5
Kansas City	7–4	5–5	9–6	7–8	7–3	8–3	—	8–2	10–5	5–5	9–6	11–4	8–7	8–2
Milwaukee	4–11	6–9	5–5	5–6	4–11	5–10	2–8	—	3–8	8–7	5–5	7–3	5–5	8–7
Minnesota	4–6	6–4	8–7	5–10	9–2	5–5	5–10	8–3	—	2–8	8–6	7–8	8–7	9–1
New York	7–8	7–8	7–4	7–3	12–3	9–6	5–5	7–8	8–2	—	9–2	6–4	7–3	9–6
Oakland	2–8	3–8	10–5	5–10	3–7	5–5	6–9	5–5	6–8	2–9	—	7–8	2–13	7–3
Seattle	3–7	1–10	6–9	5–10	3–7	6–5	4–11	3–7	8–7	4–6	8–7	—	9–6	4–6
Texas	6–4	4–6	10–5	9–6	9–2	8–2	7–8	5–5	7–8	3–7	13–2	6–9	—	7–4
Toronto	5–10	3–12	4–6	3–8	5–9	5–10	2–8	7–8	1–9	6–9	3–7	6–4	4–7	—

Notable transactions

• April 20, 1977: Pete Broberg was traded by the Mariners to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Jim Todd to the Mariners on October 25.^[7]
• May 2, 1977: Dave Johnson was purchased from the Mariners by the Minnesota Twins.^[2]
• June 7, 1977: Tony Phillips was drafted by the Mariners in the 16th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[8]
• July 27, 1977: Dave Pagan was traded by the Mariners to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Rick Honeycutt to the Mariners on August 22.^[9]
• August 2, 1977: Stan Thomas was traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for future considerations.^[10]
• September 9, 1977: Bill Laxton and cash were traded by the Mariners to the Cleveland Indians for Ray Fosse.^[11]

Roster

1977 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 17 Glenn Abbott 39 Steve Burke 35 Greg Erardi 19 Bob Galasso 40 Rick Honeycutt 29 Tom House 46 Rick Jones 37 Mike Kekich 38 Bill Laxton 24 Frank MacCormack 30 Byron McLaughlin 41 Doc Medich 34 Paul Mitchell 25 John Montague 20 Tommy Moore 30 Dave Pagan 45 Dick Pole 43 Enrique Romo 27 Diego Seguí 23 Stan Thomas 16 Gary Wheelock		Catchers  6 Larry Cox 38 Ray Fosse  3 Skip Jutze 18 Kevin Pasley 15 Bob Stinson Infielders 14 José Báez 26 Juan Bernhardt  2 Julio Cruz 18 Joe Lis 21 Tom McMillan  7 Dan Meyer 10 Larry Milbourne 12 Craig Reynolds 20 Jimmy Sexton  1 Bill Stein		Outfielders  4 Steve Braun  5 Dave Collins 23 Puchy Delgado  9 Ruppert Jones  8 Carlos López 11 Tommy Smith 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)

Game log

1977 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 6 California Angels 0–7 Tanana (1–0) Segui (0–1) 57,762 0–1 L1 2 April 7 California Angels 0–2 Ryan (1–0) Romo (0–1) 10,144 0–2 L2 3 April 8 California Angels 7–6 Laxton (1–0) Verhoeven (0–1) 11,845 1–2 W1 4 April 9 California Angels 5–1 Wheelock (1–0) Simpson (0–1) Montague (1) 27,668 2–2 W2 5 April 10 California Angels 5–12 Tanana (2–0) Abbott (0–1) 10,405 2–3 L1 6 April 11 Minnesota Twins 3–12 Zahn (1–0) Segui (0–2) 8,979 2–4 L2 7 April 12 Minnesota Twins 2–3 Schueler (1–1) Laxton (1–1) Burgmeier (2) 8,589 2–5 L3 8 April 13 Minnesota Twins 3–2 Moore (1–0) Burgmeier (0–1) 11,635 3–5 W1 9 April 14 Minnesota Twins 4–3 Wheelock (2–0) Redfern (0–2) Montague (2) 9,167 4–5 W2 10 April 15 @ California Angels 0–7 Ryan (2–1) Abbott (0–2) 34,654 4–6 L1 11 April 16 @ California Angels 4–6 Hartzell (1–0) Montague (0–1) Kirkwood (1) 19,690 4–7 L2 12 April 17 @ California Angels 11–7 Kekich (1–0) Monge (0–1) Pagan (1) 13,813 5–7 W1 13 April 18 Texas Rangers 8–6 Thomas (1–0) Alexander (1–1) Laxton (1) 9,535 6–7 W2 14 April 19 Texas Rangers 1–3 Lindblad (1–0) Wheelock (2–1) 10,947 6–8 L1 15 April 20 Texas Rangers 2–5 Briles (1–0) Montague (0–2) Devine (1) 10,763 6–9 L2 16 April 22 Kansas City Royals 5–6 Littell (2–1) Pagan (0–1) Gura (2) 19,756 6–10 L3 17 April 23 Kansas City Royals 6–8 Leonard (1–0) Segui (0–3) Gura (3) 22,685 6–11 L4 18 April 24 Kansas City Royals 1–16 Colborn (3–1) Wheelock (2–2) DH 6–12 L5 19 April 24 Kansas City Royals 4–2 Montague (1–2) Splittorff (1–1) 21,734 7–12 W1 20 April 26 @ Minnesota Twins 3–5 Burgmeier (2–1) Thomas (1–1) Johnson (2) 3,422 7–13 L1 21 April 27 @ Minnesota Twins 3–5 Johnson (3–0) Moore (1–1) Burgmeier (3) 3,170 7–14 L2 22 April 28 @ Minnesota Twins 4–3 Montague (2–2) Goltz (0–2) 3,766 8–14 W1 23 April 29 @ New York Yankees 0–3 Guidry (2–0) Thomas (1–2) Lyle (5) 15,284 8–15 L1 24 April 30 @ New York Yankees 2–7 Figueroa (2–2) Wheelock (2–3) 19,525 8–16 L2
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 25 May 1 @ New York Yankees 2–5 Holtzman (2–1) Abbott (0–3) Lyle (6) 20,477 8–17 L3 26 May 3 @ Boston Red Sox 10–8 Montague (3–2) Wise (1–2) Pagan (2) 12,422 9–17 W1 27 May 4 @ Boston Red Sox 2–5 Cleveland (2–2) Thomas (1–3) Campbell (3) 11,408 9–18 L1 28 May 5 @ Boston Red Sox 2–5 Jenkins (4–1) Segui (0–4) 10,358 9–19 L2 29 May 6 @ Baltimore Orioles 1–4 Grimsley (3–1) Abbott (0–4) 4,402 9–20 L3 30 May 7 @ Baltimore Orioles 2–4 May (3–3) Jones (0–1) Flanagan (1) 16,212 9–21 L4 31 May 8 @ Baltimore Orioles 4–6 Palmer (5–1) Pole (0–1) McGregor (1) 9,638 9–22 L5 32 May 9 @ Toronto Blue Jays 4–10 Singer (2–4) Thomas (1–4) 11,680 9–23 L6 33 May 10 @ Toronto Blue Jays 3–9 Garvin (5–0) Montague (3–3) 13,017 9–24 L7 34 May 11 New York Yankees 5–2 Laxton (2–1) Holtzman (2–2) Romo (1) 23,978 10–24 W1 35 May 12 New York Yankees 8–6 Moore (2–1) Hunter (1–2) 42,132 11–24 W2 36 May 13 Boston Red Sox 5–7 Willoughby (3–0) Romo (0–2) Campbell (4) 20,523 11–25 L1 37 May 14 Boston Red Sox 4–8 Stanley (3–0) Thomas (1–5) Campbell (5) 52,485 11–26 L2 38 May 15 Boston Red Sox 4–5 Lee (1–0) Jones (0–2) Campbell (6) 47,353 11–27 L3 39 May 16 Baltimore Orioles 8–3 Abbott (1–4) Palmer (5–3) Kekich (1) 10,388 12–27 W1 40 May 17 Baltimore Orioles 10–2 Romo (1–2) May (4–4) 10,920 13–27 W2 41 May 19 @ Oakland Athletics 3–0 Pagan (1–1) Langford (3–3) 2,179 14–27 W3 42 May 20 @ Oakland Athletics 5–14 Medich (3–2) Jones (0–3) 2,660 14–28 L1 43 May 21 @ Oakland Athletics 7–6 Kekich (2–0) Lacey (1–1) 3,230 15–28 W1 44 May 22 @ Oakland Athletics 6–2 Pole (1–1) Blue (3–4) Romo (2) 3,138 16–28 W2 45 May 24 @ Cleveland Indians 5–7 Waits (2–0) Romo (1–3) Kern (4) 5,576 16–29 L1 46 May 25 @ Cleveland Indians 1–2 Eckersley (4–3) Laxton (2–2) 4,516 16–30 L2 47 May 27 @ Detroit Tigers 2–1 Abbott (2–4) Fidrych (0–1) Kekich (2) 44,207 17–30 W1 48 May 28 @ Detroit Tigers 3–1 Pole (2–1) Rozema (4–2) Laxton (2) 15,820 18–30 W2 49 May 29 @ Detroit Tigers 6–4 Thomas (2–5) Foucault (3–2) 11,778 19–30 W3 50 May 30 @ Texas Rangers 7–4 Romo (2–3) Blyleven (4–6) Laxton (3) DH 20–30 W4 51 May 30 @ Texas Rangers 9–3 Montague (4–3) Perry (4–5) Segui (1) 17,844 21–30 W5
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 52 June 1 Oakland Athletics 3–6 Medich (5–2) Abbott (2–5) Coleman (2) 14,350 21–31 L1 53 June 2 Oakland Athletics 0–1 Norris (2–1) Pole (2–2) 10,712 21–32 L2 54 June 3 Cleveland Indians 1–7 Eckersley (6–3) Jones (0–4) Kern (5) 19,438 21–33 L3 55 June 4 Cleveland Indians 5–7 Waits (3–0) Kekich (2–1) Monge (3) 24,074 21–34 L4 56 June 5 Cleveland Indians 6–1 Montague (5–3) Bibby (4–3) 14,167 22–34 W1 57 June 7 Detroit Tigers 2–5 Rozema (6–2) Abbott (2–6) Foucault (5) 10,050 22–35 L1 58 June 8 Detroit Tigers 3–2 Kekich (3–1) Hiller (3–6) 11,211 23–35 W1 59 June 9 Detroit Tigers 2–1 Romo (3–3) Sykes (0–2) 10,840 24–35 W2 60 June 10 Toronto Blue Jays 3–4 Lemanczyk (4–5) Montague (5–4) Willis (4) 11,786 24–36 L1 61 June 11 Toronto Blue Jays 4–5 Johnson (2–2) Romo (3–4) 21,318 24–37 L2 62 June 12 Toronto Blue Jays 5–2 Pole (3–2) Vuckovich (2–5) 28,412 25–37 W1 63 June 14 Oakland Athletics 3–6 Torrealba (3–0) House (1–1) Lacey (3) 13,764 25–38 L1 64 June 15 Oakland Athletics 6–5 Kekich (4–1) Torrealba (3–1) 14,248 26–38 W1 65 June 16 Oakland Athletics 3–1 Abbott (3–6) Langford (4–5) 11,097 27–38 W2 66 June 17 @ Texas Rangers 2–1 Pole (4–2) Marshall (2–1) House (1) DH 28–38 W3 67 June 17 @ Texas Rangers 6–8 Briles (3–3) Wheelock (2–4) Devine (3) 21,577 28–39 L1 68 June 18 @ Texas Rangers 6–1 Jones (1–4) Blyleven (6–8) 17,352 29–39 W1 69 June 19 @ Texas Rangers 2–1 Romo (4–4) Perry (6–6) 12,465 30–39 W2 70 June 20 @ Kansas City Royals 4–2 Wheelock (3–4) Leonard (4–8) Romo (3) 21,475 31–39 W3 71 June 21 @ Kansas City Royals 3–13 Colborn (8–7) Abbott (3–7) 10,958 31–40 L1 72 June 22 @ Kansas City Royals 3–4 Bird (3–1) Pole (4–3) Littell (8) 22,140 31–41 L2 73 June 23 @ Kansas City Royals 8–6 Romo (5–4) Littell (5–3) 13,520 32–41 W1 74 June 24 @ Milwaukee Brewers 1–7 Sorensen (1–1) Montague (5–5) 11,625 32–42 L1 75 June 25 @ Milwaukee Brewers 8–3 Wheelock (4–4) Haas (4–5) Romo (4) 19,572 33–42 W1 76 June 26 @ Milwaukee Brewers 6–8 Caldwell (1–0) Romo (5–5) 19,699 33–43 L1 77 June 27 @ Chicago White Sox 4–10 Kravec (3–2) Pole (4–4) Johnson (1) 16,026 33–44 L2 78 June 28 @ Chicago White Sox 4–10 Barrios (7–3) Montague (5–6) 8,365 33–45 L3 79 June 29 @ Chicago White Sox 3–1 House (2–1) Wood (1–2) Romo (5) 15,415 34–45 W1
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 80 July 1 Milwaukee Brewers 1–2 Haas (5–5) Wheelock (4–5) 16,119 34–46 L1 81 July 2 Milwaukee Brewers 2–1 Abbott (4–7) Slaton (6–7) Kekich (3) 24,466 35–46 W1 82 July 3 Milwaukee Brewers 3–10 Augustine (9–9) Pole (4–5) 16,226 35–47 L1 83 July 4 Chicago White Sox 2–6 Barrios (8–3) Montague (5–7) 10,897 35–48 L2 84 July 5 Chicago White Sox 1–4 Stone (9–6) House (2–2) LaGrow (13) 14,032 35–49 L3 85 July 6 Chicago White Sox 2–4 Wood (3–2) Wheelock (4–6) 21,526 35–50 L4 86 July 8 @ Minnesota Twins 13–11 Laxton (3–2) Thormodsgard (6–5) Romo (6) 11,966 36–50 W1 87 July 9 @ Minnesota Twins 5–2 Pole (5–5) Goltz (9–6) Romo (7) 23,401 37–50 W2 88 July 10 @ Minnesota Twins 0–15 Zahn (7–7) Thomas (2–6) 34,213 37–51 L1 89 July 11 @ Oakland Athletics 1–8 Coleman (1–0) House (2–3) Lacey (5) 8,760 37–52 L2 90 July 12 @ Oakland Athletics 2–3 Blue (7–11) Romo (5–6) 5,299 37–53 L3 91 July 13 @ Oakland Athletics 3–1 Abbott (5–7) Langford (7–8) 4,529 38–53 W1 92 July 14 @ California Angels 4–1 Pole (6–5) Brett (6–8) Romo (8) 11,400 39–53 W2 93 July 15 @ California Angels 6–2 House (3–3) Nolan (4–3) 11,383 40–53 W3 94 July 16 @ California Angels 4–5 Ryan (13–8) Romo (5–7) 29,068 40–54 L1 95 July 17 @ California Angels 8–7 Kekich (5–1) LaRoche (6–3) 10,879 41–54 W1 96 July 21 Oakland Athletics 4–3 Abbott (6–7) Langford (7–10) Romo (9) 17,382 42–54 W2 97 July 22 Oakland Athletics 3–5 Blue (9–11) Pole (6–6) Lacey (6) 13,960 42–55 L1 98 July 23 Oakland Athletics 10–3 Wheelock (5–6) Norris (2–7) 12,216 43–55 W1 99 July 24 California Angels 1–3 Hartzell (4–6) House (3–4) Miller (3) DH 43–56 L1 100 July 24 California Angels 3–4 Simpson (5–7) Galasso (0–1) LaRoche (10) 25,344 43–57 L2 101 July 25 California Angels 2–7 Ryan (14–9) Pole (6–7) 10,886 43–58 L3 102 July 26 Minnesota Twins 9–7 Abbott (7–7) Thormodsgard (7–8) Segui (2) 12,017 44–58 W1 103 July 27 Minnesota Twins 1–4 Redfern (4–5) House (3–5) 16,869 44–59 L1 104 July 28 Minnesota Twins 5–2 Wheelock (6–6) Zahn (9–8) Montague (3) 11,759 45–59 W1 105 July 29 Baltimore Orioles 4–5 Drago (4–3) Kekich (5–2) 14,313 45–60 L1 106 July 30 Baltimore Orioles 3–5 Martinez (9–6) Montague (5–8) 31,609 45–61 L2 107 July 31 Baltimore Orioles 6–1 Abbott (8–7) Palmer (12–9) 11,464 46–61 W1
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 108 August 2 Boston Red Sox 2–3 Campbell (11–7) Montague (5–9) 24,344 46–62 L1 109 August 3 Boston Red Sox 12–4 Paxton (5–2) Wheelock (6–7) 21,152 46–63 L2 110 August 5 New York Yankees 5–3 Pole (7–7) Figueroa (10–8) Romo (10) 36,833 47–63 W1 111 August 6 New York Yankees 9–2 Abbott (9–7) Hunter (6–7) 42,146 48–63 W2 112 August 7 New York Yankees 1–7 Torrez (11–10) Montague (5–10) 29,412 48–64 L1 113 August 8 @ Chicago White Sox 4–5 Wiles (1–0) Romo (5–8) 17,047 48–65 L2 114 August 9 @ Chicago White Sox 3–13 Stone (12–7) Wheelock (6–8) 12,294 48–66 L3 115 August 10 @ Baltimore Orioles 4–5 May (13–10) Pole (7–8) Drago (5) 7,579 48–67 L4 116 August 11 @ Baltimore Orioles 3–4 Drago (5–3) Romo (5–9) 7,893 48–68 L5 117 August 12 @ Boston Red Sox 2–7 Wise (9–4) Mitchell (0–4) 27,005 48–69 L6 118 August 13 @ Boston Red Sox 6–13 Jenkins (9–7) Galasso (0–2) 34,095 48–70 L7 119 August 14 @ Boston Red Sox 1–11 Paxton (6–2) Wheelock (6–9) 31,223 48–71 L8 120 August 15 @ Detroit Tigers 1–13 Sykes (3–4) Pole (7–9) 14,414 48–72 L9 121 August 16 @ Detroit Tigers 3–2 Abbott (10–7) Morris (1–1) 9,065 49–72 W1 122 August 17 @ Minnesota Twins 3–2 Mitchell (1–4) Zahn (11–10) Romo (11) 11,739 50–72 W2 123 August 18 @ Minnesota Twins 2–8 Thormodsgard (10–9) Galasso (0–3) 13,884 50–73 L1 124 August 19 Detroit Tigers 4–6 Rozema (14–4) Pole (7–10) Taylor (1) 19,698 50–74 L2 125 August 20 Detroit Tigers 3–7 Wilcox (5–0) Abbott (10–8) 55,670 50–75 L3 126 August 21 Detroit Tigers 4–5 Crawford (5–5) Mitchell (1–5) Hiller (6) 15,373 50–76 L4 127 August 22 Cleveland Indians 1–12 Bibby (10–10) Galasso (0–4) DH 50–77 L5 128 August 22 Cleveland Indians 4–3 Montague (6–10) Garland (10–15) 12,347 51–77 W1 129 August 24 Toronto Blue Jays 0–7 Garvin (9–13) Pole (7–11) DH 51–78 L1 130 August 24 Toronto Blue Jays 3–9 Jefferson (8–13) Abbott (10–9) 13,253 51–79 L2 131 August 26 @ Cleveland Indians 4–2 Romo (6–9) Kern (6–8) 6,707 52–79 W1 132 August 27 @ Cleveland Indians 0–10 Eckersley (13–10) Galasso (0–5) 7,876 52–80 L1 133 August 28 @ Cleveland Indians 6–10 Bibby (11–10) Abbott (10–10) 9,599 52–81 L2 134 August 30 @ New York Yankees 5–6 Lyle (11–4) Segui (0–5) 20,116 52–82 L3 135 August 31 @ New York Yankees 4–5 Lyle (12–4) Galasso (0–6) 17,362 52–83 L4
September/October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 136 September 2 @ Toronto Blue Jays 4–3 Abbott (11–10) Lemanczyk (10–13) 13,502 53–83 W1 137 September 3 @ Toronto Blue Jays 6–2 Montague (7–10) Jefferson (8–14) Romo (12) 15,109 54–83 W2 138 September 4 @ Toronto Blue Jays 7–2 Mitchell (2–5) Garvin (9–14) 17,084 55–83 W3 139 September 5 Kansas City Royals 4–8 Colborn (16–13) Pole (7–12) 11,750 55–84 L1 140 September 6 Kansas City Royals 0–10 Splittorff (13–6) Honeycutt (0–1) 7,191 55–85 L2 141 September 7 Kansas City Royals 7–10 Littell (7–4) Romo (6–10) Bird (11) 7,814 55–86 L3 142 September 8 Kansas City Royals 2–7 Leonard (16–11) Montague (7–11) 7,785 55–87 L4 143 September 9 Texas Rangers 8–3 House (4–5) Perry (12–12) 8,245 56–87 W1 144 September 10 Texas Rangers 2–5 Alexander (14–10) Mitchell (2–6) DH 56–88 L1 145 September 10 Texas Rangers 1–7 Moret (3–2) Kekich (5–3) 12,800 56–89 L2 146 September 11 Texas Rangers 6–4 Romo (7–10) Lindblad (4–4) 8,363 57–89 W1 147 September 13 Milwaukee Brewers 5–6 Beare (3–3) Abbott (11–11) McClure (6) 7,595 57–90 L1 148 September 14 Milwaukee Brewers 5–8 Rodriguez (4–6) Erardi (0–1) 5,718 57–91 L2 149 September 16 @ Kansas City Royals 4–1 Medich (11–6) Pattin (8–3) 19,072 58–91 W1 150 September 17 @ Kansas City Royals 5–7 Gura (7–5) Segui (0–6) 27,067 58–92 L1 151 September 18 @ Kansas City Royals 3–8 Leonard (18–11) Abbott (11–12) 33,397 58–93 L2 152 September 20 @ Milwaukee Brewers 1–5 Slaton (10–14) Montague (7–12) 3,004 58–94 L3 153 September 21 @ Milwaukee Brewers 11–4 Romo (8–10) Augustine (12–17) 3,008 59–94 W1 154 September 22 Chicago White Sox 4–5 Renko (6–2) Burke (0–1) LaGrow (24) 8,211 59–95 L1 155 September 23 Chicago White Sox 3–2 House (5–5) Barrios (14–6) Montague (4) 9,731 60–95 W1 156 September 24 Chicago White Sox 3–8 Kravec (10–8) Segui (0–7) 17,636 60–96 L1 157 September 25 Chicago White Sox 5–4 Medich (12–6) Stone (15–12) Romo (13) 11,589 61–96 W1 158 September 28 @ Texas Rangers 1–3 Perry (15–12) Abbott (11–13) 4,860 61–97 L1 159 September 29 @ Texas Rangers 2–1 Mitchell (3–6) Alexander (17–11) Romo (14) 4,714 62–97 W1 160 October 1 @ Chicago White Sox 5–3 Montague (8–12) Barrios (14–7) Romo (15) DH 63–97 W2 161 October 1 @ Chicago White Sox 1–6 Kravec (11–8) Kekich (5–4) 5,778 63–98 L1 162 October 2 @ Chicago White Sox 3–2 Abbott (12–13) Frost (1–1) Romo (16) 20,953 64–98 W1

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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	Bob Stinson	105	297	80	.269	8	32
1B	Dan Meyer	159	582	159	.273	22	90
2B	José Báez	91	305	79	.259	1	17
3B	Bill Stein	151	566	144	.259	13	67
SS	Craig Reynolds	135	420	104	.248	4	28
LF	Steve Braun	139	451	106	.235	5	31
CF	Ruppert Jones	160	597	157	.263	24	76
RF	Leroy Stanton	133	454	125	.275	27	90
DH	Juan Bernhardt	89	305	74	.243	7	30

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
Dave Collins	120	402	96	.239	5	28
Carlos López	99	297	84	.283	8	34
Larry Milbourne	86	242	53	.219	2	21
Julio Cruz	60	199	51	.256	1	7
Skip Jutze	42	109	24	.220	3	15
Larry Cox	35	93	23	.247	2	6
Jimmy Sexton	14	37	8	.216	1	3
Ray Fosse	11	34	12	.353	0	5
Tommy Smith	21	27	7	.259	0	4
Puchy Delgado	13	22	4	.182	0	2
Kevin Pasley	4	13	5	.385	0	2
Joe Lis	9	13	3	.231	0	1
Tom McMillan	2	5	0	.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
Glenn Abbott	36	204.1	12	13	4.45	100
Dick Pole	25	122.1	7	12	5.15	51
Gary Wheelock	17	88.1	6	9	4.89	47
Rick Jones	10	42.1	1	4	5.10	16
Paul Mitchell	9	39.0	3	3	4.99	20
Doc Medich	3	22.1	2	0	3.63	3
Frank MacCormack	3	7.0	0	0	3.86	4

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
John Montague	47	182.1	8	12	4.29	98
Diego Seguí	40	110.2	0	7	5.69	91
Tom House	26	89.1	4	5	3.93	39
Dave Pagan	24	66.0	1	1	6.14	30
Stan Thomas	13	58.1	2	6	6.02	14
Bob Galasso	11	35.0	0	6	9.00	21
Rick Honeycutt	10	29.0	0	1	4.34	17

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	58	8	10	16	2.83	105
Bill Laxton	43	3	2	3	4.95	49
Mike Kekich	41	5	4	3	5.60	55
Tommy Moore	14	2	1	0	4.91	13
Steve Burke	6	0	1	0	2.87	6
Greg Erardi	5	0	1	0	6.00	5
Byron McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Ruppert Jones, OF, Reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A-Short Season	Bellingham Mariners	Northwest League	Bobby Floyd

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bellingham^[13]