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1979 Seattle Mariners

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

67-95, Finished 6th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Darrell Johnson (67-95)
Scored 711 runs, Allowed 820 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-92

Ballparks: Kingdome · Attendance: 844,447 (13th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

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1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Glenn Abbott 28 R R 6' 6" 200 Feb 16, 1951 7 23 19 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Floyd Bannister 24 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 10, 1955 3 30 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $50,000
Charlie Beamon 25 L L 6' 1" 183 Dec 4, 1953 2 27 2 27 9 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 15 9 -0.3 $
Juan Bernhardt 25 R R 5' 11" 160 Aug 31, 1953 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Bruce Bochte 28 L L 6' 3" 195 Nov 12, 1950 6 150 145 150 147 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3.1 $126,000 All-Star
Roy Branch 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 12, 1953 1st 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Larry Cox 31 R R 5' 10" 178 Sep 11, 1947 6 100 86 100 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.7 $
Rod Craig 21 B R 6' 1" 195 Jan 12, 1958 1st 16 13 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 16 0 1 0 0.2 $
Julio Cruz 24 B R 5' 9" 165 Dec 2, 1954 3 107 107 107 107 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Joe Decker 32 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 16, 1947 9 9 2 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Rob Dressler 25 R R 6' 3" 180 Feb 2, 1954 4 21 11 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
John Hale 25 L R 6' 2" 195 Aug 5, 1953 6 54 17 54 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 8 42 2 10 6 -0.2 $
Rich Hinton 32 L L 6' 2" 185 May 22, 1947 6 14 1 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Rick Honeycutt 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1954 3 33 28 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Willie Horton 36 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 17 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0.2 $106,500
Odell Jones 26 R R 6' 3" 175 Jan 13, 1953 4 25 19 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Ruppert Jones 24 L L 5' 10" 170 Mar 12, 1955 4 162 161 162 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 161 0 1 0 2.8 $
Jim Lewis 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 12, 1955 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Byron McLaughlin 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 29, 1955 3 47 7 0 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Mario Mendoza 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 26, 1950 6 148 132 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9 $
Dan Meyer 26 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 3, 1952 6 144 132 144 138 0 0 15 0 101 0 31 0 0 31 0 10 1 0.4 $
Larry Milbourne 28 B R 6' 0" 161 Feb 14, 1951 6 123 77 123 116 0 0 0 49 11 65 0 0 0 0 0 32 5 0.3 $
Paul Mitchell 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 19, 1949 5 10 6 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
John Montague 31 R R 6' 2" 213 Sep 12, 1947 6 41 1 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tom Paciorek 32 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 2, 1946 10 103 79 103 88 0 0 15 0 0 0 47 0 30 77 0 21 3 1.5 $62,500
Mike Parrott 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 6, 1954 3 38 30 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $
Shane Rawley 23 R L 6' 0" 170 Jul 27, 1955 2 49 3 1 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.3 $
Leon Roberts 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Jan 22, 1951 6 140 118 140 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 69 136 1 13 1 3.4 $
Joe Simpson 27 L L 6' 3" 175 Dec 31, 1951 5 120 66 120 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 5 74 106 4 11 15 -0.5 $
Bill Stein 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 21, 1947 8 88 63 88 85 0 0 0 17 67 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.0 $
Randy Stein 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 7, 1953 2 23 1 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Bob Stinson 33 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1945 11 95 76 95 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.6 $
Wayne Twitchell 31 R R 6' 6" 215 Mar 10, 1948 10 4 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bobby Valentine 29 R R 5' 10" 189 May 13, 1950 10 62 22 62 51 0 1 0 4 4 28 7 0 8 15 1 26 0 0.4 $
Rafael Vasquez 21 R R 6' 0" 160 Jun 28, 1958 1st 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Bill Stein

Bobby Valentine

Larry Cox

Julio Cruz

Dan Meyer

Leon Roberts

Ruppert Jones

Larry Milbourne

Mario Mendoza

Charlie Beamon

Tom Paciorek

Bob Stinson

Glenn Abbott

Joe Simpson

Rod Craig

Mike Parrott

Rafael Vasquez

Bruce Bochte

Rob Dressler

John Montague

Juan Bernhardt
Jim Lewis

Byron McLaughlin

Roy Branch

Randy Stein

Paul Mitchell

Joe Decker
Wayne Twitchell

Odell Jones

Rich Hinton

Floyd Bannister

Rick Honeycutt

Shane Rawley

John Hale

Willie Horton

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers