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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 21-36, Finished 6th
Second Half: 23-29, Finished 5th
Overall: 44-65, Finished 6th in AL West
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Scored 426 runs, Allowed 521 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 45-64
Manager: Maury Wills (6-18) and Rene Lachemann (38-47)
Ballpark: Kingdome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 636,276 (13th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 106; one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
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1980 / 1982 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 22, 1980
Bill Stein granted Free Agency.
October 24, 1980
Juan Beniquez granted Free Agency.
October 29, 1980
Traded Odell Jones to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Larry Andersen (October 29, 1980) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.
November 4, 1980
Dave Roberts granted Free Agency.
November 18, 1980
Traded a player to be named later and Larry Milbourne to the New York Yankees. Received Brad Gulden and $150,000. The Seattle Mariners sent Brad Gulden (May 18, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
November 28, 1980
Marc Hill granted Free Agency.
December 6, 1980
Purchased Mario Guerrero from the Oakland Athletics.
December 8, 1980
Drafted Gary Gray from the Cleveland Indians in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
John Hobbs drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
December 12, 1980
Traded Larry Cox, Rick Honeycutt, Willie Horton, Mario Mendoza and Leon Roberts to the Texas Rangers. Received Steve Finch (minors), Brian Allard, Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Don Gleaton and Richie Zisk.
Traded Byron McLaughlin to the Minnesota Twins. Received Willie Norwood.
December 19, 1980
Traded Steve Stroughter to the Minnesota Twins. Received Mike Bacsik.
February 17, 1981
Signed Dave Skaggs as a free agent.
March 7, 1981
Traded Carlos Diaz to the Atlanta Braves. Received Jeff Burroughs.
March 26, 1981
Released Ted Cox.
Released Rob Dressler.
Released Dave Heaverlo.
Released Willie Norwood.
Traded Rod Craig to the Cleveland Indians. Received Wayne Cage.
March 28, 1981
Released Mike Bacsik.
March 31, 1981
Released Dave Skaggs.
April 1, 1981 (Standings)
Released Mario Guerrero.
April 2, 1981 (Standings)
Sold Wayne Cage to Hankyu Braves (Japan Pacific).
April 6, 1981 (Standings)
Signed Len Randle as a free agent.
April 7, 1981 (Standings)
Signed Ted Cox as a free agent.
April 8, 1981 (Standings)
Signed Bob Galasso as a free agent.
Signed Jamie Nelson as a free agent.
Traded Manny Sarmiento to the Boston Red Sox. Received Dick Drago.
May 28, 1981 (Standings)
Released Ted Cox.
Purchased Steve Stroughter from the Minnesota Twins.
June 8, 1981 (Standings)
Drafted Mike Moore in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.
Drafted Mark Langston in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1981.
Drafted Phil Bradley in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Drafted Lee Guetterman in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Drafted Ricky Nelson in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Drafted Brick Smith in the 5th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Drafted Charlie O'Brien in the 21st round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
October 23, 1981
Released Rick Auerbach.
Traded a player to be named later to the Kansas City Royals. Received Manny Castillo. The Seattle Mariners sent Bud Black (March 2, 1982) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.
November 13, 1981
Glenn Abbott granted Free Agency.
Jeff Burroughs granted Free Agency.
December 7, 1981
Drafted Domingo Ramos from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1981 rule 5 draft.
December 9, 1981
Traded Dan Meyer to the Oakland Athletics. Received Rich Bordi.
Traded Tim Hallgren (minors) and Rusty McNealy to the Oakland Athletics. Received Roy Thomas.
December 11, 1981
Traded Tom Paciorek to the Chicago White Sox. Received Rod Allen, Todd Cruz and Jim Essian.
January 12, 1982
Drafted Charlie Kerfeld in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
January 15, 1982
Signed Glenn Abbott as a free agent.
March 5, 1982
Signed Gaylord Perry as a free agent.
Traded Mike Parrott to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Thad Bosley.
March 28, 1982
Purchased Al Cowens from the Detroit Tigers.
March 29, 1982
Released Jim Anderson.
Released Ken Clay.
March 30, 1982
Released Jerry Narron.
April 1, 1982
Traded Shane Rawley to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later, Bill Caudill and Gene Nelson. The New York Yankees sent Bobby Brown (April 6, 1982) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.
