1977 Seattle Mariners season

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1977 Seattle Mariners
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1977) Western Division (Since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (Since 1977) Seattle, Washington (Since 1977)
1977 Information
Owner(s)	Danny Kaye
Manager(s)	Darrell Johnson
Local television	KING-TV 5
Local radio	KVI 570 AM (Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson

The Seattle Mariners 1977 season was their 1st season. The creation of the Mariners brought baseball back to Seattle, which had been devoid of baseball since the 1969 Seattle Pilots left for Milwaukee to become the Brewers. The Mariners ended the season just avoiding last place (held by the Oakland A's), finishing 6th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 64-98.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Opening Day Lineup 2.2 Season standings 2.3 Notable Transactions 3 The First Game 3.1 Scorecard 3.1.1 Batting 3.1.2 Pitching 4 Player stats 4.1 Batting 4.1.1 Other batters 4.2 Starting pitchers 4.2.1 Other pitchers 4.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Offseason

• October 22, 1976: Diego Segui was purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the San Diego Padres.^[1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Lineup

1. DH - Dave Collins
2. 2B - José Báez
3. LF - Steve Braun
4. RF - Leroy Stanton
5. 3B - Bill Stein
6. 1B - Dan Meyer
7. CF - Ruppert Jones
8. C - Bob Stinson
9. SS - Craig Reynolds
Starting Pitcher - Diego Seguí

Game log for April 6, 1977

[edit] Season standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Kansas City Royals	102	60	.630	0
Texas Rangers	94	68	.580	8.0
Chicago White Sox	90	72	.556	12.0
Minnesota Twins	84	77	.522	17.5
California Angels	74	88	.457	28.0
Seattle Mariners	64	98	.395	38.0
Oakland Athletics	63	98	.391	38.5

[edit] Notable Transactions

• June 7, 1977: Tony Phillips was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 16th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign. ^[2]

September 9, 1977: Ray Fosse was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Seattle Mariners for Bill Laxton and cash. ^[3]

[edit] The First Game

[edit] Scorecard

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 Segui (0-1)
HRs: Joe Rudi (1)

[edit] 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	Baez, 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

[edit] 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	Segui	3.2	5	6	4	3	3
None	0	0	0	0	0	0	Montague	5.1	4	1	1	3	3
Totals	9.0	9	0	0	2	9	Totals	9.0	9	7	5	6	6

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

1. ^ Diego Segui Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. ^ Tony Phillips Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
3. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fossera01.shtml

[edit] External links

• 1977 Seattle Mariners
• 1977 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1977 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1977 All-Star Game • 1977 World Series

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