1977 Seattle Mariners season

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1977  Seattle Mariners
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Kingdome
City Seattle, Washington
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place6th
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)
Seasons 1978  

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.

Contents

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

Regular season

The first game

Linescore

April 6, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

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W: Frank Tanana (1–0)  L: Diego Seguí (0–1)  
HRs: Joe Rudi (1)

Boxscore

Batting
California AngelsABRHRBISeattle MarinersABRHRBI
Remy, 2b3100 Collins, DH 4000
Grich, ss4000 Báez, 2B 4020
Bonds, rf5100 Braun, LF 3010
Baylor, dh3111 Stanton, RF 4010
Rudi, lf5134 Stein, 3B 4020
Solaita, 1b5010 Meyer, 1B 4000
Bochte, cf3220 Jones, CF 4000
Chalk, 3b5010 Stinson, C 3010
Humphrey, c4112 Reynolds, SS 4020
Totals37797Totals34090
Pitching
California AngelsIPHRERBBSOSeattle MarinersIPHRERBBSO
Tanana, W, (1–0)9.090029 Seguí, L, (0–1)3.256433
Montague 5.141133
Totals9.090029Totals9.097566

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Other notable events

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 10260.63055264734
Texas Rangers 9468.580844375031
Chicago White Sox 9072.5561248334239
Minnesota Twins 8477.52217½48323645
California Angels 7488.4572839423546
Seattle Mariners 6498.3953829523546
Oakland Athletics 6398.39138½35462852

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 6–85–65–511–412–34–711–46–48–78–27–34–610–5
Boston 8–67–33–78–79–65–59–64–68–78–310–16–412–3
California 6–53–78–76–44–66–95–57–84–75–109–65–106–4
Chicago 5–57–37–86–44–68–76–510–53–710–510–56–98–3
Cleveland 4–117–84–64–68–73–711–42–93–127–37–32–99–5
Detroit 3–126–96–46–47–83–810–55–56–95–55–62–810–5
Kansas City 7–45–59–67–87–38–38–210–55–59–611–48–78–2
Milwaukee 4–116–95–55–64–115–102–83–88–75–57–35–58–7
Minnesota 4–66–48–75–109–25–55–108–32–88–67–88–79–1
New York 7–87–87–47–312–39–65–57–88–29–26–47–39–6
Oakland 2–83–810–55–103–75–56–95–56–82–97–82–137–3
Seattle 3–71–106–95–103–76–54–113–78–74–68–79–64–6
Texas 6–44–610–59–69–28–27–85–57–83–713–26–97–4
Toronto 5–103–124–63–85–95–102–87–81–96–93–76–44–7

Notable transactions

Roster

1977 Seattle Mariners
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

1977 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 6California Angels0–7Tanana (1–0)Segui (0–1)57,7620–1L1
2April 7California Angels0–2Ryan (1–0)Romo (0–1)10,1440–2L2
3April 8California Angels7–6Laxton (1–0)Verhoeven (0–1)11,8451–2W1
4April 9California Angels5–1Wheelock (1–0)Simpson (0–1)Montague (1)27,6682–2W2
5April 10California Angels5–12Tanana (2–0)Abbott (0–1)10,4052–3L1
6April 11Minnesota Twins3–12Zahn (1–0)Segui (0–2)8,9792–4L2
7April 12Minnesota Twins2–3Schueler (1–1)Laxton (1–1)Burgmeier (2)8,5892–5L3
8April 13Minnesota Twins3–2Moore (1–0)Burgmeier (0–1)11,6353–5W1
9April 14Minnesota Twins4–3Wheelock (2–0)Redfern (0–2)Montague (2)9,1674–5W2
10April 15@ California Angels0–7Ryan (2–1)Abbott (0–2)34,6544–6L1
11April 16@ California Angels4–6Hartzell (1–0)Montague (0–1)Kirkwood (1)19,6904–7L2
12April 17@ California Angels11–7Kekich (1–0)Monge (0–1)Pagan (1)13,8135–7W1
13April 18Texas Rangers8–6Thomas (1–0)Alexander (1–1)Laxton (1)9,5356–7W2
14April 19Texas Rangers1–3Lindblad (1–0)Wheelock (2–1)10,9476–8L1
15April 20Texas Rangers2–5Briles (1–0)Montague (0–2)Devine (1)10,7636–9L2
16April 22Kansas City Royals5–6Littell (2–1)Pagan (0–1)Gura (2)19,7566–10L3
17April 23Kansas City Royals6–8Leonard (1–0)Segui (0–3)Gura (3)22,6856–11L4
18April 24Kansas City Royals1–16Colborn (3–1)Wheelock (2–2)DH6–12L5
19April 24Kansas City Royals4–2Montague (1–2)Splittorff (1–1)21,7347–12W1
20April 26@ Minnesota Twins3–5Burgmeier (2–1)Thomas (1–1)Johnson (2)3,4227–13L1
21April 27@ Minnesota Twins3–5Johnson (3–0)Moore (1–1)Burgmeier (3)3,1707–14L2
22April 28@ Minnesota Twins4–3Montague (2–2)Goltz (0–2)3,7668–14W1
23April 29@ New York Yankees0–3Guidry (2–0)Thomas (1–2)Lyle (5)15,2848–15L1
24April 30@ New York Yankees2–7Figueroa (2–2)Wheelock (2–3)19,5258–16L2
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
25May 1@ New York Yankees2–5Holtzman (2–1)Abbott (0–3)Lyle (6)20,4778–17L3
26May 3@ Boston Red Sox10–8Montague (3–2)Wise (1–2)Pagan (2)12,4229–17W1
27May 4@ Boston Red Sox2–5Cleveland (2–2)Thomas (1–3)Campbell (3)11,4089–18L1
28May 5@ Boston Red Sox2–5Jenkins (4–1)Segui (0–4)10,3589–19L2
29May 6@ Baltimore Orioles1–4Grimsley (3–1)Abbott (0–4)4,4029–20L3
30May 7@ Baltimore Orioles2–4May (3–3)Jones (0–1)Flanagan (1)16,2129–21L4
31May 8@ Baltimore Orioles4–6Palmer (5–1)Pole (0–1)McGregor (1)9,6389–22L5
32May 9@ Toronto Blue Jays4–10Singer (2–4)Thomas (1–4)11,6809–23L6
33May 10@ Toronto Blue Jays3–9Garvin (5–0)Montague (3–3)13,0179–24L7
34May 11New York Yankees5–2Laxton (2–1)Holtzman (2–2)Romo (1)23,97810–24W1
35May 12New York Yankees8–6Moore (2–1)Hunter (1–2)42,13211–24W2
36May 13Boston Red Sox5–7Willoughby (3–0)Romo (0–2)Campbell (4)20,52311–25L1
37May 14Boston Red Sox4–8Stanley (3–0)Thomas (1–5)Campbell (5)52,48511–26L2
38May 15Boston Red Sox4–5Lee (1–0)Jones (0–2)Campbell (6)47,35311–27L3
39May 16Baltimore Orioles8–3Abbott (1–4)Palmer (5–3)Kekich (1)10,38812–27W1
40May 17Baltimore Orioles10–2Romo (1–2)May (4–4)10,92013–27W2
41May 19@ Oakland Athletics3–0Pagan (1–1)Langford (3–3)2,17914–27W3
42May 20@ Oakland Athletics5–14Medich (3–2)Jones (0–3)2,66014–28L1
43May 21@ Oakland Athletics7–6Kekich (2–0)Lacey (1–1)3,23015–28W1
44May 22@ Oakland Athletics6–2Pole (1–1)Blue (3–4)Romo (2)3,13816–28W2
45May 24@ Cleveland Indians5–7Waits (2–0)Romo (1–3)Kern (4)5,57616–29L1
46May 25@ Cleveland Indians1–2Eckersley (4–3)Laxton (2–2)4,51616–30L2
47May 27@ Detroit Tigers2–1Abbott (2–4)Fidrych (0–1)Kekich (2)44,20717–30W1
48May 28@ Detroit Tigers3–1Pole (2–1)Rozema (4–2)Laxton (2)15,82018–30W2
49May 29@ Detroit Tigers6–4Thomas (2–5)Foucault (3–2)11,77819–30W3
50May 30@ Texas Rangers7–4Romo (2–3)Blyleven (4–6)Laxton (3)DH20–30W4
51May 30@ Texas Rangers9–3Montague (4–3)Perry (4–5)Segui (1)17,84421–30W5
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
52June 1Oakland Athletics3–6Medich (5–2)Abbott (2–5)Coleman (2)14,35021–31L1
53June 2Oakland Athletics0–1Norris (2–1)Pole (2–2)10,71221–32L2
54June 3Cleveland Indians1–7Eckersley (6–3)Jones (0–4)Kern (5)19,43821–33L3
55June 4Cleveland Indians5–7Waits (3–0)Kekich (2–1)Monge (3)24,07421–34L4
56June 5Cleveland Indians6–1Montague (5–3)Bibby (4–3)14,16722–34W1
57June 7Detroit Tigers2–5Rozema (6–2)Abbott (2–6)Foucault (5)10,05022–35L1
58June 8Detroit Tigers3–2Kekich (3–1)Hiller (3–6)11,21123–35W1
59June 9Detroit Tigers2–1Romo (3–3)Sykes (0–2)10,84024–35W2
60June 10Toronto Blue Jays3–4Lemanczyk (4–5)Montague (5–4)Willis (4)11,78624–36L1
61June 11Toronto Blue Jays4–5Johnson (2–2)Romo (3–4)21,31824–37L2
62June 12Toronto Blue Jays5–2Pole (3–2)Vuckovich (2–5)28,41225–37W1
63June 14Oakland Athletics3–6Torrealba (3–0)House (1–1)Lacey (3)13,76425–38L1
64June 15Oakland Athletics6–5Kekich (4–1)Torrealba (3–1)14,24826–38W1
65June 16Oakland Athletics3–1Abbott (3–6)Langford (4–5)11,09727–38W2
66June 17@ Texas Rangers2–1Pole (4–2)Marshall (2–1)House (1)DH28–38W3
67June 17@ Texas Rangers6–8Briles (3–3)Wheelock (2–4)Devine (3)21,57728–39L1
68June 18@ Texas Rangers6–1Jones (1–4)Blyleven (6–8)17,35229–39W1
69June 19@ Texas Rangers2–1Romo (4–4)Perry (6–6)12,46530–39W2
70June 20@ Kansas City Royals4–2Wheelock (3–4)Leonard (4–8)Romo (3)21,47531–39W3
71June 21@ Kansas City Royals3–13Colborn (8–7)Abbott (3–7)10,95831–40L1
72June 22@ Kansas City Royals3–4Bird (3–1)Pole (4–3)Littell (8)22,14031–41L2
73June 23@ Kansas City Royals8–6Romo (5–4)Littell (5–3)13,52032–41W1
74June 24@ Milwaukee Brewers1–7Sorensen (1–1)Montague (5–5)11,62532–42L1
75June 25@ Milwaukee Brewers8–3Wheelock (4–4)Haas (4–5)Romo (4)19,57233–42W1
76June 26@ Milwaukee Brewers6–8Caldwell (1–0)Romo (5–5)19,69933–43L1
77June 27@ Chicago White Sox4–10Kravec (3–2)Pole (4–4)Johnson (1)16,02633–44L2
78June 28@ Chicago White Sox4–10Barrios (7–3)Montague (5–6)8,36533–45L3
79June 29@ Chicago White Sox3–1House (2–1)Wood (1–2)Romo (5)15,41534–45W1
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
80July 1Milwaukee Brewers1–2Haas (5–5)Wheelock (4–5)16,11934–46L1
81July 2Milwaukee Brewers2–1Abbott (4–7)Slaton (6–7)Kekich (3)24,46635–46W1
82July 3Milwaukee Brewers3–10Augustine (9–9)Pole (4–5)16,22635–47L1
83July 4Chicago White Sox2–6Barrios (8–3)Montague (5–7)10,89735–48L2
84July 5Chicago White Sox1–4Stone (9–6)House (2–2)LaGrow (13)14,03235–49L3
85July 6Chicago White Sox2–4Wood (3–2)Wheelock (4–6)21,52635–50L4
86July 8@ Minnesota Twins13–11Laxton (3–2)Thormodsgard (6–5)Romo (6)11,96636–50W1
87July 9@ Minnesota Twins5–2Pole (5–5)Goltz (9–6)Romo (7)23,40137–50W2
88July 10@ Minnesota Twins0–15Zahn (7–7)Thomas (2–6)34,21337–51L1
89July 11@ Oakland Athletics1–8Coleman (1–0)House (2–3)Lacey (5)8,76037–52L2
90July 12@ Oakland Athletics2–3Blue (7–11)Romo (5–6)5,29937–53L3
91July 13@ Oakland Athletics3–1Abbott (5–7)Langford (7–8)4,52938–53W1
92July 14@ California Angels4–1Pole (6–5)Brett (6–8)Romo (8)11,40039–53W2
93July 15@ California Angels6–2House (3–3)Nolan (4–3)11,38340–53W3
94July 16@ California Angels4–5Ryan (13–8)Romo (5–7)29,06840–54L1
95July 17@ California Angels8–7Kekich (5–1)LaRoche (6–3)10,87941–54W1
96July 21Oakland Athletics4–3Abbott (6–7)Langford (7–10)Romo (9)17,38242–54W2
97July 22Oakland Athletics3–5Blue (9–11)Pole (6–6)Lacey (6)13,96042–55L1
98July 23Oakland Athletics10–3Wheelock (5–6)Norris (2–7)12,21643–55W1
99July 24California Angels1–3Hartzell (4–6)House (3–4)Miller (3)DH43–56L1
100July 24California Angels3–4Simpson (5–7)Galasso (0–1)LaRoche (10)25,34443–57L2
101July 25California Angels2–7Ryan (14–9)Pole (6–7)10,88643–58L3
102July 26Minnesota Twins9–7Abbott (7–7)Thormodsgard (7–8)Segui (2)12,01744–58W1
103July 27Minnesota Twins1–4Redfern (4–5)House (3–5)16,86944–59L1
104July 28Minnesota Twins5–2Wheelock (6–6)Zahn (9–8)Montague (3)11,75945–59W1
105July 29Baltimore Orioles4–5Drago (4–3)Kekich (5–2)14,31345–60L1
106July 30Baltimore Orioles3–5Martinez (9–6)Montague (5–8)31,60945–61L2
107July 31Baltimore Orioles6–1Abbott (8–7)Palmer (12–9)11,46446–61W1
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
108August 2Boston Red Sox2–3Campbell (11–7)Montague (5–9)24,34446–62L1
109August 3Boston Red Sox12–4Paxton (5–2)Wheelock (6–7)21,15246–63L2
110August 5New York Yankees5–3Pole (7–7)Figueroa (10–8)Romo (10)36,83347–63W1
111August 6New York Yankees9–2Abbott (9–7)Hunter (6–7)42,14648–63W2
112August 7New York Yankees1–7Torrez (11–10)Montague (5–10)29,41248–64L1
113August 8@ Chicago White Sox4–5Wiles (1–0)Romo (5–8)17,04748–65L2
114August 9@ Chicago White Sox3–13Stone (12–7)Wheelock (6–8)12,29448–66L3
115August 10@ Baltimore Orioles4–5May (13–10)Pole (7–8)Drago (5)7,57948–67L4
116August 11@ Baltimore Orioles3–4Drago (5–3)Romo (5–9)7,89348–68L5
117August 12@ Boston Red Sox2–7Wise (9–4)Mitchell (0–4)27,00548–69L6
118August 13@ Boston Red Sox6–13Jenkins (9–7)Galasso (0–2)34,09548–70L7
119August 14@ Boston Red Sox1–11Paxton (6–2)Wheelock (6–9)31,22348–71L8
120August 15@ Detroit Tigers1–13Sykes (3–4)Pole (7–9)14,41448–72L9
121August 16@ Detroit Tigers3–2Abbott (10–7)Morris (1–1)9,06549–72W1
122August 17@ Minnesota Twins3–2Mitchell (1–4)Zahn (11–10)Romo (11)11,73950–72W2
123August 18@ Minnesota Twins2–8Thormodsgard (10–9)Galasso (0–3)13,88450–73L1
124August 19Detroit Tigers4–6Rozema (14–4)Pole (7–10)Taylor (1)19,69850–74L2
125August 20Detroit Tigers3–7Wilcox (5–0)Abbott (10–8)55,67050–75L3
126August 21Detroit Tigers4–5Crawford (5–5)Mitchell (1–5)Hiller (6)15,37350–76L4
127August 22Cleveland Indians1–12Bibby (10–10)Galasso (0–4)DH50–77L5
128August 22Cleveland Indians4–3Montague (6–10)Garland (10–15)12,34751–77W1
129August 24Toronto Blue Jays0–7Garvin (9–13)Pole (7–11)DH51–78L1
130August 24Toronto Blue Jays3–9Jefferson (8–13)Abbott (10–9)13,25351–79L2
131August 26@ Cleveland Indians4–2Romo (6–9)Kern (6–8)6,70752–79W1
132August 27@ Cleveland Indians0–10Eckersley (13–10)Galasso (0–5)7,87652–80L1
133August 28@ Cleveland Indians6–10Bibby (11–10)Abbott (10–10)9,59952–81L2
134August 30@ New York Yankees5–6Lyle (11–4)Segui (0–5)20,11652–82L3
135August 31@ New York Yankees4–5Lyle (12–4)Galasso (0–6)17,36252–83L4
September/October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
136September 2@ Toronto Blue Jays4–3Abbott (11–10)Lemanczyk (10–13)13,50253–83W1
137September 3@ Toronto Blue Jays6–2Montague (7–10)Jefferson (8–14)Romo (12)15,10954–83W2
138September 4@ Toronto Blue Jays7–2Mitchell (2–5)Garvin (9–14)17,08455–83W3
139September 5Kansas City Royals4–8Colborn (16–13)Pole (7–12)11,75055–84L1
140September 6Kansas City Royals0–10Splittorff (13–6)Honeycutt (0–1)7,19155–85L2
141September 7Kansas City Royals7–10Littell (7–4)Romo (6–10)Bird (11)7,81455–86L3
142September 8Kansas City Royals2–7Leonard (16–11)Montague (7–11)7,78555–87L4
143September 9Texas Rangers8–3House (4–5)Perry (12–12)8,24556–87W1
144September 10Texas Rangers2–5Alexander (14–10)Mitchell (2–6)DH56–88L1
145September 10Texas Rangers1–7Moret (3–2)Kekich (5–3)12,80056–89L2
146September 11Texas Rangers6–4Romo (7–10)Lindblad (4–4)8,36357–89W1
147September 13Milwaukee Brewers5–6Beare (3–3)Abbott (11–11)McClure (6)7,59557–90L1
148September 14Milwaukee Brewers5–8Rodriguez (4–6)Erardi (0–1)5,71857–91L2
149September 16@ Kansas City Royals4–1Medich (11–6)Pattin (8–3)19,07258–91W1
150September 17@ Kansas City Royals5–7Gura (7–5)Segui (0–6)27,06758–92L1
151September 18@ Kansas City Royals3–8Leonard (18–11)Abbott (11–12)33,39758–93L2
152September 20@ Milwaukee Brewers1–5Slaton (10–14)Montague (7–12)3,00458–94L3
153September 21@ Milwaukee Brewers11–4Romo (8–10)Augustine (12–17)3,00859–94W1
154September 22Chicago White Sox4–5Renko (6–2)Burke (0–1)LaGrow (24)8,21159–95L1
155September 23Chicago White Sox3–2House (5–5)Barrios (14–6)Montague (4)9,73160–95W1
156September 24Chicago White Sox3–8Kravec (10–8)Segui (0–7)17,63660–96L1
157September 25Chicago White Sox5–4Medich (12–6)Stone (15–12)Romo (13)11,58961–96W1
158September 28@ Texas Rangers1–3Perry (15–12)Abbott (11–13)4,86061–97L1
159September 29@ Texas Rangers2–1Mitchell (3–6)Alexander (17–11)Romo (14)4,71462–97W1
160October 1@ Chicago White Sox5–3Montague (8–12)Barrios (14–7)Romo (15)DH63–97W2
161October 1@ Chicago White Sox1–6Kravec (11–8)Kekich (5–4)5,77863–98L1
162October 2@ Chicago White Sox3–2Abbott (12–13)Frost (1–1)Romo (16)20,95364–98W1

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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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Bob Stinson 10529780.269832
1B Dan Meyer 159582159.2732290
2B José Báez 9130579.259117
3B Bill Stein 151566144.2591367
SS Craig Reynolds 135420104.248428
LF Steve Braun 139451106.235531
CF Ruppert Jones 160597157.2632476
RF Leroy Stanton 133454125.2752790
DH Juan Bernhardt 8930574.243730

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dave Collins 12040296.239528
Carlos López 9929784.283834
Larry Milbourne 8624253.219221
Julio Cruz 6019951.25617
Skip Jutze 4210924.220315
Larry Cox 359323.24726
Jimmy Sexton 14378.21613
Ray Fosse 113412.35305
Tommy Smith 21277.25904
Puchy Delgado 13224.18202
Kevin Pasley 4135.38502
Joe Lis 9133.23101
Tom McMillan 250.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Glenn Abbott 36204.112134.45100
Dick Pole 25122.17125.1551
Gary Wheelock 1788.1694.8947
Rick Jones 1042.1145.1016
Paul Mitchell 939.0334.9920
Doc Medich 322.1203.633
Frank MacCormack 37.0003.864

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Montague 47182.18124.2998
Diego Seguí 40110.2075.6991
Tom House 2689.1453.9339
Dave Pagan 2466.0116.1430
Stan Thomas 1358.1266.0214
Bob Galasso 1135.0069.0021
Rick Honeycutt 1029.0014.3417

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Enrique Romo 58810162.83105
Bill Laxton 433234.9549
Mike Kekich 415435.6055
Tommy Moore 142104.9113
Steve Burke 60102.876
Greg Erardi 50106.005
Byron McLaughlin 100027.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Bobby Floyd

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bellingham [13]

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The Seattle Mariners 1987 season was their 11th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 78–84 (.481).

The Seattle Mariners 1984 season was their eighth since the franchise creation. They finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 74–88 (.457).

The 1980 Seattle Mariners season was their fourth since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing seventh in the American League West with a record of 59–103 (.364).

The 1979 Seattle Mariners season was the franchise's third since its creation. The Mariners ended the season in sixth place in the American League West with a record of 67–95 (.414). The Mariners hosted the All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 17.

The 1978 Seattle Mariners season was the second in franchise history. The Mariners ended the season by finishing seventh in the American League West with a record of 56–104 (.350).

The 1977 Baltimore Orioles season finished with the ballclub tied for second place in the American League East with a record of 97 wins and 64 losses. The Orioles stayed in contention for the division title until an 11–10 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on September 30. They in turn eliminated the Red Sox 8–7 the following day on October 1.

The 1976 Baltimore Orioles season concluded with the ballclub finishing second in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. The Orioles stayed in contention for the division title until a 1–0 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Memorial Stadium on September 25.

The 1976 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

The 1977 Kansas City Royals season was their ninth in Major League Baseball. The Royals' franchise-best 102–60 record led the majors and Kansas City won its second consecutive American League West title. Once again, the Royals lost to the New York Yankees in the postseason, falling 3–2 in the ALCS. Hal McRae led the American League in doubles, with 54. Al Cowens set a franchise single-season record with 112 runs batted in.

The 1977 Oakland Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the American League West with a record of 63 wins and 98 losses. Paid attendance for the season was 495,578, one of the worst attendance figures for the franchise during the 1970s.

The 1964 Los Angeles Dodgers finished with a record of 80–82, 13 games behind the National League and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals, tied for sixth place with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Milwaukee Brewers' 2003 season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the National League Central with a record of 68 wins and 94 losses.

The 1977 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

The 1970 Milwaukee Brewers season was the second season for the franchise. The team finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses, 33 games behind the Minnesota Twins. This was the team's inaugural season in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after spending its first year of existence in Seattle, Washington as the Pilots.

The 1977 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 96th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 91st in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 96–66. This was the first season where the player's last names appeared on the back of the jerseys.

The 1977 San Diego Padres season was the ninth season in franchise history.

The 1976 San Diego Padres season was the eighth season in franchise history.

References

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  3. Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference
  4. Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference
  5. Game log for April 6, 1977
  6. Griffeys made home run history in '90 | Mariners.com: News
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  8. Tony Phillips page at Baseball Reference
  9. Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference
  10. Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  11. Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference
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  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007