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1983 Seattle Mariners season

1983 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record60–102 (.370)
Divisional place7th
Other information
Owner(s)George Argyros
General manager(s)Dan O'Brien, Sr.
Manager(s)Rene Lachemann
Del Crandall (June 25)
Local televisionKSTW-TV 11
Local radioKVI 570 AM (Dave Niehaus,
Rick Rizzs, Wes Stock)
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The 1983 Major League Baseball season was the seventh season in the history of the Seattle Mariners. They were seventh in the American League West at 60–102 (.370), 39 games behind, with the worst record in the major leagues.

In his third season as the Mariners' manager, Rene Lachemann was fired on June 25, succeeded by Del Crandall.[1][2] At the time, the Mariners were 26–47 (.356), on an eight-game losing streak, and had the worst record in the majors.[3] A former major league manager, Crandall was managing the Triple-A Albuquerque Dukes, the Pacific Coast League affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.[1]

Offseason

  • December 9, 1982: Rich Bordi was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Steve Henderson.[4]
  • January 20, 1983: Danny Tartabull was chosen from the Cincinnati Reds as a free agent compensation pick.[5]
  • January 27, 1983: Vance McHenry was traded to the Texas Rangers for Bob Babcock.[6]
  • January 28, 1983: Mike Hart was released.[7]
  • March 28, 1983: Bobby Brown was released.[8]
  • March 31, 1983: Ken Phelps was purchased from the Montreal Expos.[9]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 99 63 0.611 — 55–26 44–37
Kansas City Royals 79 83 0.488 20 45–36 34–47
Texas Rangers 77 85 0.475 22 44–37 33–48
Oakland Athletics 74 88 0.457 25 42–39 32–49
California Angels 70 92 0.432 29 35–46 35–46
Minnesota Twins 70 92 0.432 29 37–44 33–48
Seattle Mariners 60 102 0.370 39 30–51 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 8–5 7–5 7–5 6–7 5–8 8–4 11–2 8–4 6–7 8–4 8–4 9–3 7–6
Boston 5–8 — 6–6 6–6 7–6 4–9 5–7 4–9 5–7 7–6 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
California 5–7 6–6 — 3–10 8–4 4–8 6–7 6–6 6–7 5–7 5–8 6–7 6–7 4–8
Chicago 5–7 6–6 10–3 — 8–4 8–4 9–4 4–8 8–5 8–4 8–5 12–1 8–5 5–7
Cleveland 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 — 5–8 7–5 3–10 6–6 6–7 7–5 8–4 3–9 4–9
Detroit 8–5 9–4 8–4 4–8 8–5 — 7–5 6–7 9–3 5–8 6–6 8–4 8–4 6–7
Kansas City 4–8 7–5 7–6 4–9 5–7 5–7 — 6–6 6–7 6–6 7–6 8–5 8–5–1 6–6
Milwaukee 2–11 9–4 6–6 8–4 10–3 7–6 6–6 — 8–4 4–9 6–6 5–7 8–4 8–5
Minnesota 4–8 7–5 7–6 5–8 6–6 3–9 7–6 4–8 — 4–8 4–9 9–4 5–8 5–7
New York 7–6 6–7 7–5 4–8 7–6 8–5 6–6 9–4 8–4 — 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–6
Oakland 4–8 4–8 8–5 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 6–6 9–4 4–8 — 9–4 2–11 6–6
Seattle 4–8 5–7 7–6 1–12 4–8 4–8 5–8 7–5 4–9 5–7 4–9 — 6–7 4–8
Texas 3–9 5–7 7–6 5–8 9–3 4–8 5–8–1 4–8 8–5 5–7 11–2 7–6 — 4–8
Toronto 6–7 6–7 8–4 7–5 9–4 7–6 6–6 5–8 7–5 6–7 6–6 8–4 8–4 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1983 Seattle Mariners roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Rick Sweet 93 249 55 .221 1 22
LF Steve Henderson 121 436 128 .294 10 54

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ricky Nelson 98 291 74 .254 5 36
Todd Cruz 65 216 41 .190 7 21
Ken Phelps 50 127 30 .236 7 16
Darnell Coles 27 92 26 .283 1 6

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Beattie 30 196.2 10 15 3.84 132
Gaylord Perry 16 102 3 10 4.94 42
Glenn Abbott 14 82.1 5 3 4.59 38

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Stoddard 35 175.2 9 17 4.41 87
Edwin Núñez 14 37 0 4 4.38 35

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Stanton 50 2 3 7 3.32 47
Roy Thomas 43 3 1 1 3.45 77

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Bobby Floyd
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Mickey Bowers and Bill Haywood
A Bakersfield Mariners California League Greg Mahlberg
A Wausau Timbers Midwest League R. J. Harrison
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Jeff Scott

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "A shake-up in Seattle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 26, 1983. p. D1.
  2. ^ "Seattle fires Lachemann, drops Perry and Cruz". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. June 26, 1983. p. 7C.
  3. ^ "Major league standings". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). June 25, 1983. p. 5B.
  4. ^ Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Danny Tartabull page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Vance McHenry page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Bobby Brown page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Clint Hurdle page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Bob Long page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ "Were the Mariners Perry's last hurrah?". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 26, 1983. p. D4.
  13. ^ Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ Todd Cruz page at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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