1978 Seattle Mariners season explained

Seattle Mariners
Season:	1978
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Kingdome
City:	Seattle, Washington
Divisional Place:	7th
Owners:	Danny Kaye
General Managers:	Lou Gorman
Managers:	Darrell Johnson
Television:	KING-TV 5
Radio:	KVI 570 AM (Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson)

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 .

Offseason

• March 27, 1978: Bob Galasso was released by the Mariners.^[1]
• March 27, 1978: Mike Kekich was released by the Mariners.^[2]

Regular season

• October 1, 1978: Kevin Pasley hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.^[3]

Notable transactions

• June 6, 1978: Vance McHenry was drafted by the Mariners in the 11th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Roster

1978 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Bullpen) (Third base) (First base/Hitting) (Pitching)

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		124	364	94	.258	11	55
1B		123	444	101	.227	8	56
2B		147	550	129	.235	1	25
SS		148	548	160	.292	5	44
3B		114	403	105	.261	4	37
LF		140	486	128	.263	11	51
CF		129	472	111	.235	6	46
RF		134	472	142	.301	22	92
DH		93	302	55	.182	3	24

Other batters

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
	70	251	75	.299	4	30
	93	234	53	.254	2	20
	107	211	36	.171	4	22
	64	174	40	.230	8	28
	54	165	38	.230	2	12
	41	93	20	.215	2	7
	32	74	17	.230	3	15
	25	54	13	.241	1	5
	23	50	8	.160	0	2
	10	11	2	.182	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	29	168.0	8	14	4.18	75
	29	155.1	7	15	5.27	67
	26	134.1	5	11	4.89	50
	20	114.1	3	10	5.35	26
	20	107.0	4	8	4.37	87
	21	98.2	4	11	6.48	41

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	56	11	7	10	3.69	62
	52	4	9	4	4.12	66
	49	3	4	3	3.88	37
	34	5	4	0	4.66	29
	27	1	5	1	5.14	41
	19	1	3	2	3.88	37
	18	0	1	0	3.49	16
	6	0	0	0	4.15	8

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1978 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
• 1978 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/galasbo01.shtml Bob Galasso page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kekicmi01.shtml Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference
3. Web site: Home Run in Last at Bat | Baseball Almanac.
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mchenva01.shtml Vance McHenry page at Baseball Reference
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007