1982 Seattle Mariners season explained

Seattle Mariners
Season:	1982
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Kingdome
City:	Seattle, Washington
Divisional Place:	4th
General Managers:	Dan O'Brien Sr.
Managers:	Rene Lachemann
Television:	KSTW-TV 11
Radio:	KVI 570 AM (Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson, Wes Stock)

The 1982 Seattle Mariners season was their sixth since the franchise creation, and the team finished fourth in the American League West with a record of .

During their first decade, this was the Mariners' best season, their best previous total was 67 wins in 1979.^[1] Slightly past the season's midpoint on July 8, their record was, just three games behind division-leading Kansas City.^{[2] [3]} Seattle was at .500 (59–59) on August 17, but then dropped seven straight,^[4] and closed the season at home with six consecutive losses.^[5]

Home attendance at the Kingdome was 1.07 million, twelfth in the league; it was the first time over a million in five years, since the debut season of 1977.

This was Rene Lachemann's only full year as manager with Seattle; previously the manager at its Class AAA affiliate in Spokane. He took over the major league club in early May 1981, initially on an interim basis, succeeding Maury Wills.^{[6] [7]} Lachemann signed a three-year contract in October 1981,^{[7] [8]} and another during the season in 1982, then was relieved of his duties in late June 1983.^{[9] [10]}

Offseason

• October 23, 1981: The Mariners traded a player to be named later to the Kansas City Royals for Manny Castillo. The Mariners completed the deal by sending Bud Black to the Royals on March 2, 1982.^[11]
• December 9, 1981: Dan Meyer was traded by the Mariners to the Oakland Athletics for Rich Bordi.^[12]
• December 11, 1981: Tom Paciorek was traded by the Mariners to the Chicago White Sox for Todd Cruz, Rod Allen and Jim Essian.^[13]
• March 5, 1982: Gaylord Perry was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[14]

Regular season

The Mariners began the season by beating the Minnesota Twins 11–7, setting a franchise record for most runs scored on Opening Day.^[15]

Opening Day starters

• Floyd Bannister
• Bruce Bochte
• Manny Castillo
• Al Cowens
• Julio Cruz
• Todd Cruz
• Jim Essian
• Jim Maler
• Joe Simpson
• Richie Zisk

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Notable transactions

• April 1: Shane Rawley was traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for Bill Caudill, Gene Nelson, and a player to be named later; Bobby Brown was sent to the Mariners on April  6.^[17]
• April 2: Dick Drago was released by the Mariners.^[18]
• April 2: Randy Stein was released by the Mariners.^[19]
• April 5: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[20]
• May 21: Rick Sweet was purchased by the Mariners from the New York Mets.^[21]
• August 6: Dave Revering was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[22]

Draft picks

• June 7: 1982 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Spike Owen was selected by the Mariners in the first round (sixth pick).^[23]
  • Lance Johnson was selected by the Mariners in the 31st round, but did not sign.^[24]

Roster

1982 Seattle Mariners roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders Other batters		ManagerCoaches (Third Base) (Pitching) (First Base) (Bullpen)

Game log

Regular season

|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Postponement
Bold = Mariners team member

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		88	258	66	.256	4	24
1B		64	221	50	.226	4	26
2B		154	549	133	.242	8	49
3B		138	506	130	.257	3	49
SS		136	492	113	.230	16	57
LF		144	509	151	.297	12	70
CF		104	324	82	.253	14	48
RF		146	560	151	.270	20	78
DH		131	503	147	.292	21	62

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	105	296	76	.257	2	23
	80	269	69	.257	7	29
	79	245	59	.241	4	17
	65	169	38	.225	3	8
	56	154	34	.221	1	8
	48	153	42	.275	3	20
	40	104	29	.279	2	18
	29	82	17	.207	3	12
	26	47	8	.170	1	3
	30	46	8	.174	0	1
	22	46	8	.174	0	2
	22	44	14	.318	1	3
	8	26	4	.154	0	1
	9	17	2	.118	1	6
	3	5	0	.000	0	0
	3	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	35	247.0	12	13	3.43	209
	32	216.2	10	12	4.40	116
	28	172.1	8	12	3.34	140
	28	144.1	7	14	5.36	73
	22	122.2	6	9	4.62	71
	9	67.1	3	3	2.41	24

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	37	114.2	5	2	2.75	70
	8	35.1	1	2	4.58	27
	7	13.0	0	2	8.31	10

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	70	12	9	26	2.35	111
	78	9	4	5	2.37	60
	56	2	4	7	4.16	49
	40	0	0	1	5.99	32
	12	1	0	0	3.45	9
	3	0	0	0	13.50	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1982 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
• 1982 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. News: Lach says M's must sign trio . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . October 6, 1982 . 26 .
2. News: Another All-Star effort . Spokane Chronicle . (Washington) . UPI . July 9, 1982 . 13.
3. News: Standings: American League . Spokane Chronicle . (Washington) . July 9, 1982 . 15.
4. News: 'Inspector' solves case for Mariners . Spokane Chronicle . (Washington) . Associated Press . August 27, 1982 . 14.
5. News: Blue Jays, 5-2 . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). October 4, 1982 . 3B.
6. News: Wills fired, M's turn to 'Lach'. Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Blanchette . John . May 7, 1981 . 25.
7. News: M's pilot to remain with ship . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . October 6, 1981 . 21.
8. News: Lachemann gets three-year contract . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . October 6, 1982 . 3C.
9. News: Lach, Cruz, Perry cut by Mariners . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . June 26, 1983 . 1B.
10. News: Seattle fires Lachemann, drops Perry and Cruz . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . wire service reports . June 26, 1983 . 7C.
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blackbu02.shtml Bud Black page at Baseball Reference
12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bordiri01.shtml Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference
13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cruzto02.shtml Todd Cruz page at Baseball Reference
14. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryga01.shtml Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
15. Web site: Team Batting Game Finder: In the Regular Season, since 1901, For SEA, In team's first 1 games, requiring Runs Scored >= 8, sorted by greatest Runs Scored.. Stathead . April 5, 2021.
16. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1982&t=SEA 1982 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac
17. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/caudibi01.shtml Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
18. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dragodi01.shtml Dick Drago page at Baseball Reference
19. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/steinra02.shtml Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference
20. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stantmi01.shtml Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
21. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweetri01.shtml Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
22. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reverda01.shtml Dave Revering page at Baseball Reference
23. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/owensp01.shtml Spike Owen page at Baseball Reference
24. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsla03.shtml Lance Johnson page at Baseball Reference
25. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007