1983 Seattle Mariners season explained

Seattle Mariners
Season:	1983
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Kingdome
City:	Seattle, Washington
Divisional Place:	7th
General Managers:	Dan O'Brien Sr.
Managers:	Rene Lachemann Del Crandall (June 25)
Television:	KSTW-TV 11
Radio:	KVI 570 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Wes Stock)

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, 39 games behind, with the worst record in the major leagues. They became the first team to fail to sweep an opponent in any series.

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, 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

Notable transactions

• April 4 – Clint Hurdle was released.^[10]
• May 31 – Bob Long was signed as a free agent.^[11]
• June 27 – Gaylord Perry was released.^{[12] [13]}
• June 30 – Todd Cruz was purchased by the Baltimore Orioles.^[14]

Roster

1983 Seattle Mariners roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Third base) (First base) (Bullpen) (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		93	249	55	.221	1	22
1B		144	469	126	.269	19	67
2B		80	300	80	.267	6	30
SS		80	306	60	.196	2	21
3B		86	273	61	.223	4	21
LF		121	436	128	.294	10	54
CF		137	484	130	.269	17	55
RF		110	356	73	.205	7	35
DH		90	285	69	.242	12	36

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
	98	291	74	.254	5	36
	65	216	41	.190	7	21
	90	203	42	.207	0	24
	59	198	50	.253	4	23
	61	181	46	.254	2	12
	66	178	35	.197	1	16
	93	130	27	.208	0	6
	50	127	30	.236	7	16
	53	127	36	.283	2	10
	40	96	21	.219	1	5
	27	92	26	.283	1	6
	31	67	14	.209	1	7
	23	67	18	.269	0	5
	26	66	12	.182	1	3
	29	63	12	.190	1	4
	20	59	12	.203	0	1
	11	12	2	.167	0	0
	5	5	0	.000	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
	33	203.2	11	15	3.27	130
	30	196.2	10	15	3.84	132
	22	128.0	6	8	4.71	108
	16	102.0	3	10	4.94	42
	14	82.1	5	3	4.59	38

Other 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
	35	175.2	9	17	4.41	87
	41	162.1	7	10	3.94	76
	14	37.0	0	4	4.38	35
	10	32.0	0	3	7.88	11

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
	63	2	8	26	4.71	73
	68	2	4	5	3.36	49
	50	2	3	7	3.32	47
	43	3	1	1	3.45	77
	4	0	1	0	13.50	3
	1	0	0	0	23.63	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1983 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
• 1983 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. News: A shake-up in Seattle . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . June 26, 1983 . D1.
2. News: Seattle fires Lachemann, drops Perry and Cruz. Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . wire services . June 26, 1983 . 7C.
3. News: Major league standings . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . June 25, 1983 . 5B.
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bordiri01.shtml Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tartada01.shtml Danny Tartabull page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mchenva.shtml Vance McHenry page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hartmi02.shtml Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownbo04.shtml Bobby Brown page at Baseball Reference
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phelpke01.shtml Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hurdlcl01.shtml Clint Hurdle page at Baseball Reference
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/longbo01.shtml Bob Long page at Baseball Reference
12. News: Were the Mariners Perry's last hurrah? . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . June 26, 1983 . D4.
13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryga01.shtml Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
14. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cruzto02.shtml 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