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. At the time, the Mariners were , on an eight-game losing streak, and had the worst record in the majors. A former major league manager, Crandall was managing the Triple-A Albuquerque Dukes, the Pacific Coast League affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 4 – Clint Hurdle was released. May 31 – Bob Long was signed as a free agent. June 27 – Gaylord Perry was released. June 30 – Todd Cruz was purchased by the Baltimore Orioles.

Roster 1983 Seattle Mariners roster Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (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 Pat Putnam 144 469 126 .269 19 67 2B Tony Bernazard 80 300 80 .267 6 30 SS Spike Owen 80 306 60 .196 2 21 3B Jaime Allen 86 273 61 .223 4 21 LF 121 436 128 .294 10 54 CF Dave Henderson 137 484 130 .269 17 55 RF Al Cowens 110 356 73 .205 7 35 DH Richie Zisk 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 Manny Castillo 90 203 42 .207 0 24 Ron Roenicke 59 198 50 .253 4 23 Julio Cruz 61 181 46 .254 2 12 Orlando Mercado 66 178 35 .197 1 16 John Moses 93 130 27 .208 0 6 50 127 30 .236 7 16 Domingo Ramos 53 127 36 .283 2 10 Jamie Nelson 40 96 21 .219 1 5 27 92 26 .283 1 6 Al Chambers 31 67 14 .209 1 7 Phil Bradley 23 67 18 .269 0 5 Jim Maler 26 66 12 .182 1 3 Dave Edler 29 63 12 .190 1 4 Harold Reynolds 20 59 12 .203 0 1 Rod Allen 11 12 2 .167 0 0 Bud Bulling 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 Matt Young 33 203.2 11 15 3.27 130 30 196.2 10 15 3.84 132 Mike Moore 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 Bryan Clark 41 162.1 7 10 3.94 76 14 37.0 0 4 4.38 35 Gene Nelson 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 Bill Caudill 63 2 8 26 4.71 73 Ed Vande Berg 68 2 4 5 3.36 49 50 2 3 7 3.32 47 43 3 1 1 3.45 77 Karl Best 4 0 1 0 13.50 3 Manny Castillo 1 0 0 0 23.63 2

Farm system

Notes

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