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. Slightly past the season's midpoint on July 8, their record was , just three games behind division-leading Kansas City. Seattle was at .500 (59–59) on August 17, but then dropped seven straight, and closed the season at home with six consecutive losses.

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. Lachemann signed a three-year contract in October 1981, and another during the season in 1982, then was relieved of his duties in late June 1983.

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.Bud Black page at Baseball Reference December 9, 1981: Dan Meyer was traded by the Mariners to the Oakland Athletics for Rich Bordi.Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference December 11, 1981: Tom Paciorek was traded by the Mariners to the Chicago White Sox for Todd Cruz, Rod Allen and Jim Essian.Todd Cruz page at Baseball Reference March 5, 1982: Gaylord Perry was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference

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.

On May 6 against the New York Yankees, Gaylord Perry won his 300th career game, becoming the first pitcher to win 300 games since Early Wynn did so in 1963.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters Floyd Bannister Bruce Bochte Manny Castillo Al Cowens Julio Cruz Todd Cruz Jim Essian Jim Maler Joe Simpson Richie Zisk 1982 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac

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.Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference April 2: Dick Drago was released by the Mariners.Dick Drago page at Baseball Reference April 2: Randy Stein was released by the Mariners.Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference April 5: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference May 21: Rick Sweet was purchased by the Mariners from the New York Mets.Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference August 6: Dave Revering was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.Dave Revering page at Baseball Reference

Draft picks June 7: 1982 Major League Baseball draft Spike Owen was selected by the Mariners in the first round (sixth pick).Spike Owen page at Baseball Reference Lance Johnson was selected by the Mariners in the 31st round, but did not sign.Lance Johnson page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1982 Seattle Mariners roster Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Third Base) (Pitching) (First Base) (Bullpen)

Game log

Regular season

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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 Jim Maler 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 Bruce Bochte 144 509 151 .297 12 70 CF Dave Henderson 104 324 82 .253 14 48 RF Al Cowens 146 560 151 .270 20 78 DH Richie Zisk 131 503 147 .292 21 62

Other batters Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Joe Simpson 105 296 76 .257 2 23 80 269 69 .257 7 29 79 245 59 .241 4 17 65 169 38 .225 3 8 Bud Bulling 56 154 34 .221 1 8 48 153 42 .275 3 20 Dave Edler 40 104 29 .279 2 18 Dave Revering 29 82 17 .207 3 12 Steve Stroughter 26 47 8 .170 1 3 Lenny Randle 30 46 8 .174 0 1 Thad Bosley 22 46 8 .174 0 2 John Moses 22 44 14 .318 1 3 Domingo Ramos 8 26 4 .154 0 1 Orlando Mercado 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 Jim Beattie 28 172.1 8 12 3.34 140 Mike Moore 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 Bryan Clark 37 114.2 5 2 2.75 70 Edwin Núñez 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 Ed Vande Berg 78 9 4 5 2.37 60 56 2 4 7 4.16 49 40 0 0 1 5.99 32 Ron Musselman 12 1 0 0 3.45 9 Jerry Don Gleaton 3 0 0 0 13.50 1

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

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