The 1979 Seattle Mariners season was the franchise's third since its creation. The Mariners ended the season in sixth place in the American League West with a record of . The Mariners hosted the All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 17.

Offseason December 5, 1978: Enrique Romo, Rick Jones, and Tom McMillan were traded by the Mariners to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Odell Jones, Rafael Vásquez, and Mario Mendoza.Enrique Romo page at Baseball Reference December 8, 1978: Craig Reynolds was traded by the Mariners to the Houston Astros for Floyd Bannister.Floyd Bannister page at Baseball Reference December 21, 1978: Mario Díaz was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mariners.Mario Díaz page at Baseball Reference January 27, 1979: Willie Horton was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference February 8, 1979: Jim Todd was released by the Mariners.Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference February 22, 1979: Mike Davey was purchased by the Mariners from the Atlanta Braves.Mike Davey page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Julio Cruz, 2B Bill Stein, 3B Dan Meyer, 1B Leon Roberts, RF Willie Horton, DH Ruppert Jones, CF Tom Paciorek, LF Larry Cox, C Mario Mendoza, SS

Glenn Abbott, starting pitcher

Notable transactions April 10, 1979: Bobby Valentine signed as a free agent by the Mariners.Bobby Valentine page at Baseball Reference June 5, 1979: 1979 Major League Baseball draft Mike Hart was drafted by the Mariners in the 13th round.Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference Bud Black was drafted by the Mariners in the 17th round.Bud Black page at Baseball Reference Tom Henke was drafted by the Mariners in the 20th round, but did not sign.Tom Henke page at Baseball Reference June 7, 1979: Paul Mitchell was traded by the Mariners to the Milwaukee Brewers for Randy Stein.Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference July 6, 1979: Juan Bernhardt was traded by the Mariners to the Chicago White Sox for Rich Hinton.Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference

All-Star Game The 1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 50th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 17, 1979, at the Kingdome, the home of the Mariners. The National League defeated the American League, 7–6.

Roster 1979 Seattle Mariners Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Bullpen) (Third base) (First base/Hitting) (Pitching)

Game log Regular season Legend Mariners win Mariners loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff race BoldMariners team member

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;" | — || || 5:30p.m. PDT || 50th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Kingdome, Seattle, Washington)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader 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 100 293 63 .215 4 36 1B 150 554 175 .316 16 100 2B 107 414 112 .271 1 29 3B 144 525 146 .278 20 74 SS 148 373 74 .198 1 24 LF 103 310 83 .267 6 42 CF 162 622 166 .267 21 78 RF 140 450 122 .271 15 54 DH 162 646 180 .279 29 106

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 Larry Milbourne 123 356 99 .278 2 26 Joe Simpson 120 265 75 .283 2 27 88 250 62 .248 7 27 Bob Stinson 95 247 60 .243 6 28 62 98 27 .276 0 7 John Hale 54 63 14 .222 2 7 Rod Craig 16 52 20 .385 0 6 27 25 5 .200 0 0 Juan Bernhardt 1 1 1 1.000 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 Mike Parrott 38 229.1 14 12 3.77 127 33 194.0 11 12 4.04 83 30 182.1 10 15 4.05 115 25 118.2 3 11 6.07 72 23 116.2 4 10 5.17 25 2 11.1 0 1 7.94 6

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 21 104.0 3 2 4.93 36 10 36.2 1 4 4.42 18 9 27.1 0 1 4.28 12 Wayne Twitchell 4 13.2 0 2 5.27 5

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 Byron McLaughlin 47 7 7 14 4.22 74 Shane Rawley 48 5 9 11 3.84 48 41 6 4 1 5.57 60 23 2 3 0 5.88 39 14 0 2 0 5.40 7 9 1 0 0 5.06 9 2 0 0 0 15.43 0

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Bruce Bochte, reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San JoseJohnson, 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 1979 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference 1979 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com