The 1978 Seattle Mariners season was the second in franchise history. The Mariners ended the season by finishing last in the American League West with a record of , their first last place finish and six games worse than their inaugural season.
Offseason December 5, 1977: Received Leon Roberts in a trade with the Houston Astros for Jimmy Sexton. December 7: Received Mike Parrott in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles for Carlos López and Tommy Moore. December 9: Traded Dave Collins to the Cincinnati Reds for Shane Rawley. December 20: Bruce Bochte signed as a free agent. March 27, 1978: Bob Galasso, Mike Kekich, and Skip Jutze were released by the Mariners.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Season summary April 1, 1982: Newly acquired outfielder Leon Roberts hit a grand slam on Opening Day. July 11: Craig Reynolds, Seattle's representative in the All-Star Game, does not play in the game. October 1: Kevin Pasley hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.
Notable transactions May 31, 1978: Tom Paciorek signs as a free agent with Seattle. June 1: Steve Braun traded to the Kansas City Royals for Jim Colborn. June 6: 1978 MLB draft. Dave Valle selected in the second round. Vance McHenry selected in the 11th round.Vance McHenry page at Baseball Reference
1978 Roster 1978 Seattle Mariners Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (Bullpen) (Third base) (First base/Hitting) (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 124 364 94 .258 11 55 1B 123 444 101 .227 8 56 2B 147 550 129 .235 1 25 SS 148 548 160 .292 5 44 3B 114 403 105 .261 4 37 LF 140 486 128 .263 11 51 CF 129 472 111 .235 6 46 RF 134 472 142 .301 22 92 DH 93 302 55 .182 3 24
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 70 251 75 .299 4 30 93 234 53 .254 2 20 107 211 36 .171 4 22 64 174 40 .230 8 28 54 165 38 .230 2 12 41 93 20 .215 2 7 32 74 17 .230 3 15 25 54 13 .241 1 5 23 50 8 .160 0 2 10 11 2 .182 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 29 168.0 8 14 4.18 75 29 155.1 7 15 5.27 67 26 134.1 5 11 4.89 50 20 114.1 3 10 5.35 26 20 107.0 4 8 4.37 87 21 98.2 4 11 6.48 41
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 3 12.1 0 2 5.84 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 56 11 7 10 3.69 62 52 4 9 4 4.12 66 49 3 4 3 3.88 37 34 5 4 0 4.66 29 27 1 5 1 5.14 41 19 1 3 2 3.88 37 18 0 1 0 3.49 16 6 0 0 0 4.15 8
Farm system
After fielding only one minor league affiliate in 1977, the Mariners added a Triple-A and Single-A team in 1978.Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1978 Seattle Mariners at [Baseball Reference] 1978 Seattle Mariners team page at [Baseball Almanac]