1979 Seattle Mariners

67-95 • .414 Win% • 6th in AL W

📊 Season Record

67 Wins
95 Losses
.414 Win %
6th Rank
711 R 820 RA
Diff -109

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⚡ Quick Stats

711 Runs Scored
820 Runs Allowed
-109 Run Diff
844K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 AL Average

Batting Avg .268 equal to the 1979 league average (.269)
OBP .331 1% below the 1979 league average (.334)
SLG .404 1% below the 1979 league average (.408)
Team ERA 4.58 9% worse than the 1979 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 711 5% below the 1979 league average (752 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKingdome
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 844,450
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Avg per Game 10,425

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1979

Batting Avg

1 Rod Craig 0.385 2 Bruce Bochte 0.316 3 Tom Paciorek 0.287 4 Joe Simpson 0.283 5 Willie Horton 0.279

Home Runs

1 Willie Horton 29 2 Ruppert Jones 21 3 Dan Meyer 20 4 Bruce Bochte 16 5 Leon Roberts 15

RBI

1 Willie Horton 106 2 Bruce Bochte 100 3 Ruppert Jones 78 4 Dan Meyer 74 5 Leon Roberts 54
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Horton 162 646 77 180 19 5 29 106 42 112 1 0.279
Ruppert Jones 162 622 109 166 29 9 21 78 85 78 33 0.267
Bruce Bochte 150 554 81 175 38 6 16 100 67 64 2 0.316
Dan Meyer 144 525 72 146 21 7 20 74 29 35 11 0.278
Leon Roberts 140 450 61 122 24 6 15 54 56 64 3 0.271
Julio Cruz 107 414 70 112 16 2 1 29 62 61 49 0.271
Mario Mendoza 148 373 26 74 10 3 1 29 9 62 3 0.198
Larry Milbourne 123 356 40 99 13 4 2 26 19 20 5 0.278
Tom Paciorek 103 310 38 89 23 4 6 42 28 62 6 0.287
Larry Cox 100 293 32 63 11 3 4 36 22 39 2 0.215
Joe Simpson 120 265 29 75 11 0 2 27 11 21 6 0.283
Bill Stein 88 250 28 62 9 2 7 27 17 28 1 0.248
Bob Stinson 95 247 19 60 8 0 6 28 33 38 1 0.243
Bobby Valentine 62 98 9 27 6 0 0 7 22 5 1 0.276
John Hale 54 63 6 14 3 0 2 7 12 26 0 0.222
Rod Craig 16 52 9 20 8 1 0 6 1 5 1 0.385
Charlie Beamon 27 25 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.200
Juan Bernhardt 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Glenn Abbott 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Floyd Bannister 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roy Branch 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Decker 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rob Dressler 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Hinton 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Honeycutt 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Odell Jones 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Lewis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Byron McLaughlin 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Mitchell 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Montague 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Parrott 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Shane Rawley 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy Stein 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wayne Twitchell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rafael Vasquez 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1979

ERA

1 Mike Parrott 3.77 2 Shane Rawley 3.84 3 Rick Honeycutt 4.04 4 Floyd Bannister 4.05 5 Byron McLaughlin 4.22

Wins

1 Mike Parrott 14 2 Rick Honeycutt 11 3 Floyd Bannister 10 4 Byron McLaughlin 7 5 John Montague 6

Strikeouts

1 Mike Parrott 127 2 Floyd Bannister 115 3 Rick Honeycutt 83 4 Byron McLaughlin 74 5 Odell Jones 72
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mike Parrott 14 12 3.77 38 30 0 229.1 231 96 86 127
Rick Honeycutt 11 12 4.04 33 28 0 194.0 201 87 67 83
Floyd Bannister 10 15 4.05 30 30 0 182.1 185 82 68 115
Byron McLaughlin 7 7 4.22 47 7 14 123.2 114 58 60 74
Odell Jones 3 11 6.07 25 19 0 118.2 151 80 58 72
Glenn Abbott 4 10 5.17 23 19 0 116.2 138 67 38 25
John Montague 6 4 5.57 41 1 1 116.1 125 72 47 60
Rob Dressler 3 2 4.93 21 11 0 104.0 134 57 22 36
Shane Rawley 5 9 3.84 48 3 11 84.1 88 36 40 48
Randy Stein 2 3 5.88 23 1 0 41.1 48 27 27 39
Paul Mitchell 1 4 4.42 10 6 0 36.2 46 18 15 18
Joe Decker 0 1 4.28 9 2 0 27.1 27 13 14 12
Rich Hinton 0 2 5.40 14 1 0 20.0 23 12 5 7
Rafael Vasquez 1 0 5.06 9 0 0 16.0 23 9 6 9
Wayne Twitchell 0 2 5.27 4 2 0 13.2 11 8 10 5
Roy Branch 0 1 7.94 2 2 0 11.1 12 10 7 6
Jim Lewis 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 2.1 10 4 1 0

👥 Roster (35)

Glenn Abbott Floyd Bannister Charlie Beamon Juan Bernhardt Bruce Bochte Roy Branch Larry Cox Rod Craig Julio Cruz Joe Decker Rob Dressler John Hale +23 more

35 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1979 Seattle Mariners

What was the 1979 Seattle Mariners record?
The 1979 Seattle Mariners finished 67-95 (.414 win pct).
Who led the 1979 Seattle Mariners in home runs?
Willie Horton led the 1979 Seattle Mariners with 29 home runs.
What was the 1979 Seattle Mariners team ERA?
The 1979 Seattle Mariners posted a team ERA of 4.58.
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