1977 Seattle Mariners season

Major League Baseball team season

1977 Seattle Mariners

League| American League
Division| West
Ballpark| Kingdome
City| Seattle, Washington
Record| 64–98 (.395)
Divisional place| 6th
Owners| Danny Kaye
General managers| Dick Vertlieb/Lou Gorman
Managers| Darrell Johnson
Television| KING-TV 5 (NBC)
Radio| KVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson)
|  | Seasons | 1978 →

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The 1977 Seattle Mariners season was the first season in franchise history, which was established via the 1977 Major League Baseball expansion. The creation of the Mariners brought baseball back to Seattle, which had been without a major league team since the Seattle Pilots left for Milwaukee to become the Brewers in April 1970.

The Mariners ended the 1977 season by narrowly avoiding last place (held by the Oakland Athletics), finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 64–98 (.395), 38 games behind the AL West champion Kansas City Royals.

## Offseason

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* September 3, 1976: Former Red Sox manager Darrell Johnson is hired to be the team's first manager. Lou Gorman, Seattle's director of baseball operations, states that Johnson will help in scouting players for the upcoming expansion draft.[1]
* October 1, 1976: Dave Johnson was purchased by the Mariners from the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
* October 22, 1976: Diego Seguí was purchased by the Mariners from the San Diego Padres.[3]
* November 5, 1976: The 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft was held. The Mariners (along with their expansion partners, the Toronto Blue Jays) selected 30 players to fill their major league roster.
* April 1, 1977: Mike Kekich was purchased by the Mariners from the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo.[4]

## Regular season

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### The first game

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#### Linescore

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April 6, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | R  | H  | E

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California | 1 | 1 | 2  | 2 | 1 | 0  | 0 | 0 | 0  | 7 | 9 | 1
Seattle  | 0 | 0 | 0  | 0 | 0 | 0  | 0 | 0 | 0  | 0 | 9 | 2
W: Frank Tanana (1–0)  L: Diego Seguí (0–1)
HRs: Joe Rudi (1)

#### Boxscore

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##### Batting

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California Angels | AB  | R  | H  | RBI  | Seattle Mariners | AB  | R  | H  | RBI

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Remy, 2b  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0  | Collins, DH | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0
Grich, ss  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Báez, 2B | 4  | 0  | 2  | 0
Bonds, rf  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0  | Braun, LF | 3  | 0  | 1  | 0
Baylor, dh  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | Stanton, RF | 4  | 0  | 1  | 0
Rudi, lf  | 5  | 1  | 3  | 4  | Stein, 3B | 4  | 0  | 2  | 0
Solaita, 1b  | 5  | 0  | 1  | 0  | Meyer, 1B | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0
Bochte, cf  | 3  | 2  | 2  | 0  | Jones, CF | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0
Chalk, 3b  | 5  | 0  | 1  | 0  | Stinson, C | 3  | 0  | 1  | 0
Humphrey, c  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | Reynolds, SS | 4  | 0  | 2  | 0
Totals | 37  | 7  | 9  | 7  | Totals | 34  | 0  | 9  | 0

##### Pitching

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California Angels | IP  | H  | R  | ER  | BB  | SO  | Seattle Mariners | IP  | H  | R  | ER  | BB  | SO

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Tanana, W, (1–0)  | 9.0  | 9  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 9  | Seguí, L, (0–1)  | 3.2  | 5  | 6  | 4  | 3  | 3
| Montague | 5.1  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3
Totals | 9.0  | 9  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 9  | Totals | 9.0  | 9  | 7  | 5  | 6  | 6

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### Other notable events

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* April 10, 1977: Designated hitter Juan Bernhardt hit the first home run in team history.[6]
* April 13, 1977: The first extra innings game in team history resulted in a 3–2 win over the Minnesota Twins.
* May 19, 1977: The first shutout win in team history was a 3–0 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
* July 1, 1977: The Milwaukee Brewers played their first game in Seattle since 1969, when they were the Seattle Pilots. The Brewers beat the hometown Mariners, 2–1.
* July 8, 1977: Scored the most runs of the season in a 13–11 win against the Minnesota Twins.

### Season standings

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AL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Kansas City Royals | 102 | 60  | .630  | —  | 55‍–‍26  | 47‍–‍34
Texas Rangers | 94 | 68  | .580  | 8  | 44‍–‍37  | 50‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox | 90 | 72  | .556  | 12  | 48‍–‍33  | 42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins | 84 | 77  | .522  | 17½  | 48‍–‍32  | 36‍–‍45
California Angels | 74 | 88  | .457  | 28  | 39‍–‍42  | 35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners | 64 | 98  | .395  | 38  | 29‍–‍52  | 35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics | 63 | 98  | .391  | 38½  | 35‍–‍46  | 28‍–‍52

### Record vs. opponents

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1977 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Team  | BAL  | BOS  | CAL  | CWS  | CLE  | DET  | KC  | MIL  | MIN  | NYY  | OAK  | SEA  | TEX  | TOR
Baltimore | — | 6–8 | 5–6 | 5–5 | 11–4 | 12–3 | 4–7 | 11–4 | 6–4 | 8–7 | 8–2 | 7–3 | 4–6 | 10–5
Boston | 8–6 | — | 7–3 | 3–7 | 8–7 | 9–6 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 4–6 | 8–7 | 8–3 | 10–1 | 6–4 | 12–3
California | 6–5 | 3–7 | — | 8–7 | 6–4 | 4–6 | 6–9 | 5–5 | 7–8 | 4–7 | 5–10 | 9–6 | 5–10 | 6–4
Chicago | 5–5 | 7–3 | 7–8 | — | 6–4 | 4–6 | 8–7 | 6–5 | 10–5 | 3–7 | 10–5 | 10–5 | 6–9 | 8–3
Cleveland | 4–11 | 7–8 | 4–6 | 4–6 | — | 8–7 | 3–7 | 11–4 | 2–9 | 3–12 | 7–3 | 7–3 | 2–9 | 9–5
Detroit | 3–12 | 6–9 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 7–8 | — | 3–8 | 10–5 | 5–5 | 6–9 | 5–5 | 5–6 | 2–8 | 10–5
Kansas City | 7–4 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 7–8 | 7–3 | 8–3 | — | 8–2 | 10–5 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 11–4 | 8–7 | 8–2
Milwaukee | 4–11 | 6–9 | 5–5 | 5–6 | 4–11 | 5–10 | 2–8 | — | 3–8 | 8–7 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 8–7
Minnesota | 4–6 | 6–4 | 8–7 | 5–10 | 9–2 | 5–5 | 5–10 | 8–3 | — | 2–8 | 8–6 | 7–8 | 8–7 | 9–1
New York | 7–8 | 7–8 | 7–4 | 7–3 | 12–3 | 9–6 | 5–5 | 7–8 | 8–2 | — | 9–2 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 9–6
Oakland | 2–8 | 3–8 | 10–5 | 5–10 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 6–9 | 5–5 | 6–8 | 2–9 | — | 7–8 | 2–13 | 7–3
Seattle | 3–7 | 1–10 | 6–9 | 5–10 | 3–7 | 6–5 | 4–11 | 3–7 | 8–7 | 4–6 | 8–7 | — | 9–6 | 4–6
Texas | 6–4 | 4–6 | 10–5 | 9–6 | 9–2 | 8–2 | 7–8 | 5–5 | 7–8 | 3–7 | 13–2 | 6–9 | — | 7–4
Toronto | 5–10 | 3–12 | 4–6 | 3–8 | 5–9 | 5–10 | 2–8 | 7–8 | 1–9 | 6–9 | 3–7 | 6–4 | 4–7 | —

### Notable transactions

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* April 20, 1977: Pete Broberg was traded by the Mariners to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Jim Todd to the Mariners on October 25.[7]
* May 2, 1977: Dave Johnson was purchased from the Mariners by the Minnesota Twins.[2]
* June 7, 1977: Tony Phillips was drafted by the Mariners in the 16th round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[8]
* July 27, 1977: Dave Pagan was traded by the Mariners to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Rick Honeycutt to the Mariners on August 22.[9]
* August 2, 1977: Stan Thomas was traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for future considerations.[10]
* September 9, 1977: Bill Laxton and cash were traded by the Mariners to the Cleveland Indians for Ray Fosse.[11]

### Roster

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1977 Seattle Mariners

Roster
Pitchers

* 17 Glenn Abbott
* 39 Steve Burke
* 35 Greg Erardi
* 19 Bob Galasso
* 40 Rick Honeycutt
* 29 Tom House
* 46 Rick Jones
* 37 Mike Kekich
* 38 Bill Laxton
* 24 Frank MacCormack
* 30 Byron McLaughlin
* 41 Doc Medich
* 34 Paul Mitchell
* 25 John Montague
* 20 Tommy Moore
* 30 Dave Pagan
* 45 Dick Pole
* 43 Enrique Romo
* 27 Diego Seguí
* 23 Stan Thomas
* 16 Gary Wheelock

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*  6 Larry Cox
* 38 Ray Fosse
*  3 Skip Jutze
* 18 Kevin Pasley
* 15 Bob Stinson

Infielders

* 14 José Báez
* 26 Juan Bernhardt
*  2 Julio Cruz
* 18 Joe Lis
* 21 Tom McMillan
*  7 Dan Meyer
* 10 Larry Milbourne
* 12 Craig Reynolds
* 20 Jimmy Sexton
*  1 Bill Stein

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*  4 Steve Braun
*  5 Dave Collins
* 23 Puchy Delgado
*  9 Ruppert Jones
*  8 Carlos López
* 11 Tommy Smith
* 36 Leroy Stanton

|  | Manager

* 22 Darrell Johnson

Coaches

* 31 Don Bryant (Bullpen)
* 33 Jim Busby (Third Base)
* 28 Vada Pinson (First Base/Hitting)
* 32 Wes Stock (Pitching)

## Game log

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1977 Game Log

April

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1 | April 6 | California Angels | 0–7 | Tanana (1–0) | Segui (0–1) |  | 57,762 | 0–1 | L1
2 | April 7 | California Angels | 0–2 | Ryan (1–0) | Romo (0–1) |  | 10,144 | 0–2 | L2
3 | April 8 | California Angels | 7–6 | Laxton (1–0) | Verhoeven (0–1) |  | 11,845 | 1–2 | W1
4 | April 9 | California Angels | 5–1 | Wheelock (1–0) | Simpson (0–1) | Montague (1) | 27,668 | 2–2 | W2
5 | April 10 | California Angels | 5–12 | Tanana (2–0) | Abbott (0–1) |  | 10,405 | 2–3 | L1
6 | April 11 | Minnesota Twins | 3–12 | Zahn (1–0) | Segui (0–2) |  | 8,979 | 2–4 | L2
7 | April 12 | Minnesota Twins | 2–3 | Schueler (1–1) | Laxton (1–1) | Burgmeier (2) | 8,589 | 2–5 | L3
8 | April 13 | Minnesota Twins | 3–2 | Moore (1–0) | Burgmeier (0–1) |  | 11,635 | 3–5 | W1
9 | April 14 | Minnesota Twins | 4–3 | Wheelock (2–0) | Redfern (0–2) | Montague (2) | 9,167 | 4–5 | W2
10 | April 15 | @ California Angels | 0–7 | Ryan (2–1) | Abbott (0–2) |  | 34,654 | 4–6 | L1
11 | April 16 | @ California Angels | 4–6 | Hartzell (1–0) | Montague (0–1) | Kirkwood (1) | 19,690 | 4–7 | L2
12 | April 17 | @ California Angels | 11–7 | Kekich (1–0) | Monge (0–1) | Pagan (1) | 13,813 | 5–7 | W1
13 | April 18 | Texas Rangers | 8–6 | Thomas (1–0) | Alexander (1–1) | Laxton (1) | 9,535 | 6–7 | W2
14 | April 19 | Texas Rangers | 1–3 | Lindblad (1–0) | Wheelock (2–1) |  | 10,947 | 6–8 | L1
15 | April 20 | Texas Rangers | 2–5 | Briles (1–0) | Montague (0–2) | Devine (1) | 10,763 | 6–9 | L2
16 | April 22 | Kansas City Royals | 5–6 | Littell (2–1) | Pagan (0–1) | Gura (2) | 19,756 | 6–10 | L3
17 | April 23 | Kansas City Royals | 6–8 | Leonard (1–0) | Segui (0–3) | Gura (3) | 22,685 | 6–11 | L4
18 | April 24 | Kansas City Royals | 1–16 | Colborn (3–1) | Wheelock (2–2) |  | DH | 6–12 | L5
19 | April 24 | Kansas City Royals | 4–2 | Montague (1–2) | Splittorff (1–1) |  | 21,734 | 7–12 | W1
20 | April 26 | @ Minnesota Twins | 3–5 | Burgmeier (2–1) | Thomas (1–1) | Johnson (2) | 3,422 | 7–13 | L1
21 | April 27 | @ Minnesota Twins | 3–5 | Johnson (3–0) | Moore (1–1) | Burgmeier (3) | 3,170 | 7–14 | L2
22 | April 28 | @ Minnesota Twins | 4–3 | Montague (2–2) | Goltz (0–2) |  | 3,766 | 8–14 | W1
23 | April 29 | @ New York Yankees | 0–3 | Guidry (2–0) | Thomas (1–2) | Lyle (5) | 15,284 | 8–15 | L1
24 | April 30 | @ New York Yankees | 2–7 | Figueroa (2–2) | Wheelock (2–3) |  | 19,525 | 8–16 | L2

May

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25 | May 1 | @ New York Yankees | 2–5 | Holtzman (2–1) | Abbott (0–3) | Lyle (6) | 20,477 | 8–17 | L3
26 | May 3 | @ Boston Red Sox | 10–8 | Montague (3–2) | Wise (1–2) | Pagan (2) | 12,422 | 9–17 | W1
27 | May 4 | @ Boston Red Sox | 2–5 | Cleveland (2–2) | Thomas (1–3) | Campbell (3) | 11,408 | 9–18 | L1
28 | May 5 | @ Boston Red Sox | 2–5 | Jenkins (4–1) | Segui (0–4) |  | 10,358 | 9–19 | L2
29 | May 6 | @ Baltimore Orioles | 1–4 | Grimsley (3–1) | Abbott (0–4) |  | 4,402 | 9–20 | L3
30 | May 7 | @ Baltimore Orioles | 2–4 | May (3–3) | Jones (0–1) | Flanagan (1) | 16,212 | 9–21 | L4
31 | May 8 | @ Baltimore Orioles | 4–6 | Palmer (5–1) | Pole (0–1) | McGregor (1) | 9,638 | 9–22 | L5
32 | May 9 | @ Toronto Blue Jays | 4–10 | Singer (2–4) | Thomas (1–4) |  | 11,680 | 9–23 | L6
33 | May 10 | @ Toronto Blue Jays | 3–9 | Garvin (5–0) | Montague (3–3) |  | 13,017 | 9–24 | L7
34 | May 11 | New York Yankees | 5–2 | Laxton (2–1) | Holtzman (2–2) | Romo (1) | 23,978 | 10–24 | W1
35 | May 12 | New York Yankees | 8–6 | Moore (2–1) | Hunter (1–2) |  | 42,132 | 11–24 | W2
36 | May 13 | Boston Red Sox | 5–7 | Willoughby (3–0) | Romo (0–2) | Campbell (4) | 20,523 | 11–25 | L1
37 | May 14 | Boston Red Sox | 4–8 | Stanley (3–0) | Thomas (1–5) | Campbell (5) | 52,485 | 11–26 | L2
38 | May 15 | Boston Red Sox | 4–5 | Lee (1–0) | Jones (0–2) | Campbell (6) | 47,353 | 11–27 | L3
39 | May 16 | Baltimore Orioles | 8–3 | Abbott (1–4) | Palmer (5–3) | Kekich (1) | 10,388 | 12–27 | W1
40 | May 17 | Baltimore Orioles | 10–2 | Romo (1–2) | May (4–4) |  | 10,920 | 13–27 | W2
41 | May 19 | @ Oakland Athletics | 3–0 | Pagan (1–1) | Langford (3–3) |  | 2,179 | 14–27 | W3
42 | May 20 | @ Oakland Athletics | 5–14 | Medich (3–2) | Jones (0–3) |  | 2,660 | 14–28 | L1
43 | May 21 | @ Oakland Athletics | 7–6 | Kekich (2–0) | Lacey (1–1) |  | 3,230 | 15–28 | W1
44 | May 22 | @ Oakland Athletics | 6–2 | Pole (1–1) | Blue (3–4) | Romo (2) | 3,138 | 16–28 | W2
45 | May 24 | @ Cleveland Indians | 5–7 | Waits (2–0) | Romo (1–3) | Kern (4) | 5,576 | 16–29 | L1
46 | May 25 | @ Cleveland Indians | 1–2 | Eckersley (4–3) | Laxton (2–2) |  | 4,516 | 16–30 | L2
47 | May 27 | @ Detroit Tigers | 2–1 | Abbott (2–4) | Fidrych (0–1) | Kekich (2) | 44,207 | 17–30 | W1
48 | May 28 | @ Detroit Tigers | 3–1 | Pole (2–1) | Rozema (4–2) | Laxton (2) | 15,820 | 18–30 | W2
49 | May 29 | @ Detroit Tigers | 6–4 | Thomas (2–5) | Foucault (3–2) |  | 11,778 | 19–30 | W3
50 | May 30 | @ Texas Rangers | 7–4 | Romo (2–3) | Blyleven (4–6) | Laxton (3) | DH | 20–30 | W4
51 | May 30 | @ Texas Rangers | 9–3 | Montague (4–3) | Perry (4–5) | Segui (1) | 17,844 | 21–30 | W5

June

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52 | June 1 | Oakland Athletics | 3–6 | Medich (5–2) | Abbott (2–5) | Coleman (2) | 14,350 | 21–31 | L1
53 | June 2 | Oakland Athletics | 0–1 | Norris (2–1) | Pole (2–2) |  | 10,712 | 21–32 | L2
54 | June 3 | Cleveland Indians | 1–7 | Eckersley (6–3) | Jones (0–4) | Kern (5) | 19,438 | 21–33 | L3
55 | June 4 | Cleveland Indians | 5–7 | Waits (3–0) | Kekich (2–1) | Monge (3) | 24,074 | 21–34 | L4
56 | June 5 | Cleveland Indians | 6–1 | Montague (5–3) | Bibby (4–3) |  | 14,167 | 22–34 | W1
57 | June 7 | Detroit Tigers | 2–5 | Rozema (6–2) | Abbott (2–6) | Foucault (5) | 10,050 | 22–35 | L1
58 | June 8 | Detroit Tigers | 3–2 | Kekich (3–1) | Hiller (3–6) |  | 11,211 | 23–35 | W1
59 | June 9 | Detroit Tigers | 2–1 | Romo (3–3) | Sykes (0–2) |  | 10,840 | 24–35 | W2
60 | June 10 | Toronto Blue Jays | 3–4 | Lemanczyk (4–5) | Montague (5–4) | Willis (4) | 11,786 | 24–36 | L1
61 | June 11 | Toronto Blue Jays | 4–5 | Johnson (2–2) | Romo (3–4) |  | 21,318 | 24–37 | L2
62 | June 12 | Toronto Blue Jays | 5–2 | Pole (3–2) | Vuckovich (2–5) |  | 28,412 | 25–37 | W1
63 | June 14 | Oakland Athletics | 3–6 | Torrealba (3–0) | House (1–1) | Lacey (3) | 13,764 | 25–38 | L1
64 | June 15 | Oakland Athletics | 6–5 | Kekich (4–1) | Torrealba (3–1) |  | 14,248 | 26–38 | W1
65 | June 16 | Oakland Athletics | 3–1 | Abbott (3–6) | Langford (4–5) |  | 11,097 | 27–38 | W2
66 | June 17 | @ Texas Rangers | 2–1 | Pole (4–2) | Marshall (2–1) | House (1) | DH | 28–38 | W3
67 | June 17 | @ Texas Rangers | 6–8 | Briles (3–3) | Wheelock (2–4) | Devine (3) | 21,577 | 28–39 | L1
68 | June 18 | @ Texas Rangers | 6–1 | Jones (1–4) | Blyleven (6–8) |  | 17,352 | 29–39 | W1
69 | June 19 | @ Texas Rangers | 2–1 | Romo (4–4) | Perry (6–6) |  | 12,465 | 30–39 | W2
70 | June 20 | @ Kansas City Royals | 4–2 | Wheelock (3–4) | Leonard (4–8) | Romo (3) | 21,475 | 31–39 | W3
71 | June 21 | @ Kansas City Royals | 3–13 | Colborn (8–7) | Abbott (3–7) |  | 10,958 | 31–40 | L1
72 | June 22 | @ Kansas City Royals | 3–4 | Bird (3–1) | Pole (4–3) | Littell (8) | 22,140 | 31–41 | L2
73 | June 23 | @ Kansas City Royals | 8–6 | Romo (5–4) | Littell (5–3) |  | 13,520 | 32–41 | W1
74 | June 24 | @ Milwaukee Brewers | 1–7 | Sorensen (1–1) | Montague (5–5) |  | 11,625 | 32–42 | L1
75 | June 25 | @ Milwaukee Brewers | 8–3 | Wheelock (4–4) | Haas (4–5) | Romo (4) | 19,572 | 33–42 | W1
76 | June 26 | @ Milwaukee Brewers | 6–8 | Caldwell (1–0) | Romo (5–5) |  | 19,699 | 33–43 | L1
77 | June 27 | @ Chicago White Sox | 4–10 | Kravec (3–2) | Pole (4–4) | Johnson (1) | 16,026 | 33–44 | L2
78 | June 28 | @ Chicago White Sox | 4–10 | Barrios (7–3) | Montague (5–6) |  | 8,365 | 33–45 | L3
79 | June 29 | @ Chicago White Sox | 3–1 | House (2–1) | Wood (1–2) | Romo (5) | 15,415 | 34–45 | W1

July

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80 | July 1 | Milwaukee Brewers | 1–2 | Haas (5–5) | Wheelock (4–5) |  | 16,119 | 34–46 | L1
81 | July 2 | Milwaukee Brewers | 2–1 | Abbott (4–7) | Slaton (6–7) | Kekich (3) | 24,466 | 35–46 | W1
82 | July 3 | Milwaukee Brewers | 3–10 | Augustine (9–9) | Pole (4–5) |  | 16,226 | 35–47 | L1
83 | July 4 | Chicago White Sox | 2–6 | Barrios (8–3) | Montague (5–7) |  | 10,897 | 35–48 | L2
84 | July 5 | Chicago White Sox | 1–4 | Stone (9–6) | House (2–2) | LaGrow (13) | 14,032 | 35–49 | L3
85 | July 6 | Chicago White Sox | 2–4 | Wood (3–2) | Wheelock (4–6) |  | 21,526 | 35–50 | L4
86 | July 8 | @ Minnesota Twins | 13–11 | Laxton (3–2) | Thormodsgard (6–5) | Romo (6) | 11,966 | 36–50 | W1
87 | July 9 | @ Minnesota Twins | 5–2 | Pole (5–5) | Goltz (9–6) | Romo (7) | 23,401 | 37–50 | W2
88 | July 10 | @ Minnesota Twins | 0–15 | Zahn (7–7) | Thomas (2–6) |  | 34,213 | 37–51 | L1
89 | July 11 | @ Oakland Athletics | 1–8 | Coleman (1–0) | House (2–3) | Lacey (5) | 8,760 | 37–52 | L2
90 | July 12 | @ Oakland Athletics | 2–3 | Blue (7–11) | Romo (5–6) |  | 5,299 | 37–53 | L3
91 | July 13 | @ Oakland Athletics | 3–1 | Abbott (5–7) | Langford (7–8) |  | 4,529 | 38–53 | W1
92 | July 14 | @ California Angels | 4–1 | Pole (6–5) | Brett (6–8) | Romo (8) | 11,400 | 39–53 | W2
93 | July 15 | @ California Angels | 6–2 | House (3–3) | Nolan (4–3) |  | 11,383 | 40–53 | W3
94 | July 16 | @ California Angels | 4–5 | Ryan (13–8) | Romo (5–7) |  | 29,068 | 40–54 | L1
95 | July 17 | @ California Angels | 8–7 | Kekich (5–1) | LaRoche (6–3) |  | 10,879 | 41–54 | W1
96 | July 21 | Oakland Athletics | 4–3 | Abbott (6–7) | Langford (7–10) | Romo (9) | 17,382 | 42–54 | W2
97 | July 22 | Oakland Athletics | 3–5 | Blue (9–11) | Pole (6–6) | Lacey (6) | 13,960 | 42–55 | L1
98 | July 23 | Oakland Athletics | 10–3 | Wheelock (5–6) | Norris (2–7) |  | 12,216 | 43–55 | W1
99 | July 24 | California Angels | 1–3 | Hartzell (4–6) | House (3–4) | Miller (3) | DH | 43–56 | L1
100 | July 24 | California Angels | 3–4 | Simpson (5–7) | Galasso (0–1) | LaRoche (10) | 25,344 | 43–57 | L2
101 | July 25 | California Angels | 2–7 | Ryan (14–9) | Pole (6–7) |  | 10,886 | 43–58 | L3
102 | July 26 | Minnesota Twins | 9–7 | Abbott (7–7) | Thormodsgard (7–8) | Segui (2) | 12,017 | 44–58 | W1
103 | July 27 | Minnesota Twins | 1–4 | Redfern (4–5) | House (3–5) |  | 16,869 | 44–59 | L1
104 | July 28 | Minnesota Twins | 5–2 | Wheelock (6–6) | Zahn (9–8) | Montague (3) | 11,759 | 45–59 | W1
105 | July 29 | Baltimore Orioles | 4–5 | Drago (4–3) | Kekich (5–2) |  | 14,313 | 45–60 | L1
106 | July 30 | Baltimore Orioles | 3–5 | Martinez (9–6) | Montague (5–8) |  | 31,609 | 45–61 | L2
107 | July 31 | Baltimore Orioles | 6–1 | Abbott (8–7) | Palmer (12–9) |  | 11,464 | 46–61 | W1

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108 | August 2 | Boston Red Sox | 2–3 | Campbell (11–7) | Montague (5–9) |  | 24,344 | 46–62 | L1
109 | August 3 | Boston Red Sox | 12–4 | Paxton (5–2) | Wheelock (6–7) |  | 21,152 | 46–63 | L2
110 | August 5 | New York Yankees | 5–3 | Pole (7–7) | Figueroa (10–8) | Romo (10) | 36,833 | 47–63 | W1
111 | August 6 | New York Yankees | 9–2 | Abbott (9–7) | Hunter (6–7) |  | 42,146 | 48–63 | W2
112 | August 7 | New York Yankees | 1–7 | Torrez (11–10) | Montague (5–10) |  | 29,412 | 48–64 | L1
113 | August 8 | @ Chicago White Sox | 4–5 | Wiles (1–0) | Romo (5–8) |  | 17,047 | 48–65 | L2
114 | August 9 | @ Chicago White Sox | 3–13 | Stone (12–7) | Wheelock (6–8) |  | 12,294 | 48–66 | L3
115 | August 10 | @ Baltimore Orioles | 4–5 | May (13–10) | Pole (7–8) | Drago (5) | 7,579 | 48–67 | L4
116 | August 11 | @ Baltimore Orioles | 3–4 | Drago (5–3) | Romo (5–9) |  | 7,893 | 48–68 | L5
117 | August 12 | @ Boston Red Sox | 2–7 | Wise (9–4) | Mitchell (0–4) |  | 27,005 | 48–69 | L6
118 | August 13 | @ Boston Red Sox | 6–13 | Jenkins (9–7) | Galasso (0–2) |  | 34,095 | 48–70 | L7
119 | August 14 | @ Boston Red Sox | 1–11 | Paxton (6–2) | Wheelock (6–9) |  | 31,223 | 48–71 | L8
120 | August 15 | @ Detroit Tigers | 1–13 | Sykes (3–4) | Pole (7–9) |  | 14,414 | 48–72 | L9
121 | August 16 | @ Detroit Tigers | 3–2 | Abbott (10–7) | Morris (1–1) |  | 9,065 | 49–72 | W1
122 | August 17 | @ Minnesota Twins | 3–2 | Mitchell (1–4) | Zahn (11–10) | Romo (11) | 11,739 | 50–72 | W2
123 | August 18 | @ Minnesota Twins | 2–8 | Thormodsgard (10–9) | Galasso (0–3) |  | 13,884 | 50–73 | L1
124 | August 19 | Detroit Tigers | 4–6 | Rozema (14–4) | Pole (7–10) | Taylor (1) | 19,698 | 50–74 | L2
125 | August 20 | Detroit Tigers | 3–7 | Wilcox (5–0) | Abbott (10–8) |  | 55,670 | 50–75 | L3
126 | August 21 | Detroit Tigers | 4–5 | Crawford (5–5) | Mitchell (1–5) | Hiller (6) | 15,373 | 50–76 | L4
127 | August 22 | Cleveland Indians | 1–12 | Bibby (10–10) | Galasso (0–4) |  | DH | 50–77 | L5
128 | August 22 | Cleveland Indians | 4–3 | Montague (6–10) | Garland (10–15) |  | 12,347 | 51–77 | W1
129 | August 24 | Toronto Blue Jays | 0–7 | Garvin (9–13) | Pole (7–11) |  | DH | 51–78 | L1
130 | August 24 | Toronto Blue Jays | 3–9 | Jefferson (8–13) | Abbott (10–9) |  | 13,253 | 51–79 | L2
131 | August 26 | @ Cleveland Indians | 4–2 | Romo (6–9) | Kern (6–8) |  | 6,707 | 52–79 | W1
132 | August 27 | @ Cleveland Indians | 0–10 | Eckersley (13–10) | Galasso (0–5) |  | 7,876 | 52–80 | L1
133 | August 28 | @ Cleveland Indians | 6–10 | Bibby (11–10) | Abbott (10–10) |  | 9,599 | 52–81 | L2
134 | August 30 | @ New York Yankees | 5–6 | Lyle (11–4) | Segui (0–5) |  | 20,116 | 52–82 | L3
135 | August 31 | @ New York Yankees | 4–5 | Lyle (12–4) | Galasso (0–6) |  | 17,362 | 52–83 | L4

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136 | September 2 | @ Toronto Blue Jays | 4–3 | Abbott (11–10) | Lemanczyk (10–13) |  | 13,502 | 53–83 | W1
137 | September 3 | @ Toronto Blue Jays | 6–2 | Montague (7–10) | Jefferson (8–14) | Romo (12) | 15,109 | 54–83 | W2
138 | September 4 | @ Toronto Blue Jays | 7–2 | Mitchell (2–5) | Garvin (9–14) |  | 17,084 | 55–83 | W3
139 | September 5 | Kansas City Royals | 4–8 | Colborn (16–13) | Pole (7–12) |  | 11,750 | 55–84 | L1
140 | September 6 | Kansas City Royals | 0–10 | Splittorff (13–6) | Honeycutt (0–1) |  | 7,191 | 55–85 | L2
141 | September 7 | Kansas City Royals | 7–10 | Littell (7–4) | Romo (6–10) | Bird (11) | 7,814 | 55–86 | L3
142 | September 8 | Kansas City Royals | 2–7 | Leonard (16–11) | Montague (7–11) |  | 7,785 | 55–87 | L4
143 | September 9 | Texas Rangers | 8–3 | House (4–5) | Perry (12–12) |  | 8,245 | 56–87 | W1
144 | September 10 | Texas Rangers | 2–5 | Alexander (14–10) | Mitchell (2–6) |  | DH | 56–88 | L1
145 | September 10 | Texas Rangers | 1–7 | Moret (3–2) | Kekich (5–3) |  | 12,800 | 56–89 | L2
146 | September 11 | Texas Rangers | 6–4 | Romo (7–10) | Lindblad (4–4) |  | 8,363 | 57–89 | W1
147 | September 13 | Milwaukee Brewers | 5–6 | Beare (3–3) | Abbott (11–11) | McClure (6) | 7,595 | 57–90 | L1
148 | September 14 | Milwaukee Brewers | 5–8 | Rodriguez (4–6) | Erardi (0–1) |  | 5,718 | 57–91 | L2
149 | September 16 | @ Kansas City Royals | 4–1 | Medich (11–6) | Pattin (8–3) |  | 19,072 | 58–91 | W1
150 | September 17 | @ Kansas City Royals | 5–7 | Gura (7–5) | Segui (0–6) |  | 27,067 | 58–92 | L1
151 | September 18 | @ Kansas City Royals | 3–8 | Leonard (18–11) | Abbott (11–12) |  | 33,397 | 58–93 | L2
152 | September 20 | @ Milwaukee Brewers | 1–5 | Slaton (10–14) | Montague (7–12) |  | 3,004 | 58–94 | L3
153 | September 21 | @ Milwaukee Brewers | 11–4 | Romo (8–10) | Augustine (12–17) |  | 3,008 | 59–94 | W1
154 | September 22 | Chicago White Sox | 4–5 | Renko (6–2) | Burke (0–1) | LaGrow (24) | 8,211 | 59–95 | L1
155 | September 23 | Chicago White Sox | 3–2 | House (5–5) | Barrios (14–6) | Montague (4) | 9,731 | 60–95 | W1
156 | September 24 | Chicago White Sox | 3–8 | Kravec (10–8) | Segui (0–7) |  | 17,636 | 60–96 | L1
157 | September 25 | Chicago White Sox | 5–4 | Medich (12–6) | Stone (15–12) | Romo (13) | 11,589 | 61–96 | W1
158 | September 28 | @ Texas Rangers | 1–3 | Perry (15–12) | Abbott (11–13) |  | 4,860 | 61–97 | L1
159 | September 29 | @ Texas Rangers | 2–1 | Mitchell (3–6) | Alexander (17–11) | Romo (14) | 4,714 | 62–97 | W1
160 | October 1 | @ Chicago White Sox | 5–3 | Montague (8–12) | Barrios (14–7) | Romo (15) | DH | 63–97 | W2
161 | October 1 | @ Chicago White Sox | 1–6 | Kravec (11–8) | Kekich (5–4) |  | 5,778 | 63–98 | L1
162 | October 2 | @ Chicago White Sox | 3–2 | Abbott (12–13) | Frost (1–1) | Romo (16) | 20,953 | 64–98 | W1

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## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Bob Stinson | 105 | 297 | 80 | .269 | 8 | 32
1B | Dan Meyer | 159 | 582 | 159 | .273 | 22 | 90
2B | José Báez | 91 | 305 | 79 | .259 | 1 | 17
3B | Bill Stein | 151 | 566 | 144 | .259 | 13 | 67
SS | Craig Reynolds | 135 | 420 | 104 | .248 | 4 | 28
LF | Steve Braun | 139 | 451 | 106 | .235 | 5 | 31
CF | Ruppert Jones | 160 | 597 | 157 | .263 | 24 | 76
RF | Leroy Stanton | 133 | 454 | 125 | .275 | 27 | 90
DH | Juan Bernhardt | 89 | 305 | 74 | .243 | 7 | 30

#### Other batters

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Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR  | RBI

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Dave Collins | 120 | 402 | 96 | .239 | 5 | 28
Carlos López | 99 | 297 | 84 | .283 | 8 | 34
Larry Milbourne | 86 | 242 | 53 | .219 | 2 | 21
Julio Cruz | 60 | 199 | 51 | .256 | 1 | 7
Skip Jutze | 42 | 109 | 24 | .220 | 3 | 15
Larry Cox | 35 | 93 | 23 | .247 | 2 | 6
Jimmy Sexton | 14 | 37 | 8 | .216 | 1 | 3
Ray Fosse | 11 | 34 | 12 | .353 | 0 | 5
Tommy Smith | 21 | 27 | 7 | .259 | 0 | 4
Puchy Delgado | 13 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 2
Kevin Pasley | 4 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 2
Joe Lis | 9 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1
Tom McMillan | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Glenn Abbott | 36 | 204.1 | 12 | 13 | 4.45 | 100
Dick Pole | 25 | 122.1 | 7 | 12 | 5.15 | 51
Gary Wheelock | 17 | 88.1 | 6 | 9 | 4.89 | 47
Rick Jones | 10 | 42.1 | 1 | 4 | 5.10 | 16
Paul Mitchell | 9 | 39.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.99 | 20
Doc Medich | 3 | 22.1 | 2 | 0 | 3.63 | 3
Frank MacCormack | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4

#### Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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John Montague | 47 | 182.1 | 8 | 12 | 4.29 | 98
Diego Seguí | 40 | 110.2 | 0 | 7 | 5.69 | 91
Tom House | 26 | 89.1 | 4 | 5 | 3.93 | 39
Dave Pagan | 24 | 66.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.14 | 30
Stan Thomas | 13 | 58.1 | 2 | 6 | 6.02 | 14
Bob Galasso | 11 | 35.0 | 0 | 6 | 9.00 | 21
Rick Honeycutt | 10 | 29.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.34 | 17

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Enrique Romo | 58 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 2.83 | 105
Bill Laxton | 43 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4.95 | 49
Mike Kekich | 41 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5.60 | 55
Tommy Moore | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 13
Steve Burke | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.87 | 6
Greg Erardi | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 5
Byron McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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A-Short Season | Bellingham Mariners | Northwest League | Bobby Floyd

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bellingham[13]

## References

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1. ^ Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of '76, Dan Epstein, New York: St. Martin's Press, 2014.
2. ^ a b Dave Johnson page at Baseball-Reference
3. ^ Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference
5. ^ Game log for April 6, 1977
6. ^ Griffeys made home run history in '90 | Mariners.com: News
7. ^ Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Tony Phillips page at Baseball Reference
9. ^ Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference
10. ^ Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference
11. ^ Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference
12. ^ "1977 Seattle Mariners Schedule by Baseball Almanac".
13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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