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1980 Seattle Mariners season

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1980 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record59–103 (.364)
Divisional place7th
OwnersDanny Kaye
General managersLou Gorman
ManagersDarrell Johnson, Maury Wills
TelevisionKING-TV 5
RadioKVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson,
Bill Freehan)
← 1979 Seasons 1981 →

The 1980 Seattle Mariners season was their fourth since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing seventh in the American League West with a record of 59–103 (.364).

Offseason

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Regular season

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  • September 30, 1980: While pitching for the Mariners against the Kansas City Royals, Rick Honeycutt taped a thumbtack to his finger to cut the ball. Royals baserunner Willie Wilson spotted the tack from second base. The umpires investigated and not only found the tack, but also a gash in Honeycutt's forehead. Honeycutt was ejected from the game, suspended for 10 games, and fined.[6]

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 97 65 .599 49‍–‍32 48‍–‍33
Oakland Athletics 83 79 .512 14 46‍–‍35 37‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins 77 84 .478 19½ 44‍–‍36 33‍–‍48
Texas Rangers 76 85 .472 20½ 39‍–‍41 37‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox 70 90 .438 26 37‍–‍42 33‍–‍48
California Angels 65 95 .406 31 30‍–‍51 35‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners 59 103 .364 38 36‍–‍45 23‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

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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 8–5 10–2 6–6 6–7 10–3 6–6 7–6 10–2 7–6 7–5 6–6 6–6 11–2
Boston 5–8 9–3 6–4 7–6 8–5 5–7 6–7 6–6 3–10 9–3 7–5 5–7 7–6
California 2–10 3–9 3–10 4–6 5–7 5–8 6–6 7–6 2–10 3–10 11–2 11–2 3–9
Chicago 6–6 4–6 10–3 5–7 2–10 5–8 5–7 5–8 5–7 6–7 6–7 6–7–2 5–7
Cleveland 7–6 6–7 6–4 7–5 3–10 5–7 3–10 9–3 5–8 6–6 8–4 6–6 8–5
Detroit 3–10 5–8 7–5 10–2 10–3 2–10 7–6 6–6 5–8 6–6 10–2–1 4–8 9–4
Kansas City 6–6 7–5 8–5 8–5 7–5 10–2 6–6 5–8 8–4 6–7 7–6 10–3 9–3
Milwaukee 6–7 7–6 6–6 7–5 10–3 6–7 6–6 7–5 5–8 7–5 9–3 5–7 5–8
Minnesota 2–10 6–6 6–7 8–5 3–9 6–6 8–5 5–7 4–8 6–7 7–6 9–3 7–5
New York 6–7 10–3 10–2 7–5 8–5 8–5 4–8 8–5 8–4 8–4 9–3 7–5 10–3
Oakland 5–7 3–9 10–3 7–6 6–6 6–6 7–6 5–7 7–6 4–8 8–5 7–6 8–4
Seattle 6–6 5–7 2–11 7–6 4–8 2–10–1 6–7 3–9 6–7 3–9 5–8 4–9 6–6
Texas 6–6 7–5 2–11 7–6–2 6–6 8–4 3–10 7–5 3–9 5–7 6–7 9–4 7–5
Toronto 2–11 6–7 9–3 7–5 5–8 4–9 3–9 8–5 5–7 3–10 4–8 6–6 5–7


Notable transactions

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Draft picks

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Roster

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1980 Seattle Mariners roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
C Larry Cox 105 243 49 .202 4 20
1B Bruce Bochte 148 520 156 .300 13 78
2B Julio Cruz 119 422 88 .209 2 16
SS Mario Mendoza 114 277 68 .245 2 14
3B Ted Cox 83 247 60 .243 2 23
LF Dan Meyer 146 531 146 .275 11 71
CF Juan Beníquez 70 237 54 .228 6 21
RF Leon Roberts 119 374 94 .251 10 33
DH Willie Horton 97 335 74 .221 8 36

Other batters

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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
Tom Paciorek 126 418 114 .273 15 59
Joe Simpson 129 365 91 .249 3 34
Jim Anderson 116 317 72 .227 8 30
Larry Milbourne 106 258 68 .264 0 26
Rod Craig 70 240 57 .238 3 20
Bill Stein 67 198 53 .268 5 27
Jerry Narron 48 107 21 .196 4 18
Bob Stinson 48 107 23 .215 1 8
Dave Edler 28 89 20 .225 3 9
Reggie Walton 31 83 23 .277 2 9
Marc Hill 29 70 16 .229 2 9
Kim Allen 23 51 12 .235 0 3

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
Floyd Bannister 32 217.2 9 13 3.47 155
Glenn Abbott 31 215.0 12 12 4.10 78
Rick Honeycutt 30 203.1 10 17 3.94 79
Jim Beattie 33 187.1 5 15 4.85 67
Gary Wheelock 1 3.0 0 0 6.00 1

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rob Dressler 30 149.1 4 10 3.98 50
Mike Parrott 27 94.0 1 16 7.28 53
Rick Anderson 5 9.2 0 0 3.72 7

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
Shane Rawley 59 7 7 13 3.33 68
Dave Heaverlo 60 6 3 4 3.89 42
Byron McLaughlin 45 3 6 2 6.85 41
Dave Roberts 37 2 3 3 4.37 47
Manny Sarmiento 9 0 1 1 3.68 15

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Rene Lachemann
AA Lynn Sailors Eastern League Bobby Floyd
A San Jose Missions California League Bill Plummer
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Jeff Scott

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Bellingham[13]

Notes

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  1. ^ Jim Beattie page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Rafael Vásquez page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Bill Mooneyham page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Dan Firova page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "ESPN.com - Page2 - Biggest cheaters in baseball".
  7. ^ Dave Heaverlo page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Paul Serna page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Casey Parsons page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ John Moses page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Ernest Riles page at Baseball Reference
  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

References

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