# 1978 Seattle Mariners season

The 1978 Seattle Mariners season was the second in franchise history. The Mariners ended the season by finishing seventh in the American League West with a record of 56–104 (.350).

## Offseason

* March 27, 1978: Bob Galasso was released by the Mariners.
* March 27, 1978: Mike Kekich was released by the Mariners.

## Regular season

* October 1, 1978: Kevin Pasley hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Kansas City Royals | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 56‍–‍25 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Texas Rangers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 5 | 52‍–‍30 | 35‍–‍45 |
| California Angels | 87 | 75 | .537 | 5 | 50‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | .451 | 19 | 38‍–‍43 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Chicago White Sox | 71 | 90 | .441 | 20½ | 38‍–‍42 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93 | .426 | 23 | 38‍–‍42 | 31‍–‍51 |
| Seattle Mariners | 56 | 104 | .350 | 35 | 32‍–‍49 | 24‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1978 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 7–8 | 4–6 | 8–1 | 9–6 | 7–8 | 2–8 | 7–8 | 5–5 | 6–9 | 11–0 | 9–1 | 7–4 | 8–7 |
| Boston | 8–7 | — | 9–2 | 7–3 | 7–8 | 12–3 | 4–6 | 10–5 | 9–2 | 7–9 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 3–7 | 11–4 |
| California | 6–4 | 2–9 | — | 8–7 | 6–4 | 4–7 | 9–6 | 5–5 | 12–3 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 9–6 | 5–10 | 7–3 |
| Chicago | 1–8 | 3–7 | 7–8 | — | 8–2 | 2–9 | 8–7 | 4–7 | 8–7 | 1–9 | 7–8 | 7–8 | 11–4 | 4–6 |
| Cleveland | 6–9 | 8–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | — | 5–10 | 5–6 | 5–10 | 5–5 | 6–9 | 4–6 | 8–1 | 1–9 | 10–4 |
| Detroit | 8–7 | 3–12 | 7–4 | 9–2 | 10–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–8 | 4–6 | 4–11 | 6–4 | 8–2 | 7–3 | 9–6 |
| Kansas City | 8–2 | 6–4 | 6–9 | 7–8 | 6–5 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 7–8 | 6–5 | 10–5 | 12–3 | 7–8 | 5–5 |
| Milwaukee | 8–7 | 5–10 | 5–5 | 7–4 | 10–5 | 8–7 | 4–6 | — | 4–7 | 10–5 | 9–1 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 12–3 |
| Minnesota | 5–5 | 2–9 | 3–12 | 7–8 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 8–7 | 7–4 | — | 3–7 | 9–6 | 6–9 | 6–9 | 6–4 |
| New York | 9–6 | 9–7 | 5–5 | 9–1 | 9–6 | 11–4 | 5–6 | 5–10 | 7–3 | — | 8–2 | 6–5 | 6–4 | 11–4 |
| Oakland | 0–11 | 5–5 | 6–9 | 8–7 | 6–4 | 4–6 | 5–10 | 1–9 | 6–9 | 2–8 | — | 13–2 | 6–9 | 7–4 |
| Seattle | 1–9 | 3–7 | 6–9 | 8–7 | 1–8 | 2–8 | 3–12 | 5–5 | 9–6 | 5–6 | 2–13 | — | 3–12 | 8–2 |
| Texas | 4–7 | 7–3 | 10–5 | 4–11 | 9–1 | 3–7 | 8–7 | 4–6 | 9–6 | 4–6 | 9–6 | 12–3 | — | 4–7 |
| Toronto | 7–8 | 4–11 | 3–7 | 6–4 | 4–10 | 6–9 | 5–5 | 3–12 | 4–6 | 4–11 | 4–7 | 2–8 | 7–4 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 6, 1978: Vance McHenry was drafted by the Mariners in the 11th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.

### Roster
## 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 | Bob Stinson | 124 | 364 | 94 | .258 | 11 | 55 |
| 1B | Dan Meyer | 123 | 444 | 101 | .227 | 8 | 56 |
| 2B | Julio Cruz | 147 | 550 | 129 | .235 | 1 | 25 |
| SS | Craig Reynolds | 148 | 548 | 160 | .292 | 5 | 44 |
| 3B | Bill Stein | 114 | 403 | 105 | .261 | 4 | 37 |
| LF | Bruce Bochte | 140 | 486 | 128 | .263 | 11 | 51 |
| CF | Ruppert Jones | 129 | 472 | 111 | .235 | 6 | 46 |
| RF | Leon Roberts | 134 | 472 | 142 | .301 | 22 | 92 |
| DH | Leroy Stanton | 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 |
| Tom Paciorek | 70 | 251 | 75 | .299 | 4 | 30 |
| Larry Milbourne | 93 | 234 | 53 | .254 | 2 | 20 |
| John Hale | 107 | 211 | 36 | .171 | 4 | 22 |
| Bob Robertson | 64 | 174 | 40 | .230 | 8 | 28 |
| Juan Bernhardt | 54 | 165 | 38 | .230 | 2 | 12 |
| Bill Plummer | 41 | 93 | 20 | .215 | 2 | 7 |
| Steve Braun | 32 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 3 | 15 |
| Kevin Pasley | 25 | 54 | 13 | .241 | 1 | 5 |
| José Báez | 23 | 50 | 8 | .160 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Beamon | 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 |
| Paul Mitchell | 29 | 168.0 | 8 | 14 | 4.18 | 75 |
| Glenn Abbott | 29 | 155.1 | 7 | 15 | 5.27 | 67 |
| Rick Honeycutt | 26 | 134.1 | 5 | 11 | 4.89 | 50 |
| Jim Colborn | 20 | 114.1 | 3 | 10 | 5.35 | 26 |
| Byron McLaughlin | 20 | 107.0 | 4 | 8 | 4.37 | 87 |
| Dick Pole | 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 |
| Rick Jones | 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 |
| Enrique Romo | 56 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3.69 | 62 |
| Shane Rawley | 52 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4.12 | 66 |
| Jim Todd | 49 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.88 | 37 |
| Tom House | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4.66 | 29 |
| Mike Parrott | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5.14 | 41 |
| John Montague | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.88 | 37 |
| Steve Burke | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.49 | 16 |
| Tom Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 8 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | San Jose Missions | Pacific Coast League | Rene Lachemann |
| A | Stockton Mariners | California League | Bobby Floyd |
| A-Short Season | Bellingham Mariners | Northwest League | Bob Didier |