# 1983 Seattle Mariners season

The 1983 Major League Baseball season was the seventh season in the history of the Seattle Mariners. They were seventh in the American League West at 60–102 (.370), 39 games behind, with the worst record in the major leagues. They became the first team to fail to sweep an opponent in any series.
In his third season as the Mariners' manager, Rene Lachemann was fired on June 25, succeeded by Del Crandall. At the time, the Mariners were 26–47 (.356), on an eight-game losing streak, and had the worst record in the majors. A former major league manager, Crandall was managing the Triple-A Albuquerque Dukes, the Pacific Coast League affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

## Offseason

* December 9, 1982: Rich Bordi was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Steve Henderson.
* January 20, 1983: Danny Tartabull was chosen from the Cincinnati Reds as a free agent compensation pick.
* January 27, 1983: Vance McHenry was traded to the Texas Rangers for Bob Babcock.
* January 28, 1983: Mike Hart was released.
* March 28, 1983: Bobby Brown was released.
* March 31, 1983: Ken Phelps was purchased from the Montreal Expos.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 99 | 63 | .611 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Kansas City Royals | 79 | 83 | .488 | 20 | 45‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Texas Rangers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 22 | 44‍–‍37 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Oakland Athletics | 74 | 88 | .457 | 25 | 42‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍49 |
| California Angels | 70 | 92 | .432 | 29 | 35‍–‍46 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92 | .432 | 29 | 37‍–‍44 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Seattle Mariners | 60 | 102 | .370 | 39 | 30‍–‍51 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1983 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 11–2 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–6 |
| Boston | 5–8 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| California | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 3–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| Chicago | 5–7 | 6–6 | 10–3 | — | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 12–1 | 8–5 | 5–7 |
| Cleveland | 7–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 4–9 |
| Detroit | 8–5 | 9–4 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 8–5–1 | 6–6 |
| Milwaukee | 2–11 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–5 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 4–9 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| New York | 7–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| Oakland | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | — | 9–4 | 2–11 | 6–6 |
| Seattle | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 1–12 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 4–9 | — | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| Texas | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 5–8–1 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 7–6 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 6–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 4 – Clint Hurdle was released.
* May 31 – Bob Long was signed as a free agent.
* June 27 – Gaylord Perry was released.
* June 30 – Todd Cruz was purchased by the Baltimore Orioles.

### 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 | Rick Sweet | 93 | 249 | 55 | .221 | 1 | 22 |
| 1B | Pat Putnam | 144 | 469 | 126 | .269 | 19 | 67 |
| 2B | Tony Bernazard | 80 | 300 | 80 | .267 | 6 | 30 |
| SS | Spike Owen | 80 | 306 | 60 | .196 | 2 | 21 |
| 3B | Jaime Allen | 86 | 273 | 61 | .223 | 4 | 21 |
| LF | Steve Henderson | 121 | 436 | 128 | .294 | 10 | 54 |
| CF | Dave Henderson | 137 | 484 | 130 | .269 | 17 | 55 |
| RF | Al Cowens | 110 | 356 | 73 | .205 | 7 | 35 |
| DH | Richie Zisk | 90 | 285 | 69 | .242 | 12 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Ricky Nelson | 98 | 291 | 74 | .254 | 5 | 36 |
| Todd Cruz | 65 | 216 | 41 | .190 | 7 | 21 |
| Manny Castillo | 90 | 203 | 42 | .207 | 0 | 24 |
| Ron Roenicke | 59 | 198 | 50 | .253 | 4 | 23 |
| Julio Cruz | 61 | 181 | 46 | .254 | 2 | 12 |
| Orlando Mercado | 66 | 178 | 35 | .197 | 1 | 16 |
| John Moses | 93 | 130 | 27 | .208 | 0 | 6 |
| Ken Phelps | 50 | 127 | 30 | .236 | 7 | 16 |
| Domingo Ramos | 53 | 127 | 36 | .283 | 2 | 10 |
| Jamie Nelson | 40 | 96 | 21 | .219 | 1 | 5 |
| Darnell Coles | 27 | 92 | 26 | .283 | 1 | 6 |
| Al Chambers | 31 | 67 | 14 | .209 | 1 | 7 |
| Phil Bradley | 23 | 67 | 18 | .269 | 0 | 5 |
| Jim Maler | 26 | 66 | 12 | .182 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave Edler | 29 | 63 | 12 | .190 | 1 | 4 |
| Harold Reynolds | 20 | 59 | 12 | .203 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Allen | 11 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Bulling | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Matt Young | 33 | 203.2 | 11 | 15 | 3.27 | 130 |
| Jim Beattie | 30 | 196.2 | 10 | 15 | 3.84 | 132 |
| Mike Moore | 22 | 128.0 | 6 | 8 | 4.71 | 108 |
| Gaylord Perry | 16 | 102.0 | 3 | 10 | 4.94 | 42 |
| Glenn Abbott | 14 | 82.1 | 5 | 3 | 4.59 | 38 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Stoddard | 35 | 175.2 | 9 | 17 | 4.41 | 87 |
| Bryan Clark | 41 | 162.1 | 7 | 10 | 3.94 | 76 |
| Edwin Núñez | 14 | 37.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.38 | 35 |
| Gene Nelson | 10 | 32.0 | 0 | 3 | 7.88 | 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 |
| Bill Caudill | 63 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 4.71 | 73 |
| Ed Vande Berg | 68 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3.36 | 49 |
| Mike Stanton | 50 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3.32 | 47 |
| Roy Thomas | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.45 | 77 |
| Karl Best | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 |
| Manny Castillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.63 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Salt Lake City Gulls | Pacific Coast League | Bobby Floyd |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern League | Mickey Bowers and Bill Haywood |
| A | Bakersfield Mariners | California League | Greg Mahlberg |
| A | Wausau Timbers | Midwest League | R. J. Harrison |
| A-Short Season | Bellingham Mariners | Northwest League | Jeff Scott |