1977 Seattle Mariners season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Seattle Mariners
season = 1977
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1977
division = Western Division
y2 = 1977
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Kingdome
y4 = 1977
city = Seattle, Washington
y5 = 1977
owners = Danny Kaye
managers = Darrell Johnson
television = KING-TV 5
radio = KVI 570 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson|

The Seattle Mariners 1977 season was their 1st season. The creation of the Mariners brought baseball back to Seattle, which had been devoid of baseball since the 1969 Seattle Pilots left for Milwaukee to become the Brewers. The Mariners ended the season just avoiding last place (held by the Oakland A's), finishing 6th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 64-98.

Offseason

* October 22, 1976: Diego Segui was purchased by the Mariners from the San Diego Padres. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seguidi01.shtml Diego Segui page at Baseball Reference] ]
* November 5, 1976: The 1976 MLB expansion draft took place. The Mariners selected 30 players to fill their major league roster.

Regular season

Opening Day Lineup

1. DH - Dave Collins
2. 2B - José Báez
3. LF - Steve Braun
4. RF - Leroy Stanton
5. 3B - Bill Stein
6. 1B - Dan Meyer
7. CF - Ruppert Jones
8. C - Bob Stinson
9. SS - Craig Reynolds
Starting Pitcher - Diego Seguí

[http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA197704060.shtml Game log for April 6, 1977]

eason standings

Notable Transactions

*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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/toddji01.shtml Jim Todd page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 7, 1977: Tony Phillips was drafted by the Mariners in the 16th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phillto02.shtml Tony Phillips page at Baseball Reference] ]
*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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paganda01.shtml Dave Pagan page at Baseball Reference] ]
*August 2, 1977: Stan Thomas was traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for future considerations. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thomast01.shtml Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference] ]
*September 9, 1977: Bill Laxton and cash were traded by the Mariners to the Cleveland Indians for Ray Fosse. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fossera01.shtml Ray Fosse page at Baseball Reference] ]

Dates

*April 10: Designated hitter Juan Bernhardt hits the first home run in team history. [ [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070721&content_id=2100237&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea Griffeys made home run history in '90 | Mariners.com: News ] ]

*July 1: Amidst a frenzy of negative cheering, the Brewers play their first game in Seattle in 8 years, when they were the failed Seattle Pilots. The Brewers beat the hometown expansion Mariners 2-1.

The First Game

corecard

April 6, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1977.shtml 1977 Seattle Mariners]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1977&t=SEA 1977 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]