1980 Seattle Mariners season

1980 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (since 1977)
Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	Danny Kaye
General manager(s)	Lou Gorman
Manager(s)	Darrell Johnson, Maury Wills
Local television	KING-TV 5
Local radio	KVI 570 AM (Dave Niehaus, Ken Wilson, Bill Freehan)
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The Seattle Mariners 1980 season was their fourth since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 7th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 59-103.

Offseason

November 1, 1979: Ruppert Jones and Jim Lewis were traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for Jim Beattie, Rick Anderson, Juan Beníquez and Jerry Narron.^[1]
December 6, 1979: Rafael Vásquez, Rob Pietroburgo (minors) and a player to be named later were traded by the Mariners to the Cleveland Indians for Ted Cox. The Mariners completed the deal by sending Larry Anderson to the Indians on March 29, 1980.^[2]
December 20, 1979: Willie Horton was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[3]
January 11, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball Draft (Secondary Phase)
- Bill Mooneyham was drafted by the Mariners in the 1st round (13th pick), but did not sign.^[4]
- Dan Firova was drafted by the Mariners in the 2nd round.^[5]

Regular season

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

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	97	65	0.599	—	49–32	48–33
Oakland Athletics	83	79	0.512	14	46–35	37–44
Minnesota Twins	77	84	0.478	19½	44–36	33–48
Texas Rangers	76	85	0.472	20½	39–41	37–44
Chicago White Sox	70	90	0.438	26	37–42	33–48
California Angels	65	95	0.406	31	30–51	35–44
Seattle Mariners	59	103	0.364	38	36–45	23–58

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League Records Sources:
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

April 9, 1980: Dave Heaverlo was selected off waivers by the Mariners from the Oakland Athletics.^[7]
June 14, 1980: Paul Serna was signed by the Mariners as an amateur free agent.^[8]
June 16, 1980: Casey Parsons was purchased by the Mariners from the San Francisco Giants.^[9]

Draft picks

June 3, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball Draft
- Darnell Coles was drafted by the Mariners in the 1st round (6th pick). Player signed June 13, 1980.^[10]
- John Moses was drafted by the Mariners in the 16th round.^[11]
- Ernest Riles was drafted by the Mariners in the 21st round, but did not sign.^[12]

Roster

1980 Seattle Mariners roster

Roster

Pitchers

17 Glenn Abbott

25 Rick Anderson

38 Floyd Bannister

45 Jim Beattie

24 Rob Dressler

55,60 Dave Heaverlo

40 Rick Honeycutt

27,54 Byron McLaughlin

20 Mike Parrott

41 Shane Rawley

49 Dave Roberts

44 Manny Sarmiento

16 Gary Wheelock

Catchers

5 Larry Cox

21 Marc Hill

3 Jerry Narron

15 Bob Stinson

Infielders

22 Kim Allen

4 Jim Anderson

23 Bruce Bochte

10 Ted Cox

6 Julio Cruz

15 Dave Edler

11 Mario Mendoza

2 Larry Milbourne

1 Bill Stein

Outfielders

12 Juan Beníquez

19 Rod Craig

7 Dan Meyer

14 Tom Paciorek

8 Leon Roberts

18 Joe Simpson

26 Reggie Walton

Other batters

53 Willie Horton

Manager

22 Darrell Johnson

30 Maury Wills

Coaches

31 Don Bryant

30 Bill Mazeroski

28 Vada Pinson

32 Wes Stock

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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
3B	Cox, TedTed Cox	83	247	60	.243	2	23
LF	Meyer, DanDan Meyer	146	531	146	.275	11	71
CF	Beníquez, JuanJuan Beníquez	70	237	54	.228	6	21
DH	Horton, WillieWillie Horton	97	335	74	.221	8	36

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Narron, JerryJerry Narron	48	107	21	.196	4	18

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Abbott, GlennGlenn Abbott	31	215	12	12	4.10	78
Honeycutt, RickRick Honeycutt	30	203.1	10	17	3.94	79
Beattie, JimJim Beattie	33	187.1	5	15	4.85	67

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA
Anderson, RickRick Anderson	5	9.2	0	0	3.72

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Heaverlo, DaveDave Heaverlo	60	6	3	4	3.89	42
Roberts, DaveDave Roberts	37	2	3	3	4.37	47

Farm system

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

Notes

↑ Jim Beattie page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rafael Vásquez page at Baseball Reference
↑ Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference
↑ Bill Mooneyham page at Baseball Reference
↑ Dan Firova page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html
↑ Dave Heaverlo page at Baseball Reference
↑ Paul Serna page at Baseball Reference
↑ Casey Parsons page at Baseball Reference
↑ Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
↑ John Moses page at Baseball Reference
↑ Ernest Riles page at Baseball Reference
↑ 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

1980 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1980 MLB draft 1980 All-Star Game 1980 World Series

Seattle Mariners

Based in Seattle, Washington

Franchise

Ballparks

Kingdome Safeco Field

Spring training:	Tempe Diablo Stadium Peoria Sports Complex

Culture

Lore

Key personnel

Owner: Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO John Stanton
President: Kevin Mather
General Manager: Jerry Dipoto
Manager: Scott Servais

Retired numbers

All-Star Games hosted (2)

1979
2001

American League
West Division titles (3)

Wild card berths (1)

2000

Minor league affiliates

Broadcasting

Television	Root Sports Northwest

Radio	ESPN-710 Radio network affiliates

Broadcasters	Rick Rizzs Dave Sims Mike Blowers Aaron Goldsmith Julio Cruz (Spanish) Alex Rivera (Spanish)

Seasons (41)

1970s	1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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