1979 Seattle Mariners roster

Manager: Darrell Johnson

31 players appeared for the Seattle Mariners in the 1979 MLB season.

1979 Mariners roster: batting

1979 Seattle Mariners batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Willie HortonDH3616264677180291061.279.326.784
Ruppert JonesDH24162622109166217833.267.356.799
Bruce Bochte1B2815055481175161002.316.385.878
Dan Meyer3B2614452572146207411.278.317.776
Leon RobertsRF281404506112215543.271.352.803
Julio Cruz2B241074147011212949.271.363.689
Mario MendozaSS2814837326741293.198.216.466
Larry Milbourne3B2812335640992265.278.313.667
Tom Paciorek1B3210331038896426.287.353.798
Larry CoxC3110029332634362.215.266.580
Joe Simpson1B2712026529752276.283.312.659
Bill Stein3B328825028627271.248.297.681
Bob StinsonC339524719606281.243.338.686
Bobby Valentine—296298927071.276.405.742
John Hale—255463614270.222.342.707
Rodney CraigCF211652920061.385.396.973
Charlie BeamonDH25272555001.200.200.440
Juan Bernhardt—2511010001.0001.0002.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1979 Mariners roster: pitching

1979 Seattle Mariners pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Mike ParrottSP24383014123.77229.11271.380
Rick HoneycuttRP25332811124.04194.0831.380
Floyd BannisterRP24303010154.05182.11151.390
Byron McLaughlinRP23477774.22123.2741.4114
Odell JonesRP2625193116.07118.2721.760
Glenn AbbottSP2823194105.17116.2251.510
Rob DresslerRP252111324.93104.0361.500
Shane RawleySP23483593.8484.1481.5211
Randy SteinRP26231235.8841.1391.810
Joe DeckerP3292014.2827.1121.500
Rafael VasquezP2190105.0616.091.810
Roy BranchP2522017.9411.161.680
Jim LewisSP23200015.432.104.710

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.