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, 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, 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

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.

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		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		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
	98	291	74	.254	5	36
	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
	50	127	30	.236	7	16
Domingo Ramos	53	127	36	.283	2	10
Jamie Nelson	40	96	21	.219	1	5
	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
	30	196.2	10	15	3.84	132
Mike Moore	22	128.0	6	8	4.71	108
	16	102.0	3	10	4.94	42
	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
	35	175.2	9	17	4.41	87
Bryan Clark	41	162.1	7	10	3.94	76
	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
	50	2	3	7	3.32	47
	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