1982 Seattle Mariners season

Offseason

• October 23, 1981: The Mariners traded a player to be named later to the Kansas City Royals for Manny Castillo. The Mariners completed the deal by sending Bud Black to the Royals on March 2, 1982.
• December 9, 1981: Dan Meyer was traded by the Mariners to the Oakland Athletics for Rich Bordi.
• December 11, 1981: Tom Paciorek was traded by the Mariners to the Chicago White Sox for Todd Cruz, Rod Allen and Jim Essian.
• March 5, 1982: Gaylord Perry was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.

Regular season

The Mariners began the season by beating the Minnesota Twins 11–7, setting a franchise record for most runs scored on Opening Day.

On May 6 against the New York Yankees, Gaylord Perry won his 300th career game, becoming the first pitcher to win 300 games since Early Wynn did so in 1963.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

• Floyd Bannister
• Bruce Bochte
• Manny Castillo
• Al Cowens
• Julio Cruz
• Todd Cruz
• Jim Essian
• Jim Maler
• Joe Simpson
• Richie Zisk

Notable transactions

• April 1: Shane Rawley was traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for Bill Caudill, Gene Nelson, and a player to be named later; Bobby Brown was sent to the Mariners on April 6.
• April 2: Dick Drago was released by the Mariners.
• April 2: Randy Stein was released by the Mariners.
• April 5: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.
• May 21: Rick Sweet was purchased by the Mariners from the New York Mets.
• August 6: Dave Revering was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.

Draft picks

• June 7: 1982 Major League Baseball draft
  • Spike Owen was selected by the Mariners in the first round (sixth pick).
  • Lance Johnson was selected by the Mariners in the 31st round, but did not sign.

Roster

Game log

Regular season

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

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

Notes

References

• 1982 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
• 1982 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

References

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2. (July 9, 1982). "Another All-Star effort". Spokane Chronicle.
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4. (August 27, 1982). "'Inspector' solves case for Mariners". Spokane Chronicle.
5. (October 4, 1982). "Blue Jays, 5-2". Eugene Register-Guard.
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8. (October 6, 1982). "Lachemann gets three-year contract". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
9. (June 26, 1983). "Lach, Cruz, Perry cut by Mariners". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
10. (June 26, 1983). "Seattle fires Lachemann, drops Perry and Cruz". Eugene Register-Guard.
11. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blackbu02.shtml Bud Black page at Baseball Reference]
12. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bordiri01.shtml Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference]
13. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cruzto02.shtml Todd Cruz page at Baseball Reference]
14. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryga01.shtml Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference]
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16. "New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners Box Score: May 6, 1982".
17. [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1982&t=SEA 1982 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac]
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19. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dragodi01.shtml Dick Drago page at Baseball Reference]
20. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/steinra02.shtml Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference]
21. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stantmi01.shtml Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference]
22. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweetri01.shtml Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference]
23. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reverda01.shtml Dave Revering page at Baseball Reference]
24. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/owensp01.shtml Spike Owen page at Baseball Reference]
25. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsla03.shtml Lance Johnson page at Baseball Reference]
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