1977 Team
Team Picture in front of the Seattle Kingdome |
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1977 Team
Autographed Baseball
The players that became the M's! |
1977 Team
Autographed Baseball
The players that became the M's! |
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*Record 58-102
*Signed by the Expansion Year M's |
*Signed by the 1st M's team
*Ball has the logo of the other 1977 expansion
team Toronto Blue Jays |
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John Montague 1977
Game Used Home Pants |
Tommy
Smith 1977
Game Used Away Jersey |
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*Pants worn by Pitcher J. Montague in
1977
*Inaugural year of the Seattle Mariners
* Wilson made white home uniforms in '77
*Goodman made blue road uniforms in '77 |
 
 
*Played for the M's in 1977 only
*Drafted by the M's in the expansion draft
*Played Outfield in 21 games that year |
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Wes
Stock 1977
Game Used Home Jersey |
1977
Game-Used M's Road Jersey
The player it all began with! |
 
  
*Pitching Coach for the M's from '77 to '81
*3 World Series rings with the A's
*Coached the '75 All-Star team
*M's TV broadcasters in '82 & '83
*Pitched for the Orioles and KC A's '59-'67 |
*Ruppert was the 1st Mariner, selected #1 in
the 1976 expansion draft.
*1977 Opening Day Outfielder
*1st M's All Star player representing the M's in
the 1977 All Star game.
*'77 blue road jersey was made by Goodman
*'77 white home jersey was made by Wilson |
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Larry Milbourne 1977
Game Used Cap |
M's Newspaper File Photo's
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*Played for the M's from 1977-80, and 1984.
*Had the first game-winning hit in Seattle Mariners history.
*Became just the 18th player in MLB history to smash a homer from both
sides of the plate in the same game when he did it with Seattle in 1978. |
*Carlton Fisk vs Jose Baez.
*Force out at second base in
one of the 1st of Boston
*Official news press photo from 1977 |
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Craig Reynolds 1977
Game-Used and Autographed M's Bat |
1977
Game-Used M's Bat
The player it all began with! |
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*1977 Opening day Shortstop
*1978-79 All Star
*1978 - Led M's in Hits and Triples |
 
*Ruppert was selected #1 in the expansion draft.
*1977 Opening Day Outfielder
*1st M's All Star (1977).
*“33” on the knob end in blue ink indicates weight, 257A is model. |
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1977-80
Game-Used M's Bat |
Julio Luis Cruz 1977
Louisville Slugger
Bat Die |
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*Drafted by M's as #9 pick in 1976 expansion
draft from the Tigers.
*1977 Opening Day 1st baseman
*Scored 1st M's RBI on 4/8/77
*Led the team in Hits and RBI's during the 1977 season. |
*Original Louisville Slugger cast brass baseball bat die used to brand
Julio Cruz bats.
*Amazing piece of baseball history straight from the vaults of
Louisville Slugger. Louisville Slugger hosted an auction that included
several groups of bat dies, this die was one of them. |
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Bob Stinson
1977
Game-Used M's Bat |
Leon Roberts 1977-78
Game Used Bat |
*1977 Opening Day Catcher
*Inaugural
Season Starting Catcher
*Model 259A with #15 written on knob
*Autographed by Hall of Famer
2nd Baseman Charlie Gehringer |
  
*Leon was starting OF from 1978-1980
*'78 Lead M's in HR's, Avg., RBI's, Slg %, OBP, and 13 other offensive
categories.
*'78 hit 22HR, .301 Avg, with .515 Slugging %.
*1978 M's Team MVP |
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1977 Team
Team Issued Bat |
Mariners Bat Boy 1977
Road Jersey |
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*Team Issued Bat
*1977-79 Bat Logo
*These bats were purchased in bulk by
the team for its players to use. |
 
  *M's powder blue road pullover
*1st Year Jersey Manufactured by Goodman & Sons
*G&S Tag dates to 1975-1984
*Blue/Yellow/White knit collar/sleeve trim
only in '77 |
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Larry Cox
1977-79
Game-Used M's Bat |
Tom Paciorek 1978
Game Used Bat |
 
  
*Member of the 1977 expansion team
*1979-80 was M's Starting Catcher |
*M's 1981 Team MVP and 1981 All Star.
*Nickname is "Wimpy"
*Great man that made a difference with the San Jose Missions.
*1981 was second in AL with .326 Avg.
and 10th in AL MVP voting |
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1978 Team
Autographed Baseball |
1979 Team
Autographed Baseball |
Record 58-102
*Manager Darrell Johnson
*Key players include Romo,
Honeycutt, Reynolds, Jones, Cruz, Stein, Rawely, Stinson, Abbott, Todd
and Bochte. |
*Manager Darrell Johnson - Record 70-92
*Key players include Tom Paciorek,
Bruce Bochte, Willie Horton, Craig Reynolds,
Ruppert Jones and Julio Cruz. |
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Jeff Burroughs 1980
Batting Practice Jersey |
1979 All Star Game Issue Baseball
1st All star game in Seattle |
*1980-86 Style
*Larry Cox or Jeff Burroughs worn
*Jeff was the 1974 AL MVP |
 
*Autographed by the game MVP Dave Parker
*Bruce Bochte was the M's representative
*July 17th, 1979 - AL 6 vs. NL 7 |
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Julio Luis Cruz 1980
Game Used Bat |
Mariners 1980
Team Signed Baseball |
*Holds M's game record for stolen bases - 4
*M's all time stolen base leader - 290 behind Ichiro |
*Manager Darrell Johnson - Record 62-100
*Key players include
Bruce Bochte, Willie Horton, Craig Reynolds,
Dan Meyer, Rick Honeycutt and Julio Cruz. |
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Leon Roberts 1980
Game Used Fielders Glove |
Byron McLaughlin 1980
Game Used Cap |
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*Leon was starting OF'er from 1978-1980
*Should have made the 1978 All Star Team
*Joined M's in 1978 and left in 1981
*Glove is branded with Leon's name and was used from 1980-1983.
*1978 M's Team MVP |
 
*Byron was a pitcher with the Missions in 1977-78.
*Pitched for M's from 1977 to 1980
*Apparently, Byron McLaughlin became something of a counterfeiting
kingpin after his career ended. In the mid-eighties he started playing
in the Mexican leagues. He made a deal while there with Korean companies
to manufacture counterfeit sneakers — Reebok, Converse, Vans, Adidas —
(As Footwear News reported, McLaughlin pleaded guilty to
money-laundering charges and fled before sentencing, he is believed to
be living near Cannes.)” |
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Joe Rudi 1977
Game used bat and jersey |
M's Newspaper File Photo's
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*Rudi was the first batter to hit a home run
at the Kingdome.
*Rudi's '77 game used and autographed bat.
*Notice the cleat marks on the barrel.
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2007 to 1977 Turn Back The Clock Uniforms
*July 29th, 2007 - Turn Back the Clock
to 1977
*Uniforms are almost identical to the ones worn during the Inaugural
1977 season.
*M's
14 Vs. A's 10
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2007/1977
Turn Back the Clock (TBTC) Uniform |
2007/1977
Game Used TBTC 1977 Batting Helmet |
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*Raul was 2 for 4, 2B, BB, RBI, R
*M's won 14-10(Boxscore) |
*Ben went 2 for 2, 1 Homerun, 3 RBI's
*M's won 14-10(Boxscore) |
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J.J. Putz 2008/1978
Turn Back the Clock to 1978 Road Uniform |
2006/1969
Game Worn 2006 Pilots/M's Cap |
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*M's wore June 27, 2008 at San Diego.
*This was the uniform J.J. wore for that game.
*M's won 5-2 (Boxscore) |
*Worn July 9th, 2006 Vs. Tigers.
*1969 Turn Back the Clock game.
*M's Won 3-2 |
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San Jose Mission
1978-1980
Mariners 1978 AAA PCL Affiliate and 1979/1980
single A Cal. League Minor League Affiliate
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1978 S.J. Missions Jersey
Handed down from 1977 M's |
Byron McLaughlin 1978
San Jose Missions |
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*Possibly used by M's
Montague in 1977
*M's recycled for 1978 Minor League use
*Blue/Yellow/White knit collar and sleeve trim only used in '77
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*Byron was a pitcher with the Missions in 1978.
*Pitched for M's from 1977 to 1979 |
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1978 San Jose Missions
Line Up Card |
1979 San Jose Missions
Line Up Card and Yearbook |
*M's first AAA minor league team |
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*M's "A" Minor
League Team 1979-1980
*Signed by David Henderson and Bob Didier
*1979 California League Champions (89-51)
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1979 Visalia Oaks
Single A team that played the Missions.
Minnesota Twins Minor League Team. |
1979 Santa Clara Padres
Single A team that played the Missions.
San Diego Padres Minor League Team. |
*In 1979 The Missions moved to
single A for the Mariners.
*Tom
Kelly's last year as a player, went on to lead the Twins to a
World Championship as a Manager. |
*Ron
Tingley was the only person that had a good professional career
from the S.C. Padres.
*Ron spent 1984-86 in the M's organization.
*Autographs were acquired in 1979 |
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1977-79 Bellingham Mariners
M's Single A team |
1980 San Jose Missions
Autograph Page |
*This is a team issue bat for the Bellingham M's thus the
team name on the barrel.
*Some of the future Major Leaguers that played on this team included -
David Valle, David Elder, Bob Didier (Mngr), Bud Black, Edwin Nunez,
Jim Presley, and Mario Diaz. |
*1980 California League Champs
* Autograph page autos - Chris Krajewski and Joe Gagliardi
*Christopher Krajewski -
Pitcher
*Joe Gagliardi was a partial owner of
the SJ Missions before purchasing full control in 1976. Joe became
President of the California League in 1982.
*Key players on this Mission team include David Henderson, Dave Valle and Bud Black. |
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