Best Record: 99-63 (1982)
Worst Record: 40-122 (1964)
Playoff Appearances: 3
Championships: 0
The Seattle Sea Monsters were born in the 1961 expansion along with the California Stars, Wisconsin Bears and New Jersey Stallions. The Sea Monsters had a pretty rough start, as they lost 115, 114, 122 and 105 games in their first four seasons. The 1964 team's 122 losses set a record that still stands today for most losses in a season. The Sea Monsters began to improve in the late 1960s, as they finally posted a winning record for the first time in 1972. They made the playoffs for the first time as a wild card in 1979, and they defeated the heavily favored Silverbacks in the ABC Division Series before losing to the San Diego Sharks in the ABC Championship Series. They won 99 games (best record for them) in 1982 and returned to the playoffs after winning their division for the first time. They beat the Sharks in the Division Series before losing in the Championship Series again, this time to the Colonels. Two years later they won their division again, but this time lost to the Colonels in the Division Series.
In 1987, they swung a deal with the Dallas Coyotes to acquire the #1 pick in the NBL Draft. They got Coyotes star third baseman Bo Duke and the #1 pick, in exchange for six players and three draft picks. They then used that #1 pick on outfielder Ken George Jr, the son of New York Knights star outfielder Ken George, a probable future Hall of Famer who also starred on some very good 1970s Silverbacks teams. Even though he was just 18 years old, the Sea Monsters promoted George to the Majors at the start of the 1988 season. He turned in a good, but not sensational, season. He did better in 1989, and still is looking like a star. And to top things off, they acquired Ken George Sr. this past offseason in a trade with the Knights, making them the first father/son teammates in NBL history, assuming both play in 1990 (no reason why they shouldn't).
Outlook for 1990:
They had a down year in 1989, but are hoping to bounce back and compete in 1990. They will be fun to watch with the first father/son teammates in history on the team.
Current Manager:
Stephon Souvenir has been the Sea Monsters' manager for four years now. He was hired in 1986, having previously been the Bobcats' hitting coach. Souvenir began playing minor league baseball in 1960, and bounced between the Majors and Minors between 1964 and 1979, playing for the Dragons, Roadrunners and Hornets along the way.
Hall of Famers:
None