Honeycutt went 0-1 for the new Seattle mariner team in the Summer of 1977, posting a 4.34 earned run average over 29 innings as a 23-year-old, with three starts.
He would go on to pitch through the 1997 season, 21 years as both a starter and a reliever, almost evenly split between the first half and second half of his career respectively.
In 1983 he led the American League with a 2.42 ERA while with the Texas Rangers in a season that saw him finish with the Los Angeles Dodgers in a year that saw him post a career high 16 wins combined.
By the time he retired, he finished with a record of 109-143, with a 3.72 ERA over 797 appearances and 2160 innings of work, with 11 shutouts and 38 saves along the way.