1998 Seattle Mariners season

1998 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Hiroshi Yamauchi (represented by John Ellis)
General manager(s) Woody Woodward
Manager(s) Lou Piniella
Local television KIRO-TV 7
KSTW
Fox Sports Northwest
Local radio KIRO 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson)
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The Seattle Mariners 1998 season was their 22nd since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 3rd in the American League West, finishing with a record of 76-85.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 88 74 0.543 — 48–33 40–41
Anaheim Angels 85 77 0.525 3 42–39 43–38
Seattle Mariners 76 85 0.472 11½ 42–39 34–46
Oakland Athletics 74 88 0.457 14 39–42 35–46

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League Records

Sources:

Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 5–6 6–5 5–6 4–7 8–3 6–5 6–5 6–5 5–7 9–3 6–5 5–7 4–7 10–6
Baltimore 6–5 — 6–6 2–9 5–6 10–1 5–6 7–3 3–9 8–3 6–5 5–7 6–5 5–7 5–11
Boston 5–6 6–6 — 5–6 8–3 5–5 8–3 5–6 5–7 9–2 7–4 9–3 6–5 5–7 9–7
Chicago 6–5 9–2 6–5 — 6–6 6–6 8–4 6–6 4–7 4–7 4–7 5–6 5–6 4–6–1 7–9
Cleveland 7–4 6–5 3–8 6–6 — 9–3 8–4 6–6 4–7 3–8 9–2 7–3 4–7 7–4 10–6
Detroit 3–8 1–10 5–5 6–6 3–9 — 6–6 8–4 3–8 7–4 3–8 5–6 3–8 5–6 7–9
Kansas City 5–6 6–5 3–8 4–8 4–8 6–6 — 7–5 0–10 7–4 4–6 8–3 3–8 6–5 9–7
Minnesota 5–6 3–7 6–5 6–6 6–6 4–8 5–7 — 4–7 4–7 2–9 7–4 7–4 4–7 7–9
New York 5–6 9–3 7–5 7–4 7–4 8–3 10–0 7–4 — 8–3 8–3 11–1 8–3 6–6 13–3
Oakland 7–5 3–8 2–9 7–4 8–3 4–7 4–7 7–4 3–8 — 5–7 5–6 6–6 5–6 8–8
Seattle 3–9 5–6 4–7 7–4 2–9 8–3 6–4 9–2 3–8 7–5 — 6–5 5–7 4–7 7–9
Tampa Bay 5–6 7–5 3–9 6–5 3–7 6–5 3–8 4–7 1–11 6–5 5–6 — 4–7 5–7 5–11
Texas 7–5 5–6 5–6 6–5 7–4 8–3 8–3 4–7 3–8 6–6 7–5 7–4 — 7–4 8–8
Toronto 7–4 7–5 7–5 6–4–1 4–7 6–5 5–6 7–4 6–6 6–5 7–4 7–5 4–7 — 9–7

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1998 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Major League debuts

Game log

Game Log

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Player stats

Batting

= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; Avg. = Batting Average; Slg. = Slugging Average; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos. Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. Slg. SB
C Dan Wilson 96 325 39 82 9 44 .252 .3922
1B David Segui 143 522 79 159 19 84 .305 .4873
2B Joey Cora 131 519 111 166 6 32 .276 .37015
3B Russ Davis 141 502 68 130 20 82 .259 .4424
SS Alex Rodriguez 161 686 123 213 42 124.310 .56046
LF Glenallen Hill 74 259 37 75 12 33 .290.521 1
CF Ken Griffey, Jr. 161 633 120 180 56 146.284 .61120
RF Jay Buhner 72 244 33 59 15 45 .242.463 0
DH Edgar Martínez 154 556 86 179 29 102 .322 .429 1

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Other batters

Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. Slg. SB
Rob Ducey 97 217 30 52 5 23 .240.410 0
Shane Monahan 62 211 17 51 4 28 .242 .346 1

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO BB

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO BB
Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO BB

Ken Griffey Jr.'s 56 home runs

Under Construction

Home Run Game Date Inning Location Opposing Pitcher Team
1 1 March 31 5th[12] Seattle Charles Nagy Cleveland Indians
2 3 April 3 5th[13] Seattle Derek Lowe Boston Red Sox
3 4 April 4 2nd [14] Seattle Rose Boston Red Sox
4 11 April 12 5th[15] Boston Tim Wakefield Boston Red Sox
5 12 April 13 1st[16] Cleveland Dave Burba Cleveland Indians
6 12 April 13 7th Cleveland José Mesa Cleveland Indians
7 16 April 17 3rd[17] Minnesota Milton Minnesota Twins
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Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League Dave Myers
AA Orlando Rays Southern League Dan Rohn
A Lancaster Jethawks California League Rick Burleson
A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Gary Varsho
A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League Terry Pollreisz
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Darrin Garner

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References

  1. 1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leachja01.shtml
  2. 1 2 Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Pat Listach Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rossyri01.shtml
  5. 1 2 Glenallen Hill Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1998&t=SEA
  7. ↑ Randy Johnson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellda01.shtml
  9. ↑ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1998/26.shtml
  10. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/schedule.php?y=1998&t=SEA
  11. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1998.shtml
  12. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199803310SEA
  13. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199804030SEA
  14. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199804040SEA
  15. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199804120BOS
  16. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199804130CLE
  17. ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199804170MIN
  18. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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