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1998 Seattle Mariners
Major league affiliations
Location
1998 information
Owner(s) Hiroshi Yamauchi, represented by John Ellis
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.

Contents

Offseason

  • November 13, 1997: Jalal Leach was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.[1]
  • December 3, 1997: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.[2]
  • December 16, 1997: Pat Listach was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.[3]
  • December 27, 1997: Rico Rossy was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.[4]
  • January 8, 1998: Glenallen Hill signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.[5]
  • January 29, 1998: Jalal Leach was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Scott Smith (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for David McCarty.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB
Texas Rangers 88 74 .543 --
Anaheim Angels 85 77 .525 3
Seattle Mariners 76 85 .472 11½
Oakland Athletics 74 88 .457 14

Opening Day starters

  • Jay Buhner
  • Joey Cora
  • Russ Davis
  • Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • Glenallen Hill
  • Randy Johnson
  • Edgar Martinez
  • Alex Rodriguez
  • David Segui
  • Dan Wilson[6]

Notable transactions

  • June 13, 1998: Ken Huckaby was released by the Seattle Mariners.[2]
  • July 6, 1998: Glenallen Hill was selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Seattle Mariners.[5]
  • July 31, 1998: Randy Johnson was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later, Freddy Garcia, and Carlos Guillen. The Houston Astros sent John Halama (October 1, 1998) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.[7]
  • August 31, 1998: David Bell was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Seattle Mariners for Joey Cora.[8]

Roster

1998 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Rickey Cradle (Jul 1)
    • Charles Gipson (Mar 31)
    • Carlos Guillen (Sep 6)
    • Shane Monahan (Jul 9)
    • Ryan Radmanovich (Apr 13)
  • Pitchers:
    • Steve Gajkowski (May 25)
    • David Holdridge (Aug 8) [9]

Game log

Game Log
March
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 March 31 Cleveland Indians 9-10 Mesa (1-0) Fossas (0-1) Jackson (1) 57,822 0-1
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
2 April 1 Cleveland Indians 7-9 Moyer (0-1) Jackson (2) 24,523 0-2
3 April 3 Boston Red Sox 11-6 1-2
4 April 4 Boston Red Sox 12-6 2-2
5 April 5 Boston Red Sox 5-10 2-3
6 April 6 New York Yankees 8-0 3-3
7 April 7 New York Yankees 7-13 3-4
8 April 8 New York Yankees 3-4 3-5
9 April 10 @ Boston Red Sox 7-9 3-6
10 April 11 @ Boston Red Sox 0-5 3-7
11 April 12 @ Boston Red Sox 7-8 3-8
12 April 13 @ Cleveland Indians 5-6 3-9
13 April 14 @ Cleveland Indians 3-8 3-10
14 April 15 @ Cleveland Indians 5-3 4-10
15 April 16 @ Minnesota Twins 3-2 5-10
16 April 17 @ Minnesota Twins 11-6 6-10
17 April 18 @ Minnesota Twins 5-3 7-10
18 April 19 @ Minnesota Twins 7-4 8-10
19 April 20 Kansas City Royals 8-7 9-10
20 April 21 Kansas City Royals 3-5 9-11
21 April 22 Kansas City Royals 11-5 10-11
22 April 24 Minnesota Twins 4-2 11-11
23 April 25 Minnesota Twins 2-8 11-12
24 April 26 Minnesota Twins 0-2 11-13
25 April 28 @ Kansas City Royals 5-1 12-13
26 April 29 @ New York Yankees 5-8 12-14
27 April 30 @ New York Yankees 8-9 12-15
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
28 May 1 Detroit Tigers 3-17 12-16
29 May 2 Detroit Tigers 4-0 13-16
30 May 3 Detroit Tigers 10-6 14-16
31 May 5 Chicago White Sox 8-1 15-16
32 May 6 Chicago White Sox 10-9 16-16
33 May 7 Toronto Blue Jays 0-6 16-17
34 May 8 Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 17-17
35 May 9 Toronto Blue Jays 1-4 17-18
36 May 10 Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 18-18
37 May 12 @ Detroit Tigers 4-2 19-18
38 May 13 @ Detroit Tigers 5-8 19-19
39 May 14 @ Chicago White Sox 3-5 19-20
40 May 15 @ Chicago White Sox 3-6 19-21
41 May 16 @ Toronto Blue Jays 8-1 20-21
42 May 17 @ Toronto Blue Jays 3-4 20-22
43 May 18 @ Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 21-22
44 May 19 @ Texas Rangers
45 May 20 @ Texas Rangers
46 May 21 @ Texas Rangers
47 May 22 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
48 May 23 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
49 May 24 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
50 May 25 Baltimore Orioles
51 May 26 Baltimore Orioles
52 May 28 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 24-28
53 May 29 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 25-28
54 May 30 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 25-29
55 May 31 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 26-29
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
56 June 1 @ Baltimore Orioles 26-30
57 June 2 @ Baltimore Orioles 26-31
58 June 3 Anaheim Angels 26-32
59 June 4 Anaheim Angels 26-33
60 June 5 Los Angeles Dodgers 27-33
61 June 6 Los Angeles Dodgers 27-34
62 June 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 27-35
63 June 8 @ San Francisco Giants 27-36
64 June 9 @ San Francisco Giants 27-37
65 June 10 @ San Francisco Giants 28-37
66 June 11 @ Oakland Athletics 2-5 28-38
67 June 12 @ Oakland Athletics 5-0 29-38
68 June 13 @ Oakland Athletics 3-7 29-39
69 June 14 @ Oakland Athletics 3-4 29-40
70 June 16
71 June 17
72 June 18
73 June 19
74 June 20
75 June 21
76 June 22
77 June 23
78 June 24
79 June 25
80 June 26
81 June 27
82 June 28
83 June 30
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
84 July 1
85 July 2
86 July 3
87 July 4
88 July 5
89 July 6
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
137 September 1
138 September 2
139 September 4
140 September 5
141 September 6
142 September 7
143 September 8
144 September 9
145 September 11
146 September 11
147 September 12
148 September 14
149 September 15
150 September 16
151 September 17
152 September 18
153 September 19
154 September 20
155 September 21
156 September 22
157 September 23
158 September 24
159 September 25
160 September 26
161 September 27 Texas Rangers 6-12 76-85

[10]

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
1B David Segui 143 522
2B Joey Cora 131 519
3B Russ Davis 141 502 68 130 20 82 .259 .442 4
SS Alex Rodriguez 161 686 123 213 42 124 .310 .560 46
LF Glenallen Hill 74 259 37 75 12 33 .290 .521 1
CF Ken Griffey, Jr. 161 633 120 180 56 146 .284 .611 20
RF Jay Buhner 72 244 33 59 15 45 .242 .463 0
DH Edgar Martinez 154 556 86 179 29 102 .322 .429 1

[11]

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 Jose Mesa Cleveland Indians
7 16 April 17 3rd[17] Minnesota Milton Minnesota Twins
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Awards and honors

  • Ken Griffey, Jr., Franchise Record, Most Home Runs in One Season (56)

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
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
Short-Season A Everett AquaSox Northwest League Terry Pollreisz
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Darrin Garner

[18]

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leachja01.shtml
  2. ^ a b Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Pat Listach Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rossyri01.shtml
  5. ^ a b 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, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

v · d · e1998 MLB season by team
AL East
AL Central
AL West
Anaheim • Oakland • Seattle • Texas
NL East
NL Central
NL West
1998 All-Star Game • 1998 World Series
v · d · eSeattle Mariners
Based in Seattle, Washington
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Key Personnel
Owner: Nintendo of America, represented by Howard Lincoln • General Manager: Jack Zduriencik • Manager: Eric Wedge
Retired Numbers
All-Star Games Hosted (2)
American League
Western Division Titles (3)
1995 • 1997 • 2001
Wild Card Berths (1)
Minor League Affiliates
Tacoma Rainiers (AAA) • Jackson Generals (AA) • High Desert Mavericks (A) • Everett AquaSox (A) • Clinton LumberKings (A) • Pulaski Mariners (Rookie) • AZL Mariners (Rookie) • DSL Mariners (Rookie) • VSL Mariners (Rookie)
Broadcasting
Television
Radio
Rick Rizzs • Dave Sims • Mike Blowers • Julio Cruz (Spanish) • Alex Rivera (Spanish)

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