2004 Seattle Mariners season
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2004 Seattle Mariners season
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| Owner(s) | Hiroshi Yamauchi, represented by Howard Lincoln | |
| Manager(s) | Bob Melvin | |
| Local television | KSTW 11 FSN Northwest |
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| Local radio | KOMO (AM) 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson) | |
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The Seattle Mariners 2004 season was their 28th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing at the bottom of the American League West, finishing with a record of 63-99. Ichiro Suzuki set the major league record for hits in a season on October 1, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old mark with a pair of early singles as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 8-3.[1]
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Offseason
- December 15, 2003: Quinton McCracken was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Seattle Mariners for Greg Colbrunn and cash.[2]
- December 19, 2003: Scott Spiezio was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.[3]
Regular season
Ichiro Suzuki set the major league record for hits in a season on October 1, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old mark with a pair of early singles as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 8-3.[4] It was his 258th hit of the season. Later in the game, Suzuki got another hit, giving him 259 this season and a major league-leading .373 average. Fireworks exploded after Suzuki's big hit reached the outfield, creating a haze over Safeco Field, and his teammates mobbed him at first base. The crowd of 45,573 was the ninth sellout this season.[4] After the record breaking hit, Suzuki ran to the first-base seats, bowed respectfully and then shook hands with Sisler's 81-year-old daughter, Frances Sisler Drochelman, and other members of the Hall of Famer's family.[4] Fans in downtown Tokyo watched Suzuki in sports bars and on big-screen monitors. Seattle’s hitting coach that season was Paul Molitor. Sisler set the hits record in 1920 with the St. Louis Browns over a 154-game schedule. Suzuki broke it in the Mariners' 160th game.[4] Suzuki's hit came off Ryan Drese, boosting Suzuki to 10-for-20 lifetime against him. Suzuki's sixth-inning infield single came off John Wasdin. After Suzuki's 258th hit, he scored his 100th run of the season when the Mariners batted around in the third, taking a 6-2 lead on six hits.[4] Suzuki's first-inning single was his 919th hit in the majors, breaking the record for most hits over a four-year span. Bill Terry of the New York Giants set the previous record of 918 hits from 1929-32.[4] Suzuki has 921 hits in four seasons.
Opening Day box score
Mariners' lineup
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA |
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| Ichiro Suzuki (RF) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Randy Winn (CF) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Bret Boone (2B) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Raul Ibanez (LF) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Edgar Martinez (DH) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| John Olerud (1B) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rich Aurilia (SS) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Dan Wilson (C) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Willie Bloomquist (3B) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
Draft
Main article: List of 2004 Seattle Mariners draft picks
In the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft, the Mariners selected Matt Tuiasosopo in the third round for their first pick overall.[6] Out of the 48 players selected by the Mariners in 2004, 5 have played in Major League Baseball including Tuiasosopo, Rob Johnson, Mark Lowe, Michael Saunders, and James Russell.[6]
Season standings
| AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| Anaheim Angels | 92 | 70 | .568 | -- |
| Oakland Athletics | 91 | 71 | .562 | 1 |
| Texas Rangers | 89 | 73 | .449 | 3 |
| Seattle Mariners | 63 | 99 | .389 | 29 |
Transactions
- June 9, 2004: Quinton McCracken was released by the Seattle Mariners.[2]
- July 27, 2004: John Olerud was released by the Seattle Mariners.[7]
- August 6, 2004: Bill Pulsipher was purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Long Island Ducks (Atlantic).[8]
- September 13, 2004: Bill Pulsipher was released by the Seattle Mariners.[8]
Roster
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Other batters
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Starting pitchers
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Other pitchers
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA |
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Relief pitchers
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Awards and honors
- Edgar Martínez, Designated Hitter, Roberto Clemente Award
Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| AAA | Tacoma Rainiers | Pacific Coast League | Dan Rohn |
| AA | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Dave Brundage |
| A | Inland Empire 66ers | California League | Steve Roadcap |
| A | Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | Midwest League | Daren Brown |
| Short-Season A | Everett AquaSox | Northwest League | Pedro Grifol |
| Rookie | AZL Mariners | Arizona League | Scott Steinmann |
References
- Game Logs:
- 1st Half: Seattle Mariners Game Log on ESPN.com
- 2nd Half: Seattle Mariners Game Log on ESPN.com
- Batting Statistics: Seattle Mariners Batting Stats on ESPN.com
- Pitching Statistics: Seattle Mariners Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
- ^ Baseball’s Top 100: The Game’s Greatest Records, p.56, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- ^ a b Quinton McCracken Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Scott Spiezio Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b c d e f "SI.com - MLB - Ichiro breaks single-season hits record - Saturday October 2, 2004 2:15AM". CNN. October 1, 2004. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/10/01/bc.bba.suzuki.hitsrecor.ap/index.html. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ^ 2004 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac
- ^ a b "2004 Seattle Mariners Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=SEA&year_ID=2004&draft_type=junreg. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ John Olerud Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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