1988 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record68–93 (.422)
Divisional place7th
OwnersGeorge Argyros
General managersDick Balderson,
Woody Woodward
ManagersDick Williams, Jim Snyder
TelevisionKIRO-TV 11
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
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The Seattle Mariners 1988 season was their 12th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing seventh in the American League West with a record of 68–93 (.422).

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 104 58 0.642 — 54–27 50–31
Minnesota Twins 91 71 0.562 13 47–34 44–37
Kansas City Royals 84 77 0.522 19½ 44–36 40–41
California Angels 75 87 0.463 29 35–46 40–41
Chicago White Sox 71 90 0.441 32½ 40–41 31–49
Texas Rangers 70 91 0.435 33½ 38–43 32–48
Seattle Mariners 68 93 0.422 35½ 37–44 31–49

Record vs. opponents

1988 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 4–9 5–7 4–7 4–9 5–8 0–12 4–9 3–9 3–10 4–8 7–5 6–6 5–8
Boston 9–4 — 8–4 7–5 8–5 6–7 6–6 10–3 7–5 9–4 3–9 6–6 8–4 2–11
California 7–5 4–8 — 9–4 8–4 5–7 5–8 3–9 4–9 6–6 4–9 6–7 8–5 6–6
Chicago 7–4 5–7 4–9 — 3–9 3–9 7–6 6–6 4–9 3–9 5–8 9–4 8–5 7–5
Cleveland 9–4 5–8 4–8 9–3 — 4–9 6–6 9–4 5–7 6–7 4–8 5–7 6–6 6–7
Detroit 8–5 7–6 7–5 9–3 9–4 — 8–4 5–8 1–11 8–5 4–8 9–3 8–4 5–8
Kansas City 12–0 6–6 8–5 6–7 6–6 4–8 — 3–9 7–6 6–6 8–5 7–5 7–6 4–8
Milwaukee 9–4 3–10 9–3 6–6 4–9 8–5 9–3 — 7–5 6–7 3–9 8–4 8–4 7–6
Minnesota 9–3 5–7 9–4 9–4 7–5 11–1 6–7 5–7 — 3–9 5–8 8–5 7–6 7–5
New York 10–3 4–9 6–6 9–3 7–6 5–8 6–6 7–6 9–3 — 6–6 5–7 5–6 6–7
Oakland 8–4 9–3 9–4 8–5 8–4 8–4 5–8 9–3 8–5 6–6 — 9–4 8–5 9–3
Seattle 5–7 6–6 7–6 4–9 7–5 3–9 5–7 4–8 5–8 7–5 4–9 — 6–7 5–7
Texas 6–6 4–8 5–8 5–8 6–6 4–8 6–7 4–8 6–7 6–5 5–8 7–6 — 6–6
Toronto 8–5 11–2 6–6 5–7 7–6 8–5 8–4 6–7 5–7 7–6 3–9 7–5 6–6 —


Notable transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

1988 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Scott Bradley 103 335 86 .257 4 33
1B Alvin Davis 140 478 141 .295 18 69
2B Harold Reynolds 158 598 169 .283 4 41
3B Jim Presley 150 544 125 .230 14 62
SS Rey Quiñones 140 499 124 .248 12 52
LF Mickey Brantley 149 577 152 .263 15 56
CF Henry Cotto 133 386 100 .259 8 33
RF Glenn Wilson 78 284 71 .250 3 17
DH Ken Phelps 72 190 54 .284 14 32

Other batters

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
Steve Balboni 97 350 88 .251 21 61
Dave Valle 93 290 67 .231 10 50
Darnell Coles 55 195 57 .292 10 34
Jay Buhner 60 192 43 .224 10 25
Mike Kingery 57 123 25 .203 1 9
Rick Rentería 31 88 18 .205 0 6
Mario Díaz 28 72 22 .306 0 9
Bruce Fields 39 67 18 .269 1 5
Dave Hengel 26 60 10 .167 2 7
Greg Briley 13 36 9 .250 1 4
Edgar Martínez 14 32 9 .281 0 5
Bill McGuire 9 16 3 .188 0 2
John Rabb 9 14 5 .357 0 4
Brick Smith 4 10 1 .100 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Langston 35 261.1 15 11 3.34 235
Mike Moore 37 228.2 9 15 3.78 182
Bill Swift 38 174.2 8 12 4.59 47
Scott Bankhead 21 135.0 7 9 3.07 102
Mike Campbell 20 114.2 6 10 5.89 63
Steve Trout 15 56.1 4 7 7.83 14
Erik Hanson 6 41.2 2 3 3.24 36
Terry Taylor 5 23.0 0 1 6.26 9

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Edwin Núñez 14 29.1 1 4 7.98 19
Dennis Powell 12 18.2 1 3 8.68 15

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Schooler 40 5 8 15 3.54 54
Mike Jackson 62 6 5 4 2.63 76
Jerry Reed 46 1 1 1 3.96 48
Rod Scurry 39 0 2 2 4.02 33
Bill Wilkinson 30 2 2 2 3.48 25
Julio Solano 17 0 0 3 4.09 10
Gene Walter 16 1 0 0 5.13 13

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Bill Plummer and Marty Martínez
AA Vermont Mariners Eastern League Rich Morales
A San Bernardino Spirit California League Ralph Dick
A Wausau Timbers Midwest League Rick Sweet
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League P. J. Carey
Rookie AZL Mariners/Red Sox Arizona League Mike Verdi and Myron Pines

AZL club affiliation shared with Boston Red Sox[12]

References

  1. ^ Phil Bradley page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ John Moses page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ John Rabb page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ 1988 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac
  6. ^ John Christensen page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Greg Pirkl page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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