1988 Seattle Mariners season

1988 Seattle Mariners
1988 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1977) Western Division (since 1977); ;
Location
	Kingdome (since 1977); Seattle, Washington (since 1977);
Results
Record	68–93 (.422)
Divisional place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	George Argyros
General manager(s)	Dick Balderson,; Woody Woodward
Manager(s)	Dick Williams, Jim Snyder
Local television	KIRO-TV 11
Local radio	KIRO 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 7th in the American League West with a record of 68–93 (.422).

Offseason[]

December 9, 1987: Phil Bradley and Tim Fortugno were traded by the Mariners to the [[1988 Philadelphia Phillies season

|Philadelphia Phillies]] for Glenn Wilson, Mike Jackson, and Dave Brundage (minors).^[1]

December 21, 1987: John Moses was released by the Mariners.^[2]
December 22, 1987: Lee Guetterman, Clay Parker, and Wade Taylor were traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for Steve Trout and Henry Cotto.^[3]
January 19, 1988: John Rabb was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[4]

Regular season[]

Mark Langston became the ace of the pitching staff as he led the club in wins (15) and strikeouts (235).

Opening Day starters[]

Season standings[]

v t 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 Records v t 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[]

May 23, 1988: John Christensen was released by the Mariners.^[6]
June 1, 1988: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[7]
June 1, 1988: Greg Pirkl was drafted by the Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 6, 1988.^[8]
June 8, 1988: Manager Dick Williams was fired and replaced by interim manager Jim Snyder.
July 21, 1988: Ken Phelps was traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for Jay Buhner, Rich Balabon (minors) and a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Troy Evers (minors) to the Mariners on October 12.^[9]
July 22, 1988: Glenn Wilson was traded by the Mariners to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Darnell Coles.^[10]

Major League debuts[]

Batters:
- Greg Briley (June 27)
- Bill McGuire (Aug 2)
Pitchers:
- Erik Hanson (Sep 5)
- Mike Schooler (June 10)
- Terry Taylor (Aug 19) ^[11]

Roster[]

1988 Seattle Mariners

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

6 Jim Snyder
23 Dick Williams

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[]

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[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mark Langston	35	261⅓	15	11	3.34	235
Mike Moore	37	228⅔	9	15	3.78	182
Bill Swift	38	174⅔	8	12	4.59	47
Scott Bankhead	21	135	7	9	3.07	102
Mike Campbell	20	114⅔	6	10	5.89	63
Steve Trout	15	56⅓	4	7	7.83	14
Erik Hanson	6	41⅔	2	3	3.24	36
Terry Taylor	5	23	0	1	6.26	9

Other pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Edwin Núñez	14	29⅓	1	4	7.98	19
Dennis Powell	12	18⅔	1	3	8.68	15

Relief pitchers[]

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mike Jackson	62	6	5	4	2.63	76
Jerry Reed	46	1	1	1	3.96	48
Mike Schooler	40	5	8	15	3.54	54
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[]

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[]

^ Phil Bradley page at Baseball Reference
^ John Moses page at Baseball Reference
^ Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference
^ John Rabb page at Baseball Reference
^ 1988 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac
^ John Christensen page at Baseball Reference
^ Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference
^ Greg Pirkl page at Baseball Reference
^ Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
^ Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
^ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
^ 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[]

[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

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1988 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977) Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (since 1977) Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
Results
Record	68–93 (.422)
Divisional place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	George Argyros
General manager(s)	Dick Balderson, Woody Woodward
Manager(s)	Dick Williams, Jim Snyder
Local television	KIRO-TV 11
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson)
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