1988 Seattle Mariners season

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1988  Seattle Mariners
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Kingdome
City Seattle, Washington
Record68–93 (.422)
Divisional place7th
Owners George Argyros
General managers Dick Balderson,
Woody Woodward
Managers Dick Williams, Jim Snyder
Television KIRO-TV 11
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 seventh in the American League West with a record of 68–93 (.422).

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10458.642—54‍–‍2750‍–‍31
Minnesota Twins 9171.5621347‍–‍3444‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals 8477.52219½44‍–‍3640‍–‍41
California Angels 7587.4632935‍–‍4640‍–‍41
Chicago White Sox 7190.44132½40‍–‍4131‍–‍49
Texas Rangers 7091.43533½38‍–‍4332‍–‍48
Seattle Mariners 6893.42235½37‍–‍4431‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1988 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–95–74–74–95–80–124–93–93–104–87–56–65–8
Boston 9–4—8–47–58–56–76–610–37–59–43–96–68–42–11
California 7–54–8—9–48–45–75–83–94–96–64–96–78–56–6
Chicago 7–45–74–9—3–93–97–66–64–93–95–89–48–57–5
Cleveland 9–45–84–89–3—4–96–69–45–76–74–85–76–66–7
Detroit 8–57–67–59–39–4—8–45–81–118–54–89–38–45–8
Kansas City 12–06–68–56–76–64–8—3–97–66–68–57–57–64–8
Milwaukee 9–43–109–36–64–98–59–3—7–56–73–98–48–47–6
Minnesota 9–35–79–49–47–511–16–75–7—3–95–88–57–67–5
New York 10–34–96–69–37–65–86–67–69–3—6–65–75–66–7
Oakland 8–49–39–48–58–48–45–89–38–56–6—9–48–59–3
Seattle 5–76–67–64–97–53–95–74–85–87–54–9—6–75–7
Texas 6–64–85–85–86–64–86–74–86–76–55–87–6—6–6
Toronto 8–511–26–65–77–68–58–46–75–77–63–97–56–6—

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

1988 Seattle Mariners
Roster
PitchersCatchers

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Scott Bradley 10333586.257433
1B Alvin Davis 140478141.2951869
2B Harold Reynolds 158598169.283441
3B Jim Presley 150544125.2301462
SS Rey Quiñones 140499124.2481252
LF Mickey Brantley 149577152.2631556
CF Henry Cotto 133386100.259833
RF Glenn Wilson 7828471.250317
DH Ken Phelps 7219054.2841432

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Steve Balboni 9735088.2512161
Dave Valle 9329067.2311050
Darnell Coles 5519557.2921034
Jay Buhner 6019243.2241025
Mike Kingery 5712325.20319
Rick Rentería 318818.20506
Mario Díaz 287222.30609
Bruce Fields 396718.26915
Dave Hengel 266010.16727
Greg Briley 13369.25014
Edgar Martínez 14329.28105
Bill McGuire 9163.18802
John Rabb 9145.35704
Brick Smith 4101.10001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mark Langston 35261.115113.34235
Mike Moore 37228.29153.78182
Bill Swift 38174.28124.5947
Scott Bankhead 21135.0793.07102
Mike Campbell 20114.26105.8963
Steve Trout 1556.1477.8314
Erik Hanson 641.2233.2436
Terry Taylor 523.0016.269

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Edwin Núñez 1429.1147.9819
Dennis Powell 1218.2138.6815

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mike Schooler 4058153.5454
Mike Jackson 626542.6376
Jerry Reed 461113.9648
Rod Scurry 390224.0233
Bill Wilkinson 302223.4825
Julio Solano 170034.0910
Gene Walter 161005.1313

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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]

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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
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