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2008 Seattle Mariners | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Safeco Field | |
City | Seattle, Washington | |
Record | 61–101 (.377) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Nintendo of America (represented by Howard Lincoln) | |
General managers | Bill Bavasi, Lee Pelekoudas | |
Managers | John McLaren (dismissed June 20), Jim Riggleman | |
Television | FSN Northwest (Dave Niehaus, Dave Sims, Rick Rizzs, Mike Blowers) | |
Radio | KOMO (English) (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs) KSZN (Spanish) (Alex Rivera, Julio Cruz) | |
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The 2008 Seattle Mariners season was the 32nd Major League Baseball season in the team's history. Coming off the heels of the previous 2007 season, in which the Mariners finished with their first winning record since 2003, the team was widely expected to once again compete for the American League West championship. The team was bolstered by some major roster additions during the previous offseason, most notably starting pitchers Érik Bédard and Carlos Silva. However, by the end of May, it became apparent that the team had gone back to its losing ways of the 2004–06 seasons. Despite their losing ways, they won their first and last game of the season. Their longest winning-streak of the season is 4 games after a sweep of the Cleveland Indians at the end of August and a 12-6 win against the Texas Rangers on the first day of September. However, standing at 57–87, their longest losing-streak of the season is 12 games, 11 on the road, 1 at home, after being swept by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and suffering a loss at the last homestand opener against the Angels. On September 23, the Mariners became the first club to spend $100 million in payroll and lose 100 games. The team finished the season with a 61–101 (.377) record, last in the West for the 4th time in 5 years, and second worst in the majors.
With the team underperforming and underachieving, a number of people who had become scapegoats for the team's underperformance were dismissed during the season, most notably general manager Bill Bavasi, field manager John McLaren, first baseman Richie Sexson, and designated hitter José Vidro.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 100 | 62 | .617 | — | 50–31 | 50–31 |
Texas Rangers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 21 | 40–41 | 39–42 |
Oakland Athletics | 75 | 86 | .466 | 24½ | 43–38 | 32–48 |
Seattle Mariners | 61 | 101 | .377 | 39 | 35–46 | 26–55 |
Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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Baltimore | – | 6–12 | 4–5 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 0–5 | 8–2 | 3–15 | 4–5 | 6–12 | 11–7 |
Boston | 12–6 | – | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 1–8 | 4–3 | 9–9 | 6–4 | 6–3 | 8–10 | 9–1 | 9–9 | 11–7 |
Chicago | 5–4 | 3–4 | – | 11–7 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 5–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 1–7 | 12–6 |
Cleveland | 4–4 | 1–5 | 7–11 | – | 11–7 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 6–4 | 6–1 | 6–12 |
Detroit | 3–4 | 2–5 | 6–12 | 7–11 | – | 7–11 | 3–6 | 7–11 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 7–3 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 3–5 | 13–5 |
Kansas City | 3–5 | 1–6 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 11–7 | – | 2–3 | 6–12 | 5–5 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 13–5 |
Los Angeles | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 3–2 | – | 5–3 | 7–3 | 10–9 | 14–5 | 3–6 | 12–7 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
Minnesota | 3–3 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 3–5 | – | 4–6 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 0–6 | 14–4 |
New York | 11–7 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 6–4 | – | 5–1 | 7–2 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 10–8 |
Oakland | 5–0 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 9–10 | 5–5 | 1–5 | - | 10–9 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 4–6 | 10–8 |
Seattle | 2–8 | 3–6 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 2–7 | 5–14 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 9–10 | – | 3–4 | 8–11 | 5–4 | 9–9 |
Tampa Bay | 15–3 | 10–8 | 6–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 6–3 | 4–3 | – | 6–3 | 11–7 | 12–6 |
Texas | 5–4 | 1–9 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 7–12 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 3–6 | – | 4–4 | 10–8 |
Toronto | 12–6 | 9–9 | 7–1 | 1–6 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 6–0 | 9–9 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 7–11 | 4–4 | – | 8–10 |
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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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Greg Norton | 6 | 16 | 7 | .438 | 0 | 4 |
Ichiro Suzuki | 162 | 686 | 213 | .310 | 6 | 42 |
José López | 159 | 644 | 191 | .297 | 17 | 89 |
Raúl Ibañez | 162 | 635 | 186 | .293 | 23 | 110 |
Yuniesky Betancourt | 153 | 559 | 156 | .279 | 7 | 51 |
Willie Bloomquist | 71 | 165 | 46 | .279 | 0 | 9 |
Jeremy Reed | 97 | 286 | 77 | .269 | 2 | 31 |
Adrián Beltré | 143 | 566 | 148 | .266 | 25 | 77 |
Jamie Burke | 48 | 92 | 24 | .261 | 1 | 8 |
Bryan LaHair | 45 | 146 | 34 | .250 | 3 | 10 |
Miguel Cairo | 108 | 221 | 55 | .249 | 0 | 23 |
Luis Valbuena | 18 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 0 | 1 |
José Vidro | 85 | 308 | 72 | .234 | 7 | 45 |
Brad Wilkerson | 19 | 56 | 13 | .232 | 0 | 5 |
Jeff Clement | 66 | 203 | 46 | .227 | 5 | 23 |
Kenji Johjima | 112 | 379 | 86 | .227 | 7 | 39 |
Tug Hulett | 30 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 1 | 2 |
Michael Morse | 5 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
Richie Sexson | 74 | 252 | 55 | .218 | 11 | 30 |
Wladimir Balentien | 71 | 243 | 49 | .202 | 7 | 24 |
Matt Tuiasosopo | 14 | 44 | 7 | .159 | 0 | 2 |
Rob Johnson | 14 | 31 | 4 | .129 | 1 | 2 |
Charlton Jimerson | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 1 | 4 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5643 | 1498 | .265 | 124 | 631 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Félix Hernández | 31 | 200.2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 3.45 | 175 |
Carlos Silva | 28 | 153.1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 6.46 | 69 |
Érik Bédard | 15 | 81.0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3.67 | 72 |
Miguel Batista | 44 (20 starts, 4 holds) | 115.0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6.26 | 73 |
Jarrod Washburn | 28 (26 starts) | 153.2 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 4.69 | 87 |
Ryan Feierabend | 8 | 39.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7.71 | 26 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | H | SV | ERA | SO |
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J. J. Putz | 47 | 46.1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 3.88 | 56 |
Sean Green | 72 | 79.0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 4.67 | 62 |
Eric O'Flaherty | 7 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20.25 | 4 |
Mark Lowe | 57 | 63.2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.37 | 55 |
Roy Corcoran | 50 | 72.2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3.22 | 39 |
Cha Seung Baek | 10 (1 start) | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 15 |
Ryan Rowland-Smith | 47 (12 starts) | 118.1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.42 | 77 |
R. A. Dickey | 32 (14 starts) | 112.1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.21 | 58 |
Arthur Rhodes | 36 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2.86 | 26 |
Brandon Morrow | 45 (5 starts) | 64.2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3.34 | 75 |
César Jiménez | 31 (2 starts) | 34.1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.41 | 26 |
Jake Woods | 15 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.16 | 9 |
Randy Messenger | 13 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.55 | 7 |
Jared Wells | 6 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 3 |
Justin Thomas | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 |
Jamie Burke | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Team Pitching Totals | 162 | 1435.1 | 61 | 101 | 57 | 36 | 4.73 | 1016 |
2008 Seattle Mariners draft picks | |
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Information | |
Owner | Nintendo of America |
General Manager(s) | Bill Bavasi Lee Pelekoudas Jack Zduriencik |
Manager(s) | John McLaren Jim Riggleman |
First pick | Joshua Fields (Rule 4) Reegie Corona (Rule 5) |
Draft positions | 20 (Rule 4) 2 (Rule 5) |
Number of selections | 50 (Rule 4) 2 (Rule 5) |
Players signed (Rule 4) | 36 |
Links | |
Results | Baseball-Reference The Baseball Cube |
Official Site | The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners Archived January 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine |
Years | 2007 • 2008 • 2009 |
Below is a complete list of the Seattle Mariners draft picks from the two 2008 Major League Baseball drafts. [1] [2]
The Seattle Mariners took part in both the Major League Baseball Rule 4 draft and the Rule 5 draft in 2008. [1] [2]
The 2008 Major League Baseball Draft was held on June 5 and June 6, 2008. He Mariners made the 20th selection in the draft, selecting Joshua Fields. [1] The Mariners selected a total of 50 players and signed 36 of those selected players. [1]
In the 2008 Rule 5 draft the Mariners selected two players, one in the Major League phase and one in the Triple-A phase. They also had three players selected by other teams, two in the Triple-A phase and one in the Double-A phase. [2]
Round (Pick) | Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted |
Position | Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play |
Bold | Indicates the player signed with the Mariners before the deadline |
Italics | Indicates the player did not sign with the Mariners before the deadline |
Bold italics | Indicates a player was signed after the deadline |
Pick | Indicates the pick the player was drafted |
Previous team | Indicates the previous organization, not minor league team |
Phase | Pick | Name | Position | Previous team | Notes | Ref |
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Major League | 2 | Reegie Corona | Shortstop | New York Yankees | Corona was returned to the Yankees before the regular season. | [2] [11] |
Triple-A | 2 | Pat Ryan | Right-handed pitcher | Milwaukee Brewers | none | [2] |
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