1988 Seattle Mariners season

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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)
1988 Information
Owner(s)	George Argyros
Manager(s)	Dick Williams and Jim Snyder
Local television	KIRO-TV 11
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson)

The Seattle Mariners 1988 season was their 12th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 7th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 68-93.

Contents 1 Regular Season 1.1 Opening Day Starters 1.2 Season Standings 1.3 Notable transactions 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 External links

[edit] Regular Season

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

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season Standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB
Oakland Athletics	104	58	.642	--
Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	13
Kansas City Royals	84	77	.522	19½
California Angels	75	87	.463	29
Chicago White Sox	71	90	.441	32½
Texas Rangers	70	91	.435	33½
Seattle Mariners	68	93	.422	35½

[edit] Notable transactions

• June 1, 1988: Steve Balboni was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners. ^[1]
• July 21, 1988: Ken Phelps was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later, Jay Buhner, and Rich Balabon (minors). The New York Yankees sent Troy Evers (minors) (October 12, 1988) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] 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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Glenn Wilson	78	284	71	.250	3	17

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] External links

• 1988 Seattle Mariners
• 1988 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1988 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1988 All-Star Game • 1988 World Series

v • d • e Seattle Mariners Based in Seattle, Washington The Franchise History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers and Owners • Broadcasters Ballparks Kingdome • Safeco Field Culture Mariner Moose Important Figures Adrian Beltre • Bret Boone • Chris Bosio • Jay Buhner • Norm Charlton • Alvin Davis • Ken Griffey, Jr. • Dave Henderson • Félix Hernández • Willie Horton • Raúl Ibáñez • Kenji Johjima • Randy Johnson • Mark Langston • Edgar Martínez • Jamie Moyer • Dave Niehaus • John Olerud • Gaylord Perry • Lou Piniella • Harold Reynolds • Alex Rodriguez • Kazuhiro Sasaki • Ichiro Suzuki • Dave Valle • Dan Wilson Retired Numbers 42 American League Western Division Titles (3) 1995 • 1997 • 2001 Seasons (32) 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 Minor League Affiliates Tacoma Rainiers (AAA) • West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (AA) • High Desert Mavericks (A) • Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (A) • Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (A) • Pulaski Mariners (Rookie) • AZL Mariners (Rookie) • VSL Mariners (Rookie)