1989 Seattle Mariners season

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1989 Seattle Mariners Ken Griffey Jr's Rookie Season
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1977) Western Division (Since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (Since 1977) Seattle, Washington (Since 1977)
1989 Information
Owner(s)	Jeff Smulyan
Manager(s)	Jim Lefebvre
Local television	KSTW-TV 11
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson)

The Seattle Mariners 1989 season was their 13th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 6th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 73-89. The season, however, was enlivened by the arrival of the Mariners' 1987 first-round draft pick, Ken Griffey, Jr.

Contents 1 Regular Season 1.1 Notable transactions 1.2 Season standings 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

[edit] Notable transactions

• March 27, 1989: Steve Balboni was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Yankees for Dana Ridenour (minors). ^[1]
• May 25, 1989: Mark Langston was traded by the Seattle Mariners with a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos for Randy Johnson, Brian Holman, and Gene Harris. The Seattle Mariners sent Mike Campbell (July 31, 1989) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

[edit] Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB
Oakland Athletics	99	63	.611	--
Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	7
California Angels	91	71	.562	8
Texas Rangers	83	79	.512	16
Minnesota Twins	80	82	.494	19
Seattle Mariners	73	89	.451	26
Chicago White Sox	69	92	.429	29½

[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
Ken Griffey, Jr.	127	455	120	.264	16	61

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[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

• 1989 Seattle Mariners
• 1989 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1989 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 1989 All-Star Game • 1989 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)