1988 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record68–93 (.422)
Divisional place7th
OwnersGeorge Argyros
General managersDick Balderson,
Woody Woodward
ManagersDick Williams, Jim Snyder
TelevisionKIRO-TV 11
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
Seasons

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).

Offseason

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

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10458 0.642 — 54–27 50–31
Minnesota Twins 9171 0.562 13 47–34 44–37
Kansas City Royals 8477 0.522 19½ 44–36 40–41
California Angels 7587 0.463 29 35–46 40–41
Chicago White Sox 7190 0.441 32½ 40–41 31–49
Texas Rangers 7091 0.435 33½ 38–43 32–48
Seattle Mariners 6893 0.422 35½ 37–44 31–49

Record vs. opponents

1988 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
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
Pitchers Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CScott Bradley10333586.257433
1BAlvin Davis140478141.2951869
2BHarold Reynolds158598169.283441
3BJim Presley150544125.2301462
SSRey Quiñones140499124.2481252
LFMickey Brantley149577152.2631556
CFHenry Cotto133386100.259833
RFGlenn Wilson7828471.250317
DHKen Phelps7219054.2841432

Other batters

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
Steve Balboni9735088.2512161
Dave Valle9329067.2311050
Darnell Coles5519557.2921034
Jay Buhner6019243.2241025
Mike Kingery5712325.20319
Rick Rentería318818.20506
Mario Díaz287222.30609
Bruce Fields396718.26915
Dave Hengel266010.16727
Greg Briley13369.25014
Edgar Martínez14329.28105
Bill McGuire9163.18802
John Rabb9145.35704
Brick Smith4101.10001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Langston35261.115113.34235
Mike Moore37228.29153.78182
Bill Swift38174.28124.5947
Scott Bankhead21135.0793.07102
Mike Campbell20114.26105.8963
Steve Trout1556.1477.8314
Erik Hanson641.2233.2436
Terry Taylor523.0016.269

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Edwin Núñez1429.1147.9819
Dennis Powell1218.2138.6815

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Schooler4058153.5454
Mike Jackson626542.6376
Jerry Reed461113.9648
Rod Scurry390224.0233
Bill Wilkinson302223.4825
Julio Solano170034.0910
Gene Walter161005.1313

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

  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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