1998 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1998 season was their 22nd season, and was the final year in which Kingdome was the home venue for the entire season. Their record was 76–85 (.472) and they finished in third place in the four-team American League West, 11½ games behind the champion Texas Rangers.^[1]

1998 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Kingdome
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	76–85 (.472)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Hiroshi Yamauchi (represented by John Ellis)
General managers	Woody Woodward
Managers	Lou Piniella
Television	KIRO-TV 7 KSTW Fox Sports Northwest
Radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson)
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The Mariners were the defending division champions, but exceeded the .500 mark only once during the season; at 19–18 after a win at Detroit on May 12.^[2] On July 18 at the Kingdome, Seattle (crimson, silver, and black) and the Kansas City Royals (yellow gold and blue) played a game in futuristic uniforms for "Turn Ahead the Clock" night. Shortstop Alex Rodriguez hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Mariners won by three.^[3][4]

Ken Griffey Jr. hit 56 home runs to tie his franchise record set the year before;^[5] Rodriguez hit 42 home runs and stole 46 bases to become the third member of the 40/40 club, joining Jose Canseco (1988) and Barry Bonds (1996).^[6][7]

Offseason

• November 13, 1997: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[8]
• December 3, 1997: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[9]
• December 16, 1997: Pat Listach was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[10]
• December 27, 1997: Rico Rossy was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[11]
• January 8, 1998: Glenallen Hill signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[12]
• January 29, 1998: Jalal Leach was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Scott Smith (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for David McCarty.^[8]

Regular season

Season standings

• v
• t
• e

AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	88	74	.543	—	48‍–‍33	40‍–‍41
Anaheim Angels	85	77	.525	3	42‍–‍39	43‍–‍38
Seattle Mariners	76	85	.472	11½	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	14	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1998 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	5–6	6–5	5–6	4–7	8–3	6–5	6–5	6–5	5–7	9–3	6–5	5–7	4–7	10–6
Baltimore	6–5	—	6–6	2–9	5–6	10–1	5–6	7–3	3–9	8–3	6–5	5–7	6–5	5–7	5–11
Boston	5–6	6–6	—	5–6	8–3	5–5	8–3	5–6	5–7	9–2	7–4	9–3	6–5	5–7	9–7
Chicago	6–5	9–2	6–5	—	6–6	6–6	8–4	6–6	4–7	4–7	4–7	5–6	5–6	4–6–1	7–9
Cleveland	7–4	6–5	3–8	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	6–6	4–7	3–8	9–2	7–3	4–7	7–4	10–6
Detroit	3–8	1–10	5–5	6–6	3–9	—	6–6	8–4	3–8	7–4	3–8	5–6	3–8	5–6	7–9
Kansas City	5–6	6–5	3–8	4–8	4–8	6–6	—	7–5	0–10	7–4	4–6	8–3	3–8	6–5	9–7
Minnesota	5–6	3–7	6–5	6–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	—	4–7	4–7	2–9	7–4	7–4	4–7	7–9
New York	5–6	9–3	7–5	7–4	7–4	8–3	10–0	7–4	—	8–3	8–3	11–1	8–3	6–6	13–3
Oakland	7–5	3–8	2–9	7–4	8–3	4–7	4–7	7–4	3–8	—	5–7	5–6	6–6	5–6	8–8
Seattle	3–9	5–6	4–7	7–4	2–9	8–3	6–4	9–2	3–8	7–5	—	6–5	5–7	4–7	7–9
Tampa Bay	5–6	7–5	3–9	6–5	3–7	6–5	3–8	4–7	1–11	6–5	5–6	—	4–7	5–7	5–11
Texas	7–5	5–6	5–6	6–5	7–4	8–3	8–3	4–7	3–8	6–6	7–5	7–4	—	7–4	8–8
Toronto	7–4	7–5	7–5	6–4–1	4–7	6–5	5–6	7–4	6–6	6–5	7–4	7–5	4–7	—	9–7

Opening Day starters

• Jay Buhner
• Joey Cora
• Russ Davis
• Ken Griffey Jr.
• Glenallen Hill
• Randy Johnson
• Edgar Martínez
• Alex Rodriguez
• David Segui
• Dan Wilson^[13]

Notable transactions

• June 13, 1998: Catcher Ken Huckaby was released by the Mariners.^[9]
• July 6, 1998: Outfielder Glenallen Hill was selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Mariners.^[12]
• July 31, 1998: Randy Johnson was traded by the Mariners to the Houston Astros for pitcher Freddy García, infielder Carlos Guillén, and a player to be named later; Houston sent pitcher John Halama to the Mariners on October 1 to complete the trade.^[14]
• August 31, 1998: Infielder David Bell was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Mariners for Joey Cora.^[15]

Roster

1998 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 48 Paul Abbott 31 Bobby Ayala 44 Jim Bullinger 27 Ken Cloude 13 Jeff Fassero 48 Tony Fossas 54 Steve Gajkowski 59 David Holdridge 51 Randy Johnson 41 Felipe Lira 62 Andrew Lorraine 39 Greg McCarthy 50 Jamie Moyer 30 José Paniagua 52 Heathcliff Slocumb 34 Paul Spoljaric 41 Mac Suzuki 26 Bill Swift 40 Mike Timlin 46 Bob Wells		Catchers 62 Raúl Chávez 17 John Marzano  9 Joe Oliver  2 Rick Wilkins  6 Dan Wilson Infielders  2 David Bell 28 Joey Cora 18 Russ Davis  4 Giomar Guevara  5 Carlos Guillén  9 Jeff Huson 11 Edgar Martínez  3 Alex Rodriguez 44 Rico Rossy 21 David Segui		Outfielders  8 Rich Amaral 19 Jay Buhner 48 Rickey Cradle 20 Rob Ducey 16 Charles Gipson 24 Ken Griffey Jr.  1 Glenallen Hill 38 Raúl Ibañez 23 David McCarty 12 Shane Monahan 30 Robert Pérez 33 Ryan Radmanovich		Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches 29 Jesse Barfield 54 Nardi Contreras  7 John McLaren 49 Sam Mejías 15 Matt Sinatro  2 Steve Smith

Major League debuts

• Batters:
  • Rickey Cradle (Jul 1)
  • Charles Gipson (Mar 31)
  • Carlos Guillén (Sep 6)
  • Shane Monahan (Jul 9)
  • Ryan Radmanovich (Apr 13)
• Pitchers:
  • Steve Gajkowski (May 25)
  • David Holdridge (Aug 8) ^[16]

Game log

Game Log
March # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 Cleveland Indians 9-10 Mesa (1-0) Fossas (0-1) Jackson (1) 57,822 0-1
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 2 April 1 Cleveland Indians 7-9 Wright (1-0) Moyer (0-1) Jackson (2) 24,523 0-2 3 April 3 Boston Red Sox 11-6 Cloude (1-0) Lowe (0-1) 27,555 1-2 4 April 4 Boston Red Sox 12-6 Swift (1-0) Rose (0-1) 43,035 2-2 5 April 5 Boston Red Sox 5-10 Saberhagen (1-0) Johnson (0-1) 35,143 2-3 6 April 6 New York Yankees 8-0 Moyer (1-1) Pettitte (0-2) 27,445 3-3 7 April 7 New York Yankees 7-13 Wells (1-1) Bullinger (0-1) 28,424 3-4 8 April 8 New York Yankees 3-4 Lloyd (1-0) Ayala (0-1) Stanton (1) 33,922 3-5 9 April 10 @ Boston Red Sox 7-9 Garces (1-0) Timlin (0-1) 32,805 3-6 10 April 11 @ Boston Red Sox 0-5 Martinez (2-0) Moyer (1-2) 32,403 3-7 11 April 12 @ Boston Red Sox 7-8 Wasdin (2-0) Slocumb (0-1) 23,270 3-8 12 April 13 @ Cleveland Indians 5-6 Burba (2-1) Cloude (1-1) Jackson (6) 42,793 3-9 13 April 14 @ Cleveland Indians 3-8 Assenmacher (1-0) Slocumb (0-2) 40,490 3-10 14 April 15 @ Cleveland Indians 5-3 Spoljaric (1-0) Assenmacher (1-1) Ayala (1) 40,527 4-10 15 April 16 @ Minnesota Twins 3-2 Timlin (1-0) Aguliera (0-2) Ayala (2) 11,351 5-10 16 April 17 @ Minnesota Twins 11-6 Fassero (1-0) Milton (2-1) 18,169 6-10 17 April 18 @ Minnesota Twins 5-3 Cloude (2-1) Tewksbury (2-2) Ayala (3) 23,943 7-10 18 April 19 @ Minnesota Twins 7-4 Swift (2-0) Hawkins (0-2) Timlin (1) 15,124 8-10 19 April 20 Kansas City Royals 8-7 Lira (1-0) Rios (0-1) Ayala (4) 38,345 9-10 20 April 21 Kansas City Royals 3-5 Bevil (3-0) Fossas (0-2) Montgomery (4) 21,547 9-11 21 April 22 Kansas City Royals 11-5 Fassero (2-0) Pichardo (0-2) 22,698 10-11 22 April 24 Minnesota Twins 4-2 Cloude (3-1) Tewksbury (2-3) Ayala (5) 28,157 11-11 23 April 25 Minnesota Twins 2-8 Aguliera (1-2) Timlin (1-2) 51,880 11-12 24 April 26 Minnesota Twins 0-2 Radke (3-1) Moyer (1-3) Aguilera (4) 31,732 11-13 25 April 28 @ Kansas City Royals 5-1 Johnson (1-1) Service (1-1) 11,630 12-13 26 April 29 @ New York Yankees 5-8 Cone (3-1) Fassero (2-1) Rivera (3) 27,949 12-14 27 April 30 @ New York Yankees 8-9 Rivera (1-0) Ayala (0-2) 28,517 12-15
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 28 May 1 Detroit Tigers 3-17 Worrell (2-3) Swift (2-1) 28,827 12-16 29 May 2 Detroit Tigers 4-0 Moyer (2-3) Thompson (1-4) 48,630 13-16 30 May 3 Detroit Tigers 10-6 Johnson (2-1) Castillo (0-1) 44,488 14-16 31 May 5 Chicago White Sox 8-1 Fassero (3-1) Eyre (1-4) 22,760 15-16 32 May 6 Chicago White Sox 10-9 Slocumb (1-2) Castillo (0-2) Ayala (6) 21,243 16-16 33 May 7 Toronto Blue Jays 0-6 Clemens (4-3) Moyer (2-4) 24,129 16-17 34 May 8 Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 Johnson (3-1) Williams (3-2) 29,920 17-17 35 May 9 Toronto Blue Jays 1-4 Hentgen (4-3) Swift (2-2) Myers (9) 49,851 17-18 36 May 10 Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 Fassero (4-1) Guzman (1-5) Ayala (7) 39,249 18-18 37 May 12 @ Detroit Tigers 4-2 Spoljaric (2-0) Thompson (2-5) Ayala (8) 11,659 19-18 38 May 13 @ Detroit Tigers 5-8 Moehler (3-3) Cloude (3-2) Jones (5) 10,766 19-19 39 May 14 @ Chicago White Sox 3-5 Fordham (1-0) Johnson (3-2) Simas (2) 15,007 19-20 40 May 15 @ Chicago White Sox 3-6 Navarro (4-3) Swift (2-3) Foulke (1) 16,127 19-21 41 May 16 @ Toronto Blue Jays 8-1 Fassero (5-1) Guzman (1-6) 31,121 20-21 42 May 17 @ Toronto Blue Jays 3-4 Plesac (2-2) Slocumb (1-3) 28,111 20-22 43 May 18 @ Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 Spoljaric (3-0) Clemens (4-5) 28,125 21-22 44 May 19 @ Texas Rangers 4-10 Helling (7-1) Johnson (3-3) Hernandez (1) 37,258 21-23 45 May 20 @ Texas Rangers 7-8 Crabtree (1-0) Timlin (1-3) Wetteland (13) 29,454 21-24 46 May 21 @ Texas Rangers 8-9 Bailes (1-0) Ayala (0-3) 34,613 21-25 47 May 22 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2-5 Johnson (2-1) Moyer (2-5) Hernandez (8) 29,522 21-26 48 May 23 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-6 Yan (4-0) Ayala (0-4) Hernandez (9) 35,819 21-27 49 May 24 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-1 Johnson (4-3) Springer (1-8) 46,867 22-27 50 May 25 Baltimore Orioles 12-4 Swift (3-3) Rodriguez (0-2) 28,375 23-27 51 May 26 Baltimore Orioles 3-8 Erickson (5-5) Fassero (5-2) 31,164 23-28 52 May 28 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-2 Moyer (3-5) Johnson (2-2) 27,017 24-28 53 May 29 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-2 Johnson (5-3) Saunders (1-5) 32,142 25-28 54 May 30 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2-5 Springer (2-8) Cloude (3-3) Hernandez (10) 40,212 25-29 55 May 31 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11-6 Swift (4-3) White (0-1) 35,184 26-29
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 56 June 1 @ Baltimore Orioles 9-10 Mills (1-2) Fossas (0-3) Benitez (8) 42,622 26-30 57 June 2 @ Baltimore Orioles 8-9 Charlton (1-1) Ayala (0-5) 46,724 26-31 58 June 3 Anaheim Angels 1-8 Finley (6-2) Johnson (5-4) 24,944 26-32 59 June 4 Anaheim Angels 2-6 Hill (8-4) Cloude (3-4) Hasegawa (1) 23,709 26-33 60 June 5 Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 Swift (5-3) Valdez (4-7) 39,053 27-33 61 June 6 Los Angeles Dodgers 6-10 Bruske (3-0) Wells (0-1) Osuna (2) 49,559 27-34 62 June 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 4-7 Dreifort (4-5) Moyer (3-6) Osuna (3) 41,514 27-35 63 June 8 @ San Francisco Giants 3-4 Darwin (6-3) Johnson (5-5) Rodriguez (1) 34,166 27-36 64 June 9 @ San Francisco Giants 6-7 Johnstone (2-2) Cloude (3-5) Nen (19) 24,137 27-37 65 June 10 @ San Francisco Giants 4-1 Swift (6-3) Hershiser (6-4) Slocumb (1) 23,590 28-37 66 June 11 @ Oakland Athletics 2-5 Oquist (4-3) Fassero (5-3) Taylor (11) 7,838 28-38 67 June 12 @ Oakland Athletics 5-0 Moyer (4-6) Candiotti (4-8) 11,533 29-38 68 June 13 @ Oakland Athletics 3-7 Stein (3-3) Johnson (5-6) Fetters (3) 21,444 29-39 69 June 14 @ Oakland Athletics 3-4 Taylor (2-5) Slocumb (1-4) 21,503 29-40 70 June 16 @ Anaheim Angels 2-3 Dickson (7-4) Swift (6-4) Percival (21) 23,123 29-41 71 June 17 @ Anaheim Angels 2-4 Olivares (5-2) Fassero (5-4) Percival (22) 24,800 29-42 72 June 18 @ Anaheim Angels 5-11 Washburn (3-0) Spoljaric (3-1) DeLucia (1) 30,268 29-43 73 June 19 Oakland Athletics 9-1 Johnson (6-6) Stein (3-4) 33,212 30-43 74 June 20 Oakland Athletics 2-6 Haynes (5-3) Cloude (3-6) 44,597 30-44 75 June 21 Oakland Athletics 10-5 Swift (7-4) Oquist (4-4) 37,665 31-44 76 June 22 San Diego Padres 3-5 Miceli (7-2) Fassero (5-5) Hoffman (23) 41,571 31-45 77 June 23 San Diego Padres 5-3 Moyer (5-6) Hamilton (5-8) Slocumb (2) 30,961 32-45 78 June 24 @ San Diego Padres 2-1 Johnson (7-6) Ashby (10-5) 36,900 33-45 79 June 25 @ San Diego Padres 0-6 Langston (2-1) Cloude (3-7) Wall (1) 32,626 33-46 80 June 26 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 8-13 Sodowsky (2-4) Spoljaric (3-2) 49,328 33-47 81 June 27 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 Fassero (6-5) Benes (6-8) Slocumb (3) 48,488 34-47 82 June 28 @ Arizona Diamondbacks 2-3 Embree (2-0) Ayala (0-6) 47,968 34-48 83 June 30 Colorado Rockies 4-6 Astacio (6-8) Johnson (7-7) Munoz (1) 28,821 34-49
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 84 July 1 Colorado Rockies 9-5 Cloude (4-7) Saipe (0-1) 25,551 35-49 85 July 2 Colorado Rockies 10-3 Swift (8-4) Kile (5-11) 32,523 36-49 86 July 3 @ Texas Rangers 8-2 Fassero (7-5) Burkett (4-9) 45,233 37-49 87 July 4 @ Texas Rangers 2-9 Sele (12-5) Moyer (5-7) 46,067 37-50 88 July 5 @ Texas Rangers 4-8 Hernandez (3-1) Johnson (7-8) 38,053 37-51 89 July 9 Anaheim Angels 8-6 Fassero (8-5) Olivares (5-5) Timlin (2) 24,210 38-51 90 July 10 Anaheim Angels 3-5 Percival (2-3) Ayala (0-7) 28,869 38-52 91 July 11 Anaheim Angels 2-0 Johnson (8-8) Sparks (3-1) 35,788 39-52 92 July 12 Anaheim Angels 5-8 Dickson (9-6) Swift (8-5) Percival (26) 32,797 39-53 93 July 13 Texas Rangers 10-3 Cloude (5-7) Van Poppel (1-2) 25,170 40-53 94 July 14 Texas Rangers 6-3 Fassero (9-5) Burkett (5-10) Timlin (3) 25,545 41-53 95 July 15 Minnesota Twins 4-1 Moyer (6-7) Hawkins (5-9) Timlin (4) 23,250 42-53 96 July 16 Minnesota Twins 3-0 Johnson (9-8) Radke (9-8) 24,974 43-53 97 July 17 Kansas City Royals 18-5 Swift (9-5) Rusch (6-11) 29,500 44-53 98 July 18 Kansas City Royals 8-5 Ayala (1-7) Service (3-2) 42,633 45-53 99 July 19 Kansas City Royals 1-4 Belcher (9-8) Fassero (9-6) Montgomery (22) 30,851 45-54 100 July 21 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-3 Moyer (7-7) Alvarez (4-8) 30,298 46-54 101 July 22 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-7 Lopez (6-2) Johnson (9-9) Hernandez (18) 31,558 46-55 102 July 24 @ Baltimore Orioles 4-7 Mussina (8-5) Swift (9-6) Benitez (13) 48,184 46-56 103 July 25 @ Baltimore Orioles 4-2 Fassero (10-6) Kamieniecki (2-3) Timlin (5) 48,365 47-56 104 July 26 @ Baltimore Orioles 10-4 Moyer (8-7) Erickson (11-8) 48,199 48-56 105 July 28 Cleveland Indians 3-4 Nagy (9-6) Johnson (9-10) Jackson (26) 31,124 48-57 106 July 29 Cleveland Indians 7-8 Ogea (4-2) McCarthy (0-1) Jackson (27) 25,953 48-58 107 July 30 Cleveland Indians 8-9 Shuey (3-1) Wells (0-2) 31,081 48-59 108 July 31 New York Yankees 3-5 Irabu (10-4) Fassero (10-7) Rivera (29) 43,837 48-60
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 109 August 1 New York Yankees 2-5 Wells (13-2) Moyer (8-8) 53,840 48-61 110 August 2 New York Yankees 6-3 Wells (1-2) Cone (15-4) Timlin (6) 47,872 49-61 111 August 3 Boston Red Sox 3-1 Cloude (6-7) Wasdin (5-4) Timlin (7) 27,887 50-61 112 August 4 Boston Red Sox 1-2 Avery (8-4) McCarthy (0-2) Gordon (32) 29,621 50-62 113 August 7 @ Detroit Tigers 6-3 Slocumb (2-4) Crow (1-1) Timlin (8) DH 51-62 114 August 7 @ Detroit Tigers 7-1 Moyer (9-8) Moehler (12-8) 29,039 52-62 115 August 8 @ Detroit Tigers 9-3 Cloude (7-7) Powell (2-3) 37,495 53-62 116 August 9 @ Detroit Tigers 6-3 Wells (2-2) Runyan (1-3) Timlin (9) 27,987 54-62 117 August 11 @ Toronto Blue Jays 4-7 Carpenter (7-6) Fassero (10-8) Quantrill (3) 33,137 54-63 118 August 12 @ Toronto Blue Jays 5-11 Rodriguez (2-3) Ayala (1-8) 39,139 54-64 119 August 14 @ Chicago White Sox 2-14 Sirotka (12-10) Cloude (7-8) 22,713 54-65 120 August 15 @ Chicago White Sox 13-7 Swift (10-6) Navarro (8-14) 21,537 55-65 121 August 16 @ Chicago White Sox 3-5 Foulke (3-1) Fassero (10-9) Simas (15) 25,471 55-66 122 August 17 Detroit Tigers 3-1 Moyer (10-8) Moehler (12-9) Timlin (10) 38,639 56-66 123 August 18 Detroit Tigers 6-7 Greisinger (2-7) Ayala (1-9) Jones (21) 24,136 56-67 124 August 19 Toronto Blue Jays 2-16 Hentgen (11-9) Cloude (7-9) Stieb (1) 26,258 56-68 125 August 20 Toronto Blue Jays 0-7 Clemens (15-6) Swift (10-7) 26,642 56-69 126 August 21 Chicago White Sox 5-4 Paniagua (1-0) Foulke (3-2) Timlin (11) 34,421 57-69 127 August 22 Chicago White Sox 5-4 Timlin (2-3) Navarro (8-15) 43,596 58-69 128 August 23 Chicago White Sox 3-2 Spoljaric (4-2) Snyder (4-2) Paniagua (1) 35,159 59-69 129 August 24 Chicago White Sox 11-10 Cloude (8-9) Sirotka (12-12) Timlin (12) 27,087 60-69 130 August 25 @ Cleveland Indians 4-10 Nagy (11-9) Swift (10-8) 43,113 60-70 131 August 26 @ Cleveland Indians 3-5 Burba (11-9) Fassero (10-10) Jackson (33) 43,091 60-71 132 August 27 @ Cleveland Indians 10-4 Moyer (11-8) Wright (11-8) 43,142 61-71 133 August 28 @ New York Yankees 3-10 Hernandez (10-4) Spoljaric (4-3) 49,789 61-72 134 August 29 @ New York Yankees 6-11 Pettitte (15-8) Cloude (8-10) 55,146 61-73 135 August 30 @ New York Yankees 13-3 Swift (11-8) Irabu (11-7) 55,341 62-73 136 August 31 @ Boston Red Sox 1-5 Saberhagen (12-6) Fassero (10-11) 28,553 62-74
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 @ Boston Red Sox 7-3 Moyer (12-8) Lowe (3-8) 28,150 63-74 138 September 2 @ Boston Red Sox 3-7 Gordon (7-3) Ayala (1-10) 25,813 63-75 139 September 4 Baltimore Orioles 1-10 Guzman (9-14) Spoljaric (4-4) 27,404 63-76 140 September 5 Baltimore Orioles 6-5 McCarthy (1-2) Benitez (5-4) Timlin (13) 43,831 64-76 141 September 6 Baltimore Orioles 2-5 Mussina (13-8) Fassero (10-12) Rhodes (4) 30,285 64-77 142 September 7 Baltimore Orioles 11-1 Moyer (13-8) Drabek (6-11) 24,229 65-77 143 September 8 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0-10 Alvarez (6-13) Suzuki (0-1) 20,679 65-78 144 September 9 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-2 Abbott (1-0) Arrojo (13-12) Timlin (14) 22,256 66-78 145 September 11 @ Kansas City Royals 6-3 Fassero (11-12) Barber (2-3) Timlin (15) DH 67-78 146 September 11 @ Kansas City Royals 5-8 Appier (1-0) Swift (11-9) Rusch (1) 18,874 67-79 147 September 12 @ Kansas City Royals 2-5 Belcher (13-12) Moyer (13-9) Montgomery (33) 28,091 67-80 September 13 @ Kansas City Royals Cancelled (rain) 67–80 148 September 14 @ Minnesota Twins 10-3 Suzuki (1-1) Radke (11-14) 9,711 68-80 149 September 15 @ Minnesota Twins 12-7 Abbott (2-0) Rodriguez (4-6) 8,024 69-80 150 September 16 @ Oakland Athletics 4-1 Fassero (12-12) Heredia (3-2) Timlin (16) 12,371 70-80 151 September 17 @ Oakland Athletics 8-0 Moyer (14-9) Candiotti (11-16) 11,707 71-80 152 September 18 @ Anaheim Angels 5-3 Timlin (3-3) DeLucia (2-6) 39,902 72-80 153 September 19 @ Anaheim Angels 3-5 McDowell (5-3) Spoljaric (4-5) Percival (41) 42,833 72-81 154 September 20 @ Anaheim Angels 1-3 Olivares (9-8) Abbott (2-1) Percival (42) 42,972 72-82 155 September 21 Oakland Athletics 5-2 Paniagua (2-0) Heredia (3-3) Timlin (17) 30,076 73-82 156 September 22 Oakland Athletics 7-6 Moyer (15-9) Witasick (1-2) Timlin (18) 20,908 74-82 157 September 23 Oakland Athletics 3-8 Mathews (6-4) Slocumb (2-5) Taylor (33) 21,182 74-83 158 September 24 Texas Rangers 3-9 Sele (19-11) Suzuki (1-2) 22,891 74-84 159 September 25 Texas Rangers 15-4 Abbott (3-1) Loaiza (9-11) 39,325 75-84 160 September 26 Texas Rangers 5-2 Fassero (13-12) Gunderson (0-3) Timlin (19) 33,147 76-84 161 September 27 Texas Rangers 6-12 Fossas (1-3) Spoljaric (4-6) 37,986 76-85

Source:^[17]

Player stats

Batting

= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	Slg.	SB
C	Dan Wilson	96	325	39	82	9	44	.252	.392	2
1B	David Segui	143	522	79	159	19	84	.305	.487	3
2B	Joey Cora	131	519	111	166	6	32	.276	.370	15
3B	Russ Davis	141	502	68	130	20	82	.259	.442	4
SS	Alex Rodriguez	161	686	123	213	42	124	.310	.560	46
LF	Glenallen Hill	74	259	37	75	12	33	.290	.521	1
CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	161	633	120	180	56	146	.284	.611	20
RF	Jay Buhner	72	244	33	59	15	45	.242	.463	0
DH	Edgar Martínez	154	556	86	179	29	102	.322	.429	1

^[18]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	Slg.	SB
Rob Ducey	97	217	30	52	5	23	.240	.410	0
Shane Monahan	62	211	17	51	4	28	.242	.346	1
Rich Amaral	73	134	25	37	1	4	.276	.343	11
John Marzano	50	133	13	31	4	12	.233	.391	0
Raúl Ibañez	37	98	12	25	2	12	.255	.408	0
Joe Oliver	29	85	12	19	2	10	.224	.329	1
Rico Rossy	37	81	12	16	1	4	.198	.309	0
David Bell	21	80	11	26	0	8	.325	.425	0
Ryan Radmanovich	25	69	5	15	2	10	.217	.362	1
Charles Gipson	44	51	11	12	0	2	.235	.255	2
Jeff Huson	31	49	8	8	1	4	.163	.245	1
Rick Wilkins	19	41	5	8	1	4	.195	.341	0
Carlos Guillén	10	39	9	13	0	5	.333	.410	2
Robert Pérez	17	35	3	6	2	6	.171	.371	0
Dave McCarty	8	18	1	5	1	2	.278	.444	1
Giomar Guevara	11	13	4	3	0	0	.231	.385	0
Rickey Cradle	5	7	0	1	0	2	.143	.143	1
Raúl Chávez	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
Jamie Moyer	34	234.1	15	9	3.53	158	42
Jeff Fassero	32	224.2	13	12	3.97	176	66
Randy Johnson	23	160.0	9	10	4.33	213	60
Ken Cloude	30	155.1	8	10	6.37	114	80
Bill Swift	29	144.2	11	9	5.85	77	51
Mac Suzuki	6	26.1	1	2	7.18	19	15
Paul Abbott	4	24.2	3	1	4.01	22	10

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
Jim Bullinger	2	5.2	0	1	15.88	4	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks allowed

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO	BB
Mike Timlin	70	79.1	3	3	19	2.95	60	16
Bobby Ayala	62	75.1	1	10	8	7.29	68	26
Heathcliff Slocumb	57	67.2	2	5	3	5.32	51	44
Paul Spoljaric	53	83.1	4	6	0	6.48	55	89
Bob Wells	30	51.2	2	2	0	6.10	29	16
Greg McCarthy	29	23.1	1	2	0	5.01	25	17
Tony Fossas	23	11.1	0	3	0	8.74	10	6
José Paniagua	18	22.0	2	0	1	2.05	16	5
Steve Gajkowski	9	8.2	0	0	0	7.27	3	4
Felipe Lira	7	15.2	1	0	0	4.60	16	5
David Holdridge	7	6.2	0	0	0	4.05	6	4
Andrew Lorraine	4	3.2	0	0	0	2.45	0	4

Ken Griffey Jr.'s 56 home runs

Home Run	Game	Date	Inning	Location	Opposing Pitcher	Team
1	1	March 31	5th[19]	Seattle	Charles Nagy	Cleveland Indians
2	3	April 3	5th[20]	Seattle	Derek Lowe	Boston Red Sox
3	4	April 4	2nd [21]	Seattle	Brian Rose	Boston Red Sox
4	11	April 12	5th[22]	Boston	Tim Wakefield	Boston Red Sox
5	12	April 13	1st[23]	Cleveland	Dave Burba	Cleveland Indians
6	12	April 13	7th	Cleveland	José Mesa	Cleveland Indians
7	16	April 17	3rd[24]	Minnesota	Eric Milton	Minnesota Twins
8	19	April 20	3rd[25]	Seattle	Chris Haney	Kansas City Royals
9	26	April 29	7th	New York	Mike Stanton	New York Yankees
10	27	April 30	1st	New York	David Wells	New York Yankees
11	27	April 30	3rd	New York	David Wells	New York Yankees
12	29	May 2	1st	Seattle	Justin Thompson	Detroit Tigers
13	31	May 5	5th	Seattle	Scott Eyre	Toronto Blue Jays
14	34	May 8	3rd	Seattle	Woody Williams	Toronto Blue Jays
15	36	May 10	8th	Seattle	Dan Plesac	Toronto Blue Jays
16	43	May 18	4th	Toronto	Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays
17	46	May 21	4th	Texas	John Burkett	Texas Rangers
18	49	May 24	6th	Seattle	Dennis Springer	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
19	55	May 31	8th	Tampa	Albie Lopez	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
20	57	June 2	3rd	Baltimore	Doug Drabek	Baltimore Orioles
21	57	June 3	10th	Baltimore	Norm Charlton	Baltimore Orioles
22	59	June 4	1st	Seattle	Ken Hill	Anaheim Angels
23	61	June 6	3rd	Seattle	Dave Mlicki	Los Angeles Dodgers
24	62	June 7	9th	Seattle	Mark Guthrie	Los Angeles Dodgers
25	64	June 9	6th	San Francisco	Julián Tavárez	San Francisco Giants
26	66	June 11	8th	Oakland	Mike Oquist	Oakland Athletics
27	72	June 18	1st	Anaheim	Jarrod Washburn	Anaheim Angels
28	73	June 19	4th	Seattle	Blake Stein	Oakland Athletics
29	77	June 23	1st	Seattle	Joey Hamilton	San Diego Padres
30	78	June 24	9th	San Diego	Roberto Ramírez	San Diego Padres
31	80	June 26	3rd	Arizona	Jeff Suppan	Arizona Diamondbacks
32	82	June 28	6th	Arizona	Brian Anderson	Arizona Diamondbacks
33	83	June 30	1st	Seattle	Pedro Astacio	Colorado Rockies
34	84	July 1	3rd	Seattle	Mike Saipe	Colorado Rockies
35	85	July 2	2nd	Seattle	Darryl Kile	Colorado Rockies
36	89	July 9	6th	Seattle	Pep Harris	Anaheim Angels
37	90	July !0	7th	Seattle	Chuck Finley	Anaheim Angels
38	94	July 14	3rd	Seattle	John Burkett	Texas Rangers
39	94	July 14	7th	Seattle	Scott Bailes	Texas Rangers
40	100	July 21	4th	Tampa	Wilson Álvarez	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
41	107	July 30	5th	Seattle	Dave Burba	Cleveland Indians
42	120	August 15	1st	Chicago	Jaime Navarro	Chicago White Sox
43	128	August 23	4th	Seattle	John Snyder	Chicago White Sox
44	129	August 24	4th	Seattle	Mike Sirotka	Chicago White Sox
45	134	August 29	6th	New York	Andy Pettitte	New York Yankees
46	135	August 30	2nd	New York	Hideki Irabu	New York Yankees
47	135	August 30	8th	New York	Mike Buddie	New York Yankees
48	140	September 5	8th	Seattle	Armando Benítez	Baltimore Orioles
49	142	September 7	5th	Seattle	Pete Smith	Baltimore Orioles
50	142	September 7	6th	Seattle	Jimmy Key	Baltimore Orioles
51	147	September 12	3rd	Kansas City	Tim Belcher	Kansas City Royals
52	149	September 15	7th	Minnesota	Eddie Guardado	Minnesota Twins
53	151	September 17	1st	Oakland	Tom Candiotti	Oakland Athletica
54	156	September 22	3rd	Seattle	Jay Witasick	Oakland Athletics
55	156	September 22	5th	Seattle	Jay Witasick	Oakland Athletics
56	159	September 25	6th	Seattle	Eric Gunderson	Texas Rangers

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Awards and honors

• Ken Griffey Jr., franchise record, most home runs in one season (56)
• Alex Rodriguez, third member to join the 40/40 Club

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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Dave Myers
AA	Orlando Rays	Southern League	Dan Rohn
A	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	Rick Burleson
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Gary Varsho
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League	Terry Pollreisz
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Darrin Garner

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