1999 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners' 1999 season was their 23rd since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing third in the American League West with a 79–83 (.488) record. In July, after 39 home games at the Kingdome, they moved into Safeco Field, and the Kingdome was demolished eight months later.

1999 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Kingdome, Safeco Field
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	79–83 (.488)
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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Offseason

• November 9, 1998: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Mariners to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mark Leiter.^[1]
• November 22, 1998: Butch Huskey was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[2]
• December 30, 1998: John Mabry was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[3]

Regular season

• July 15, 1999: Immediately after the All-Star break, the Mariners played their first game at Safeco Field, but lost to the San Diego Padres 3–2 with 44,607 in attendance.^[4][5] It was the first park in Major League history to host an interleague game on its inaugural day.^[6]

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	95	67	.586	—	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍37
Oakland Athletics	87	75	.537	8	52‍–‍29	35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners	79	83	.488	16	43‍–‍38	36‍–‍45
Anaheim Angels	70	92	.432	25	37‍–‍44	33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1999 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	3–9	1–9	5–5	1–9	5–5	7–5	6–4	6–4	8–4	6–6	7–5	6–6	3–9	6–12
Baltimore	9–3	—	5–7	7–3	1–9	5–5	6–4	8–1	4–9	5–7	5–5	5–7	6–6	1–11	11–7
Boston	9–1	7–5	—	7–5	8–4	7–5	8–2	6–4	8–4	4–6	7–3	4–9	4–5	9–3	6–12
Chicago	5–5	3–7	5–7	—	3–9	7–5	6–6	8–3–1	5–7	3–7	4–8	6–4	5–5	6–4	9–9
Cleveland	9–1	9–1	4–8	9–3	—	8–5	7–5	9–3	3–7	10–2	7–3	5–4	3–7	5–7	9–9
Detroit	5–5	5–5	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	7–4	6–6	5–7	4–6	3–7	4–5	5–5	2–10	8–10
Kansas City	5–7	4–6	2–8	6–6	5–7	4–7	—	5–8	5–4	6–6	7–5	2–8	4–6	3–7	6–12
Minnesota	4–6	1–8	4–6	3–8–1	3–9	6–6	8–5	—	4–6	7–5	4–8	5–5	0–12	4–6	10–7
New York	4–6	9–4	4–8	7–5	7–3	7–5	4–5	6–4	—	6–4	9–1	8–4	8–4	10–2	9–9
Oakland	4–8	7–5	6–4	7–3	2–10	6–4	6–6	5–7	4–6	—	6–6	9–1	5–7	8–2	12–6
Seattle	6–6	5–5	3–7	8–4	3–7	7–3	5–7	8–4	1–9	6–6	—	8–4	5–8	7–2	7–11
Tampa Bay	5–7	7–5	9–4	4–6	4–5	5–4	8–2	5–5	4–8	1–9	4–8	—	4–8	5–8	4–14
Texas	6–6	6–6	5–4	5–5	7–3	5–5	6–4	12–0	4–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	—	6–4	10–8
Toronto	9–3	11–1	3–9	4–6	7–5	10–2	7–3	6–4	2–10	2–8	2–7	8–5	4–6	—	9–9

Notable transactions

• April 27, 1999: Rafael Bournigal was purchased by the Mariners from the Texas Rangers.^[7]
• July 26, 1999: Butch Huskey was traded by the Mariners to the Boston Red Sox for Robert Ramsay.^[8]
• August 28, 1999: Mike Blowers was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[9]

Draft picks

• June 2, 1999: 1999 Major League Baseball draft
  • J. J. Putz was drafted by the Mariners in the 6th round. Player signed June 17, 1999.^[10]
  • Termel Sledge was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 8th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1999.
  • Rich Harden was drafted by the Mariners in the 38th round, but did not sign.^[11]

Roster

1999 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 48 Paul Abbott 31 Melvin Bunch 26 Rafael Carmona 28 Ken Cloude 43 Tom Davey 13 Jeff Fassero 45 Ryan Franklin 34 Freddy García 54 John Halama 27 Butch Henry 32 Brett Hinchliffe 23 Mark Leiter 37 Dámaso Marte 55 Gil Meche 49 José Mesa 50 Jamie Moyer 30 José Paniagua 23 Robert Ramsay 33 Frankie Rodriguez 57 Aaron Scheffer 41 Steve Sinclair 48 Sean Spencer 56 Denny Stark 41 Mac Suzuki 40,41 Allen Watson 52 Eric Weaver 31 Todd Williams 46 Jordan Zimmerman		Catchers 17 Tom Lampkin  6 Dan Wilson Infielders 25 David Bell 4,16 Mike Blowers  2 Rafael Bournigal 26 Domingo Cedeño 18 Russ Davis  4 Giomar Guevara  8 Carlos Guillén 37 Ryan Jackson 11 Edgar Martínez  3 Alex Rodriguez 21 David Segui		Outfielders 19 Jay Buhner  1 Charles Gipson 24 Ken Griffey Jr. 22 Brian Hunter 42 Butch Huskey  5 Raúl Ibañez 47 John Mabry 20 Matt Mieske 12 Shane Monahan 40 Ozzie Timmons		Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches 29 Jesse Barfield  7 John McLaren 16,57 Sam Mejías 15 Matt Sinatro 10 Steve Smith 35 Stan Williams

Player stats

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
C	Dan Wilson	123	414	110	.266	7	38
1B	David Segui	90	345	101	.293	9	39
2B	David Bell	157	597	160	.268	21	78
SS	Alex Rodriguez	129	502	143	.285	42	111
3B	Russ Davis	124	432	106	.245	21	59
LF	Brian Hunter	121	484	112	.231	4	34
CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	160	606	173	.285	48	134
RF	Jay Buhner	87	266	59	.222	14	38
DH	Edgar Martínez	142	502	169	.337	24	86

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
Butch Huskey	74	262	76	.290	15	49
John Mabry	87	262	64	.244	9	33
Raúl Ibañez	87	209	54	.258	9	27
Tom Lampkin	76	206	60	.291	9	34
Rafael Bournigal	55	95	26	.274	2	14
Charles Gipson	55	80	18	.225	0	9
Ryan Jackson	32	68	16	.235	0	10
Mike Blowers	19	46	11	.239	2	7
Ozzie Timmons	26	44	5	.114	1	3
Domingo Cedeño	21	42	9	.214	2	8
Matt Mieske	24	41	15	.366	4	7
Carlos Guillén	5	19	3	.158	1	3
Shane Monahan	16	15	2	.133	0	0
Giomar Guevara	10	12	3	.250	0	2

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
Jamie Moyer	32	228.0	14	8	3.87	137
Freddy García	33	201.1	17	8	4.07	170
Jeff Fassero	30	139.0	4	14	7.38	101
Gil Meche	16	85.2	8	4	4.37	47

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
John Halama	38	179.0	11	10	4.22	105
Frank Rodriguez	28	73.1	2	4	5.65	47
Paul Abbott	25	72.2	6	2	3.10	68
Ken Cloude	31	72.1	4	4	7.96	35
Mac Suzuki	16	42.0	0	2	9.43	32
Brett Hinchliffe	11	30.2	0	4	8.80	14
Butch Henry	7	25.0	2	0	5.04	15
Robert Ramsay	6	18.1	0	2	6.38	11
Melvin Bunch	5	10.0	0	0	11.70	4

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
José Mesa	68	3	6	33	4.98	42
José Paniagua	59	6	11	3	4.06	74
Steve Sinclair	18	0	1	0	3.95	15
Tom Davey	16	1	0	0	4.71	17
Todd Williams	13	0	0	0	4.66	7
Jordan Zimmerman	12	0	0	0	7.88	3
Rafael Carmona	9	1	0	0	7.94	0
Eric Weaver	8	0	1	0	10.61	14
Ryan Franklin	6	0	0	0	4.76	6
Dámaso Marte	5	0	1	0	9.35	3
Denny Stark	5	0	0	0	9.95	4
Aaron Scheffer	4	0	0	0	1.93	4
Allen Watson	3	0	1	0	12.00	2
Sean Spencer	2	0	0	0	21.60	2
Mark Leiter	2	0	0	0	6.75	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Dave Myers
AA	New Haven Ravens	Eastern League	Dan Rohn
A	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	Darrin Garner
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Steve Roadcap
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League	Terry Pollreisz
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Gary Thurman

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