1988 Seattle Mariners season explained

Seattle Mariners
Season:	1988
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Kingdome
City:	Seattle, Washington
Divisional Place:	7th
General Managers:	Dick Balderson, Woody Woodward
Managers:	Dick Williams, Jim Snyder
Television:	KIRO-TV 11
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 seventh in the American League West with a record of .

Offseason

• December 9, 1987: Phil Bradley and Tim Fortugno were traded by the Mariners to the Philadelphia Phillies for Glenn Wilson, Mike Jackson, and Dave Brundage (minors).^[1]
• December 21, 1987: John Moses was released by the Mariners.^[2]
• December 22, 1987: Lee Guetterman, Clay Parker, and Wade Taylor were traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for Steve Trout and Henry Cotto.^[3]
• January 19, 1988: John Rabb was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[4]

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

• Mickey Brantley
• Alvin Davis
• Mike Kingery
• Ken Phelps
• Jim Presley
• Rey Quiñones
• Harold Reynolds
• Steve Trout
• Dave Valle
• Glenn Wilson^[5]

Notable transactions

• May 23, 1988: John Christensen was released by the Mariners.^[6]
• June 1, 1988: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[7]
• June 1, 1988: Greg Pirkl was drafted by the Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 6, 1988.^[8]
• June 8, 1988: Manager Dick Williams was fired and replaced by interim manager Jim Snyder.
• July 21, 1988: Ken Phelps was traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for Jay Buhner, Rich Balabon (minors) and a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Troy Evers (minors) to the Mariners on October 12.^[9]
• July 22, 1988: Glenn Wilson was traded by the Mariners to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Darnell Coles.^[10]

Major League debuts

• Batters:
  • Greg Briley (June 27)
  • Bill McGuire (Aug 2)
• Pitchers:
  • Erik Hanson (Sep 5)
  • Mike Schooler (June 10)
  • Terry Taylor (Aug 19) ^[11]

Roster

1988 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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
C		103	335	86	.257	4	33
1B		140	478	141	.295	18	69
2B		158	598	169	.283	4	41
3B		150	544	125	.230	14	62
SS		140	499	124	.248	12	52
LF		149	577	152	.263	15	56
CF		133	386	100	.259	8	33
RF		78	284	71	.250	3	17
DH		72	190	54	.284	14	32

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
	97	350	88	.251	21	61
	93	290	67	.231	10	50
	55	195	57	.292	10	34
	60	192	43	.224	10	25
	57	123	25	.203	1	9
	31	88	18	.205	0	6
	28	72	22	.306	0	9
	39	67	18	.269	1	5
	26	60	10	.167	2	7
	13	36	9	.250	1	4
	14	32	9	.281	0	5
	9	16	3	.188	0	2
	9	14	5	.357	0	4
	4	10	1	.100	0	1

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
	35	261.1	15	11	3.34	235
	37	228.2	9	15	3.78	182
	38	174.2	8	12	4.59	47
	21	135.0	7	9	3.07	102
	20	114.2	6	10	5.89	63
	15	56.1	4	7	7.83	14
	6	41.2	2	3	3.24	36
	5	23.0	0	1	6.26	9

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
	14	29.1	1	4	7.98	19
	12	18.2	1	3	8.68	15

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
	40	5	8	15	3.54	54
	62	6	5	4	2.63	76
	46	1	1	1	3.96	48
	39	0	2	2	4.02	33
	30	2	2	2	3.48	25
	17	0	0	3	4.09	10
	16	1	0	0	5.13	13

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

AZL club affiliation shared with Boston Red Sox^[12]

References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bradlph01.shtml Phil Bradley page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mosesjo01.shtml John Moses page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/troutst01.shtml Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rabbjo01.shtml John Rabb page at Baseball Reference
5. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1988&t=SEA 1988 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chrisjo02.shtml John Christensen page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/balbost01.shtml Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pirklgr01.shtml Greg Pirkl page at Baseball Reference
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phelpke01.shtml Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colesda01.shtml Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
11. Web site: 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

External links

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