1988 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1988 season was their 12th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 7th in the American League West with a record of 68–93 (.422).

1988 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record68–93 (.422)
Divisional place7th
Other information
Owner(s)George Argyros
General manager(s)Dick Balderson,
Woody Woodward
Manager(s)Dick Williams, Jim Snyder
Local televisionKIRO-TV 11
Local radioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
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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 Records

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
  • 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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Rick Rentería318818.20506
John Rabb9145.35704

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Langston35261⅓15113.34235
Mike Moore37228⅔9153.78182
Bill Swift38174⅔8124.5947
Scott Bankhead21135793.07102
Mike Campbell20114⅔6105.8963
Steve Trout1556⅓477.8314
Erik Hanson641⅔233.2436
Terry Taylor523016.269

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Schooler4058153.5454
Mike Jackson626542.6376

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1988/26.shtml
  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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