1990 Seattle Mariners season

The 1990 Seattle Mariners season was the 14th for the Seattle Mariners in Major League Baseball. Under second-year manager Jim Lefebvre, they finished fifth in the American League West at 77–85 (.475). It was the second-best record in the M's short history; the win total was one behind the club record set in 1987.[1] The Mariners hit six grand slams, the most in MLB in 1990.[2]

1990 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Jeff Smulyan
General manager(s)Woody Woodward
Manager(s)Jim Lefebvre
Local televisionKSTW-TV 11
Local radioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
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Offseason
  • November 13, 1989: Jeff Schaefer was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[3]
  • December 7, 1989: Pete O'Brien was signed as free agent by the Mariners.[4]

Regular season
  • June 2: Randy Johnson threw a no-hitter versus the Detroit Tigers,[5][6] the first for the franchise.[7] He was also the tallest pitcher (6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)) in Major League history to throw a no-hitter. It was the 2101st game in Mariners history, played on a Saturday night in the Kingdome.
  • September 14: Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey, Jr. hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the first inning against the California Angels.[8] Through 2019, it remains the only occurrence of consecutive homers by a father and son in MLB history.

Opening Day starters

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636 — 51–30 52–29
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 9 49–31 45–37
Texas Rangers 8379 0.512 20 47–35 36–44
California Angels 8082 0.494 23 42–39 38–43
Seattle Mariners 7785 0.475 26 38–43 39–42
Kansas City Royals 7586 0.466 27½ 45–36 30–50
Minnesota Twins 7488 0.457 29 41–40 33–48

Record vs. opponents
1990 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–97–56–66–76–78–37–66–66–74–83–98–45–8
Boston 9–4—7–56–69–48–54–85–84–89–44–88–45–710–3
California 5–75–7—5–87–55–77–67–59–46–64–95–88–57–5
Chicago 6–66–68–5—5–75–79–410–27–610–28–58–57–65–7
Cleveland 7–64–95–77–5—5–86–69–47–55–84–87–57–54–9
Detroit 7–65–87–57–58–5—5–73–106–67–66–67–56–65–8
Kansas City 3–88–46–74–96–67–5—4–88–58–44–97–65–85–7
Milwaukee 6–78–55–72–104–910–38–4—4–86–75–74–85–77–6
Minnesota 6–68–44–96–75–76–65–88–4—6–66–76–75–83–9
New York 7–64–96–62–108–56–74–87–66–6—0–129–33–95–8
Oakland 8–48–49–45–88–46–69–47–57–612–0—9–48–57–5
Seattle 9–34–88–55–85–75–76–78–47–63–94–9—7–66–6
Texas 4–87–55–86–75–76–68–57–58–59–35–86–7—7–5
Toronto 8–53–105–77–59–48–57–56–79–38–55–76–65–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1990 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

The Griffeys
  • Ken Griffey, Sr. joined his son (Ken Griffey Jr.) to become the first father and son to play in a game together. The game was played in the Kingdome against the Kansas City Royals on August 31.[15] The Griffeys became the first father-and-son teammates; he also hit back-to-back home runs with his son on September 14.[8]

Line Score

August 31, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 020 000 000 262
Seattle 300 010 10x 5101
W: Johnson (13-8)  L: Davis (7-10)  
Home Runs: Pecota (4) Attendance: 27,166 Time: 2:27

Batting
Kansas City Royals AB R H RBI Seattle Mariners AB R H RBI
Seitzer, 3b 4 0 0 0 Reynolds, 2b 5 0 1 0
McRae, cf 4 0 1 0 Griffey, lf 4 1 1 0
Tartabull, dh 3 0 1 0 Griffey, Jr., cf 4 1 1 0
Jackson, lf 3 1 1 0 Davis, dh 2 3 2 1
Macfarlane, c 4 0 1 0 O'Brien, 1b 3 0 0 0
Eisenreich, rf 3 0 0 1 Buhner, rf 3 0 2 1
Pecota, 1b 3 1 1 1 Martinez, 3b 2 0 1 1
White, 2b 3 0 1 0 Schaefer. 3b 2 0 1 1
Jeltz, ss 3 0 0 0 Bradley, c 4 0 1 0
NONE 0 0 0 0 Vizquel, ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2 Totals 32 5 10 4

Pitching
Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Davis L (7-10) 6.2 9 5 4 6 1
Sanchez 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 10 5 4 6 1
Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson W (13-8) 7.1 5 2 2 2 4
Swift SV (3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 6 2 2 2 4

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
CDave Valle10730866.214733
1BPete O'Brien10836682.224527
2BHarold Reynolds160642162.252555
3BEdgar Martínez144487147.3021149
SSOmar Vizquel8125563.247218
LFJeffrey Leonard134478120.2511075
CFKen Griffey, Jr.155597179.3002280
RFGreg Briley12533783.246529
DHAlvin Davis140494140.2831768

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ken Griffey, Sr.217729.377318
Jeff Schaefer5510722.20606

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Erik Hanson332361893.24211
Randy Johnson33219⅔14113.65194
Matt Young34225⅓8183.51176
Brian Holman28189⅔11114.03121
Russ Swan1147233.6415
Rich DeLucia536122.0020
Gary Eave830034.2016

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Tommy Jones
AA Williamsport Bills Eastern League Rich Morales
A San Bernardino Spirit California League Keith Bodie
A Peninsula Pilots Carolina League Jim Nettles
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League P. J. Carey
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Dave Myers
Source:[16]

References
  1. "Wild Johnson dampens end for Mariners". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 4, 1990. p. D2.
  2. "Team Batting Event Finder: 1990, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  3. Jeff Schaefer page at Baseball Reference
  4. "Signing of O'Brien heralds loose purse string for M's". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 8, 1989. p. C1.
  5. "Mariner sails away with a no-hitter". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 3, 1990. p. 1G.
  6. Baseball Almanac - Box Score of Randy Johnson's No-Hitter
  7. "Johnson tosses no-hitter". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 3, 1990. p. 3B.
  8. "Griffeys hit back-to-back HRs". Idahonian. (Moscow). Associated Press. September 15, 1990. p. 3D.
  9. Marc Newfield page at Baseball Reference
  10. Bret Boone page at Baseball Reference
  11. Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
  12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml
  13. Ken Griffey page at Baseball Reference
  14. Rick Renteria page at Baseball Reference
  15. "Griffeys make history". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. September 1, 1990. p. 1B.
  16. 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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