1990 Seattle Mariners season explained
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 . It was the second-best record in the M's history up to that point in time; the win total was one behind the club record set in 1987.[1] The Mariners hit six grand slams, the most in MLB in .[2]
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 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 , it remains the only occurrence of consecutive homers by a father and son in MLB history.
Opening Day starters
Notable transactions
Roster
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Roster |
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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 to hit back-to-back home runs on September 14.[8]
Line Score
August 31, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
align=left width=28% | Team | width=6% | 1 | width=6% | 2 | width=6% | 3 | width=6% | 4 | width=6% | 5 | width=6% | 6 | width=6% | 7 | width=6% | 8 | width=6% | 9 | width=6% | R | width=6% | H | width=6% | E |
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Kansas City | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Seattle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 5 | 10 | 1 |
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 |
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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 |
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Pitching
Kansas City Royals | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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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 |
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Seattle Mariners | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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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 |
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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 |
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C | | 107 | 308 | 66 | .214 | 7 | 33 |
1B | | 108 | 366 | 82 | .224 | 5 | 27 |
2B | | 160 | 642 | 162 | .252 | 5 | 55 |
3B | | 144 | 487 | 147 | .302 | 11 | 49 |
SS | | 81 | 255 | 63 | .247 | 2 | 18 |
LF | | 134 | 478 | 120 | .251 | 10 | 75 |
CF | | 155 | 597 | 179 | .300 | 22 | 80 |
RF | | 125 | 337 | 83 | .246 | 5 | 29 |
DH | | 140 | 494 | 140 | .283 | 17 | 68 |
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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 |
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| 127 | 355 | 92 | .259 | 4 | 33 |
| 101 | 233 | 52 | .223 | 1 | 28 |
| 51 | 163 | 45 | .276 | 7 | 33 |
| 62 | 147 | 33 | .224 | 0 | 7 |
| 55 | 107 | 22 | .206 | 0 | 6 |
| 37 | 107 | 23 | .215 | 2 | 16 |
| 45 | 95 | 22 | .232 | 4 | 11 |
| 25 | 86 | 26 | .302 | 2 | 15 |
| 21 | 77 | 29 | .377 | 3 | 18 |
| 24 | 68 | 15 | .221 | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | 50 | 15 | .300 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 0 | |
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 |
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| 33 | 236.0 | 18 | 9 | 3.24 | 211 |
| 34 | 225.1 | 8 | 18 | 3.51 | 176 |
| 33 | 219.2 | 14 | 11 | 3.65 | 194 |
| 28 | 189.2 | 11 | 11 | 4.03 | 121 |
| 5 | 36.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 20 |
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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 |
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| 55 | 128.0 | 6 | 4 | 2.39 | 42 |
| 11 | 47.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.64 | 15 |
| 8 | 30.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.20 | 16 |
| 4 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 11.08 | 10 |
| 5 | 12.2 | 0 | 2 | 10.66 | 6 | |
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 |
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| 49 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 2.25 | 45 |
| 63 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4.54 | 69 |
| 60 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2.89 | 50 |
| 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.74 | 43 |
| 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.51 | 28 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.81 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | |
Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball.
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External links
Notes and References
- News: Wild Johnson dampens end for Mariners . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . October 4, 1990 . D2.
- Web site: Team Batting Event Finder: 1990, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123. Baseball Reference. July 3, 2018.
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schaeje01.shtml Jeff Schaefer page at Baseball Reference
- News: Signing of O'Brien heralds loose purse string for M's . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . December 8, 1989 . C1.
- News: Mariner sails away with a no-hitter . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . June 3, 1990 . 1G.
- http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/06021990.shtml Baseball Almanac - Box Score of Randy Johnson's No-Hitter
- News: Johnson tosses no-hitter . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . June 3, 1990 . 3B.
- News: Griffeys hit back-to-back HRs . Idahonian . (Moscow) . Associated Press . September 15, 1990 . 3D.
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newfima01.shtml Marc Newfield page at Baseball Reference
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonebr01.shtml Bret Boone page at Baseball Reference
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colesda01.shtml Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
- Web site: Mario Diaz Stats.
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/griffke01.shtml Ken Griffey page at Baseball Reference
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/renteri01.shtml Rick Renteria page at Baseball Reference
- News: Griffeys make history . Lawrence Journal-World . (Kansas) . Associated Press . September 1, 1990 . 1B.
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007