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 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 1990.[2]

1990 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place5th
OwnersJeff Smulyan
General managersWoody Woodward
ManagersJim Lefebvre
TelevisionKSTW-TV 11
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
Seasons

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 2022, 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 record

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
  • June 4: 1990 Major League Baseball Draft
    • Marc Newfield was selected by the Mariners in the first round (sixth pick), and he signed on June 10.[9]
    • Bret Boone was selected by the M's in the fifth round, and he signed on June 8.[10]
  • June 18: Darnell Coles was traded by the Mariners to the Detroit Tigers for Tracy Jones.[11]
  • June 19: Mario Díaz was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Mets for Brian Givens.[12]
  • August 29: Ken Griffey, Sr. was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[13]
  • September 18: Rick Rentería was released by the Mariners.[14]

Roster
1990 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 16 Gene Clines (hitting)
  •  6 Bob Didier (bullpen)
  • 22 Rusty Kuntz (first base)
  • 20 Mike Paul (pitching)
  •  3 Bill Plummer (third base)

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

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

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
Henry Cotto12735592.259433
Scott Bradley10123352.223128
Jay Buhner5116345.276733
Mike Brumley6214733.22407
Jeff Schaefer5510722.20606
Darnell Coles3710723.215216
Brian Giles459522.232411
Tracy Jones258626.302215
Ken Griffey, Sr.217729.377318
Tino Martinez246815.22105
Matt Sinatro305015.30004
Dave Cochrane15203.15000

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
Erik Hanson33236.01893.24211
Matt Young34225.18183.51176
Randy Johnson33219.214113.65194
Brian Holman28189.211114.03121
Rich DeLucia536.0122.0020

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
Bill Swift55128.0642.3942
Russ Swan1147.0233.6415
Gary Eave830.0034.2016
Scott Bankhead413.00211.0810
Mike Gardiner512.20210.666

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
Mike Schooler4914302.2545
Mike Jackson635734.5469
Keith Comstock607422.8950
Gene Harris251204.7443
Brent Knackert241106.5128
Bryan Clark122003.273
Dave Burba60004.504
Scott Medvin50106.231
Vance Lovelace50003.861
Jerry Reed40104.912
José Meléndez300011.817
Dennis Powell20009.000

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. "Mario Diaz Stats".
  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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