The

Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. The team joined the American ...

1988 season was their 12th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing seventh in the

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with a record of .

Offseason

* December 9, 1987:

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and Tim Fortugno were traded by the Mariners to the

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for Glenn Wilson, Mike Jackson, and Dave Brundage (minors). * December 21, 1987: John Moses was released by the Mariners. * December 22, 1987: Lee Guetterman, Clay Parker, and Wade Taylor were traded by the Mariners to the

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for

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and

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. * January 19, 1988: John Rabb was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.

Regular season

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became the ace of the pitching staff as he led the club in wins (15) and strikeouts (235).

Opening Day starters

* Mickey Brantley *

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* Mike Kingery * Ken Phelps *

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* Dave Valle * Glenn Wilson

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* May 23, 1988: John Christensen was released by the Mariners. * June 1, 1988: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent by the Mariners. * 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. * June 8, 1988: Manager

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was fired and replaced by interim manager Jim Snyder. * July 21, 1988: Ken Phelps was traded by the Mariners to the

for

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, 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. * July 22, 1988: Glenn Wilson was traded by the Mariners to the

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for Darnell Coles.

Major League debuts

*Batters: ** Greg Briley (June 27) ** Bill McGuire (Aug 2) *Pitchers: ** Erik Hanson (Sep 5) ** Mike Schooler (June 10) **

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(Aug 19)

Roster

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''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Farm system

AZL club affiliation shared with

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Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links

1988 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference1988 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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