The 1990 Seattle Mariners season was the 14th for the

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. Under second-year manager

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, they finished fifth in the

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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

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. The Mariners hit six grand slams, the most in MLB in .

Offseason

* November 13, 1989:

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was signed as a free agent by the Mariners. * December 7, 1989: Pete O'Brien was signed as free agent by the Mariners.

Regular season

* June 2:

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threw a

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versus the

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, the first for the franchise. 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:

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and

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hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the first inning against the

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. Through , it remains the only occurrence of consecutive homers by a father and son in MLB history.

Opening Day starters

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* Greg Briley * Darnell Coles *

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* Jeffrey Leonard * Pete O'Brien *

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Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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. **

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was selected by the M's in the fifth round, and he signed on June 8. * June 18: Darnell Coles was traded by the Mariners to the

for

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. * June 19: Mario Díaz was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the

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for Brian Givens. * August 29: Ken Griffey, Sr. was signed as a free agent by the Mariners. * September 18: Rick Rentería was released by the Mariners.

Roster

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

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on August 31. The Griffeys became the first father-and-son teammates to hit back-to-back home runs on September 14.

Line Score

August 31, Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Batting

Pitching

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

: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

1990 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference1990 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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