1990 Seattle Mariners season

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

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]

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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636 — 51‍–‍30 52‍–‍29
Chicago White Sox 94 68 .580 9 49‍–‍31 45‍–‍37
Texas Rangers 83 79 .512 20 47‍–‍35 36‍–‍44
California Angels 80 82 .494 23 42‍–‍39 38‍–‍43
77 85 .475 26 38‍–‍43 39‍–‍42
Kansas City Royals 75 86 .466 27½ 45‍–‍36 30‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 74 88 .457 29 41‍–‍40 33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1990 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 4–9 7–5 6–6 6–7 6–7 8–3 7–6 6–6 6–7 4–8 3–9 8–4 5–8
Boston 9–4 — 7–5 6–6 9–4 8–5 4–8 5–8 4–8 9–4 4–8 8–4 5–7 10–3
California 5–7 5–7 — 5–8 7–5 5–7 7–6 7–5 9–4 6–6 4–9 5–8 8–5 7–5
Chicago 6–6 6–6 8–5 — 5–7 5–7 9–4 10–2 7–6 10–2 8–5 8–5 7–6 5–7
Cleveland 7–6 4–9 5–7 7–5 — 5–8 6–6 9–4 7–5 5–8 4–8 7–5 7–5 4–9
Detroit 7–6 5–8 7–5 7–5 8–5 — 5–7 3–10 6–6 7–6 6–6 7–5 6–6 5–8
Kansas City 3–8 8–4 6–7 4–9 6–6 7–5 — 4–8 8–5 8–4 4–9 7–6 5–8 5–7
Milwaukee 6–7 8–5 5–7 2–10 4–9 10–3 8–4 — 4–8 6–7 5–7 4–8 5–7 7–6
Minnesota 6–6 8–4 4–9 6–7 5–7 6–6 5–8 8–4 — 6–6 6–7 6–7 5–8 3–9
New York 7–6 4–9 6–6 2–10 8–5 6–7 4–8 7–6 6–6 — 0–12 9–3 3–9 5–8
Oakland 8–4 8–4 9–4 5–8 8–4 6–6 9–4 7–5 7–6 12–0 — 9–4 8–5 7–5
9–3 4–8 8–5 5–8 5–7 5–7 6–7 8–4 7–6 3–9 4–9 — 7–6 6–6
Texas 4–8 7–5 5–8 6–7 5–7 6–6 8–5 7–5 8–5 9–3 5–8 6–7 — 7–5
Toronto 8–5 3–10 5–7 7–5 9–4 8–5 7–5 6–7 9–3 8–5 5–7 6–6 5–7 —


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 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
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

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
C Dave Valle 107 308 66 .214 7 33
1B Pete O'Brien 108 366 82 .224 5 27
2B Harold Reynolds 160 642 162 .252 5 55
3B Edgar Martínez 144 487 147 .302 11 49
SS Omar Vizquel 81 255 63 .247 2 18
LF Jeffrey Leonard 134 478 120 .251 10 75
CF Ken Griffey Jr. 155 597 179 .300 22 80
RF Greg Briley 125 337 83 .246 5 29
DH Alvin Davis 140 494 140 .283 17 68

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 Cotto 127 355 92 .259 4 33
Scott Bradley 101 233 52 .223 1 28
Jay Buhner 51 163 45 .276 7 33
Mike Brumley 62 147 33 .224 0 7
Jeff Schaefer 55 107 22 .206 0 6
Darnell Coles 37 107 23 .215 2 16
Brian Giles 45 95 22 .232 4 11
Tracy Jones 25 86 26 .302 2 15
Ken Griffey, Sr. 21 77 29 .377 3 18
Tino Martinez 24 68 15 .221 0 5
Matt Sinatro 30 50 15 .300 0 4
Dave Cochrane 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
Erik Hanson 33 236.0 18 9 3.24 211
Matt Young 34 225.1 8 18 3.51 176
Randy Johnson 33 219.2 14 11 3.65 194
Brian Holman 28 189.2 11 11 4.03 121
Rich DeLucia 5 36.0 1 2 2.00 20

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 Swift 55 128.0 6 4 2.39 42
Russ Swan 11 47.0 2 3 3.64 15
Gary Eave 8 30.0 0 3 4.20 16
Scott Bankhead 4 13.0 0 2 11.08 10
Mike Gardiner 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
Mike Schooler 49 1 4 30 2.25 45
Mike Jackson 63 5 7 3 4.54 69
Keith Comstock 60 7 4 2 2.89 50
Gene Harris 25 1 2 0 4.74 43
Brent Knackert 24 1 1 0 6.51 28
Bryan Clark 12 2 0 0 3.27 3
Dave Burba 6 0 0 0 4.50 4
Scott Medvin 5 0 1 0 6.23 1
Vance Lovelace 5 0 0 0 3.86 1
Jerry Reed 4 0 1 0 4.91 2
José Meléndez 3 0 0 0 11.81 7
Dennis Powell 2 0 0 0 9.00 0

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. ^ a b "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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