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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)
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Offseason

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Season standings

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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
Seattle Mariners 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

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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
Seattle 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

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Roster

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1990 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

The Griffeys

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  • 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

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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

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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

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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

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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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