1988 Seattle Mariners season

1988 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record68–93 (.422)
Divisional place7th
OwnersGeorge Argyros
General managersDick Balderson,
Woody Woodward
ManagersDick Williams (23–33)
Jim Snyder    (45–60)
TelevisionKIRO-TV 7
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson)

The 1988 Seattle Mariners season was their twelfth since the franchise creation and their home ballpark was the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington. The M's finished seventh (last) in the American League West with a record of 68–93 (.422). Manager Dick Williams, who later was inducted into the Hall of Fame, was fired in early June; first base coach Jim Snyder was promoted to interim manager in his only season as an MLB manager.[1][2][3]

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10458 .642 — 54‍–‍27 50‍–‍31
Minnesota Twins 9171 .562 13 47‍–‍34 44‍–‍37
Kansas City Royals 8477 .522 19½ 44‍–‍36 40‍–‍41
California Angels 7587 .463 29 35‍–‍46 40‍–‍41
Chicago White Sox 7190 .441 32½ 40‍–‍41 31‍–‍49
Texas Rangers 7091 .435 33½ 38‍–‍43 32‍–‍48
Seattle Mariners 6893 .422 35½ 37‍–‍44 31‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1988 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–95–74–74–95–80–124–93–93–104–87–56–65–8
Boston 9–4—8–47–58–56–76–610–37–59–43–96–68–42–11
California 7–54–8—9–48–45–75–83–94–96–64–96–78–56–6
Chicago 7–45–74–9—3–93–97–66–64–93–95–89–48–57–5
Cleveland 9–45–84–89–3—4–96–69–45–76–74–85–76–66–7
Detroit 8–57–67–59–39–4—8–45–81–118–54–89–38–45–8
Kansas City 12–06–68–56–76–64–8—3–97–66–68–57–57–64–8
Milwaukee 9–43–109–36–64–98–59–3—7–56–73–98–48–47–6
Minnesota 9–35–79–49–47–511–16–75–7—3–95–88–57–67–5
New York 10–34–96–69–37–65–86–67–69–3—6–65–75–66–7
Oakland 8–49–39–48–58–48–45–89–38–56–6—9–48–59–3
Seattle 5–76–67–64–97–53–95–74–85–87–54–9—6–75–7
Texas 6–64–85–85–86–64–86–74–86–76–55–87–6—6–6
Toronto 8–511–26–65–77–68–58–46–75–77–63–97–56–6—

Season summary

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

1988 roster

1988 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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
CScott Bradley10333586.257433
1BAlvin Davis140478141.2951869
2BHarold Reynolds158598169.283441
3BJim Presley150544125.2301462
SSRey Quiñones140499124.2481252
LFMickey Brantley149577152.2631556
CFHenry Cotto133386100.259833
RFGlenn Wilson7828471.250317
DHKen Phelps7219054.2841432

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
Steve Balboni9735088.2512161
Dave Valle9329067.2311050
Darnell Coles5519557.2921034
Jay Buhner6019243.2241025
Mike Kingery5712325.20319
Rick Rentería318818.20506
Mario Díaz287222.30609
Bruce Fields396718.26915
Dave Hengel266010.16727
Greg Briley13369.25014
Edgar Martínez14329.28105
Bill McGuire9163.18802
John Rabb9145.35704
Brick Smith4101.10001

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
Mark Langston35261.115113.34235
Mike Moore37228.29153.78182
Bill Swift38174.28124.5947
Scott Bankhead21135.0793.07102
Mike Campbell20114.26105.8963
Steve Trout1556.1477.8314
Erik Hanson641.2233.2436
Terry Taylor523.0016.269

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
Edwin Núñez1429.1147.9819
Dennis Powell1218.2138.6815

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 Schooler4058153.5454
Mike Jackson626542.6376
Jerry Reed461113.9648
Rod Scurry390224.0233
Bill Wilkinson302223.4825
Julio Solano170034.0910
Gene Walter161005.1313

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Bill Plummer and Marty Martínez
AA Vermont Mariners Eastern League Rich Morales
A San Bernardino Spirit California League Ralph Dick
A Wausau Timbers Midwest League Rick Sweet
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League P. J. Carey
Rookie AZL Mariners/Red Sox Arizona League Mike Verdi and Myron Pines

AZL club affiliation shared with Boston Red Sox[22]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mariners Fire Williams, Name First Base Coach to Interim Role". Los Angeles Times. June 7, 1988. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Cour, Jim (June 7, 1988). "Pink slips go out in Seattle and Houston: Williams terminated as Mariners' skipper". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1E.
  3. 1 2 "Snyder will talk; Williams rips Langston". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 8, 1988. p. D1.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "1988 Seattle Mariners Trades and Transactions". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  5. ↑ Newhan, Ross (December 10, 1987). "Mariners Trade With Orioles, Phillies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Pitcher Steve Trout and outfielder Henry Cotto..." Los Angeles Times. December 23, 1987. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics Box Score: April 4, 1988". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  8. ↑ "1988 Seattle Mariners Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Seattle Mariners pitcher Mark Langston, Tuesday was named the..." UPI. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Baseball Central". UPI. August 19, 1988. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  11. 1 2 Goldman, Steven (April 11, 2019). "Chasing Ken Phelps". The Hardball Times. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  12. 1 2 "1988 Seattle Mariners - Awards". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Orel Hershiser of the Dodgers has added..." Los Angeles Times. December 8, 1988. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  14. ↑ "1988 Major League Baseball Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  15. ↑ "1988 MLB All-Star Game Roster". ESPN. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  16. ↑ John Christensen page at Baseball Reference
  17. ↑ Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference
  18. ↑ "Greg Pirkl Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  19. ↑ Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
  20. ↑ "1988 Major League Baseball (MLB) Debuts - Batters". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  21. ↑ "1988 Major League Baseball (MLB) Debuts - Pitching". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  22. ↑ 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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