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1998 Seattle Mariners season

Field	Value
name	Seattle Mariners
season	1998
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Kingdome
city	Seattle, Washington
record
divisional_place	3rd
owners	Hiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
general_managers	Woody Woodward
managers	Lou Piniella
television	KIRO-TV 7
KSTW
Fox Sports Northwest
radio	KIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Ron Fairly, Dave Valle,
Dave Henderson)

(represented by John Ellis) KSTW Fox Sports Northwest (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson) |}} The Seattle Mariners 1998 season was their 22nd season, and was the final year in which Kingdome was the home venue for the entire season. Their record was and they finished in third place in the four-team American League West, 11½ games behind the champion Texas Rangers.

The Mariners were the defending division champions, but exceeded the .500 mark only once during the season; at 19–18 after a win at Detroit on May 12. On July 18 at the Kingdome, Seattle (crimson, silver, and black) and the Kansas City Royals (yellow gold and blue) played a game in futuristic uniforms for "Turn Ahead the Clock" night. Shortstop Alex Rodriguez hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Mariners won by three.

Ken Griffey Jr. hit 56 home runs to tie his franchise record set the year before; Rodriguez hit 42 home runs and stole 46 bases to become the third member of the 40/40 club, joining Jose Canseco (1988) and Barry Bonds (1996).

Offseason

November 13, 1997: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.
December 3, 1997: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.
December 16, 1997: Pat Listach was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.
December 27, 1997: Rico Rossy was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.
January 8, 1998: Glenallen Hill signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.
January 29, 1998: Jalal Leach was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Scott Smith (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for David McCarty.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Jay Buhner
Joey Cora
Russ Davis
Ken Griffey Jr.
Glenallen Hill
Randy Johnson
Edgar Martínez
Alex Rodriguez
David Segui
Dan Wilson

Notable transactions

June 13, 1998: Catcher Ken Huckaby was released by the Mariners.
July 6, 1998: Outfielder Glenallen Hill was selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Mariners.
July 31, 1998: Randy Johnson was traded by the Mariners to the Houston Astros for pitcher Freddy García, infielder Carlos Guillén, and a player to be named later; Houston sent pitcher John Halama to the Mariners on October 1 to complete the trade.
August 31, 1998: Infielder David Bell was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Mariners for Joey Cora.

Roster

1998 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Rickey Cradle (Jul 1)
- Charles Gipson (Mar 31)
- Carlos Guillén (Sep 6)
- Shane Monahan (Jul 9)
- Ryan Radmanovich (Apr 13)
Pitchers:
- Steve Gajkowski (May 25)
- David Holdridge (Aug 8)

Game log

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || March 31||Cleveland Indians || 9-10|| Mesa (1-0)|| Fossas (0-1)|| Jackson (1)||57,822 ||0-1 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 ||April 1 ||Cleveland Indians || 7-9|| Wright (1-0)|| Moyer (0-1)||Jackson (2) || 24,523 || 0-2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 ||April 3 ||Boston Red Sox ||11-6 || Cloude (1-0) || Lowe (0-1) || || 27,555 ||1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 ||April 4 || Boston Red Sox||12-6 || Swift (1-0) || Rose (0-1) || || 43,035 ||2-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 ||April 5 ||Boston Red Sox ||5-10 || Saberhagen (1-0) || Johnson (0-1) || || 35,143 ||2-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 ||April 6 ||New York Yankees||8-0 || Moyer (1-1) || Pettitte (0-2) || || 27,445 ||3-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 ||April 7 ||New York Yankees|| 7-13 || Wells (1-1) || Bullinger (0-1) || || 28,424 ||3-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 8||New York Yankees || 3-4|| Lloyd (1-0) || Ayala (0-1) || Stanton (1) || 33,922 ||3-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 ||April 10 ||@ Boston Red Sox || 7-9|| Garces (1-0) || Timlin (0-1) || || 32,805 ||3-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 ||April 11 ||@ Boston Red Sox ||0-5 || Martinez (2-0) || Moyer (1-2) || || 32,403 ||3-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 ||April 12 ||@ Boston Red Sox ||7-8 || Wasdin (2-0) || Slocumb (0-1) || || 23,270 ||3-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 ||April 13 ||@ Cleveland Indians || 5-6|| Burba (2-1) || Cloude (1-1) || Jackson (6) || 42,793 ||3-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 ||April 14 ||@ Cleveland Indians ||3-8 || Assenmacher (1-0) || Slocumb (0-2) || || 40,490 ||3-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 ||April 15 ||@ Cleveland Indians ||5-3 || Spoljaric (1-0) || Assenmacher (1-1) || Ayala (1) || 40,527 ||4-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 ||April 16 ||@ Minnesota Twins ||3-2 || Timlin (1-0) || Aguliera (0-2) || Ayala (2) || 11,351 ||5-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 ||April 17 ||@ Minnesota Twins ||11-6 || Fassero (1-0) || Milton (2-1) || || 18,169 ||6-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 ||April 18 ||@ Minnesota Twins ||5-3 || Cloude (2-1) || Tewksbury (2-2) || Ayala (3) || 23,943 ||7-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 ||April 19 || @ Minnesota Twins ||7-4 || Swift (2-0) || Hawkins (0-2) || Timlin (1) || 15,124 ||8-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 ||April 20 ||Kansas City Royals ||8-7 || Lira (1-0) || Rios (0-1) || Ayala (4) || 38,345 ||9-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 ||April 21 || Kansas City Royals ||3-5 || Bevil (3-0) || Fossas (0-2) || Montgomery (4) || 21,547 ||9-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 ||April 22 || Kansas City Royals ||11-5 || Fassero (2-0) || Pichardo (0-2) || || 22,698 ||10-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 ||April 24 || Minnesota Twins ||4-2 || Cloude (3-1) || Tewksbury (2-3) || Ayala (5) || 28,157 ||11-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 ||April 25 || Minnesota Twins ||2-8 || Aguliera (1-2) || Timlin (1-2) || || 51,880 ||11-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 ||April 26 || Minnesota Twins || 0-2|| Radke (3-1) || Moyer (1-3) || Aguilera (4) || 31,732 ||11-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 ||April 28 || @ Kansas City Royals||5-1 || Johnson (1-1) || Service (1-1) || || 11,630 ||12-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 ||April 29||@ New York Yankees ||5-8 || Cone (3-1) || Fassero (2-1) || Rivera (3) || 27,949 ||12-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 ||April 30||@ New York Yankees ||8-9 || Rivera (1-0) || Ayala (0-2) || || 28,517 ||12-15 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 ||May 1 || Detroit Tigers || 3-17|| Worrell (2-3) || Swift (2-1) || || 28,827 ||12-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 ||May 2 || Detroit Tigers || 4-0|| Moyer (2-3) || Thompson (1-4) || || 48,630 ||13-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 ||May 3 || Detroit Tigers ||10-6 || Johnson (2-1) || Castillo (0-1) || || 44,488 ||14-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 ||May 5 || Chicago White Sox||8-1 || Fassero (3-1) || Eyre (1-4) || || 22,760 ||15-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 ||May 6 || Chicago White Sox ||10-9 || Slocumb (1-2) || Castillo (0-2) || Ayala (6) || 21,243 ||16-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 ||May 7 ||Toronto Blue Jays ||0-6 || Clemens (4-3) || Moyer (2-4) || || 24,129 ||16-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 ||May 8 || Toronto Blue Jays ||8-3 || Johnson (3-1) || Williams (3-2) || || 29,920 ||17-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 35 ||May 9 ||Toronto Blue Jays ||1-4 || Hentgen (4-3) || Swift (2-2) || Myers (9) || 49,851 ||17-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 ||May 10||Toronto Blue Jays || 3-1|| Fassero (4-1) || Guzman (1-5) || Ayala (7) || 39,249 ||18-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 ||May 12 ||@ Detroit Tigers ||4-2 || Spoljaric (2-0) || Thompson (2-5) || Ayala (8) || 11,659 ||19-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 38 ||May 13 ||@ Detroit Tigers ||5-8 || Moehler (3-3) || Cloude (3-2) || Jones (5) || 10,766 ||19-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 ||May 14 ||@ Chicago White Sox ||3-5 || Fordham (1-0) || Johnson (3-2) || Simas (2) || 15,007 ||19-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 ||May 15 || @ Chicago White Sox ||3-6 || Navarro (4-3) || Swift (2-3) || Foulke (1) || 16,127 ||19-21 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 ||May 16 || @ Toronto Blue Jays ||8-1 || Fassero (5-1) || Guzman (1-6) || || 31,121 ||20-21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 ||May 17 ||@ Toronto Blue Jays ||3-4 || Plesac (2-2) || Slocumb (1-3) || || 28,111 ||20-22 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 43 ||May 18 ||@ Toronto Blue Jays ||9-4 || Spoljaric (3-0) || Clemens (4-5) || || 28,125 ||21-22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 19 ||@ Texas Rangers ||4-10 || Helling (7-1) || Johnson (3-3) || Hernandez (1) || 37,258 ||21-23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 20 ||@ Texas Rangers || 7-8 || Crabtree (1-0) || Timlin (1-3) || Wetteland (13) || 29,454 ||21-24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 21 ||@ Texas Rangers || 8-9 || Bailes (1-0) || Ayala (0-3) || || 34,613 || 21-25 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 22 || Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 2-5 || Johnson (2-1) || Moyer (2-5) || Hernandez (8) || 29,522 || 21-26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 23 || Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 3-6 || Yan (4-0) || Ayala (0-4) || Hernandez (9) || 35,819 || 21-27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 24 || Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 3-1 || Johnson (4-3) || Springer (1-8) || || 46,867 || 22-27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || May 25 || Baltimore Orioles|| 12-4 || Swift (3-3) || Rodriguez (0-2) || || 28,375 || 23-27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || May 26|| Baltimore Orioles || 3-8 || Erickson (5-5) || Fassero (5-2) || || 31,164 || 23-28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || May 28 ||@ Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 5-2 || Moyer (3-5) || Johnson (2-2) || || 27,017 || 24-28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || May 29 ||@ Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 6-2 || Johnson (5-3) || Saunders (1-5) || || 32,142 ||25-28 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || May 30 ||@ Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 2-5 || Springer (2-8) || Cloude (3-3) || Hernandez (10) || 40,212 ||25-29 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || May 31 ||@ Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 11-6 || Swift (4-3) || White (0-1) || || 35,184 ||26-29 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 ||June 1 ||@ Baltimore Orioles || 9-10 || Mills (1-2) || Fossas (0-3) || Benitez (8) || 42,622 ||26-30 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 2 ||@ Baltimore Orioles || 8-9 || Charlton (1-1) || Ayala (0-5) || || 46,724 ||26-31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 3 ||Anaheim Angels || 1-8 || Finley (6-2) || Johnson (5-4) || || 24,944 ||26-32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 59 || June 4 ||Anaheim Angels || 2-6 || Hill (8-4) || Cloude (3-4) || Hasegawa (1) || 23,709 ||26-33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 5 ||Los Angeles Dodgers|| 4-0 || Swift (5-3) || Valdez (4-7) || || 39,053 ||27-33 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || June 6||Los Angeles Dodgers || 6-10 || Bruske (3-0) || Wells (0-1) || Osuna (2) || 49,559 ||27-34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 62 || June 7 ||Los Angeles Dodgers || 4-7 || Dreifort (4-5) || Moyer (3-6) || Osuna (3) || 41,514 ||27-35 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || June 8 ||@ San Francisco Giants || 3-4 || Darwin (6-3) || Johnson (5-5) || Rodriguez (1) || 34,166 ||27-36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 9 ||@ San Francisco Giants || 6-7 || Johnstone (2-2) || Cloude (3-5) || Nen (19) || 24,137 ||27-37 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 10 ||@ San Francisco Giants || 4-1 || Swift (6-3) || Hershiser (6-4) || Slocumb (1) || 23,590 ||28-37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 11 ||@ Oakland Athletics ||2-5 || Oquist (4-3) || Fassero (5-3) || Taylor (11) || 7,838 ||28-38 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || June 12 ||@ Oakland Athletics ||5-0 || Moyer (4-6) || Candiotti (4-8) || || 11,533 ||29-38 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 13 ||@ Oakland Athletics ||3-7 || Stein (3-3) || Johnson (5-6) || Fetters (3) || 21,444 ||29-39 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 14 ||@ Oakland Athletics ||3-4 || Taylor (2-5) || Slocumb (1-4) || || 21,503 ||29-40 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || June 16 ||@ Anaheim Angels || 2-3 || Dickson (7-4) || Swift (6-4) || Percival (21) || 23,123 || 29-41 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 71 || June 17 ||@ Anaheim Angels || 2-4 || Olivares (5-2) || Fassero (5-4) || Percival (22) || 24,800 || 29-42 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 18 ||@ Anaheim Angels || 5-11 || Washburn (3-0) || Spoljaric (3-1) || DeLucia (1) || 30,268 || 29-43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 19 || Oakland Athletics || 9-1 || Johnson (6-6) || Stein (3-4) || || 33,212 || 30-43 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 74 || June 20 || Oakland Athletics || 2-6 || Haynes (5-3) || Cloude (3-6) || || 44,597 || 30-44 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || June 21 || Oakland Athletics || 10-5 || Swift (7-4) || Oquist (4-4) || || 37,665 || 31-44 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || June 22 || San Diego Padres || 3-5 || Miceli (7-2) || Fassero (5-5) || Hoffman (23) || 41,571 || 31-45 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || June 23 || San Diego Padres || 5-3 || Moyer (5-6) || Hamilton (5-8) || Slocumb (2) || 30,961 || 32-45 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || June 24 || @ San Diego Padres || 2-1 || Johnson (7-6) || Ashby (10-5) || || 36,900 || 33-45 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || June 25 || @ San Diego Padres || 0-6 || Langston (2-1) || Cloude (3-7) || Wall (1) || 32,626 || 33-46 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 80 || June 26 || @ Arizona Diamondbacks || 8-13 || Sodowsky (2-4) || Spoljaric (3-2) || || 49,328 || 33-47 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || June 27 || @ Arizona Diamondbacks || 6-4 || Fassero (6-5) || Benes (6-8) || Slocumb (3) || 48,488 || 34-47 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || June 28 || @ Arizona Diamondbacks || 2-3 || Embree (2-0) || Ayala (0-6) || || 47,968 || 34-48 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 83 || June 30|| Colorado Rockies || 4-6 || Astacio (6-8) || Johnson (7-7) || Munoz (1) || 28,821 || 34-49 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 1|| Colorado Rockies || 9-5 || Cloude (4-7) || Saipe (0-1) || || 25,551 || 35-49 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 85 || July 2|| Colorado Rockies || 10-3 || Swift (8-4) || Kile (5-11) || || 32,523 || 36-49 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 3 || @ Texas Rangers || 8-2 || Fassero (7-5) || Burkett (4-9) || || 45,233 || 37-49 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 87 || July 4|| @ Texas Rangers || 2-9 || Sele (12-5) || Moyer (5-7) || || 46,067 || 37-50 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 88 || July 5 || @ Texas Rangers || 4-8 || Hernandez (3-1) || Johnson (7-8) || || 38,053 || 37-51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 89 || July 9 || Anaheim Angels || 8-6 || Fassero (8-5) || Olivares (5-5) || Timlin (2) || 24,210 || 38-51 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 90 || July 10 || Anaheim Angels || 3-5 || Percival (2-3) || Ayala (0-7) || || 28,869 || 38-52 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 91 || July 11 || Anaheim Angels || 2-0 || Johnson (8-8) || Sparks (3-1) || || 35,788 || 39-52 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 12 || Anaheim Angels || 5-8 || Dickson (9-6) || Swift (8-5) || Percival (26) || 32,797 || 39-53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 93 || July 13 || Texas Rangers || 10-3 || Cloude (5-7) || Van Poppel (1-2) || || 25,170 || 40-53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 94 || July 14 || Texas Rangers || 6-3 || Fassero (9-5) || Burkett (5-10) || Timlin (3) || 25,545 || 41-53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 95 || July 15 || Minnesota Twins || 4-1 || Moyer (6-7) || Hawkins (5-9) || Timlin (4) || 23,250 || 42-53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || July 16 || Minnesota Twins || 3-0 || Johnson (9-8) || Radke (9-8) || || 24,974 || 43-53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 17 || Kansas City Royals || 18-5 || Swift (9-5) || Rusch (6-11) || || 29,500 || 44-53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 18 || Kansas City Royals || 8-5 || Ayala (1-7) || Service (3-2) || || 42,633 || 45-53 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 99 || July 19 || Kansas City Royals || 1-4 || Belcher (9-8) || Fassero (9-6) || Montgomery (22) || 30,851 || 45-54 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 100 || July 21 || @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 8-3 || Moyer (7-7) || Alvarez (4-8) || || 30,298 || 46-54 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 22 || @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 5-7 || Lopez (6-2) || Johnson (9-9) || Hernandez (18) || 31,558 || 46-55 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || July 24 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 4-7 || Mussina (8-5) || Swift (9-6) || Benitez (13) || 48,184 || 46-56 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 103 || July 25 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 4-2 || Fassero (10-6) || Kamieniecki (2-3) || Timlin (5) || 48,365 || 47-56 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 104 || July 26 || @ Baltimore Orioles || 10-4 || Moyer (8-7) || Erickson (11-8) || || 48,199 || 48-56 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || July 28 || Cleveland Indians || 3-4 || Nagy (9-6) || Johnson (9-10) || Jackson (26) || 31,124 || 48-57 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || July 29 || Cleveland Indians || 7-8 || Ogea (4-2) || McCarthy (0-1) || Jackson (27) || 25,953 || 48-58 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || July 30 || Cleveland Indians || 8-9 || Shuey (3-1) || Wells (0-2) || || 31,081 || 48-59 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || July 31 || New York Yankees || 3-5 || Irabu (10-4) || Fassero (10-7) || Rivera (29) || 43,837 || 48-60 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || August 1 || New York Yankees || 2-5 || Wells (13-2) || Moyer (8-8) || || 53,840 || 48-61 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 110 || August 2 || New York Yankees || 6-3 || Wells (1-2) || Cone (15-4) || Timlin (6) || 47,872 || 49-61 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 111 || August 3 || Boston Red Sox|| 3-1 || Cloude (6-7) || Wasdin (5-4) || Timlin (7) || 27,887 || 50-61 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 112 || August 4 || Boston Red Sox || 1-2 || Avery (8-4) || McCarthy (0-2) || Gordon (32) || 29,621 || 50-62 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 113 || August 7 || @ Detroit Tigers || 6-3 || Slocumb (2-4) || Crow (1-1) || Timlin (8) || DH || 51-62 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 114 || August 7 || @ Detroit Tigers || 7-1 || Moyer (9-8) || Moehler (12-8) || || 29,039 || 52-62 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || August 8 || @ Detroit Tigers || 9-3 || Cloude (7-7) || Powell (2-3) || || 37,495 || 53-62 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 116 || August 9 || @ Detroit Tigers || 6-3 || Wells (2-2) || Runyan (1-3) || Timlin (9) || 27,987 || 54-62 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 117 || August 11 || @ Toronto Blue Jays || 4-7 || Carpenter (7-6) || Fassero (10-8) || Quantrill (3) || 33,137 || 54-63 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || August 12 || @ Toronto Blue Jays || 5-11 || Rodriguez (2-3) || Ayala (1-8) || || 39,139 || 54-64 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || August 14 || @ Chicago White Sox || 2-14 || Sirotka (12-10) || Cloude (7-8) || || 22,713 || 54-65 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 15 || @ Chicago White Sox || 13-7 || Swift (10-6) || Navarro (8-14) || || 21,537 || 55-65 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 16 || @ Chicago White Sox || 3-5 || Foulke (3-1) || Fassero (10-9) || Simas (15) || 25,471 || 55-66 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 122 || August 17 || Detroit Tigers || 3-1 || Moyer (10-8) || Moehler (12-9) || Timlin (10) || 38,639 || 56-66 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 123 || August 18 || Detroit Tigers || 6-7 || Greisinger (2-7) || Ayala (1-9) || Jones (21) || 24,136 || 56-67 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 124 || August 19 || Toronto Blue Jays || 2-16 || Hentgen (11-9) || Cloude (7-9) || Stieb (1) || 26,258 || 56-68 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 20 || Toronto Blue Jays || 0-7 || Clemens (15-6) || Swift (10-7) || || 26,642 || 56-69 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 126 || August 21 || Chicago White Sox || 5-4 || Paniagua (1-0) || Foulke (3-2) || Timlin (11) || 34,421 || 57-69 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 127 || August 22 || Chicago White Sox || 5-4 || Timlin (2-3) || Navarro (8-15) || || 43,596 || 58-69 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 23 || Chicago White Sox || 3-2 || Spoljaric (4-2) || Snyder (4-2) || Paniagua (1) || 35,159 || 59-69 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 129 || August 24 || Chicago White Sox || 11-10 || Cloude (8-9) || Sirotka (12-12) || Timlin (12) || 27,087 || 60-69 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 130 || August 25 || @ Cleveland Indians || 4-10 || Nagy (11-9) || Swift (10-8) || || 43,113 || 60-70 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || August 26 || @ Cleveland Indians || 3-5 || Burba (11-9) || Fassero (10-10) || Jackson (33) || 43,091 || 60-71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 132 || August 27 || @ Cleveland Indians || 10-4 || Moyer (11-8) || Wright (11-8) || || 43,142 || 61-71 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || August 28 || @ New York Yankees || 3-10 || Hernandez (10-4) || Spoljaric (4-3) || || 49,789 || 61-72 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 134 || August 29 || @ New York Yankees || 6-11 || Pettitte (15-8) || Cloude (8-10) || || 55,146 || 61-73 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 135 || August 30 || @ New York Yankees || 13-3 || Swift (11-8) || Irabu (11-7) || || 55,341 || 62-73 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 136 || August 31 || @ Boston Red Sox || 1-5 || Saberhagen (12-6) || Fassero (10-11) || || 28,553 || 62-74 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 137 ||September 1 || @ Boston Red Sox || 7-3 || Moyer (12-8) || Lowe (3-8) || || 28,150 || 63-74 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 ||September 2 || @ Boston Red Sox || 3-7 || Gordon (7-3) || Ayala (1-10) || || 25,813 || 63-75 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 ||September 4 || Baltimore Orioles || 1-10 || Guzman (9-14) || Spoljaric (4-4) || || 27,404 || 63-76 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 140 ||September 5 || Baltimore Orioles || 6-5 || McCarthy (1-2) || Benitez (5-4) || Timlin (13) || 43,831 || 64-76 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 ||September 6 || Baltimore Orioles || 2-5 || Mussina (13-8) || Fassero (10-12) || Rhodes (4) || 30,285 || 64-77 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 142 ||September 7 || Baltimore Orioles || 11-1 || Moyer (13-8) || Drabek (6-11) || || 24,229 || 65-77 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 ||September 8 || Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 0-10 || Alvarez (6-13) || Suzuki (0-1) || || 20,679 || 65-78 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 144 ||September 9 || Tampa Bay Devil Rays || 5-2 || Abbott (1-0) || Arrojo (13-12) || Timlin (14) || 22,256 || 66-78 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 145 ||September 11 || @ Kansas City Royals || 6-3 || Fassero (11-12) || Barber (2-3) || Timlin (15) || DH || 67-78 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 ||September 11 || @ Kansas City Royals || 5-8 || Appier (1-0) || Swift (11-9) || Rusch (1) || 18,874 || 67-79 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 ||September 12 || @ Kansas City Royals || 2-5 || Belcher (13-12) || Moyer (13-9) || Montgomery (33) || 28,091 || 67-80 |- align="center" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | ||September 13 || @ Kansas City Royals || colspan=5 |Cancelled (rain) || 67–80 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 148 ||September 14 || @ Minnesota Twins || 10-3 || Suzuki (1-1) || Radke (11-14) || || 9,711 || 68-80 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 149 ||September 15 || @ Minnesota Twins || 12-7 || Abbott (2-0) || Rodriguez (4-6) || || 8,024 || 69-80 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 150 ||September 16 || @ Oakland Athletics || 4-1 || Fassero (12-12) || Heredia (3-2) || Timlin (16) || 12,371 || 70-80 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 151 ||September 17 || @ Oakland Athletics || 8-0 || Moyer (14-9) || Candiotti (11-16) || || 11,707 || 71-80 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 152 ||September 18 || @ Anaheim Angels || 5-3 || Timlin (3-3) || DeLucia (2-6) || || 39,902 || 72-80 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 ||September 19 || @ Anaheim Angels || 3-5 || McDowell (5-3) || Spoljaric (4-5) || Percival (41) || 42,833 || 72-81 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 ||September 20 || @ Anaheim Angels || 1-3 || Olivares (9-8) || Abbott (2-1) || Percival (42) || 42,972 || 72-82 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 155 ||September 21 || Oakland Athletics || 5-2 || Paniagua (2-0) || Heredia (3-3) || Timlin (17) || 30,076 || 73-82 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 156 ||September 22 || Oakland Athletics || 7-6 || Moyer (15-9) || Witasick (1-2) || Timlin (18) || 20,908 || 74-82 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 ||September 23 || Oakland Athletics || 3-8 || Mathews (6-4) || Slocumb (2-5) || Taylor (33) || 21,182 || 74-83 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 ||September 24 || Texas Rangers || 3-9 || Sele (19-11) || Suzuki (1-2) || || 22,891 || 74-84 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 159 ||September 25 || Texas Rangers || 15-4 || Abbott (3-1) || Loaiza (9-11) || || 39,325 || 75-84 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 ||September 26 || Texas Rangers || 5-2 || Fassero (13-12) || Gunderson (0-3) || Timlin (19) || 33,147 || 76-84 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 161 ||September 27 || Texas Rangers || 6-12 || Fossas (1-3) || Spoljaric (4-6) || || 37,986 ||76-85 |- Source:

Player stats

Batting

	= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	Slg.	SB
C	Dan Wilson	96	325	39	82	9	44	.252	.392	2
1B	David Segui	143	522	79	159	19	84	.305	.487	3
2B	Joey Cora	131	519	111	166	6	32	.276	.370	15
3B	Russ Davis	141	502	68	130	20	82	.259	.442	4
SS	Alex Rodriguez	161	686	123	213	42	124	.310	.560	46
LF	Glenallen Hill	74	259	37	75	12	33	.290	.521	1
CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	161	633	120	180	56	146	.284	.611	20
RF	Jay Buhner	72	244	33	59	15	45	.242	.463	0
DH	Edgar Martínez	154	556	86	179	29	102	.322	.429	1

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	Slg.	SB
Rob Ducey	97	217	30	52	5	23	.240	.410	0
Shane Monahan	62	211	17	51	4	28	.242	.346	1
Rich Amaral	73	134	25	37	1	4	.276	.343	11
John Marzano	50	133	13	31	4	12	.233	.391	0
Raúl Ibañez	37	98	12	25	2	12	.255	.408	0
Joe Oliver	29	85	12	19	2	10	.224	.329	1
Rico Rossy	37	81	12	16	1	4	.198	.309	0
David Bell	21	80	11	26	0	8	.325	.425	0
Ryan Radmanovich	25	69	5	15	2	10	.217	.362	1
Charles Gipson	44	51	11	12	0	2	.235	.255	2
Jeff Huson	31	49	8	8	1	4	.163	.245	1
Rick Wilkins	19	41	5	8	1	4	.195	.341	0
Carlos Guillén	10	39	9	13	0	5	.333	.410	2
Robert Pérez	17	35	3	6	2	6	.171	.371	0
Dave McCarty	8	18	1	5	1	2	.278	.444	1
Giomar Guevara	11	13	4	3	0	0	.231	.385	0
Rickey Cradle	5	7	0	1	0	2	.143	.143	1
Raúl Chávez	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
Jamie Moyer	34	234.1	15	9	3.53	158	42
Jeff Fassero	32	224.2	13	12	3.97	176	66
Randy Johnson	23	160.0	9	10	4.33	213	60
Ken Cloude	30	155.1	8	10	6.37	114	80
Bill Swift	29	144.2	11	9	5.85	77	51
Mac Suzuki	6	26.1	1	2	7.18	19	15
Paul Abbott	4	24.2	3	1	4.01	22	10

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
Jim Bullinger	2	5.2	0	1	15.88	4	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks allowed

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO	BB
Mike Timlin	70	79.1	3	3	19	2.95	60	16
Bobby Ayala	62	75.1	1	10	8	7.29	68	26
Heathcliff Slocumb	57	67.2	2	5	3	5.32	51	44
Paul Spoljaric	53	83.1	4	6	0	6.48	55	89
Bob Wells	30	51.2	2	2	0	6.10	29	16
Greg McCarthy	29	23.1	1	2	0	5.01	25	17
Tony Fossas	23	11.1	0	3	0	8.74	10	6
José Paniagua	18	22.0	2	0	1	2.05	16	5
Steve Gajkowski	9	8.2	0	0	0	7.27	3	4
Felipe Lira	7	15.2	1	0	0	4.60	16	5
David Holdridge	7	6.2	0	0	0	4.05	6	4
Andrew Lorraine	4	3.2	0	0	0	2.45	0	4

Ken Griffey Jr.'s 56 home runs

Home Run	Game	Date	Inning	Location	Opposing Pitcher	Team
1	1	March 31	5th	Seattle	Charles Nagy	Cleveland Indians
2	3	April 3	5th	Seattle	Derek Lowe	Boston Red Sox
3	4	April 4	2nd	Seattle	Brian Rose	Boston Red Sox
4	11	April 12	5th	Boston	Tim Wakefield	Boston Red Sox
5	12	April 13	1st	Cleveland	Dave Burba	Cleveland Indians
6	12	April 13	7th	Cleveland	José Mesa	Cleveland Indians
7	16	April 17	3rd	Minnesota	Eric Milton	Minnesota Twins
8	19		April 20	3rd	3rd	Seattle	Chris Haney	Kansas City Royals
9	26	April 29	7th	New York	Mike Stanton	New York Yankees
10	27	April 30	1st	New York	David Wells	New York Yankees
11	27	April 30	3rd	New York	David Wells	New York Yankees
12	29	May 2	1st	Seattle	Justin Thompson	Detroit Tigers
13	31	May 5	5th	Seattle	Scott Eyre	Toronto Blue Jays
14	34	May 8	3rd	Seattle	Woody Williams	Toronto Blue Jays
15	36	May 10	8th	Seattle	Dan Plesac	Toronto Blue Jays
16	43	May 18	4th	Toronto	Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays
17	46	May 21	4th	Texas	John Burkett	Texas Rangers
18	49	May 24	6th	Seattle	Dennis Springer	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
19	55	May 31	8th	Tampa	Albie Lopez	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
20	57	June 2	3rd	Baltimore	Doug Drabek	Baltimore Orioles
21	57	June 3	10th	Baltimore	Norm Charlton	Baltimore Orioles
22	59	June 4	1st	Seattle	Ken Hill	Anaheim Angels
23	61	June 6	3rd	Seattle	Dave Mlicki	Los Angeles Dodgers
24	62	June 7	9th	Seattle	Mark Guthrie	Los Angeles Dodgers
25	64	June 9	6th	San Francisco	Julián Tavárez	San Francisco Giants
26	66	June 11	8th	Oakland	Mike Oquist	Oakland Athletics
27	72	June 18	1st	Anaheim	Jarrod Washburn	Anaheim Angels
28	73	June 19	4th	Seattle	Blake Stein	Oakland Athletics
29	77	June 23	1st	Seattle	Joey Hamilton	San Diego Padres
30	78	June 24	9th	San Diego	Roberto Ramírez	San Diego Padres
31	80	June 26	3rd	Arizona	Jeff Suppan	Arizona Diamondbacks
32	82	June 28	6th	Arizona	Brian Anderson	Arizona Diamondbacks
33	83	June 30	1st	Seattle	Pedro Astacio	Colorado Rockies
34	84	July 1	3rd	Seattle	Mike Saipe	Colorado Rockies
35	85	July 2	2nd	Seattle	Darryl Kile	Colorado Rockies
36	89	July 9	6th	Seattle	Pep Harris	Anaheim Angels
37	90	July !0	7th	Seattle	Chuck Finley	Anaheim Angels
38	94	July 14	3rd	Seattle	John Burkett	Texas Rangers
39	94	July 14	7th	Seattle	Scott Bailes	Texas Rangers
40	100	July 21	4th	Tampa	Wilson Álvarez	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
41	107	July 30	5th	Seattle	Dave Burba	Cleveland Indians
42	120	August 15	1st	Chicago	Jaime Navarro	Chicago White Sox
43	128	August 23	4th	Seattle	John Snyder	Chicago White Sox
44	129	August 24	4th	Seattle	Mike Sirotka	Chicago White Sox
45	134	August 29	6th	New York	Andy Pettitte	New York Yankees
46	135	August 30	2nd	New York	Hideki Irabu	New York Yankees
47	135	August 30	8th	New York	Mike Buddie	New York Yankees
48	140	September 5	8th	Seattle	Armando Benítez	Baltimore Orioles
49	142	September 7	5th	Seattle	Pete Smith	Baltimore Orioles
50	142	September 7	6th	Seattle	Jimmy Key	Baltimore Orioles
51	147	September 12	3rd	Kansas City	Tim Belcher	Kansas City Royals
52	149	September 15	7th	Minnesota	Eddie Guardado	Minnesota Twins
53	151	September 17	1st	Oakland	Tom Candiotti	Oakland Athletica
54	156	September 22	3rd	Seattle	Jay Witasick	Oakland Athletics
55	156	September 22	5th	Seattle	Jay Witasick	Oakland Athletics
56	159	September 25	6th	Seattle	Eric Gunderson	Texas Rangers

Awards and honors

Ken Griffey Jr., franchise record, most home runs in one season (56)
Alex Rodriguez, third member to join the 40/40 Club

Source:

Farm system

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