1989 Seattle Mariners season

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1989 Seattle Mariners Ken Griffey Jr's Rookie Season
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1977) Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (since 1977) Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
1989 information
Owner(s)	Jeff Smulyan
Manager(s)	Jim Lefebvre
Local television	KSTW-TV 11
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson)

The Seattle Mariners 1989 season was their 13th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 6th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 73-89. The season, however, was enlivened by the arrival of the Mariners' 1987 first-round draft pick, Ken Griffey, Jr.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular Season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Notable transactions 2.3 Major league debuts 2.4 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Starters by position 3.1.2 Other batters 3.2 Pitching 3.2.1 Starting pitchers 3.2.2 Other pitchers 3.2.3 Relief pitchers 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Offseason

• November 15, 1988: Luis DeLeón was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[1]

[edit] Regular Season

• Ken Griffey, Jr. made his major league baseball debut on April 3, 1989, in a game against the Oakland Athletics. ^[2]

[edit] Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB
Oakland Athletics	99	63	.611	--
Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	7
California Angels	91	71	.562	8
Texas Rangers	83	79	.512	16
Minnesota Twins	80	82	.494	19
Seattle Mariners	73	89	.451	26
Chicago White Sox	69	92	.429	29½

[edit] Notable transactions

• March 27, 1989: Steve Balboni was traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for Dana Ridenour (minors).^[3]
• May 25, 1989: Mark Langston and a player to be named later were traded by the Mariners to the Montreal Expos for Randy Johnson, Brian Holman, and Gene Harris. The Mariners completed the deal by sending Mike Campbell to the Expos on July 31.^[4]
• June 5, 1989: Brian Turang was drafted by the Mariners in the 51st round of the 1989 amateur draft.^[5]
• June 12, 1989: Steve Trout was released by the Mariners.^[6]

[edit] Major league debuts

• Batters:
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. (Apr 3)
  • Omar Vizquel (Apr 3)
• Pitchers:
  • Gene Harris (Apr 5)
  • Clint Zavaras (June 3) ^[7]

[edit] Roster

1989 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 15 Scott Bankhead 27 Mike Campbell 34 Keith Comstock 52 Luis DeLeón 25 Mike Dunne 39 Erik Hanson 47 Gene Harris 36 Brian Holman 38 Mike Jackson 51 Randy Johnson 12 Mark Langston 49 Tom Niedenfuer 48 Dennis Powell 31 Jerry Reed 40 Mike Schooler 37 Julio Solano 18 Bill Swift 34 Steve Trout 41 Clint Zavaras		Catchers  9 Scott Bradley 35 Bill McGuire 10 Dave Valle Infielders 43 Dave Cochrane 21 Alvin Davis 23 Mario Diaz 11 Edgar Martínez 17 Jim Presley 51 Rey Quiñones  4 Harold Reynolds 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders  8 Greg Briley 14 Mickey Brantley 19 Jay Buhner  2 Darnell Coles 28 Henry Cotto 29 Bruce Fields 24 Ken Griffey, Jr.  7 Mike Kingery Other Batters 00 Jeffrey Leonard 54 Jim Wilson		Manager  5 Jim Lefebvre Coaches 42 Gene Clines (hitting)  6 Bob Didier (bullpen) 22 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 20 Mike Paul (pitching)  3 Bill Plummer (third base)

[edit] Player stats

= Indicates team leader

[edit] Batting

[edit] Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
C	Dave Valle	94	316	32	75	7	34	.237	0
1B	Alvin Davis	142	498	84	152	21	95	.305	0
2B	Harold Reynolds	153	613	87	184	0	43	.300	25
3B	Jim Presley	117	390	42	92	12	41	.236	0
SS	Omar Vizquel	143	387	45	85	1	20	.220	1
LF	Greg Briley	115	394	52	105	13	52	.266	11
CF	Ken Griffey, Jr.	127	455	61	120	16	61	.264	16
RF	Darnell Coles	146	535	54	135	10	59	.252	5
DH	Jeffrey Leonard	150	566	69	144	24	93	.254	6

^[8]

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Henry Cotto	100	295	78	.264	9	33
Jay Buhner	58	204	56	.275	9	33

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Luis DeLeón	1	4	0	0	2.25	2

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

1. ^ Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/griffke02.shtml
3. ^ Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Mark Langston page at Baseball Reference
5. ^ Brian Turankg page at Baseball Reference
6. ^ Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference
7. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1989/26.shtml
8. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1989.shtml

[edit] External links

• 1989 Seattle Mariners
• 1989 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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