1999 Seattle Mariners season














































1999 Seattle Mariners

Ken Griffey Jr.'s final season with the Mariners until 2009
Major League affiliations

  • American League (since 1977)


  • Western Division (since 1977)

Location

  • Kingdome, Safeco Field (since 1977)

  • Seattle, Washington (since 1977)

Results
Record 79–83 (.488)
Divisional place 3rd
Other information
Owner(s)
Hiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General manager(s) Woody Woodward
Manager(s) Lou Piniella
Local television
KIRO-TV 7
KSTW
Fox Sports Northwest
Local radio
KIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Ron Fairly, Dave Valle,
Dave Henderson)
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The Seattle Mariners 1999 season was their 23rd since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 3rd in the American League West, finishing with a 79–83 (.488) record. In July, they moved into Safeco Field, replacing the Kingdome as their home, and the Kingdome was demolished eight months later.




Contents






  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season


    • 2.1 Season standings


    • 2.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 2.3 Notable transactions


      • 2.3.1 Draft Picks




    • 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 Farm system


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Offseason



  • November 9, 1998: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Mariners to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mark Leiter.[1]

  • November 22, 1998: Butch Huskey was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.[2]

  • December 30, 1998: John Mabry was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[3]



Regular season


  • July 15, 1999: The Mariners played their first game at Safeco Field. The Mariners lost to the San Diego Padres by a score of 3 to 2. It was the first park in Major League history to host an interleague game on its inaugural day.[4]


Season standings


















































AL West

W

L

Pct.

GB

Home

Road

Texas Rangers
95 67
0.586

51–30
44–37

Oakland Athletics
87 75
0.537
8
52–29
35–46

Seattle Mariners
79 83
0.488
16
43–38
36–45

Anaheim Angels
70 92
0.432
25
37–44
33–48




Record vs. opponents



















































































































































































































































































1999 American League Records


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team
ANA
BAL
BOS
CWS
CLE
DET
KC
MIN
NYY
OAK
SEA
TB
TEX
TOR
NL 

Anaheim
3–9 1–9 5–5 1–9 5–5 7–5 6–4 6–4 8–4 6–6 7–5 6–6 3–9 6–12

Baltimore
9–3 5–7 7–3 1–9 5–5 6–4 8–1 4–9 5–7 5–5 5–7 6–6 1–11 11–7

Boston
9–1 7–5 7–5 8–4 7–5 8–2 6–4 8–4 4–6 7–3 4–9 4–5 9–3 6–12

Chicago
5–5 3–7 5–7 3–9 7–5 6–6 8–3–1 5–7 3–7 4–8 6–4 5–5 6–4 9–9

Cleveland
9–1 9–1 4–8 9–3 8–5 7–5 9–3 3–7 10–2 7–3 5–4 3–7 5–7 9–9

Detroit
5–5 5–5 5–7 5–7 5–8 7–4 6–6 5–7 4–6 3–7 4–5 5–5 2–10 8–10

Kansas City
5–7 4–6 2–8 6–6 5–7 4–7 5–8 5–4 6–6 7–5 2–8 4–6 3–7 6–12

Minnesota
4–6 1–8 4–6 3–8–1 3–9 6–6 8–5 4–6 7–5 4–8 5–5 0–12 4–6 10–7

New York
4–6 9–4 4–8 7–5 7–3 7–5 4–5 6–4 6–4 9–1 8–4 8–4 10–2 9–9

Oakland
4–8 7–5 6–4 7–3 2–10 6–4 6–6 5–7 4–6 6–6 9–1 5–7 8–2 12–6

Seattle
6–6 5–5 3–7 8–4 3–7 7–3 5–7 8–4 1–9 6–6 8–4 5–8 7–2 7–11

Tampa Bay
5–7 7–5 9–4 4–6 4–5 5–4 8–2 5–5 4–8 1–9 4–8 4–8 5–8 4–14

Texas
6–6 6–6 5–4 5–5 7–3 5–5 6–4 12–0 4–8 7–5 8–5 8–4 6–4 10–8

Toronto
9–3 11–1 3–9 4–6 7–5 10–2 7–3 6–4 2–10 2–8 2–7 8–5 4–6 9–9




Notable transactions



  • April 27, 1999: Rafael Bournigal was purchased by the Mariners from the Texas Rangers.[5]

  • July 26, 1999: Butch Huskey was traded by the Mariners to the Boston Red Sox for Robert Ramsay.[6]

  • August 28, 1999: Mike Blowers was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[7]



Draft Picks


  • June 2, 1999: 1999 Major League Baseball Draft


    • J. J. Putz was drafted by the Mariners in the 6th round. Player signed June 17, 1999.[8]

    • Termel Sledge was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 8th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1999.


    • Rich Harden was drafted by the Mariners in the 38th round, but did not sign.[9]




Roster














1999 Seattle Mariners

Roster

Pitchers


  • 48 Paul Abbott


  • 31 Melvin Bunch


  • 26 Rafael Carmona


  • 28 Ken Cloude


  • 43 Tom Davey


  • 13 Jeff Fassero


  • 45 Ryan Franklin


  • 34 Freddy García


  • 54 John Halama


  • 27 Butch Henry


  • 32 Brett Hinchliffe


  • 23 Mark Leiter


  • 37 Dámaso Marte


  • 55 Gil Meche


  • 49 José Mesa


  • 50 Jamie Moyer


  • 30 José Paniagua


  • 23 Robert Ramsay


  • 33 Frankie Rodriguez


  • 57 Aaron Scheffer


  • 41 Steve Sinclair


  • 48 Sean Spencer


  • 56 Denny Stark


  • 41 Mac Suzuki


  • 40,41 Allen Watson


  • 52 Eric Weaver


  • 31 Todd Williams


  • 46 Jordan Zimmerman




Catchers


  • 17 Tom Lampkin


  •  6 Dan Wilson


Infielders




  • 25 David Bell


  • 4,16 Mike Blowers


  •  2 Rafael Bournigal


  • 26 Domingo Cedeño


  • 18 Russ Davis


  •  4 Giomar Guevara


  •  8 Carlos Guillén


  • 37 Ryan Jackson


  • 11 Edgar Martínez


  •  3 Alex Rodriguez


  • 21 David Segui




Outfielders


  • 19 Jay Buhner


  •  1 Charles Gipson


  • 24 Ken Griffey, Jr.


  • 22 Brian Hunter


  • 42 Butch Huskey


  •  5 Raúl Ibañez


  • 47 John Mabry


  • 20 Matt Mieske


  • 12 Shane Monahan


  • 40 Ozzie Timmons




Manager

  • 14 Lou Piniella

Coaches




  • 29 Jesse Barfield


  •  7 John McLaren


  • 16,57 Sam Mejías


  • 15 Matt Sinatro


  • 10 Steve Smith


  • 35 Stan Williams




Player stats



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


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


Pitching



Starting pitchers










Player
G
IP
W
L
ERA
SO


Other pitchers





















Player
G
IP
W
L
ERA
SO
Robert Ramsay 6 18.1 0 2 6.38 11


Relief pitchers





















Player
G
W
L
SV
ERA
SO
Ryan Franklin 6 0 0 0 4.76 6


Farm system














































Level
Team
League
Manager

AAA

Tacoma Rainiers

Pacific Coast League

Dave Myers

AA

New Haven Ravens

Eastern League

Dan Rohn

A

Lancaster Jethawks

California League

Darrin Garner

A

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

Midwest League

Steve Roadcap

A-Short Season

Everett AquaSox

Northwest League

Terry Pollreisz

Rookie

AZL Mariners

Arizona League

Gary Thurman

[10]



References




  1. ^ Paul Spoljaric page at Baseball Reference


  2. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henrybu01.shtml


  3. ^ John Mabry page at Baseball Reference


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  5. ^ Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference


  6. ^ Robert Ramsay page at Baseball Reference


  7. ^ Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference


  8. ^ J. J. Putz page at Baseball Reference


  9. ^ Rich Harden page at Baseball Reference


  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007



External links



  • 1999 Seattle Mariners

  • 1999 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com










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