1997 Seattle Mariners season

March 2026 November 2013 Seattle Mariners 1997 American League West champions American League West Kingdome Seattle, Washington 90 72 y 1st Hiroshi Yamauchi(represented by John Ellis) Woody Woodward Lou Piniella KIRO-TV 7Fox Sports Northwest KIRO 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Chip Caray,Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly,Dave Valle, Dave Henderson) The Seattle Mariners 1997 season was their 21st season, and the team won their second American League West title,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XgBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5786%2C6202288 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Cour Jim Associated Press Mariners wrap up AL West title with win September 24, 1997 1C with a record of 90 72 y, six games ahead of the runner-up Anaheim Angels. For the second straight year, they led the AL in runs scored (925) and shattered the all-time record for most home runs hit by a team in one season (set at 257 by the Baltimore Orioles the year before) with 264. Five Mariners scored at least 100 runs and six hit at least 20 home runs. In addition, the Seattle pitching staff led the league with 1,207 strikeouts. In the postseason, the Mariners lost the ALDS to the Baltimore Orioles in 4 games. The Mariners drew over three million in home attendance for the first time in franchise history,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B2JWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=evEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6662%2C3954565 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Griffey fails to homer as Angeles thump M's September 25, 1997 C4 in the penultimate full season at the Kingdome. Ken Griffey Jr. hit a franchise record 56 home runs and won the Most Valuable Player award in the American League. This would be Randy Johnson's final full year in a Mariners uniform, as he would later be traded to Houston midway through the 1998 season. Offseason October 3, 1996: Ricky Jordan was released by the Mariners.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jordari02.shtml Ricky Jordan Stats November 12, 1996: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the Mariners.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leachja01.shtml Jalal Leach Stats November 15, 1996: Dave Silvestri was selected off waivers by the Mariners from the Montreal Expos.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/silveda01.shtml Dave Silvestri Stats December 21, 1996: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Mariners.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manzajo01.shtml Josias Manzanillo Stats January 10, 1997: Brent Mayne was signed as a free agent with the Mariners.https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maynebr01.shtml Brent Mayne Stats January 22, 1997: Rob Ducey was signed as a free agent with the Mariners.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/duceyro01.shtml Rob Ducey: Career Statistics Baseball Reference 14 March 2018 January 24, 1997: Mike Blowers was signed as a free agent with the Mariners.Mike Blowers Statistics Baseball-Reference.com February 20, 1997: Dennis Martínez was signed as a free agent with the Mariners.https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martide01.shtml Dennis Martinez Stats March 27, 1997: Dave Silvestri was selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Mariners. March 28, 1997: Brent Mayne was released by the Mariners. Regular season thumb|290px|Ken Griffey Jr., pictured in August 1997, won the Most Valuable Player award in 1997 In 1997, Randy Johnson set an American League record for left-handers by striking out 19 batters in a 4–1 loss to the Oakland A's on June 24.https://baseballbiography.com/randy-johnson-1963 Randy Johnson | baseballbiography.com August 12, 2008 mdy-all On August 8 he matched the feat by setting down 19 Chicago White Sox. Johnson posted a 20–4 record with 291 strikeouts and an ERA of 2.28. He finished second in the Cy Young balloting to Toronto's Roger Clemens. Opening Day starters Jay Buhner Joey Cora Russ Davis Jeff Fassero Ken Griffey Jr. Edgar Martínez Alex Rodriguez Paul Sorrento Lee Tinsley Dan Wilson1997 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac Season standings Seattle Mariners Record vs. opponents SEA Notable transactions April 8, 1997: Steve Decker was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.Steve Decker Statistics Baseball-Reference.com May 24, 1997: Dennis Martínez was released by the Seattle Mariners. July 17, 1997: Josías Manzanillo was released by the Seattle Mariners. July 31, 1997: Heathcliff Slocumb was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek. July 31, 1997: Paul Spoljaric was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Mike Timlin to the Seattle Mariners for Jose Cruz.Paul Spoljaric Statistics Baseball-Reference.com August 20, 1997: Roberto Kelly was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Seattle Mariners for players to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Joe Mays (October 9, 1997) and Jeromy Palki (minors) (October 9, 1997) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade. September 2, 1997: Steve Decker was released by the Seattle Mariners. Roster 1997 Seattle Mariners Roster Pitchers 31 Bobby Ayala 22 Rafael Carmona 37 Norm Charlton 27 Ken Cloude 47 Tim Davis 13 Jeff Fassero 59 Mark Holzemer 39 Edwin Hurtado 51 Randy Johnson 41 Felipe Lira 36 Derek Lowe 20 Mike Maddux 41 Josías Manzanillo 32 Dennis Martínez 40 Greg McCarthy 50 Jamie Moyer 26 Omar Olivares 23 Scott Sanders 52 Heathcliff Slocumb 23 Paul Spoljaric 40 Mike Timlin 38 Salomón Torres 46 Bob Wells 33 Bob Wolcott Catchers 17 John Marzano 43 Rick Wilkins  6 Dan Wilson Infielders 16 Mike Blowers 28 Joey Cora 18 Russ Davis 26 Álvaro Espinoza  9 Brent Gates 34 Giomar Guevara 11 Edgar Martínez 30 Brian Raabe  3 Alex Rodriguez 35 Dan Rohrmeier 12 Andy Sheets 44 Paul Sorrento Outfielders  8 Rich Amaral 19 Jay Buhner 23 José Cruz Jr. 29 Rob Ducey 24 Ken Griffey Jr. 38 Raúl Ibañez 10 Roberto Kelly  5 Lee Tinsley Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches 54 Nardi Contreras  4 Lee Elia  7 John McLaren 49 Sam Mejías  2 Steve Smith 15 Matt Sinatro 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 C Dan Wilson 146 508 137 .270 15 74 1B Paul Sorrento 146 457 123 .269 31 80 2B Joey Cora 149 574 172 .300 11 54 SS Alex Rodriguez 141 587 176 .300 23 84 3B Russ Davis 119 420 114 .271 20 63 LF José Cruz Jr. 49 183 49 .268 12 34 CF Ken Griffey Jr. 157 608 185 .304 56 147 RF Jay Buhner 157 540 131 .243 40 109 DH Edgar Martínez 155 542 179 .330 28 108 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 Rich Amaral 89 190 54 .284 1 21 Brent Gates 65 151 36 .238 3 20 Mike Blowers 68 150 44 .293 5 20 Rob Ducey 76 143 41 .287 5 10 Lee Tinsley 49 122 24 .197 0 6 Roberto Kelly 30 121 36 .298 7 22 Andy Sheets 32 89 22 .247 4 9 John Marzano 39 87 25 .287 1 10 Álvaro Espinoza 33 72 13 .181 0 7 Raúl Ibañez 11 26 4 .154 1 4 Rick Wilkins 5 12 3 .250 1 4 Dan Rohrmeier 7 9 3 .333 0 2 Giomar Guevara 5 4 0 .000 0 0 Brian Raabe 2 3 0 .000 0 0 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 Jeff Fassero 35 234.1 16 9 3.61 189 Randy Johnson 30 213.0 20 4 2.28 291 Jamie Moyer 30 188.2 17 5 3.86 113 Bob Wolcott 19 100.0 5 6 6.03 58 Omar Olivares 13 62.1 1 4 5.49 29 Ken Cloude 10 51.0 4 2 5.12 46 Dennis Martínez 9 49.0 1 5 7.71 17 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 Scott Sanders Scott Sanders (baseball) 33 65.1 3 6 6.47 62 Derek Lowe 12 53.0 2 4 6.96 39 Felipe Lira 8 18.2 0 4 9.16 9 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 Norm Charlton 71 3 8 14 7.27 55 Bobby Ayala 71 10 5 8 3.82 92 Bob Wells 46 2 0 2 5.75 51 Greg McCarthy 37 1 1 0 5.46 34 Heathcliff Slocumb 27 0 4 10 4.13 28 Mike Timlin 26 3 2 1 3.86 9 Paul Spoljaric 20 0 0 0 4.76 27 Josías Manzanillo 16 0 1 0 5.40 18 Mark Holzemer 14 0 0 1 6.00 7 Edwin Hurtado 13 1 2 0 9.00 10 Mike Maddux 6 1 0 0 10.13 7 Rafael Carmona 4 0 0 0 3.18 6 Tim Davis 2 0 0 0 6.75 10 Salomón Torres 2 0 0 0 27.00 0 ALDS 1997 American League Division Series Game 1 October 1, Kingdome Team123456789RHEBaltimore0010440009130Seattle000100101371W: Mike Mussina (1-0)   L: Randy Johnson (0-1)  SV: NoneHR: BAL – Gerónimo Berroa (1)   Chris Hoiles (1)   SEA – Edgar Martínez (1)   Jay Buhner (1)   Alex Rodriguez (1) Game 2 October 2, Kingdome Team123456789RHEBaltimore0100202409140Seattle200000100390W: Scott Erickson (1-0)   L: Jamie Moyer (0-1)  SV: NoneHR: BAL – Harold Baines (1)   Brady Anderson (1)   SEA – None Game 3 October 4, Oriole Park at Camden Yards Team123456789RHESeattle0010100024110Baltimore000000002250W: Jeff Fassero (1-0)   L: Jimmy Key (0-1)  SV: NoneHR: BAL – None   SEA – Jay Buhner (2)   Paul Sorrento (1) Game 4 October 5, Oriole Park at Camden Yards Team123456789RHESeattle010000000120Baltimore20001000X370W: Mike Mussina (2-0)   L: Randy Johnson (0-2)  SV: Randy Myers (1)HR: BAL – Jeff Reboulet (1)   Gerónimo Berroa (2)   SEA – Edgar Martínez (2) Awards and honors The Mariners led the American League in home runs with 264Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.380, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League Dave Myers AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Dave Brundage A Lancaster JetHawks California League Rick Burleson A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Gary Varsho A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League Orlando Gómez Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Darrin GarnerJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 1997 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference 1997 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Seattle Mariners seasons Seattle Mariners season Category:American League West champion seasons Seattle Marin