1998 Seattle Mariners season

March 2026 November 2013 Seattle Mariners 1998 American League West Kingdome Seattle, Washington 76 85 y 3rd Hiroshi Yamauchi(represented by John Ellis) Woody Woodward Lou Piniella KIRO-TV 7KSTWFox Sports Northwest KIRO 710 AM(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 76 85 y and they finished in third place in the four-team American League West, 11½ games behind the champion Texas Rangers.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RYxXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BfIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6871%2C6006584 Spokesman-Review Tacoma News Tribune LaRue Larry M's end season to forget September 28, 1998 C2 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TnUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ivEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5157%2C638529 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington (Tacoma News Tribune) LaRue Larry M's win, finally top .500 mark May 13, 1998 C1 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7qgpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3_EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6086%2C6101729 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press A-Rod puts Royals on the rocks July 19, 1998 C1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Td1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=resDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5081%2C5143384 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press A-Rod gets angry, then he gets even in Seattle victory July 19, 1998 5B The Mariners traded future Hall of Famer pitcher Randy Johnson to the Houston Astros on July 31, receiving Freddy García, Carlos Guillén, and John Halama in return. 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 signed with the Mariners.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leachja01.shtml Jalal Leach Stats Baseball Reference November 18: Andy Sheets and Bob Wolcott selected in the 1997 expansion draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks, respectively.1998 Seattle Mariners Trades and Transactions https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1998-transactions.shtml 2026-03-13 Baseball Reference December 3: Ken Huckaby signed with the Mariners.Ken Huckaby Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/huckake01.shtml Baseball Reference December 16,: Pat Listach signed as a free agent with the Mariners.Pat Listach Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/listapa01.shtml Baseball Reference December 27: Rico Rossy signed as a free agent with the Mariners.https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rossyri01.shtml Rico Rossy Stats Baseball Reference January 8, 1998: Glenallen Hill signed as a free agent with the Mariners.Glenallen Hill Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillgl01.shtml Baseball Reference January 29: Leach was traded by the Mariners with minor leaguer Scott Smith to the San Francisco Giants for David McCarty. Regular season Season standings Seattle Mariners Record vs. opponents SEA Opening Day starters Jay Buhner Joey Cora Russ Davis Ken Griffey Jr. Glenallen Hill Randy Johnson Edgar Martínez Alex Rodriguez David Segui Dan Wilsonhttp://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1998&t=SEA 1998 Seattle Mariners Roster Baseball Almanac Notable transactions June 13, 1998: Catcher Ken Huckaby was released by the Mariners. July 6: Outfielder Glenallen Hill was selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Mariners.1998-07-07 Mariners Make Hill Fall Guy Because of Poor Glove Work https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-07-sp-1486-story.html 2026-03-13 Los Angeles Times en-US July 31: 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.Finnigan Bob August 2, 1998 Mariners / Randy Johnson Trade -- What Happened? https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19980802/2764383/mariners--randy-johnson-trade----what-happened December 2, 2011 Seattle TimesRandy Johnson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsra05.shtml 2026-03-13 Baseball Reference August 31: Infielder David Bell was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Mariners for Joey Cora.1998-09-01 Indians deal for Cora https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1998/09/01/indians-deal-for-cora/ 2026-03-13 Orlando Sentinel en-UShttps://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellda01.shtml David Bell Stats Baseball Reference Roster 1998 Seattle Mariners Roster Pitchers 48 Paul Abbott 31 Bobby Ayala 44 Jim Bullinger 27 Ken Cloude 13 Jeff Fassero 48 Tony Fossas 54 Steve Gajkowski 59 David Holdridge 51 Randy Johnson 41 Felipe Lira 62 Andrew Lorraine 39 Greg McCarthy 50 Jamie Moyer 30 José Paniagua 52 Heathcliff Slocumb 34 Paul Spoljaric 41 Mac Suzuki 26 Bill Swift 40 Mike Timlin 46 Bob Wells Catchers 62 Raúl Chávez 17 John Marzano  9 Joe Oliver  2 Rick Wilkins  6 Dan Wilson Infielders  2 David Bell 28 Joey Cora 18 Russ Davis  4 Giomar Guevara  5 Carlos Guillén  9 Jeff Huson 11 Edgar Martínez  3 Alex Rodriguez 44 Rico Rossy 21 David Segui Outfielders  8 Rich Amaral 19 Jay Buhner 48 Rickey Cradle 20 Rob Ducey 16 Charles Gipson 24 Ken Griffey Jr.  1 Glenallen Hill 38 Raúl Ibañez 23 David McCarty 12 Shane Monahan 30 Robert Pérez 33 Ryan Radmanovich Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches 29 Jesse Barfield 54 Nardi Contreras  7 John McLaren 49 Sam Mejías 15 Matt Sinatro  2 Steve Smith Major league debuts Batters: Rickey Cradle (Jul 1) Charles Gipson (Mar 31) Carlos Guillén (Sep 6) Shane Monahan (Jul 9) Ryan Radmanovich (Apr 13)1998 Major League Baseball (MLB) Debuts https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/debuts_year.asp?ID=1998&view=batting 2026-03-13 The Baseball Cube Pitchers: Steve Gajkowski (May 25) David Holdridge (Aug 8)1998 Major League Baseball (MLB) Debuts https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/debuts_year.asp?ID=1998&view=pitching 2026-03-13 The Baseball Cube Game log background:#6E8B3D Game Log y background:#9EBD69; March # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || March 31||Cleveland Indians || 9-10|| Mesa (1-0)|| Fossas (0-1)|| Jackson (1)||57,822 ||0-1 |- y background:#9EBD69; April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- 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 |- y background:#9EBD69; May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- 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 |- y background:#9EBD69; June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- 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 |- y background:#9EBD69; July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- 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 |- y background:#9EBD69; August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- 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 |- y background:#9EBD69; September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- 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:http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/schedule.php?y=1998&t=SEA 1998 Seattle Mariners Schedule by Baseball Almanac 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 .3922 1B David Segui 143 522 79 159 19 84 .305 .4873 2B Joey Cora 131 519 111 166 6 32 .276 .37015 3B Russ Davis 141 502 68 130 20 82 .259 .4424 SS Alex Rodriguez 161 686 123 213 42 124.310 .56046 LF Glenallen Hill 74 259 37 75 12 33 .290.521 1 CF Ken Griffey Jr. 161 633 120 180 56 146.284 .61120 RF Jay Buhner 72 244 33 59 15 45 .242.463 0 DH Edgar Martínez 154 556 86 179 29 102 .322 .429 1 https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1998.shtml 1998 Seattle Mariners Statistics 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 5thhttp://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199803310SEA Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, March 31, 1998 at Kingdome Seattle Charles Nagy Cleveland Indians 2 3 April 3 5thhttp://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199804030SEA Box Score of Game played on Friday, April 3, 1998 at Kingdome Seattle Derek Lowe Boston Red Sox 3 4 April 4 2nd http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199804040SEA Box Score of Game played on Saturday, April 4, 1998 at Kingdome Seattle Brian Rose Boston Red Sox 4 11 April 12 5thhttps://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199804120BOS Box Score of Game played on Sunday, April 12, 1998 at Fenway Park Boston Tim Wakefield Boston Red Sox 5 12 April 13 1sthttps://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199804130CLE Box Score of Game played on Monday, April 13, 1998 at Jacobs Field Cleveland Dave Burba Cleveland Indians6 12 April 13 7th Cleveland José Mesa Cleveland Indians 7 16 April 17 3rdhttps://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199804170MIN Box Score of Game played on Friday, April 17, 1998 at Hubert H. 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Griffey also won a Gold Glove Award. Farm system Minor League BaseballThe Mariners had the worst ranked farm system, according to Baseball America.1998 Seattle Mariners Minor League Affiliates https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=SEA&year=1998 2026-03-13 Baseball ReferenceAAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League Dave Myers AA Orlando Rays Southern League Dan Rohn A Lancaster JetHawks California League Rick Burleson A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Gary Varsho A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League Terry Pollreisz Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Darrin GarnerSourcesJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 1998 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference 1998 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Almanac Category:Seattle Mariners seasons Seattle Mariners Seattle Marin