1999 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome, Safeco Field
CitySeattle, Washington
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersHiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General managersWoody Woodward
ManagersLou Piniella
TelevisionKIRO-TV 7
KSTW
Fox Sports Northwest
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Ron Fairly, Dave Valle,
Dave Henderson)
Seasons

The Seattle Mariners' 1999 season was their 23rd since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing third in the American League West with a 79–83 (.488) record. In July, after 39 home games at the Kingdome, they moved into Safeco Field, and the Kingdome was demolished eight months later.

Offseason

Regular season

  • July 15, 1999: Immediately after the All-Star break, the Mariners played their first game at Safeco Field, but lost to the San Diego Padres 3–2 with 44,607 in attendance.[4][5] It was the first park in Major League history to host an interleague game on its inaugural day.[6]

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9567 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
Oakland Athletics 8775 0.537 8 52–29 35–46
Seattle Mariners 7983 0.488 16 43–38 36–45
Anaheim Angels 7092 0.432 25 37–44 33–48

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1999 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CDan Wilson123414110.266738
1BDavid Segui90345101.293939
2BDavid Bell157597160.2682178
SSAlex Rodriguez129502143.28542111
3BRuss Davis124432106.2452159
LFBrian Hunter121484112.231434
CFKen Griffey Jr.160606173.28548134
RFJay Buhner8726659.2221438
DHEdgar Martínez142502169.3372486

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
Butch Huskey7426276.2901549
John Mabry8726264.244933
Raúl Ibañez8720954.258927
Tom Lampkin7620660.291934
Rafael Bournigal559526.274214
Charles Gipson558018.22509
Ryan Jackson326816.235010
Mike Blowers194611.23927
Ozzie Timmons26445.11413
Domingo Cedeño21429.21428
Matt Mieske244115.36647
Carlos Guillén5193.15813
Shane Monahan16152.13300
Giomar Guevara10123.25002

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
Jamie Moyer32228.01483.87137
Freddy García33201.11784.07170
Jeff Fassero30139.04147.38101
Gil Meche1685.2844.3747

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
John Halama38179.011104.22105
Frank Rodriguez2873.1245.6547
Paul Abbott2572.2623.1068
Ken Cloude3172.1447.9635
Mac Suzuki1642.0029.4332
Brett Hinchliffe1130.2048.8014
Butch Henry725.0205.0415
Robert Ramsay618.1026.3811
Melvin Bunch510.00011.704

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
José Mesa6836334.9842
José Paniagua5961134.0674
Steve Sinclair180103.9515
Tom Davey161004.7117
Todd Williams130004.667
Jordan Zimmerman120007.883
Rafael Carmona91007.940
Eric Weaver801010.6114
Ryan Franklin60004.766
Dámaso Marte50109.353
Denny Stark50009.954
Aaron Scheffer40001.934
Allen Watson301012.002
Sean Spencer200021.602
Mark Leiter20006.751

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

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References

  1. ↑ Paul Spoljaric page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ "Butch Henry Stats".
  3. ↑ John Mabry page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Kepner, Tyler (July 16, 1999). "Field of dreams; nightmare result". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). p. 1C.
  5. ↑ Cour, Jim (July 16, 1999). "The dome is no longer Mariners home". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  6. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.70, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  7. ↑ Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Robert Ramsay page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ J. J. Putz page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Rich Harden page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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