1998 Seattle Mariners season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Seattle Mariners
season = 1998
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1977
division = Western Division
y2 = 1977
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Kingdome
y4 = 1977
city = Seattle, Washington
y5 = 1977
owners = Hiroshi Yamauchi, represented by John Ellis
managers = Lou Piniella
television = KIRO-TV 7
KSTW
Fox Sports Northwest
radio = KIRO 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson)|The Seattle Mariners 1998 season was their 22nd since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 3rd in the American League West, finishing with a record of 76-85.

Offseason

*December 3, 1997: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huckake01.shtml Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 16, 1997: Pat Listach was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/listapa01.shtml Pat Listach Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 27, 1997: Rico Rossy was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rossyri01.shtml]
*January 8, 1998: Glenallen Hill signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hillgl01.shtml Glenallen Hill Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular Season

eason standings

Notable transactions

*June 13, 1998: Ken Huckaby was released by the Seattle Mariners.
*July 6, 1998: Glenallen Hill was selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Seattle Mariners.
*July 31, 1998: Randy Johnson was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later, Freddy Garcia, and Carlos Guillen. The Houston Astros sent John Halama (October 1, 1998) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsra05.shtml Randy Johnson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 31, 1998: David Bell was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Seattle Mariners for Joey Cora. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellda01.shtml]

Player stats

Batting

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

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1998.shtml 1998 Seattle Mariners]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1998&t=SEA 1998 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]