1999 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners' 1999 season was their 23rd since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 3rd 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.

1999 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Hiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General manager(s)Woody Woodward
Manager(s)Lou Piniella
Local televisionKIRO-TV 7
KSTW
Fox Sports Northwest
Local radioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Ron Fairly, Dave Valle,
Dave Henderson)
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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 Records

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
  • 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.[10]
    • 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.[11]

Roster
1999 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Robert Ramsay618.1026.3811

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ryan Franklin60004.766

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

[12]

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
  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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