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2008 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkSafeco Field
CitySeattle, Washington
Record61–101 (.377)
Divisional place4th
OwnersNintendo of America
(represented by Howard Lincoln)
General managersBill Bavasi, Lee Pelekoudas
ManagersJohn McLaren (dismissed June 20), Jim Riggleman
TelevisionFSN Northwest
(Dave Niehaus, Dave Sims,
Rick Rizzs, Mike Blowers)
RadioKOMO (English)
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs)
KSZN (Spanish)
(Alex Rivera, Julio Cruz)
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The 2008 Seattle Mariners season was the 32nd Major League Baseball season in the team's history. Coming off the heels of the previous 2007 season, in which the Mariners finished with their first winning record since 2003, the team was widely expected to once again compete for the American League West championship. The team was bolstered by some major roster additions during the previous offseason, most notably starting pitchers Érik Bédard and Carlos Silva. However, by the end of May, it became apparent that the team had gone back to its losing ways of the 2004–06 seasons. Despite their losing ways, they won their first and last game of the season. Their longest winning-streak of the season is 4 games after a sweep of the Cleveland Indians at the end of August and a 12-6 win against the Texas Rangers on the first day of September. However, standing at 57–87, their longest losing-streak of the season is 12 games, 11 on the road, 1 at home, after being swept by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and suffering a loss at the last homestand opener against the Angels. On September 23, the Mariners became the first club to spend $100 million in payroll and lose 100 games. The team finished the season with a 61–101 (.377) record, last in the West for the 4th time in 5 years, and second worst in the majors.

With the team underperforming and underachieving, a number of people who had become scapegoats for the team's underperformance were dismissed during the season, most notably general manager Bill Bavasi, field manager John McLaren, first baseman Richie Sexson, and designated hitter José Vidro.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 100 62 .617 — 50‍–‍31 50‍–‍31
Texas Rangers 79 83 .488 21 40‍–‍41 39‍–‍42
Oakland Athletics 75 86 .466 24½ 43‍–‍38 32‍–‍48
Seattle Mariners 61 101 .377 39 35‍–‍46 26‍–‍55


Record vs. opponents

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Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore – 6–12 4–5 4–4 4–3 5–3 3–6 3–3 7–11 0–5 8–2 3–15 4–5 6–12 11–7
Boston 12–6 – 4–3 5–1 5–2 6–1 1–8 4–3 9–9 6–4 6–3 8–10 9–1 9–9 11–7
Chicago 5–4 3–4 – 11–7 12–6 12–6 5–5 9–10 2–5 5–4 5–1 4–6 3–3 1–7 12–6
Cleveland 4–4 1–5 7–11 – 11–7 10–8 4–5 8–10 4–3 5–4 4–5 5–2 6–4 6–1 6–12
Detroit 3–4 2–5 6–12 7–11 – 7–11 3–6 7–11 4–2 3–6 7–3 3–4 6–3 3–5 13–5
Kansas City 3–5 1–6 6–12 8–10 11–7 – 2–3 6–12 5–5 6–3 7–2 3–5 2–7 2–5 13–5
Los Angeles 6–3 8–1 5–5 5–4 6–3 3–2 – 5–3 7–3 10–9 14–5 3–6 12–7 6–3 10–8
Minnesota 3–3 3–4 10–9 10–8 11–7 12–6 3–5 – 4–6 5–5 5–4 3–3 5–5 0–6 14–4
New York 11–7 9–9 5–2 3–4 2–4 5–5 3–7 6–4 – 5–1 7–2 11–7 3–4 9–9 10–8
Oakland 5–0 4–6 4–5 4–5 6–3 3–6 9–10 5–5 1–5 - 10–9 3–6 7–12 4–6 10–8
Seattle 2–8 3–6 1–5 5–4 3–7 2–7 5–14 4–5 2–7 9–10 – 3–4 8–11 5–4 9–9
Tampa Bay 15–3 10–8 6–4 2–5 4–3 5–3 6–3 3–3 7–11 6–3 4–3 – 6–3 11–7 12–6
Texas 5–4 1–9 3–3 4–6 3–6 7–2 7–12 5–5 4–3 12–7 11–8 3–6 – 4–4 10–8
Toronto 12–6 9–9 7–1 1–6 5–3 5–2 3–6 6–0 9–9 6–4 4–5 7–11 4–4 – 8–10
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Roster

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2008 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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Outfielders Manager

Coaches

In-season transactions

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Front office/coaching staff

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Individual accomplishments

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Game log

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2008 Game Log
March/April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 March 31 Rangers 5 – 2 Green (1-0) Millwood (0-1) Putz (1) 46,334 1-0
2 April 1 Rangers 5 – 4 Benoit (1-0) Putz (0-1) Wilson (1) 25,204 1-1
3 April 2 Rangers 4 – 1 Silva (1-0) Jennings (0-1) Batista (1) 21,349 2-1
4 April 4 @ Orioles 7 – 4 Trachsel (1-0) Washburn (0-1) Sherrill (2) 14,429 2-2
5 April 5 @ Orioles 6 – 4 Albers (1-0) Batista (0-1) Sherrill (3) 24,824 2-3
6 April 6 @ Orioles 3 – 2 Sarfate (1-0) Lowe (0-1) 19,215 2-4
7 April 7 @ Orioles 5 – 4 Sarfate (2-0) O'Flaherty (0-1) Sherrill (4) 10,774 2-5
8 April 8 @ Rays 6 – 5 Bédard (1-0) Glover (0-1) Rowland-Smith (1) 36,048 3-5
9 April 9 @ Rays 7 – 1 Washburn (1-1) Sonnanstine 12,106 4-5
10 April 10 @ Rays 7 – 0 Jackson (2-0) Batista (0-2) 11,898 4-6
11 April 11 Angels 8 – 5 Hernández (1-0) Weaver (1-2) Lowe (1) 28,915 5-6
12 April 12 Angels 8 – 3 Silva (2-0) Garland (1-2) 34,963 6-6
13 April 13 Angels 10 – 5 Saunders (2-0) Baek (0-1) 30,664 6-7
14 April 14 Royals 5 – 1 Greinke (3-0) Washburn (1-2) 16,751 6-8
15 April 15 Royals 11 – 6 Batista (1-2) Bale (0-3) 17,137 7-8
16 April 16 @ Athletics 4 – 2 Hernández (2-0) Blanton (1-3) 21,126 8-8
17 April 17 @ Athletics 8 – 1 Silva (3-0) DiNardo (1-1) 10,164 9-8
18 April 18 @ Angels 5 – 4 Saunders (3-0) Dickey (0-1) Rodríguez (7) 43,939 9-9
19 April 19 @ Angels 4 – 1 Santana (3-0) Washburn (1-2) Shields (1) 43,959 9-10
20 April 20 @ Angels 4 – 2 Batista (2-2) Moseley (1-2) Rowland-Smith (2) 43,631 10-10
21 April 22 Orioles 4 – 2 Rhodes (1-0) Guthrie (0-2) Putz (2) 17,780 11-10
22 April 23 Orioles 3 – 2 Cabrera (2-0) Rowland-Smith (0-1) Sherrill (7) 16,823 11-11
23 April 24 Orioles 8 – 7 Bradford (2-1) Green (1-1) Sherrill (8) 16,727 11-12
24 April 25 Athletics 4 – 3 Eveland (3-1) Batista (2-3) Street (7) 40,845 11-13
25 April 26 Athletics 5 – 3 Bédard (2-0) Duchscherer (1-1) 37,563 12-13
26 April 27 Athletics 4 – 2 Blanton (2-4) Hernández (2-1) Street (8) 32,612 12-14
27 April 29 @ Indians 7 – 2 Lowe (1-1) Betancourt (1-1) 13,827 13-14
28 April 30 @ Indians 8 – 3 Lee (5-0) Washburn (1-4) 15,279 13-15
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
29 May 1 @ Indians 3 – 2 (11) Kobayashi (2-0) Green (1-2) 15,722 13-16
30 May 2 @ Yankees 5 – 1 Wang (6-0) Bedard (2-1) 52,199 13-17
31 May 3 @ Yankees 6 – 1 Mussina (4-3) Hernández (2-2) 52,180 13-18
32 May 4 @ Yankees 8 – 2 Rasner (1-0) Silva (3-1) 53,542 13-19
33 May 5 Rangers 7 – 3 Washburn (2-4) Millwood (2-3) 16,637 14-19
34 May 6 Rangers 10 – 1 Ponson (2-0) Batista (2-4) 15,818 14-20
35 May 7 Rangers 2 – 0 Padilla (5-2) Bedard (2-2) Wilson (8) 17,173 14-21
36 May 8 Rangers 5 – 0 Germán (1-0) Hernández (2-3) 22,922 14-22
37 May 9 White Sox 4 – 2 Contreras (3-3) Silva (3-2) Jenks (7) 27,169 14-23
38 May 10 White Sox 8 – 4 Vázquez (4-3) Washburn (2-5) 33,078 14-24
39 May 11 White Sox 6 – 3 Batista (3-4) Floyd (3-2) Putz (3) 30,346 15-24
40 May 12 @ Rangers 13 – 12 (10) Mathis (1-0) Morrow (0-1) 18,509 15-25
41 May 13 @ Rangers 5 – 2 Rupe (2-1) Hernández (2-4) Guardado (1) 15,766 15-26
42 May 14 @ Rangers 4 – 3 (12) Putz (1-1) German (1-2) Washburn (1) 22,934 16-26
43 May 16 Padres 6 – 4 Young (4-3) Batista (3-5) Hoffman (8) 35,586 16-27
44 May 17 Padres 4 – 2 Bédard (3-2) Wolf (2-4) Putz (4) 32,290 17-27
45 May 18 Padres 3 – 2 Rhodes (2-0) Bell (0-3) Putz (5) 35,483 18-27
46 May 20 @ Tigers 12 – 8 Verlander (2-7) Silva (3-3) Jones (7) 39,463 18-28
47 May 21 @ Tigers 9 – 4 Rogers (4-4) Washburn (2-6) 36,495 18-29
48 May 22 @ Tigers 9 – 2 Bonderman (3-4) Batista (3-6) Dolsi (1) 40,166 18-30
49 May 23 @ Yankees 13 – 2 Pettitte (4-5) Bédard (3-3) 52,005 18-31
50 May 24 @ Yankees 12 – 6 Mussina (7-4) Silva (3-4) 53,512 18-32
51 May 25 @ Yankees 6 – 5 Ramírez (1-0) Putz (1-2) Rivera (12) 54,269 18-33
52 May 26 Red Sox 5 – 3 Colón (2-0) Hernández (2-5) 35,818 18-34
53 May 27 Red Sox 4 – 3 Putz (2-3) Timlin (2-3) 30,758 19-34
54 May 28 Red Sox 1 – 0 Bédard (4-3) Wakefield (3-4) Putz (6) 30,752 20-34
55 May 30 Tigers 7 – 4 Robertson (3-5) Silva (3-5) Jones (8) 34,019 20-35
56 May 31 Tigers 5 – 0 Hernández (3-5) Verlander (2=8) 33,441 21-35
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
57 June 1 Tigers 7 – 5 Miner (2-3) Putz (2-3) 38,610 21-36
58 June 2 Angels 4 – 2 Santana (8-2) Washburn (2-7) Rodríguez (22) 22,110 21-37
59 June 3 Angels 5 – 4 Saunders (9-2) Bédard (4-4) Rodríguez (23) 23,534 21-38
60 June 4 Angels 5 – 4 Weaver (5-6) Silva (3-6) Rodríguez (24) 32,774 21-39
61 June 6 @ Red Sox 8 – 0 Hernández (4-5) Colón (3-1) 37,757 22-39
62 June 7 @ Red Sox 11 – 3 Wakefield (4-4) Batista (3-7) 37,443 22-40
63 June 8 @ Red Sox 2 – 1 Masterson (3-0) Green (1-2) Papelbon (18) 37,198 22-41
64 June 9 @ Blue Jays 3 – 2 (10) Dickey (1-1) Frasor (1-1) Putz (7) 20,073 23-41
65 June 10 @ Blue Jays 3 – 1 McGowan (5-4) Silva (3-7) 36,170 23-42
66 June 11 @ Blue Jays 2 – 1 Hernández (5-5) Ryan (1-3) Morrow (1) 35,702 24-42
67 June 13 Nationals 7 – 6 Hill (1-3) Dickey (1-2) Rauch (14) 35,941 24-43
68 June 14 Nationals 5 – 2 Clippard (1-1) Batista (3-8) Rauch (15) 32,145 24-44
69 June 15 Nationals 6 – 2 Colomé (2-1) Lowe (1-3) 38,548 24-45
70 June 16 Marlins 6 – 1 Miller (5-5) Silva (3-8) 21,609 24-46
71 June 17 Marlins 5 – 4 Hernández (6-5) Olsen (4-4) Morrow (2) 20,214 25-46
72 June 18 Marlins 8 – 3 Tucker (2-1) Dickey (1-3) 24,163 25-47
73 June 20 @ Braves 10 – 2 Rowland-Smith (1-1) Campillo (2-2) 40,268 26-47
74 June 21 @ Braves 5 – 4 Boyer (2-5) Batista (3-9) 47,158 26-48
75 June 22 @ Braves 8 – 3 Hudson (8-5) Silva (3-9) 30,965 26-49
76 June 23 @ Mets 5 – 2 Rowland-Smith (2-1) Santana (7-6) Rhodes (1) 49,789 27-49
77 June 24 @ Mets 11 – 0 Dickey (2-3) Pérez (5-5) 49,386 28-49
78 June 25 @ Mets 8 – 2 Maine (8-5) Batista (3-10) 52,154 28-50
79 June 27 @ Padres 5 – 2 Washburn (3-7) Wolf (5-7) Morrow (3) 28,640 29-50
80 June 28 @ Padres 4 – 2 Silva (4-9) Baek (1–4) Morrow (4) 36,396 30-50
81 June 29 @ Padres 9 – 2 Bédard (5-4) Peavy (5-5) 29,966 31-50
82 June 30 Blue Jays 2 – 0 Halladay (9-6) Dickey (2-4) 30,179 31-51
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
83 July 1 Blue Jays 7 – 6 Morrow (1-1) Downs (0-2) 24,586 32-51
84 July 2 Blue Jays 4 – 2 Washburn (4-7) McGowan (6-7) Morrow (5) 23,283 33-51
85 July 3 Tigers 8 – 4 Verlander (5–9) Silva (4–10) Rodney (1) 22,523 33-52
86 July 4 Tigers 4 – 1 Bédard (6-4) Rogers (6–6) Morrow (6) 30,564 34-52
87 July 5 Tigers 3 – 2 Batista (4-10) Rodney (0-2) Morrow (7) 30,373 35-52
88 July 6 Tigers 2 – 1 (15) López (3–1) Burke (0-1) Jones (16) 29,083 35-53
89 July 7 @ Athletics 4 – 3 Eveland (7-5) Washburn (4-8) Street (17) 11,129 35-54
90 July 8 @ Athletics 2 – 0 Duchscherer (10-5) Silva (4-11) 12,543 35-55
91 July 9 @ Athletics 6 – 4 Corcoran (1-0) Blanton (5-12) Morrow (8) 21,128 36-55
92 July 10 @ Athletics 3 – 2 (11) Street (2-2) Jiménez (0-1) 15,187 36-56
93 July 11 @ Royals 3 – 1 Hochevar (6-7) Hernández (6-6) Soria (25) 25,345 36-57
94 July 12 @ Royals 5 – 4 Ramírez (1-0) Morrow (1-2) 23,792 36-58
95 July 13 @ Royals 4 – 3 Green (2-2) Soria (1-2) Morrow (9) 21,421 37-58
96 July 18 Indians 8 – 2 Hernández (7-6) Laffey (5-6) 42,570 38-58
97 July 19 Indians 9 – 6 Sowers (1-5) Batista (4-11) 37,869 38-59
98 July 20 Indians 6 – 2 Lee (13-2) Silva (4–12) 32,230 38-60
99 July 21 Red Sox 4 – 0 Lester (8-3) Washburn (4-9) Papelbon (29) 37,861 38-61
100 July 22 Red Sox 4 – 2 Matsuzaka (11-1) Dickey (2-5) Papelbon (30) 38,425 38-62
101 July 23 Red Sox 6 – 3 Papelbon (4-3) Green (2-3) Hansen (2) 43,231 38-63
102 July 25 @ Blue Jays 5 – 4 (10) Carlson (3-1) Lowe (1-4) 28,463 38-64
103 July 26 @ Blue Jays 8 – 3 Purcey (1-1) Dickey (2-6) 33,041 38-65
104 July 27 @ Blue Jays 5 – 1 Washburn (5-9) Marcum (5-5) 33,367 39-65
105 July 28 @ Rangers 7 – 5 Green (3-3) Francisco (2-3) Morrow (10) 21,742 40-65
106 July 29 @ Rangers 11 – 10 Wilson (1-2) Putz (2-4) 17,618 40-66
107 July 30 @ Rangers 4 – 3 Guardado (2-2) Rhodes (2-1) Wilson (24) 23,894 40-67
108 July 31 @ Rangers 8 – 5 Dickey (3-6) Harrison (2-2) 17,839 41-67
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
109 August 1 Orioles 10 – 5 Olson (8-5) Washburn (5-10) 28,114 41-68
110 August 2 Orioles 3 – 1 Guthrie (8-8) Hernández (7-7) 30,502 41-69
111 August 3 Orioles 8 – 4 Putz (3-4) Cabrera (7-7) 33,334 42-69
112 August 4 Twins 11 – 6 Corcoran (2-0) Bass (3-4) 27,758 43-69
113 August 5 Twins 8 – 7 J. J. Putz (4-4) Guerrier (6-5) 26,083 44-69
114 August 6 Twins 7 – 3 Blackburn (9-6) Washburn (5-11) 30,441 44-70
115 August 7 Rays 2 – 1 Putz (5-4) Wheeler (2-5) 25,423 45-70
116 August 8 Rays 5 – 3 Shields (10-7) Silva (4-13) Percival (25) 30,220 45-71
117 August 9 Rays 8 – 7 (11) Bradford (4-3) Batista (4-12) Percival (26) 27,905 45-72
118 August 10 Rays 11 – 3 Jackson (9-7) Dickey (3-7) 30,336 45-73
119 August 12 @ Angels 7-3 Garland (11-7) Washburn (5-12) Rodríguez (46) 42,086 45-74
120 August 13 @ Angels 10 – 7 (12) Corcoran (3-0) Speier (1-5) 42,754 46-74
121 August 15 @ Twins 9-3 Liriano (3-3) Silva (4-14) 32,208 46-75
122 August 16 @ Twins 7-6 Reyes (3-0) Jimenez (0-3) 36,316 46-76
123 August 17 @ Twins 11-8 Perkins (10-3) Feierabend (0-1) Nathan (33) 35,478 46-77
124 August 18 @ White Sox 13-5 Buehrle (11-10) Washburn (5-13) 39,002 46-78
125 August 19 @ White Sox 5-0 Richard (1-2) Hernández (7-8) 26,414 46-79
126 August 20 @ White Sox 15-3 Floyd (13-6) Dickey (3-8) 27,000 46-80
127 August 21 Athletics 2-0 Smith (6-12) Rowland-Smith (2-2) Ziegler (4) 25,611 46-81
128 August 22 Athletics 7-5 Corcoran (4-0) Blevins (1-3) Putz (8) 26,603 47-81
129 August 23 Athletics 5 – 1 Eveland (8-8) Washburn (5-14) 34,145 47-82
130 August 24 Athletics 8 – 4 Hernández (8-8) Meyer (0-2) Putz (9) 28,731 48-82
131 August 25 Twins 4 – 2 (11) Dickey (4-8) Crain (5-4) 23,277 49-82
132 August 26 Twins 3 – 2 Rowland-Smith (3-2) Baker (7-4) Corcoran (1) 26,292 50-82
133 August 27 Twins 6 – 5 Perkins (12-3) Green (3-4) Nathan (36) 23,581 50-83
134 August 29 @ Indians 3 – 2 Hernández (9-8) Sowers (2-7) Putz (10) 26,047 51-83
135 August 30 @ Indians 4 – 3 (10) Putz (6-4) Lewis (0-4) Messenger (1) 33,387 52-83
136 August 31 @ Indians 6 – 4 Rowland-Smith (4-2) Jackson (0-1) Corcoran (2) 35,376 53-83
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
137 September 1 @ Rangers 12 – 6 Green (4-4) Mendoza (3-7) 16,171 54-83
138 September 2 @ Rangers 6 – 4 McCarthy (1-0) Feierabend (0-2) Francisco (3) 14,521 54-84
139 September 3 @ Rangers 1 – 0 Nippert (2-4) Hernández (9-9) Francisco (4) 12,882 54-85
140 September 5 Yankees 3 – 1 Morrow (2-2) Pettitte (13-12) Putz (11) 39,518 55-85
141 September 6 Yankees 7 – 4 Ponson (8-5) Green (4-5) Rivera (33) 44,473 55-86
142 September 7 Yankees 5 – 2 Feierabend (1-2) Mussina (17-8) Putz (12) 42,677 56-86
143 September 9 Rangers 7 – 3 Padilla (13-7) Hernández (9-10) Madrigal (1) 22,704 56-87
144 September 10 Rangers 8-7 Corcoran (5-0) Millwood (9-9) Putz (13) 23,644 57-87
145 September 11 @ Angels 7 – 4 Weaver (11-10) Morrow (2-3) Rodríguez (57) 38,205 57-88
146 September 12 @ Angels 5 – 3 Arredondo (8-2) Batista (4-13) 43,743 57-89
147 September 13 @ Angels 5 – 2 Garland (14-8) Feierabend (1-3) Rodríguez (58) 43,757 57-90
148 September 14 @ Angels 4 – 3 Arredondo (9-2) Corcoran (5-1) 41,528 57-91
149 September 15 @ Royals 3 – 0 Davies (7-7) Silva (4-15) Soria (38) 10,307 57-92
150 September 16 @ Royals 6 – 3 Duckworth (3-1) Morrow (2-4) Soria (39) 19,135 57-93
151 September 17 @ Royals 5 – 2 Meche (12-11) Corcoran (5-2) Soria (40) 13,382 57-94
152 September 18 @ Royals 12 – 0 Greinke (12-10) Feierabend (1-4) 14,144 57-95
153 September 19 @ Athletics 2 – 0 Eveland (9-8) Hernández (9-11) Ziegler (10) 30,149 57-96
154 September 20 @ Athletics 8 – 7 Street (7-5) Thomas (0-1) Ziegler (11) 18,756 57-97
155 September 21 @ Athletics 5 – 3 Ziegler (3-0) Batista (4-14) Devine (1) 18,707 57-98
156 September 22 Angels 2 – 1 Santana (16-6) Rowland-Smith (4-3) Rodríguez (61) 19,717 57-99
157 September 23 Angels 9 – 6 Corcoran (6-2) Jepsen (0-1) Putz (14) 19,065 58-99
158 September 24 Angels 6 – 5 Oliver (7-1) Lowe (1-5) Rodríguez (62) 19,015 58-100
159 September 25 Angels 6 – 4 Arredondo (10-2) Putz (6-5) Shields (4) 16,939 58-101
160 September 26 Athletics 10 – 8 Morrow (3-4) Gallagher (2-3) Corcoran (3) 24,662 59-101
161 September 27 Athletics 7 – 3 Rowland-Smith (5-3) Smith (7-16) Green (1) 24,440 60-101
162 September 28 Athletics 4 – 3 R. A. Dickey (5-8) Outman (0-1) J. J. Putz (15) 25,000 (approx.) 61-101

Player stats

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Batting

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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
Greg Norton 6 16 7 .438 0 4
Ichiro Suzuki 162 686 213 .310 6 42
José López 159 644 191 .297 17 89
Raúl Ibañez 162 635 186 .293 23 110
Yuniesky Betancourt 153 559 156 .279 7 51
Willie Bloomquist 71 165 46 .279 0 9
Jeremy Reed 97 286 77 .269 2 31
Adrián Beltré 143 566 148 .266 25 77
Jamie Burke 48 92 24 .261 1 8
Bryan LaHair 45 146 34 .250 3 10
Miguel Cairo 108 221 55 .249 0 23
Luis Valbuena 18 49 12 .245 0 1
José Vidro 85 308 72 .234 7 45
Brad Wilkerson 19 56 13 .232 0 5
Jeff Clement 66 203 46 .227 5 23
Kenji Johjima 112 379 86 .227 7 39
Tug Hulett 30 49 11 .224 1 2
Michael Morse 5 9 2 .222 0 0
Richie Sexson 74 252 55 .218 11 30
Wladimir Balentien 71 243 49 .202 7 24
Matt Tuiasosopo 14 44 7 .159 0 2
Rob Johnson 14 31 4 .129 1 2
Charlton Jimerson 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Pitcher Totals 162 23 4 .174 1 4
Team Totals 162 5643 1498 .265 124 631

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Félix Hernández 31 200.2 9 11 0 3.45 175
Carlos Silva 28 153.1 4 15 0 6.46 69
Érik Bédard 15 81.0 6 4 0 3.67 72
Miguel Batista 44 (20 starts, 4 holds) 115.0 4 14 1 6.26 73
Jarrod Washburn 28 (26 starts) 153.2 5 14 1 4.69 87
Ryan Feierabend 8 39.2 1 4 0 7.71 26

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; SV = Saves; W = Wins; L = Losses; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L H SV ERA SO
J. J. Putz 47 46.1 6 5 0 15 3.88 56
Sean Green 72 79 4 5 17 1 4.67 62
Eric O'Flaherty 7 6.2 0 1 2 0 20.25 4
Mark Lowe 57 63.2 1 5 1 1 5.37 55
Roy Corcoran 50 72.2 6 2 8 3 3.22 39
Cha Seung Baek 10 (1 start) 30 0 1 0 0 5.40 15
Ryan Rowland-Smith 47 (12 starts) 118.1 5 3 1 2 3.42 77
R. A. Dickey 32 (14 starts) 112.1 5 8 0 0 5.21 58
Arthur Rhodes 36 22 2 1 13 1 2.86 26
Brandon Morrow 45 (5 starts) 64.2 3 4 3 10 3.34 75
César Jiménez 31 (2 starts) 34.1 0 2 4 0 3.41 26
Jake Woods 15 19 0 0 1 0 6.16 9
Randy Messenger 13 12.2 0 0 2 1 3.55 7
Jared Wells 6 5.1 0 0 0 0 10.13 3
Justin Thomas 8 4 0 1 1 0 6.75 2
Jamie Burke 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.00 0
Team Pitching Totals 162 1435.1 61 101 57 36 4.73 1016

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League Daren Brown
AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Southern League Scott Steinmann
A High Desert Mavericks California League Jim Horner
A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Terry Pollreisz
A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League José Moreno
Rookie Pulaski Mariners Appalachian League Rob Mummau
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Andy Bottin

Major League Baseball draft

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2008 Seattle Mariners draft picks
Information
Owner Nintendo of America
General Manager(s) Bill Bavasi
Lee Pelekoudas
Jack Zduriencik
Manager(s) John McLaren
Jim Riggleman
First pick Joshua Fields (Rule 4)
Reegie Corona (Rule 5)
Draft positions 20 (Rule 4)
2 (Rule 5)
Number of selections 50 (Rule 4)
2 (Rule 5)
Players signed (Rule 4) 36
Links
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Official Site The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners Archived January 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
Years 2007 • 2008 • 2009

Below is a complete list of the Seattle Mariners draft picks from the two 2008 Major League Baseball drafts.[23][24]

The Seattle Mariners took part in both the Major League Baseball Rule 4 draft and the Rule 5 draft in 2008.[23][24]

The 2008 Major League Baseball Draft was held on June 5 and June 6, 2008. He Mariners made the 20th selection in the draft, selecting Joshua Fields.[23] The Mariners selected a total of 50 players and signed 36 of those selected players.[23]

In the 2008 Rule 5 draft the Mariners selected two players, one in the Major League phase and one in the Triple-A phase. They also had three players selected by other teams, two in the Triple-A phase and one in the Double-A phase.[24]

June amateur draft

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Key

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Round (Pick) Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted
Position Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Bold Indicates the player signed with the Mariners before the deadline
Italics Indicates the player did not sign with the Mariners before the deadline
Bold italics Indicates a player was signed after the deadline

Table

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Round (Pick) Name Position School Ref
1 (20) Joshua Fields Right-handed pitcher University of Georgia [25]
2 (20) Dennis Raben Outfielder University of Miami [26]
3 (98) Aaron Pribanic Right-handed pitcher University of Nebraska [23][27]
4 (132) Steven Hensley Right-handed pitcher Elon University [23][28]
5 (162) Brett Lorin Right-handed pitcher Long Beach State University [29]
6 (192) Jarrett Burgess Outfielder Florida Christian School [29]
7 (222) Nate Tenbrink Third baseman Kansas State University [29]
8 (252) Bobby LaFromboise Left-handed pitcher University of New Mexico [29]
9 (282) William Morrison Right-handed pitcher Western Michigan University [23]
10 (312) Nate Newman Right-handed pitcher Pepperdine University [23]
11 (342) Matt Jensen Second basemen Clovis East High School [23]
12 (372) Kenn Kasparek Right-handed pitcher University of Texas [29]
13 (402) Ryan Royster Outfielder University of California, Davis [29]
14 (432) Luke Burnett Right-handed pitcher Louisiana Tech University [23][30]
15 (462) Jacob Shaffer Outfielder Northern Kentucky University [29]
16 (492) Bennett Billingsley Second baseman Lenoir Community College [29]
17 (422) Michael Dennhardt Right-handed pitcher Don Bosco Preparatory High School [23]
18 (552) Travis Howell Catcher Long Beach State University [29]
19 (582) Taylor Lewis Right-handed pitcher Yavapai College [29]
20 (612) Frederick Bello Shortstop Cerro Coso Community College [23][31]
21 (642) Jordan Alvis Right-handed pitcher Middle Tennessee State University [29]
22 (672) Blake Nation Right-handed pitcher Georgia Southern University [29]
23 (702) Brandon Maurer Right-handed pitcher Orange Lutheran High School [23]
24 (732) Henry Contreras Catcher Cal State LA [29]
25 (762) Paul Robinson Second baseman Paris Junior College [23]
26 (792) Taylor Stanton Right-handed pitcher Diablo Valley College [23]
27 (822) Tommy Johnson Catcher Marshall University [23]
28 (852) Scott Savastano Shortstop Franklin Pierce College [23]
29 (882) Stephen Penney Right-handed pitcher University of California, Riverside [23]
30 (912) Brad Reid Right-handed pitcher Bellevue College [29]
31 (942) Randy Castillo Right-handed pitcher Aiea High School [23]
32 (972) Nick Love Right-handed pitcher Bellevue University [29]
33 (1002) Kyle Brown Left-handed pitcher University of California, Santa Barbara [29]
34 (1032) Ty Tostenson Outfielder Oak Ridge High School [23]
35 (1062) Nicholas Czyz Left-handed pitcher University of Kansas [29]
36 (1092) Chris Kirkland Right-handed pitcher University of Memphis [29]
37 (1122) Brandon Pullen Left-handed pitcher San Diego State University [29]
38 (1152) Andres Esquibel Right-handed pitcher University of Kansas [29]
39 (1182) Christian Staehely Right-handed pitcher Princeton University [29]
40 (1212) Troy Channing Catcher Foothill High School [23]
41 (1242) Henry Cotto Outfielder GateWay Community College [32]
42 (1272) Randy Molina First baseman Stanford University [23]
43 (1302) Mike Kindel Outfielder Springboro High School [23]
44 (1332) Donnie Jobe Second baseman Elon University [29]
45 (1360) Andrew Kittredge Right-handed pitcher Ferris High School [23]
46 (1387) Alvin Rittman Outfielder Germantown High School [23]
47 (1414) Richard O'Donald Right-handed pitcher John Dickinson High School [23]
48 (1468) D. J. Mauldin Right-handed pitcher California Poly San Luis Obispo [23]
49 (1468) Joshua Rodriguez Catcher South Mountain Community College [23]
50 (1495) Walker Kelly Left-handed pitcher Arlington Heights High School [23]

Rule 5 draft

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Key

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Pick Indicates the pick the player was drafted
Previous team Indicates the previous organization, not minor league team

Table

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Phase Pick Name Position Previous team Notes Ref
Major League 2 Reegie Corona Shortstop New York Yankees Corona was returned to the Yankees before the regular season. [24][33]
Triple-A 2 Pat Ryan Right-handed pitcher Milwaukee Brewers none [24]

References

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  • Game Logs:
1st Half: Seattle Mariners Game Log on ESPN
2nd Half: Seattle Mariners Game Log on ESPN
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