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2008 Seattle Mariners
2008 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Safeco Field
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	61–101 (.377)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Nintendo of America; (represented by Howard Lincoln)
General managers	Bill Bavasi, Lee Pelekoudas
Managers	John McLaren (dismissed June 20), Jim Riggleman
Television	FSN Northwest; (Dave Niehaus, Dave Sims,; Rick Rizzs, Mike Blowers)
Radio	KOMO (English); (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs); KSZN (Spanish); (Alex Rivera, Julio Cruz)

2008 Seattle Mariners season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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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.

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v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	100	62	0.617	—	50–31	50–31
Texas Rangers	79	83	0.488	21	40–41	39–42
Oakland Athletics	75	86	0.466	24½	43–38	32–48
Seattle Mariners	61	101	0.377	39	35–46	26–55

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

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

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

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	79.0	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	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	22.0	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	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	0	1	1	0	6.75	2
Jamie Burke	1	1.0	0	1	0	0	9.00	0
Team Pitching Totals	162	1435.1	61	101	57	36	4.73	1016

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2008 Seattle Mariners season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

In-season transactions

Front office/coaching staff

Individual accomplishments

Game log

Player stats

Batting

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

Major League Baseball Draft

June amateur draft

Key

Table

Rule 5 draft

Key

Table

References

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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

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
Results	Baseball-Reference The Baseball Cube
Official Site	The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners Archived January 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
Years	2007 • 2008 • 2009

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

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

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

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.	^[2]^[11]
Triple-A	2	Pat Ryan	Right-handed pitcher	Milwaukee Brewers	none	^[2]