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1997 Seattle Mariners Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
90-72, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 925 runs, Allowed 833 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73
Manager: Lou Piniella (90-72)
Ballpark: Kingdome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,192,237 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
Postseason:  Lost AL Division Series (3-1) to Baltimore Orioles
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1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Rich Amaral 35 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 1, 1962 7 89 43 89 75 0 0 14 11 1 1 39 9 6 52 0 23 15 $550,000.00
Bobby Ayala 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Jul 8, 1969 6 71 0 4 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $900,000.00
Mike Blowers 32 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 24, 1965 9 68 45 68 64 0 0 49 0 10 0 5 0 1 6 0 18 0 $400,000.00
Jay Buhner 32 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 13, 1964 11 157 154 157 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 1 3 0 $4,827,962.00
Rafael Carmona 24 L R 6' 2" 185 Oct 2, 1972 3 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norm Charlton 34 B L 6' 3" 205 Jan 6, 1963 9 71 0 4 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,950,000.00
Ken Cloude 22 R R 6' 1" 200 Jan 9, 1975 1st 10 1 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey Cora 32 B R 5' 8" 152 May 14, 1965 10 149 138 149 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 $1,025,000.00 All-Star
Jose Cruz 23 B R 6' 0" 190 Apr 19, 1974 1st 49 47 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 49 0 1 1
Russ Davis 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 13, 1969 4 119 113 119 117 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 $185,000.00
Tim Davis 26 L L 5' 11" 165 Jul 14, 1970 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $217,500.00
Rob Ducey 32 L R 6' 2" 180 May 24, 1965 9 76 32 76 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 12 19 69 0 12 4 $200,000.00
Alvaro Espinoza 35 R R 6' 0" 181 Feb 19, 1962 12 33 20 33 31 0 0 0 14 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Jeff Fassero 34 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 5, 1963 7 35 2 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,466,667.00
Brent Gates 27 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 14, 1970 5 65 31 65 57 0 0 1 21 32 5 1 0 0 1 0 17 0 $300,000.00
Ken Griffey 27 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 21, 1969 9 157 157 157 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 153 0 153 4 0 0 $7,885,532.00 All-Star
Giomar Guevara 24 B R 5' 8" 150 Oct 23, 1972 1st 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mark Holzemer 27 L L 6' 0" 165 Aug 20, 1969 4 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edwin Hurtado 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Feb 1, 1970 3 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $155,000.00
Raul Ibanez 25 L R 6' 2" 210 Jun 2, 1972 2 11 6 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 0 3 1 $150,000.00
Randy Johnson 33 R L 6' 10" 225 Sep 10, 1963 10 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,325,000.00 All-Star
Roberto Kelly 32 R R 6' 2" 192 Oct 1, 1964 11 30 27 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 1 0 29 0 3 0
Felipe Lira 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 26, 1972 3 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derek Lowe 24 R R 6' 6" 170 Jun 1, 1973 1st 12 2 2 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Maddux 35 L R 6' 2" 190 Aug 27, 1961 12 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josias Manzanillo 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 16, 1967 5 16 0 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Dennis Martinez 42 R R 6' 1" 185 May 14, 1955 22 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edgar Martinez 34 R R 5' 11" 210 Jan 2, 1963 11 155 151 155 8 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 144 3 0 $3,050,000.00 All-Star
John Marzano 34 R R 5' 11" 197 Feb 14, 1963 9 39 24 39 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $250,000.00
Greg McCarthy 28 L L 6' 2" 195 Oct 30, 1968 2 37 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $151,000.00
Jamie Moyer 34 L L 6' 0" 170 Nov 18, 1962 11 30 1 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,700,000.00
Omar Olivares 29 R R 6' 1" 193 Jul 6, 1967 8 13 1 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Raabe 29 R R 5' 9" 177 Nov 5, 1967 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $160,000.00
Alex Rodriguez 21 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 27, 1975 4 141 141 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $1,062,500.00 All-Star
Dan Rohrmeier 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 27, 1965 1st 7 1 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Scott Sanders 28 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 25, 1969 5 33 0 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,300,000.00
Andy Sheets 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 19, 1971 2 32 28 32 32 0 0 0 2 21 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $152,500.00
Heathcliff Slocumb 31 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 7, 1966 7 27 0 2 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Sorrento 31 L R 6' 2" 200 Nov 17, 1965 9 146 119 146 139 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 $1,500,000.00
Paul Spoljaric 26 R L 6' 3" 205 Sep 24, 1970 3 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Timlin 31 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 10, 1966 7 26 0 2 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Tinsley 28 B R 5' 10" 185 Mar 4, 1969 5 49 31 49 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 6 2 41 0 5 8 $400,000.00
Salomon Torres 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 11, 1972 5 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $175,000.00
Bob Wells 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 1, 1966 4 46 0 3 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $280,000.00
Rick Wilkins 30 L R 6' 2" 210 Jun 4, 1967 7 5 4 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 $150,000.00
Dan Wilson 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 25, 1969 6 146 136 146 144 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $1,125,000.00
Bob Wolcott 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 8, 1973 3 19 1 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $195,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played