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1997 Seattle Mariners

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

90-72, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Piniella (90-72)
Scored 925 runs, Allowed 833 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73

Ballparks: Kingdome · 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

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1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR 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 54 3 23 15 -0.4 $550,000
Bobby Ayala 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 8, 1969 6 71 0 4 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $900,000
Mike Blowers 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 24, 1965 9 68 45 68 64 0 0 49 0 10 0 5 0 1 6 1 18 0 0.7 $400,000
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 2 3 0 2.6 $4,827,962
Rafael Carmona 24 L R 6' 2" 185 Oct 2, 1972 3 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Norm Charlton 34 B L 6' 3" 195 Jan 6, 1963 9 71 0 4 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.4 $2,950,000
Ken Cloude 22 R R 6' 1" 200 Jan 9, 1975 1st 10 9 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Joey Cora 32 B R 5' 7" 150 May 14, 1965 10 149 138 149 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 2.3 $1,025,000 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 1.5 $
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 1.4 $185,000
Tim Davis 26 L L 5' 11" 165 Jul 14, 1970 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $217,500
Rob Ducey 32 L R 6' 2" 175 May 24, 1965 9 76 32 76 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 12 19 74 0 12 4 0.9 $200,000
Alvaro Espinoza 35 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1962 12 33 20 33 31 0 0 0 14 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 -0.7 $
Jeff Fassero 34 L L 6' 1" 180 Jan 5, 1963 7 35 35 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 $3,466,667
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 1 17 0 -0.6 $300,000
Ken Griffey 27 L L 6' 3" 195 Nov 21, 1969 9 157 157 157 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 153 0 154 4 0 0 9.4 $7,885,532 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 2 0 2 -0.2 $
Mark Holzemer 27 L L 6' 0" 165 Aug 20, 1969 4 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Edwin Hurtado 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Feb 1, 1970 3 13 1 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $155,000
Raul Ibanez 25 L R 6' 2" 220 Jun 2, 1972 2 11 6 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 1 3 1 -0.4 $150,000
Randy Johnson 33 R L 6' 10" 225 Sep 10, 1963 10 30 29 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.7 $6,325,000 All-Star
Roberto Kelly 32 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 1, 1964 11 30 27 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 1 0 29 1 3 0 1.0 $
Felipe Lira 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 26, 1972 3 8 3 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Derek Lowe 24 R R 6' 6" 230 Jun 1, 1973 1st 12 9 2 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Mike Maddux 35 L R 6' 2" 180 Aug 27, 1961 12 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
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 -0.2 $200,000
Dennis Martinez 42 R R 6' 1" 160 May 14, 1955 22 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Edgar Martinez 34 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 2, 1963 11 155 151 155 8 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 144 3 0 6.2 $3,050,000 All-Star
John Marzano 34 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 14, 1963 9 39 24 39 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.0 $250,000
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 -0.3 $151,000
Jamie Moyer 34 L L 6' 0" 170 Nov 18, 1962 11 30 30 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $1,700,000
Omar Olivares 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 6, 1967 8 13 12 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Brian Raabe 29 R R 5' 9" 170 Nov 5, 1967 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $160,000
Alex Rodriguez 21 R R 6' 3" 230 Jul 27, 1975 4 141 141 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.8 $1,062,500 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 4 5 0 0.1 $
Scott Sanders 28 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 25, 1969 5 33 6 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $1,300,000
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 0.1 $152,500
Heathcliff Slocumb 31 R R 6' 3" 180 Jun 7, 1966 7 27 0 2 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Paul Sorrento 31 L R 6' 2" 195 Nov 17, 1965 9 146 119 146 139 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 0 2.0 $1,500,000
Paul Spoljaric 26 R L 6' 3" 205 Sep 24, 1970 3 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Timlin 31 R R 6' 4" 205 Mar 10, 1966 7 26 0 2 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Lee Tinsley 28 B R 5' 11" 190 Mar 4, 1969 5 49 31 49 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 6 2 42 5 5 8 0.0 $400,000
Salomon Torres 25 R R 5' 11" 150 Mar 11, 1972 5 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $175,000
Bob Wells 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 1, 1966 4 46 1 3 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $280,000
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 0.1 $150,000
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 3.3 $1,125,000
Bob Wolcott 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 8, 1973 3 19 18 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $195,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Alex Rodriguez

Lee Tinsley

Dan Wilson

Rich Amaral

Brent Gates

Roberto Kelly

Edgar Martinez

Andy Sheets

Jeff Fassero

Mike Blowers

John Marzano

Russ Davis

Jay Buhner

Mike Maddux

Rafael Carmona

Jose Cruz
Paul Spoljaric

Ken Griffey

Alvaro Espinoza
Omar Olivares

Ken Cloude
Omar Olivares
Scott Sanders

Joey Cora

Rob Ducey

Brian Raabe

Bobby Ayala

Dennis Martinez

Bob Wolcott

Giomar Guevara

Dan Rohrmeier

Derek Lowe

Norm Charlton

Raul Ibanez
Salomon Torres

Edwin Hurtado
Greg McCarthy

Greg McCarthy
Mike Timlin

Felipe Lira
Josias Manzanillo

Rick Wilkins

Paul Sorrento

Bob Wells

Tim Davis

Jamie Moyer

Randy Johnson

Heathcliff Slocumb

Mark Holzemer

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers