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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1999 / 2001)
91-71, Finished 2nd in AL West
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Scored 907 runs, Allowed 780 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70
Manager: Lou Piniella (91-71)
Ballpark: Safeco Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,914,624 (4th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93; one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 90
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Lost AL Championship Series (4-2) to New York Yankees Won AL Division Series (3-0) over Chicago White Sox |
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1999 / 2001 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 4, 1999
Giomar Guevara granted Free Agency.
Butch Henry granted Free Agency.
October 8, 1999
Eric Weaver granted Free Agency.
October 11, 1999
Ozzie Timmons granted Free Agency.
October 15, 1999
Raul Chavez granted Free Agency.
November 5, 1999
Mike Blowers granted Free Agency.
Mark Leiter granted Free Agency.
November 11, 1999
Jay Buhner granted Free Agency.
November 17, 1999
Signed Rich Butler as a free agent.
Signed Robert Machado as a free agent.
December 6, 1999
Signed Jay Buhner as a free agent.
Released Melvin Bunch.
December 13, 1999
Drafted Aaron Taylor from the Atlanta Braves in the 1999 minor league draft.
December 15, 1999
Signed John Olerud as a free agent.
December 18, 1999
Signed Kazuhiro Sasaki as an amateur free agent.
December 20, 1999
Signed Stan Javier as a free agent.
Signed Mark McLemore as a free agent.
December 21, 1999
Rafael Bournigal granted Free Agency.
Rafael Carmona granted Free Agency.
Russ Davis granted Free Agency.
Released Ryan Jackson.
Signed Arthur Rhodes as a free agent.
January 3, 2000
Released Brett Hinchliffe.
January 10, 2000
Signed Aaron Sele as a free agent.
January 14, 2000
Signed Brian Lesher as a free agent.
January 19, 2000
Signed Joe Oliver as a free agent.
February 10, 2000
Traded Ken Griffey to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jake Meyer (minors), Mike Cameron, Antonio Perez and Brett Tomko.
March 21, 2000
Traded Carlos Maldonado to the Houston Astros. Received Carlos Hernandez.
March 22, 2000
Released Marc Kroon.
March 27, 2000
Released Brian Hunter.
March 31, 2000
Selected Anthony Sanders off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
May 19, 2000 (Standings)
Signed Rickey Henderson as a free agent.
June 5, 2000 (Standings)
Drafted Jamal Strong in the 6th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2000.
Drafted Jaime Bubela in the 7th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2000.
Drafted Charlie Manning in the 9th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jason Hammel in the 23rd round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted John Nelson in the 39th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 23, 2000 (Standings)
Selected Mark Watson off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
July 2, 2000 (Standings)
Signed Emiliano Fruto as an amateur free agent.
Signed Jose Lopez as an amateur free agent.
Signed Jesus Guzman as an amateur free agent.
July 9, 2000 (Standings)
Signed Wladimir Balentien as an amateur free agent.
July 31, 2000 (Standings)
Traded Tom Davey and John Mabry to the San Diego Padres. Received Al Martin.
August 8, 2000 (Standings)
Traded players to be named later to the Montreal Expos. Received Chris Widger. The Seattle Mariners sent Sean Spencer (August 10, 2000) and Terrmel Sledge (September 28, 2000) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
August 14, 2000 (Standings)
Signed Shin-Soo Choo as an amateur free agent.
October 2, 2000 (Standings)
Robert Machado granted Free Agency.
October 15, 2000 (Standings)
Ken Cloude granted Free Agency.
Jose Flores granted Free Agency.
Dusty Wathan granted Free Agency.
October 18, 2000
Carlos Hernandez granted Free Agency.
Damaso Marte granted Free Agency.
October 27, 2000
Tom Lampkin granted Free Agency.
October 29, 2000
Signed Travis Blackley as an amateur free agent.
October 30, 2000
Alex Rodriguez granted Free Agency.
November 3, 2000
Rickey Henderson granted Free Agency.
November 4, 2000
Joe Oliver granted Free Agency.
November 6, 2000
Jose Mesa granted Free Agency.
November 7, 2000
Signed Scott Podsednik as a free agent.
November 8, 2000
Signed Ken Cloude as a free agent.
November 10, 2000
Jay Buhner granted Free Agency.
November 16, 2000
Brian Lesher granted Free Agency.
Released Todd Williams.
November 19, 2000
Signed Ryan Rowland-Smith as an amateur free agent.
November 30, 2000
Purchased Ichiro Suzuki from Orix (Japan Pacific).
December 4, 2000
Signed Jeff Nelson as a free agent.
December 7, 2000
Signed Jay Buhner as a free agent.
December 11, 2000
Jermaine Clark drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Jorge Sosa from the Colorado Rockies in the 2000 minor league draft.
December 14, 2000
Selected Mike Caruso off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.
December 18, 2000
Selected Jason Grabowski off waivers from the Texas Rangers.
December 19, 2000
Signed Norm Charlton as a free agent.
December 20, 2000
Released Frank Rodriguez.
December 21, 2000
Mike Caruso granted Free Agency.
Raul Ibanez granted Free Agency.
December 22, 2000
Signed Bret Boone as a free agent.
Signed Tom Lampkin as a free agent.
January 23, 2001
Signed Carlos Baerga as a free agent.
January 24, 2001
Signed Brian Falkenborg as a free agent.
February 18, 2001
Signed Manny Alexander as a free agent.
March 30, 2001
Released Carlos Baerga.
