# 2008 Seattle Mariners 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.
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

* December 20, 2007: Signed free agent RHP Carlos Silva
* January 8, 2008: Signed free agent INF Miguel Cairo
* January 31, 2008: Signed free agent OF Brad Wilkerson
* February 8, 2008: Traded OF Adam Jones, LHP George Sherrill, and minor league pitchers Tony Butler, Chris Tillman and Kam Mickolio to the Baltimore Orioles for LHP Érik Bédard
* Dismissed all coaches hired under Mike Hargrove except hitting coach Jeff Pentland and hired former MLB managers Jim Riggleman (bench coach), Sam Perlozzo (third base coach), and Lee Elia (special assistant to the manager), as well as Mel Stottlemyre (pitching coach), Norm Charlton (bullpen coach), and Eddie Rodriguez (first base coach).

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL 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

| 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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### In-season transactions

* April 2, 2008: Placed pitcher J. J. Putz on the 15-day disabled list, and purchased the contract of pitcher Roy Corcoran from Tacoma of the Pacific Coast League (AAA).
* April 11, 2008: Recalled IF Greg Norton from Triple-A Tacoma; designated OF Charlton Jimerson for assignment.
* April 14, 2008: Selected the contract of LHP Arthur Rhodes from Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx; Recalled RHP R. A. Dickey from Triple-A Tacoma; Placed OF Mike Morse on 15-day disabled list with a dislocated left shoulder; Optioned LHP Eric O'Flaherty to Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx.
* April 15, 2008: Placed LHP Érik Bédard on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 9, with inflammation in his left hip.
* April 16, 2008: Recalled RHP Brandon Morrow from Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx; Re-signed OF Charlton Jimerson to a Minor League contract, he had been designated for assignment on April 10.
* April 22, 2008: Activated RHP J. J. Putz from the 15-day disabled list; optioned RHP R. A. Dickey to Triple-A Tacoma.
* April 25, 2008: Signed C Kenji Johjima to a 3-year, $24 million contract extension through 2011.
* April 26, 2008: Activated LHP Érik Bédard from the 15-day disabled list; optioned RHP Roy Corcoran to Triple-A Tacoma.
* April 30, 2008: Recalled C Jeff Clement and OF Wladimir Balentien from Triple-A Tacoma; Designated INF Greg Norton and OF Brad Wilkerson for assignment.
* May 5, 2008: Traded Greg Norton to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named or cash considerations; Released nonroster OF Bronson Sardinha.
* May 7, 2008: Released OF Brad Wilkerson, he had been designated for assignment on April 30.
* May 18, 2008: Optioned C Jeff Clement to Triple-A Tacoma.
* May 19, 2008: Recalled OF Jeremy Reed from Triple-A Tacoma; claimed RHP Tracy Thorpe off waivers from Toronto.
* May 21, 2008: Designated RHP Cha Seung Baek for assignment.
* May 22, 2008: Recalled RHP R. A. Dickey from Triple-A Tacoma.
* May 27, 2008: Acquired RHP Jared Wells from the San Diego Padres for RHP Cha Seung Baek.
* May 28, 2008: Optioned RHP Jared Wells to Triple-A Tacoma; Activated RHP Anderson Garcia from the 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Single-A High Desert.
* June 13, 2008: Placed RHP J. J. Putz on the 15-day disabled list with a hyper-extended right elbow; Recalled RHP Roy Corcoran from Triple-A Tacoma.
* June 16, 2008: Recalled C Jeff Clement from Triple-A Tacoma; Optioned OF Wladimir Balentien to Triple-A Tacoma.
* June 24, 2008: Acquired LHP Nelson Payano from the Atlanta Braves to complete the May 5 trade.
* July 1, 2008: Placed RHP Félix Hernández on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left ankle retroactive to June 24; Recalled LHP Cesar Jimenez from Triple-A Tacoma.
* July 7, 2008: Released RHP Anderson Garcia.
* July 10, 2008: Recalled RHP Jared Wells from Triple-A Tacoma; Selected the contract of INF Tug Hulett from Triple-A Tacoma; Placed LHP Érik Bédard on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 5, with stiffness in his left shoulder; Released INF Richie Sexson.
* July 11, 2008: Activated RHP Félix Hernández from the 15-day disabled list; Optioned RHP Jared Wells to Triple-A Tacoma.
* July 17, 2008: Optioned INF Tug Hulett to Triple-A Tacoma; Signed OF Julio Morban and RHP Francisco Valdivia.
* July 18, 2008: Recalled 1B Bryan LaHair from Triple-A Tacoma.
* July 20, 2008: Activated RHP J. J. Putz from the 15-day disabled list; Optioned LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith to Triple-A Tacoma.
* July 25, 2008: Signed RHP Jorge Sosa to a minor league contract.
* July 30, 2008: Claimed RHP Luis Munoz off waivers from Pittsburgh and optioned him to Double-A West Tenn.
* July 31, 2008: Acquired RHP Gaby Hernandez from the Florida Marlins in exchange for LHP Arthur Rhodes.
* August 13, 2008: Released DH/INF José Vidro (Designated for assignment on August 5)

#### Front office/coaching staff

* June 9, 2008: Dismissed hitting coach Jeff Pentland and named special assistant Lee Elia as his replacement
* June 16, 2008: Dismissed general manager Bill Bavasi and named vice president/assistant GM Lee Pelekoudas as interim GM
* June 19, 2008: Dismissed field manager John McLaren and named bench coach Jim Riggleman as interim manager. Elia promoted to bench coach and minor league hitting instructor Jose Castro promoted to hitting coach.

### Individual accomplishments

* May 18: OF Ichiro Suzuki breaks the franchise stolen base record of 290 previously held by Julio Cruz in a game against the San Diego Padres
* June 17: RHP Félix Hernández throws an immaculate inning (retiring all three batters via strikeout using the minimum nine pitches needed to do so) against the Florida Marlins, becoming the thirteenth American League pitcher to do so
* June 23: Félix Hernández hits a grand slam off New York Mets pitcher (and fellow Venezuelan) Johan Santana, becoming the first pitcher in franchise history to hit a home run, as well as the first American League pitcher to hit a grand slam in modern Interleague play
* July 6: C Jamie Burke pitched in the 15th inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers after catching the previous six innings. Burke, who had made four relief appearances in the minor leagues, was saddled with a loss and became the first position player to receive a decision as a pitcher since 2000.
* July 15: Ichiro Suzuki plays in his eighth consecutive Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* July 29: Ichiro Suzuki records his 3,000th major-league hit (1,278 in Nippon Professional Baseball and 1,722 in MLB) in a game against the Texas Rangers
* September 1: 3B Adrián Beltré hit for the cycle against the Texas Rangers, becoming the fourth Mariner to accomplish the feat. Beltre's cycle came hours after Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Stephen Drew hit for the cycle in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, marking the first time two players hit for the cycle in the same day since 1920.
* September 18: Ichiro Suzuki records his 200th hit of the season, completing 8 straight seasons of accomplishing the feat, tying the record for number of 200+ hit consecutive seasons. Hall of Famer Willie Keeler is the only other person to have achieved this milestone, from 1894 through 1901.

### Game log

2008 Game Log :
March/April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31Rangers5 – 2Green (1-0)Millwood (0-1)Putz (1)46,3341-0
2April 1Rangers5 – 4Benoit (1-0)Putz (0-1)Wilson (1)25,2041-1
3April 2Rangers4 – 1Silva (1-0)Jennings (0-1)Batista (1)21,3492-1
4April 4@ Orioles7 – 4Trachsel (1-0)Washburn (0-1)Sherrill (2)14,4292-2
5April 5@ Orioles6 – 4Albers (1-0)Batista (0-1)Sherrill (3)24,8242-3
6April 6@ Orioles3 – 2Sarfate (1-0)Lowe (0-1)19,2152-4
7April 7@ Orioles5 – 4Sarfate (2-0)O'Flaherty (0-1)Sherrill (4)10,7742-5
8April 8@ Rays6 – 5Bédard (1-0)Glover (0-1)Rowland-Smith (1)36,0483-5
9April 9@ Rays7 – 1Washburn (1-1)Sonnanstine12,1064-5
10April 10@ Rays7 – 0Jackson (2-0)Batista (0-2)11,8984-6
11April 11Angels8 – 5Hernández (1-0)Weaver (1-2)Lowe (1)28,9155-6
12April 12Angels8 – 3Silva (2-0)Garland (1-2)34,9636-6
13April 13Angels10 – 5Saunders (2-0)Baek (0-1)30,6646-7
14April 14Royals5 – 1Greinke (3-0)Washburn (1-2)16,7516-8
15April 15Royals11 – 6Batista (1-2)Bale (0-3)17,1377-8
16April 16@ Athletics4 – 2Hernández (2-0)Blanton (1-3)21,1268-8
17April 17@ Athletics8 – 1Silva (3-0)DiNardo (1-1)10,1649-8
18April 18@ Angels5 – 4Saunders (3-0)Dickey (0-1)Rodríguez (7)43,9399-9
19April 19@ Angels4 – 1Santana (3-0)Washburn (1-2)Shields (1)43,9599-10
20April 20@ Angels4 – 2Batista (2-2)Moseley (1-2)Rowland-Smith (2)43,63110-10
21April 22Orioles4 – 2Rhodes (1-0)Guthrie (0-2)Putz (2)17,78011-10
22April 23Orioles3 – 2Cabrera (2-0)Rowland-Smith (0-1)Sherrill (7)16,82311-11
23April 24Orioles8 – 7Bradford (2-1)Green (1-1)Sherrill (8)16,72711-12
24April 25Athletics4 – 3Eveland (3-1)Batista (2-3)Street (7)40,84511-13
25April 26Athletics5 – 3Bédard (2-0)Duchscherer (1-1)37,56312-13
26April 27Athletics4 – 2Blanton (2-4)Hernández (2-1)Street (8)32,61212-14
27April 29@ Indians7 – 2Lowe (1-1)Betancourt (1-1)13,82713-14
28April 30@ Indians8 – 3Lee (5-0)Washburn (1-4)15,27913-15 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 1@ Indians3 – 2 (11)Kobayashi (2-0)Green (1-2)15,72213-16
30May 2@ Yankees5 – 1Wang (6-0)Bedard (2-1)52,19913-17
31May 3@ Yankees6 – 1Mussina (4-3)Hernández (2-2)52,18013-18
32May 4@ Yankees8 – 2Rasner (1-0)Silva (3-1)53,54213-19
33May 5Rangers7 – 3Washburn (2-4)Millwood (2-3)16,63714-19
34May 6Rangers10 – 1Ponson (2-0)Batista (2-4)15,81814-20
35May 7Rangers2 – 0Padilla (5-2)Bedard (2-2)Wilson (8)17,17314-21
36May 8Rangers5 – 0Germán (1-0)Hernández (2-3)22,92214-22
37May 9White Sox4 – 2Contreras (3-3)Silva (3-2)Jenks (7)27,16914-23
38May 10White Sox8 – 4Vázquez (4-3)Washburn (2-5)33,07814-24
39May 11White Sox6 – 3Batista (3-4)Floyd (3-2)Putz (3)30,34615-24
40May 12@ Rangers13 – 12 (10)Mathis (1-0)Morrow (0-1)18,50915-25
41May 13@ Rangers5 – 2Rupe (2-1)Hernández (2-4)Guardado (1)15,76615-26
42May 14@ Rangers4 – 3 (12)Putz (1-1)German (1-2)Washburn (1)22,93416-26
43May 16Padres6 – 4Young (4-3)Batista (3-5)Hoffman (8)35,58616-27
44May 17Padres4 – 2Bédard (3-2)Wolf (2-4)Putz (4)32,29017-27
45May 18Padres3 – 2Rhodes (2-0)Bell (0-3)Putz (5)35,48318-27
46May 20@ Tigers12 – 8Verlander (2-7)Silva (3-3)Jones (7)39,46318-28
47May 21@ Tigers9 – 4Rogers (4-4)Washburn (2-6)36,49518-29
48May 22@ Tigers9 – 2Bonderman (3-4)Batista (3-6)Dolsi (1)40,16618-30
49May 23@ Yankees13 – 2Pettitte (4-5)Bédard (3-3)52,00518-31
50May 24@ Yankees12 – 6Mussina (7-4)Silva (3-4)53,51218-32
51May 25@ Yankees6 – 5Ramírez (1-0)Putz (1-2)Rivera (12)54,26918-33
52May 26Red Sox5 – 3Colón (2-0)Hernández (2-5)35,81818-34
53May 27Red Sox4 – 3Putz (2-3)Timlin (2-3)30,75819-34
54May 28Red Sox1 – 0Bédard (4-3)Wakefield (3-4)Putz (6)30,75220-34
55May 30Tigers7 – 4Robertson (3-5)Silva (3-5)Jones (8)34,01920-35
56May 31Tigers5 – 0Hernández (3-5)Verlander (2=8)33,44121-35 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1Tigers7 – 5Miner (2-3)Putz (2-3)38,61021-36
58June 2Angels4 – 2Santana (8-2)Washburn (2-7)Rodríguez (22)22,11021-37
59June 3Angels5 – 4Saunders (9-2)Bédard (4-4)Rodríguez (23)23,53421-38
60June 4Angels5 – 4Weaver (5-6)Silva (3-6)Rodríguez (24)32,77421-39
61June 6@ Red Sox8 – 0Hernández (4-5)Colón (3-1)37,75722-39
62June 7@ Red Sox11 – 3Wakefield (4-4)Batista (3-7)37,44322-40
63June 8@ Red Sox2 – 1Masterson (3-0)Green (1-2)Papelbon (18)37,19822-41
64June 9@ Blue Jays3 – 2 (10)Dickey (1-1)Frasor (1-1)Putz (7)20,07323-41
65June 10@ Blue Jays3 – 1McGowan (5-4)Silva (3-7)36,17023-42
66June 11@ Blue Jays2 – 1Hernández (5-5)Ryan (1-3)Morrow (1)35,70224-42
67June 13Nationals7 – 6Hill (1-3)Dickey (1-2)Rauch (14)35,94124-43
68June 14Nationals5 – 2Clippard (1-1)Batista (3-8)Rauch (15)32,14524-44
69June 15Nationals6 – 2Colomé (2-1)Lowe (1-3)38,54824-45
70June 16Marlins6 – 1Miller (5-5)Silva (3-8)21,60924-46
71June 17Marlins5 – 4Hernández (6-5)Olsen (4-4)Morrow (2)20,21425-46
72June 18Marlins8 – 3Tucker (2-1)Dickey (1-3)24,16325-47
73June 20@ Braves10 – 2Rowland-Smith (1-1)Campillo (2-2)40,26826-47
74June 21@ Braves5 – 4Boyer (2-5)Batista (3-9)47,15826-48
75June 22@ Braves8 – 3Hudson (8-5)Silva (3-9)30,96526-49
76June 23@ Mets5 – 2Rowland-Smith (2-1)Santana (7-6)Rhodes (1)49,78927-49
77June 24@ Mets11 – 0Dickey (2-3)Pérez (5-5)49,38628-49
78June 25@ Mets8 – 2Maine (8-5)Batista (3-10)52,15428-50
79June 27@ Padres5 – 2Washburn (3-7)Wolf (5-7)Morrow (3)28,64029-50
80June 28@ Padres4 – 2Silva (4-9)Baek (1–4)Morrow (4)36,39630-50
81June 29@ Padres9 – 2Bédard (5-4)Peavy (5-5)29,96631-50
82June 30Blue Jays2 – 0Halladay (9-6)Dickey (2-4)30,17931-51 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1Blue Jays7 – 6Morrow (1-1)Downs (0-2)24,58632-51
84July 2Blue Jays4 – 2Washburn (4-7)McGowan (6-7)Morrow (5)23,28333-51
85July 3Tigers8 – 4Verlander (5–9)Silva (4–10)Rodney (1)22,52333-52
86July 4Tigers4 – 1Bédard (6-4)Rogers (6–6)Morrow (6)30,56434-52
87July 5Tigers3 – 2Batista (4-10)Rodney (0-2)Morrow (7)30,37335-52
88July 6Tigers2 – 1 (15)López (3–1)Burke (0-1)Jones (16)29,08335-53
89July 7@ Athletics4 – 3Eveland (7-5)Washburn (4-8)Street (17)11,12935-54
90July 8@ Athletics2 – 0Duchscherer (10-5)Silva (4-11)12,54335-55
91July 9@ Athletics6 – 4Corcoran (1-0)Blanton (5-12)Morrow (8)21,12836-55
92July 10@ Athletics3 – 2 (11)Street (2-2)Jiménez (0-1)15,18736-56
93July 11@ Royals3 – 1Hochevar (6-7)Hernández (6-6)Soria (25)25,34536-57
94July 12@ Royals5 – 4Ramírez (1-0)Morrow (1-2)23,79236-58
95July 13@ Royals4 – 3Green (2-2)Soria (1-2)Morrow (9)21,42137-58
96July 18Indians8 – 2Hernández (7-6)Laffey (5-6)42,57038-58
97July 19Indians9 – 6Sowers (1-5)Batista (4-11)37,86938-59
98July 20Indians6 – 2Lee (13-2)Silva (4–12)32,23038-60
99July 21Red Sox4 – 0Lester (8-3)Washburn (4-9)Papelbon (29)37,86138-61
100July 22Red Sox4 – 2Matsuzaka (11-1)Dickey (2-5)Papelbon (30)38,42538-62
101July 23Red Sox6 – 3Papelbon (4-3)Green (2-3)Hansen (2)43,23138-63
102July 25@ Blue Jays5 – 4 (10)Carlson (3-1)Lowe (1-4)28,46338-64
103July 26@ Blue Jays8 – 3Purcey (1-1)Dickey (2-6)33,04138-65
104July 27@ Blue Jays5 – 1Washburn (5-9)Marcum (5-5)33,36739-65
105July 28@ Rangers7 – 5Green (3-3)Francisco (2-3)Morrow (10)21,74240-65
106July 29@ Rangers11 – 10Wilson (1-2)Putz (2-4)17,61840-66
107July 30@ Rangers4 – 3Guardado (2-2)Rhodes (2-1)Wilson (24)23,89440-67
108July 31@ Rangers8 – 5Dickey (3-6)Harrison (2-2)17,83941-67 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1Orioles10 – 5Olson (8-5)Washburn (5-10)28,11441-68
110August 2Orioles3 – 1Guthrie (8-8)Hernández (7-7)30,50241-69
111August 3Orioles8 – 4Putz (3-4)Cabrera (7-7)33,33442-69
112August 4Twins11 – 6Corcoran (2-0)Bass (3-4)27,75843-69
113August 5Twins8 – 7J. J. Putz (4-4)Guerrier (6-5)26,08344-69
114August 6Twins7 – 3Blackburn (9-6)Washburn (5-11)30,44144-70
115August 7Rays2 – 1Putz (5-4)Wheeler (2-5)25,42345-70
116August 8Rays5 – 3Shields (10-7)Silva (4-13)Percival (25)30,22045-71
117August 9Rays8 – 7 (11)Bradford (4-3)Batista (4-12)Percival (26)27,90545-72
118August 10Rays11 – 3Jackson (9-7)Dickey (3-7)30,33645-73
119August 12@ Angels7-3Garland (11-7)Washburn (5-12)Rodríguez (46)42,08645-74
120August 13@ Angels10 – 7 (12)Corcoran (3-0)Speier (1-5)42,75446-74
121August 15@ Twins9-3Liriano (3-3)Silva (4-14)32,20846-75
122August 16@ Twins7-6Reyes (3-0)Jimenez (0-3)36,31646-76
123August 17@ Twins11-8Perkins (10-3)Feierabend (0-1)Nathan (33)35,47846-77
124August 18@ White Sox13-5Buehrle (11-10)Washburn (5-13)39,00246-78
125August 19@ White Sox5-0Richard (1-2)Hernández (7-8)26,41446-79
126August 20@ White Sox15-3Floyd (13-6)Dickey (3-8)27,00046-80
127August 21Athletics2-0Smith (6-12)Rowland-Smith (2-2)Ziegler (4)25,61146-81
128August 22Athletics7-5Corcoran (4-0)Blevins (1-3)Putz (8)26,60347-81
129August 23Athletics5 – 1Eveland (8-8)Washburn (5-14)34,14547-82
130August 24Athletics8 – 4Hernández (8-8)Meyer (0-2)Putz (9)28,73148-82
131August 25Twins4 – 2 (11)Dickey (4-8)Crain (5-4)23,27749-82
132August 26Twins3 – 2Rowland-Smith (3-2)Baker (7-4)Corcoran (1)26,29250-82
133August 27Twins6 – 5Perkins (12-3)Green (3-4)Nathan (36)23,58150-83
134August 29@ Indians3 – 2Hernández (9-8)Sowers (2-7)Putz (10)26,04751-83
135August 30@ Indians4 – 3 (10)Putz (6-4)Lewis (0-4)Messenger (1)33,38752-83
136August 31@ Indians6 – 4Rowland-Smith (4-2)Jackson (0-1)Corcoran (2)35,37653-83 :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Rangers12 – 6Green (4-4)Mendoza (3-7)16,17154-83
138September 2@ Rangers6 – 4McCarthy (1-0)Feierabend (0-2)Francisco (3)14,52154-84
139September 3@ Rangers1 – 0Nippert (2-4)Hernández (9-9)Francisco (4)12,88254-85
140September 5Yankees3 – 1Morrow (2-2)Pettitte (13-12)Putz (11)39,51855-85
141September 6Yankees7 – 4Ponson (8-5)Green (4-5)Rivera (33)44,47355-86
142September 7Yankees5 – 2Feierabend (1-2)Mussina (17-8)Putz (12)42,67756-86
143September 9Rangers7 – 3Padilla (13-7)Hernández (9-10)Madrigal (1)22,70456-87
144September 10Rangers8-7Corcoran (5-0)Millwood (9-9)Putz (13)23,64457-87
145September 11@ Angels7 – 4Weaver (11-10)Morrow (2-3)Rodríguez (57)38,20557-88
146September 12@ Angels5 – 3Arredondo (8-2)Batista (4-13)43,74357-89
147September 13@ Angels5 – 2Garland (14-8)Feierabend (1-3)Rodríguez (58)43,75757-90
148September 14@ Angels4 – 3Arredondo (9-2)Corcoran (5-1)41,52857-91
149September 15@ Royals3 – 0Davies (7-7)Silva (4-15)Soria (38)10,30757-92
150September 16@ Royals6 – 3Duckworth (3-1)Morrow (2-4)Soria (39)19,13557-93
151September 17@ Royals5 – 2Meche (12-11)Corcoran (5-2)Soria (40)13,38257-94
152September 18@ Royals12 – 0Greinke (12-10)Feierabend (1-4)14,14457-95
153September 19@ Athletics2 – 0Eveland (9-8)Hernández (9-11)Ziegler (10)30,14957-96
154September 20@ Athletics8 – 7Street (7-5)Thomas (0-1)Ziegler (11)18,75657-97
155September 21@ Athletics5 – 3Ziegler (3-0)Batista (4-14)Devine (1)18,70757-98
156September 22Angels2 – 1Santana (16-6)Rowland-Smith (4-3)Rodríguez (61)19,71757-99
157September 23Angels9 – 6Corcoran (6-2)Jepsen (0-1)Putz (14)19,06558-99
158September 24Angels6 – 5Oliver (7-1)Lowe (1-5)Rodríguez (62)19,01558-100
159September 25Angels6 – 4Arredondo (10-2)Putz (6-5)Shields (4)16,93958-101
160September 26Athletics10 – 8Morrow (3-4)Gallagher (2-3)Corcoran (3)24,66259-101
161September 27Athletics7 – 3Rowland-Smith (5-3)Smith (7-16)Green (1)24,44060-101
162September 28Athletics4 – 3R. A. Dickey (5-8)Outman (0-1)J. J. Putz (15)25,000 (approx.)61-101 :

## Player stats
### Batting

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
#### Starting pitchers

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

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 | 79.0 | 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 |

## Farm system

| 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

Below is a complete list of the Seattle Mariners draft picks from the two 2008 Major League Baseball drafts.
The Seattle Mariners took part in both the Major League Baseball Rule 4 draft and the Rule 5 draft in 2008.
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. The Mariners selected a total of 50 players and signed 36 of those selected players.
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.

### Key

| 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

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

## Rule 5 draft
### Key

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

### Table

| 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. | |
| Triple-A | 2 | Pat Ryan | Right-handed pitcher | Milwaukee Brewers | none | |