2004 Seattle Mariners season
The Seattle Mariners 2004 season was their 28th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing at the bottom of the American League West, finishing with a record of 63-99. Ichiro Suzuki set the major league record for hits in a season on October 1, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old mark with a pair of early singles as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 8-3.[1]
Offseason
- December 15, 2003: Quinton McCracken was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Seattle Mariners for Greg Colbrunn and cash.[2]
- December 19, 2003: Scott Spiezio was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.[3]
Regular season
Ichiro Suzuki set the major league record for hits in a season on October 1, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old mark with a pair of early singles as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 8-3.[4] It was his 258th hit of the season. Later in the game, Suzuki got another hit, giving him 259 this season and a major league-leading .373 average. Fireworks exploded after Suzuki's big hit reached the outfield, creating a haze over Safeco Field, and his teammates mobbed him at first base. The crowd of 45,573 was the ninth sellout this season.[4] After the record breaking hit, Suzuki ran to the first-base seats, bowed respectfully and then shook hands with Sisler's 81-year-old daughter, Frances Sisler Drochelman, and other members of the Hall of Famer's family.[4] Fans in downtown Tokyo watched Suzuki in sports bars and on big-screen monitors. Seattle’s hitting coach that season was Paul Molitor. Sisler set the hits record in 1920 with the St. Louis Browns over a 154-game schedule. Suzuki broke it in the Mariners' 160th game.[4] Suzuki's hit came off Ryan Drese, boosting Suzuki to 10-for-20 lifetime against him. Suzuki's sixth-inning infield single came off John Wasdin. After Suzuki's 258th hit, he scored his 100th run of the season when the Mariners batted around in the third, taking a 6-2 lead on six hits.[4] Suzuki's first-inning single was his 919th hit in the majors, breaking the record for most hits over a four-year span. Bill Terry of the New York Giants set the previous record of 918 hits from 1929-32.[4] Suzuki has 921 hits in four seasons.
Opening Day box score
Mariners' lineup
| Batting |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
BA |
| Ichiro Suzuki (RF) |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.250 |
| Randy Winn (CF) |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
| Bret Boone (2B) |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.000 |
| Raul Ibanez (LF) |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.333 |
| Edgar Martinez (DH) |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
.000 |
| John Olerud (1B) |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Rich Aurilia (SS) |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.250 |
| Dan Wilson (C) |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
| Willie Bloomquist (3B) |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
.500 |
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Draft
In the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft, the Mariners selected Matt Tuiasosopo in the third round for their first pick overall.[6] Out of the 48 players selected by the Mariners in 2004, 5 have played in Major League Baseball including Tuiasosopo, Rob Johnson, Mark Lowe, Michael Saunders, and James Russell.[6]
Season standings
Transactions
- June 9, 2004: Quinton McCracken was released by the Seattle Mariners.[2]
- July 27, 2004: John Olerud was released by the Seattle Mariners.[7]
- August 6, 2004: Bill Pulsipher was purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Long Island Ducks (Atlantic).[8]
- September 13, 2004: Bill Pulsipher was released by the Seattle Mariners.[8]
Roster
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Manager
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Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
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AB |
H |
Avg. |
HR |
RBI |
Other batters
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RBI |
Starting pitchers
Other pitchers
Relief pitchers
Awards and honors
Farm system
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References
- 1st Half: Seattle Mariners Game Log on ESPN.com
- 2nd Half: Seattle Mariners Game Log on ESPN.com
- ^ Baseball’s Top 100: The Game’s Greatest Records, p.56, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- ^ a b Quinton McCracken Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Scott Spiezio Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b c d e f "SI.com - MLB - Ichiro breaks single-season hits record - Saturday October 2, 2004 2:15AM". CNN. October 1, 2004. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/10/01/bc.bba.suzuki.hitsrecor.ap/index.html.
- ^ 2004 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac
- ^ a b "2004 Seattle Mariners Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=SEA&year_ID=2004&draft_type=junreg. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ John Olerud Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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