2004 Seattle Mariners season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Seattle Mariners
season = 2004
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1977
division = Western Division
y2 = 1977
Uniform
ballpark = Safeco Field
y4 = 1999
city = Seattle, Washington
y5 = 1977
owners = Hiroshi Yamauchi, represented by Howard Lincoln
managers = Bob Melvin
television = KSTW 11
FSN Northwest
radio = KOMO (AM) 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson)|

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.

Offseason

*December 15, 2003: Quinton McCracken was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Seattle Mariners for Greg Colbrunn and cash. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccraqu01.shtml Quinton McCracken Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 19, 2003: Scott Spiezio was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spiezsc01.shtml Scott Spiezio Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

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. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/10/01/bc.bba.suzuki.hitsrecor.ap/index.html SI.com - MLB - Ichiro breaks single-season hits record - Saturday October 2, 2004 2:15AM ] ] 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Suzuki has 921 hits in four seasons.

Opening Day starters

*Rich Aurilia
*Willie Bloomquist
*Bret Boone
*Raul Ibanez
*Edgar Martinez
*Jamie Moyer
*John Olerud
*Ichiro Suzuki
*Dan Wilson
*Randy Winn [ [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2004&t=SEA 2004 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac ] ]

eason standings

Transactions

*June 9, 2004: Quinton McCracken was released by the Seattle Mariners.
*July 27, 2004: John Olerud was released by the Seattle Mariners. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/olerujo01.shtml John Olerud Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 6, 2004: Bill Pulsipher was Purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Long Island (Atlantic). [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pulsibi01.shtml Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*September 13, 2004: Bill Pulsipher was Released by the Seattle Mariners.

Player stats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and Honors

* Edgar Martínez, Designated Hitter, Roberto Clemente Award

References

*Game Logs::1st Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=sea&season=2004&seasonType=2&half=1 Seattle Mariners Game Log] on ESPN.com:2nd Half: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=sea&season=2004&seasonType=2&half=2 Seattle Mariners Game Log] on ESPN.com
*Batting Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/batting?team=sea&season=2004&seasonType=2 Seattle Mariners Batting Stats] on ESPN.com
*Pitching Statistics: [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/pitching?team=sea&season=2004&seasonType=2 Seattle Mariners Pitching Stats] on ESPN.com

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/2004.shtml 2004 Seattle Mariners]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2004&t=SEA 2004 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]