Seattle Mariners

THE MANAGER

* Lou Piniella enters his eighth season as manager of the Mariners.

* He’s the winningest manager in Seattle history and the only manager in Mariners history with a career winning percentage above .500 (385-357, .519).

* He has also managed the Yankees and Reds (won 1990 World Series). Career win-loss record of 1,019-949 (.518).

* Piniella posted a winning record in eight of his 10 full seasons as a manager.

* This is the final year of Piniella’s contract.

LOU’S LEGACY

Year W L Pct GB Finish

1993 82 80 .506 12 Fourth

1994 49 63 .438 2 Third

1995 79 66 .545 — First

1996 85 76 .528 4-1/2 Second

1997 90 72 .556 — First

1998 76 85 .472 11-1/2 Third

1999 79 83 .488 16 Third

SIZING UP THE SEASON PERSONNEL

Projected lineup:

LF Mark McLemore

CF Mike Cameron

SS Alex Rodriguez

DH Edgar Martinez

1B John Olerud

RF Jay Buhner

2B David Bell

C Dan Wilson

3B Carlos Guillen

Bench:

OF Stan Javier

OF Raul Ibanez

IF John Mabry

C Tom Lampkin #

C Joe Oliver

# on disabled list

Rotation:

Jamie Moyer

Freddy Garcia

Aaron Sele

Gil Meche

Brett Tomko

Bullpen:

Kazuhiro Sasaki

Jose Mesa

Arthur Rhodes

John Halama

Paul Abbott

Frank Rodriguez

Jose Paniagua

* Departures: CF Ken Griffey Jr., 3B Russ Davis, 2B Rafael Bournigal, OF Brian Hunter, P Mark Leiter, P Butch Henry, P Brett Hinchliffe, GM Woody Woodward.

* Arrivals: 1B John Olerud, OF Mark McLemore, OF Mike Cameron, OF Stan Javier, C Joe Oliver, P Aaron Sele, P Brett Tomko, P Arthur Rhodes, P Kazuhiro Sasaki, GM Pat Gillick.

* Contract status: All but six players are under contracts expiring at the end of 2000. Those six are Aaron Sele (2001), Kazuhiro Sasaki (2001), Jamie Moyer (2002), John Olerud (2002), Dan Wilson (2002) and Arthur Rhodes (2003). The Mariners have an option year available on the contracts of Edgar Martinez, Jose Mesa and Sasaki.

* Returners in A.L. Top Ten, 1999: Edgar Martinez, batting (.337, fourth), walks (97, tied for seventh); Alex Rodriguez, home runs (42, tied for fifth); Jamie Moyer, ERA (3.87, sixth); Freddy Garcia, ERA (4.07, ninth), wins (17, tied for fifth), strikeouts (170, seventh); Jose Mesa, saves (33, fifth).

PREDICTIONS

* Tom Verducci (Sports Illustrated): First place

* USA Today Baseball Weekly: Third place

* Peter Gammons (ESPN): Second place

* FoxSports.com:: First place

M’S ROSTER AND 1999 STATS PITCHERS

PLAYER W L ERA G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO SV

Paul Abbott 6 2 3.10 25 7 0 72.2 50 31 25 32 68 0

Freddy Garcia 17 8 4.07 34 33 2 201.1 205 96 91 90 170 0

John Halama 11 10 4.22 38 24 1 179.0 193 88 84 56 105 0

Gil Meche 8 4 4.73 16 15 0 85.2 73 48 45 57 47 0

Jose Mesa 3 6 4.98 68 0 0 68.2 84 42 38 40 42 33

Jamie Moyer 14 8 3.87 32 32 4 228.0 235 108 98 48 137 0

Jose Paniagua 6 11 4.17 59 0 0 77.2 75 38 36 52 74 3

Arthur Rhodes 3 4 5.43 43 0 0 53.0 43 37 32 45 59 3

with Baltimore

Frank Rodriguez 2 4 5.65 30 5 0 73.1 94 47 46 30 47 3

Kazuhiro Sasaki 1 1 1.93 (in Japanese Central League) 19

Aaron Sele 18 9 4.79 33 33 2 205.0 244 115 109 70 186 0

with Texas

Brett Tomko 5 7 4.92 33 26 1 172.0 175 103 94 60 132 0

with Cincinnati

CATCHERS

PLAYER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB

Tom Lampkin .291 76 206 29 60 11 2 9 34 13 32 1

Joe Oliver .201 45 134 10 27 8 0 1 13 10 33 2

with Pittsburgh

Dan Wilson .266 123 414 46 110 23 2 7 38 29 83 5

INFIELDERS

PLAYER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB

David Bell .268 157 597 92 160 31 2 21 78 58 90 7

Carlos Guillen .158 5 19 2 3 0 0 1 3 1 6 0

Carlos Hernandez .143 16 14 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3

with Houston

Edgar Martinez .337 142 502 86 169 35 1 24 86 97 99 7

Mark McLemore .274 144 566 105 155 20 7 6 45 83 79 16

with Texas

John Olerud .298 162 581 107 173 39 0 19 96 125 66 3

with New York Mets

Alex Rodriguez .285 129 502 110 143 25 0 42 111 56 109 21

OUTFIELDERS

PLAYER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB

Jay Buhner .222 87 266 37 59 11 0 14 38 69 100 0

Mike Cameron .256 146 542 93 139 34 9 21 66 80 145 38

with Cincinnati

Charles Gipson .225 55 80 16 18 5 2 0 9 6 13 3

Raul Ibanez .258 87 209 23 54 7 0 9 27 17 32 5

Stan Javier .285 132 397 61 113 19 2 3 34 38 63 16

with San Francisco and Houston

John Mabry .244 87 262 34 64 14 0 9 33 20 60 2

TICKETS

Lower Box $32

Field $27 View Box $18

Lower Outfield Reserved $18

View Reserved $14

Left-field Bleachers $9

Center-field Bleachers $5

* The season opener Tuesday is sold out.

* For ticket information, call (509) 735-0500 or (509) 453-7139 or go online at www.mariners.org.

Graphic: 2000 Schedule