9. 1905 World Champion New York Giants v. 56. 2001 AL West Champion Seattle Mariners
Two spots left. The Mariners look for their only entrant - the '04 Giants, '12 Giants, '22 Giants have all moved forward.
Giants 105-48 Mgr John McGraw
Won NL Pennant
d. Athletics in WS
d. #120 2019 Yankees (MVP-Bill Dahlen)
Hall of Famers: Roger Bresnahan, Christy Mathewson, Joe McGinnity, John McGraw
Mariners 116-46 Lou Piniella (AL Mgr of Year)
1st in AL West
d. Indians ALDS
lost to Yankees ALCS
d. #73 1913 A's (MVP-Ichiro Suzuki)
All-Stars: 2B Bret Boone (3rd AL MVP) OF Mike Cameron, SP Freddy Garcia (3rd NL Cy Young) DH Edgar Martinez, RP Jeff Nelson, 1B John Olerud, RP Kazuhiro Sasaki OF Ichiro Suzuki (AL MVP, AL RoY)
Hall of Famers: Edgar Martinez
Mariners-Lou Piniella
RF Suzuki (27) (LH) 126 6
1B Olerud (32) (LH) 136 5.2
2B Boone (32) 153 8.1
3B McLemore (36) (SH) 115 3.6
CF Cameron (28) 123 5.7
LF Martin (33) (LH) 93 .7
SS Guillen (25) (SH) 87 2.7
C Lampkin (37) (LH) 78 1.1
P Garcia (24) 135 5.3
Bench
DH Martinez (38) 160 6.1
C Wilson (32) 90 2.3
3B Bell (28) 92 3.3
LF Javier (37) 109 (SH) 2.1
1B Sprague (33) 119
SP2 Moyer (38) (LH) 120 3.5
SP3 Sele (31) 115 2.7
Platoons at C-LF-and Bell/Guillen is a platoon, with McLemore shifting to short against LH.
Giants-John McGraw
C Bresnahan (26) 131 4.2
1B McGann (33) (SH) 142 5.6
CF Donlin (27) 166 (LH) 6.4
LF Mertes (32) 126 3.2
2B Strang (28) (SH) 117 2.5
RF Browne (29) (LH) 111 1.7
SS Dahlen (35) (LH) 98 5.3
3B Devlin (25) 93 4.3
P Mathewson (24) 233 9.5
Bench
DH Bowerman (36) 93 1.3
2B Gilbert (29) 84
SP3 Ames (22) 108 2.4
SP2 Wiltse (25) (LH) 120 3.4
Maybe a platoon at second, otherwise, McGraw rolls with the same group every day.
WAR:
C-Giants
1B-Giants
2B-Mariners
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3B-Giants
LF-Giants
CF-Giants
RF-Mariners
DH-Mariners
SP1-Giants
SP2-Mariners
SP3-Giants
Bullpen-Mariners
WAR: Giants 8 Mariners 5, Giants have seed advantage and WAR advantage. Mariners (Boone) have top position player. Giants are favored here to claim spot 31.
GAME ONE
1st The legendary Christy Mathewson stands on the Polo Grounds mound; 31-9, 1.28, he's already advanced with 2 other Giants clubs. He is 24 years old - This year he led the league in wins, ERA, ERA+, Ks, FIP, WHIP, K/BB. He's one of the greatest pitchers of all time having arguably his greatest season. 1-2-3.
1st: Freddy Garcia is not Christy Mathewson. He is, however, also a 24 year old RH, 18-6, 3.05. As a prospect he was traded for Randy Johnson (Carlos Guillen came over in the same deal) Garcia was 2nd in the Rookie of the Year two seasons ago, 3rd in the Cy Young this year. He makes the All Star team again next year. And in '04 he heads to the White Sox, Mike Morse and Miguel Olivo part of the deal headed back to Seattle. He'll finish in '13 with the Braves. Roger Bresnahan greets him with a single - Garcia gets 2, then Sam Mertes singles, that's all.
2nd: After an out, Mathewson hits Mike Cameron. Cameron came up with the White Sox in '95 when he was 22; 2 years later he was 6th in the Rookie of the Year. He came to the Mariners from the Reds last year - traded for Ken Griffey Jr. He was an All Star this year, the only time that would ever occur. He leaves for the Mets in '04 and finishes with the Marlins in '11. That's it.
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: Carlos Guillen walks. Guillen broke in with the Mariners in '98 after the aforementioned Randy Johnson trade. The Mariners send him to the Tigers for Ramon Santiago after the '03 season and he spends the rest of his career in Detroit, stopping in '11. Tom Lampkin singles - Freddy Garcia and Ichiro Suzuki reach on back to back Giants errors that score a run. John Olerud singles home a second run. Mariners 2 Giants 0
3rd: Mathewson doubled 5 times this year and he does so here - After an out, Dan McGann walks. McGann was on last year's Giant club which has moved forward. McGann led the league in getting hit by pitches this year. Mike Donlin walks to load the bases and the Giants score on a Mertes groundout. Mariners 2 Giants 1
4th: Al Martin singles; Martin might be looking at his only start if he doesn't get on base today; he was 24 when he broke in with the Pirates in '92, the next season he replaced Barry Bonds in left field and was 5th in the Rookie of the Year. The Mariners got him at last year's deadline from the Padres for John Mabry. He'll finish in Tampa in '03. Nothing else.
4th: Bill Dahlen was Round 1 MVP for the Giants and he walks with one away. He was with last year's squad. Art Devlin walks, Christy Mathewson walks and the bases are full of Giants. Garcia escapes.
5th: Garcia had 9 plate apperances all season but he singles here. After an out - John Olerud shocks this Polo Grounds crowd with a 2 run homer to left and it's the Mariners who extend this lead. Olerud's 32, he broke in back in '89 with the Jays and was 2nd in the Rookie of the Year the following season. His big year was '93, 3rd in the MVP. He signed with the Mariners last year, made the All Star team this year. Olerud heads to the Yankees in '04 and finishes with the Red Sox in '05. Bret Boone singles. That's all. Mariners 4 Giants 1
5th: Mariners have got to be pleased, Garcia getting the better of the great Mathewson. Mike Donlin singles. He was acquired during last season - this year he led the league in runs scored. That's all. Garcia really strong as we head to the 6th.
6th: Martin singles again - Piniella's hunch pays off. That's it.
6th: Dahlen walks again. Art Devlin then drives him to third with a base hit. Devlin was on last year's club, this year he led the league in steals. Mathewson grounds into a double play, scoring a run. Mariners 4 Giants 2
7th: Ichiro's hit with one out. Ichiro's a 27 year old rookie and he was the AL MVP. He'll be 7th in '04, 8th in '07, lead the league in hits in '08, 9th in the MVP in '09, make his last All Star appearance in '10. In '12, Ichiro is dealt to the Yankees; he comes back to the Mariners at the age of 44 in '18 and finishes the following season. Boone singles after the second out, that's all.
7th: The Giants have 5 hits. McGann singles. Are the Giants going to score? Donlin doubles and now the Giants have the tying runs in scoring position. Garcia gets one - then Sammy Strang grounds out to score a run. Strang broke in when he was 19 years old back in 1896 with Louisville. The Giants got him in '01 - he'll then play with 3 more teams until coming back to New York this season where he'll finish his career in '08. Mariners 4 Giants 3
8th: The Giants close the deficit to a run and now it's the 8th. 1-2-3
8th: The Mariners have a big bullpen advantange and they go to it here; 34 year old RH Jeff Nelson has a 2.76 ERA - he walks Art Devlin with one out, gets the second - then walks Bresnahan and McGann. Bases loaded - two out - Mariners clinging to that one run lead -- loud, loud Polo Grounds crowd here in this big spot. Arthur Rhodes enters - 31 year old lefty, 8 wins and a 1.72 ERA -- big, big spot -- and he gets through it.
9th: Ichiro triples with one out - and Olerud drives him home with a base hit and that might do it for game one. Boone singles - and Olerud scores on a McLemore groundout. Mariners 6 Giants 3
9th: Kazuhiro Sasaki is a 33 year old RH, 45 saves and a 3.24 ERA and he's here to close this out. 1-2-3
Mariners 6
Giants 3
WP Garcia
LP Mathewson
4 John Olerud RBI and 3 scoreless bullpen innings propel the Mariners to take game one.
For the Mariners..
Suzuki 2x w/triple
Olerud 3x w/HR and 4 RBI
Boone 3x
Martin 2x
For the Giants...
Bresnahan 2x
McGann 3x
Donlin 3x w/double
Dahlen 2x
Devlin 3x
One more at the Polo Grounds - the Giants looking to salvage a split.
RF Suzuki (27) (LH) 126 6
1B Olerud (32) (LH) 136 5.2
2B Boone (32) 153 8.1
3B McLemore (36) (SH) 115 3.6
CF Cameron (28) 123 5.7
LF Martin (33) (LH) 93 .7
SS Guillen (25) (SH) 87 2.7
C Lampkin (37) (LH) 78 1.1
SP2 Moyer (38) (LH) 120 3.5
C Bresnahan (26) 131 4.2
1B McGann (33) (SH) 142 5.6
CF Donlin (27) (LH) 166 6.4
RF Strang (28) (SH) 117 2.5
LF Mertes (32) 126 3.2
3B Devlin (25) 93 4.3
SS Dahlen (35) (LH) 98 5.3
2B Gilbert (29) 84
SP3 McGinnity (34) 108
GAME TWO
1st: Faced with a virtual must win, McGraw made a change - Iron Man Joe McGinnity was not in the inital 3 man rotation for the series, but McGraw leans on the 34 year old RH today. 21-15, 2.87. He was on that '04 team which advanced. In a 10 year career, McGinnity led the league in games pitched a half dozen times including this year. He walks Bret Boone with two out, then gives up a Mark McLemore base hit. That's all.
1st: Jamie Moyer gets the ball for the Mariners. He's a 38 year old lefty. 20-6, 3.43. Moyer pitched in the big leagues for a quarter century. He broke in with the Cubs in '86, A decade later the Red Sox (his 5th team) send him to Seattle for Darren Bragg. In '99 he was 6th in the Cy Young, this year he finished 4th. 3 years from now, at the age of 40, he finishes 5th and makes his only All Star team. In '06 Seattle sends him to the Phillies and Moyer will finish up, at the age of 49 - in 2012 with the Rockies. Jamie Moyer gave up more home runs than any pitcher in big league history. 1-2-3
2nd: Al Martin triples - Martin wasn't expected to play much at all - but Piniella continues to ride the hot hand today. Carlos Guillen singles him home. McGinnity walks Tom Lampkin; Lampkin's a 37 year old career backup catcher in his second to last season. He broke in with the Indians in '88, signed with St Louis 11 years later. They send him to San Diego after the season and he finishes next year. Mariners 1 Giants 0
2nd: Sam Mertes singles with one out. Mertes was with last year's club - he finishes up next season with the Cards. He's caught stealing so the bases are empty with 2 out when Devlin doubles, and then Moyer walks Dahlen, Billy Gilbert - and then McGinnity to score a run. Roger Bresnahan then laces a base hit to score 2 more. Mariners 1 Giants 3
3rd: John Olerud have 4 game 1 RBI and he singles. Bret Boone (who has already advanced with the '99 Braves) follows with a single. Boone, whose brother, father, and grandfather were all big leaguers, broke in back in '92 with the Mariners, they dealt him to the Reds (Dan Wilson, who we'll see catch in game 3, was part of the package going back) in '94, in '98, Boone was an All Star. This is his first season in Seattle and he was 3rd in the MVP, 2 years from now, at the age of 34, he'll finish 10th and two years after that, in 2005, he finishes his career with the Twins. McGinnity muscles his way through it.
3rd: Mike Donlin singles; steals second - scores on a Sammy Strang base hit and the Giants extend the lead. Mertes then doubles Strang home. Mariners 1 Giants 5
4th: Lampkin doubles with one out, Ichiro singles after the second out - again, McGinnity gets through it.
4th: McGinnity doubles with one out, Moyer then hits Bresnahan - probably this is nothing, but Mathewson hit two Mariners in game one and so it's worth keeping in mind as the series moves on. Dan McGann singles and the bases are loaded. McGinnity scores on a Donlin groundout and this is a big lead now. Strang walks to load the bases again - that's all, but we're looking good for a split heading to Seattle. Mariners 1 Giants 6
5th: Mark McLemore singles with one out. McLemore was 21 when he broke in with the Angels back in '86, Fast Forward 14 years and he signs with Seattle in '00. He'll be in Seattle until his final season, 2004, which is spent in Oakland. That's all.
5th: 1-2-3
6th: Moyer's left in to hit - and he walks with 2 out, nothing results.
6th: McGinnity reaches on error and Roger Bresnahan doubles. Bresnahan was on last year's club, he'll be a Giant through '08. Moyer gets 2 - but a two base error on a Strang fly ball scores both runners. We're headed to Seattle all tied at 1. 28 year old RH Ryan Franklin is the new pitcher, he's got a 3.56 ERA. Sam Mertes singles, the inning ends Mariners 1 Giants 8
7th: Olerud walks - Boone singles. McLemore doubles both home and the Mariners draw a little closer. McGinnity gets one, a Martin groundout scores the Mariners 4th run. Mariners 4 Giants 8
7th: 1-2-3
8th: The Giants have a one man bullpen; that's how it works in 1905- there are 6 pitchers on this staff, the five starters and 28 year old RH Claude Elliott has a 4.03 ERA and he comes on, 1-2-3
8th: Jeff Nelson enters for the Mariners, he gets 2, then Donlin reaches by error and Nelson walks Strang and Mertes, Nelson walks Devlin - scoring a run. 22 year old RH Joel Pineiro enters, he's got a 2.03 ERA. Mariners 4 Giants 9
9th: Olerud doubles - McGraw goes to the pen to get his 5th starter Dummy Taylor; 16 wins and a 2.66 ERA - he gets 2, walks Mike Cameron, and it's over.
Mariners 4
Giants 9
WP McGinnity
LP Moyer
McGinnity does what he needed to do, the Giants hit the ball - and we'll be headed to Safeco all tied at a game apiece.
For the Giants...
Bresnahan 5x w/double
McGann 4x
Donlin 4x w/double
Dahlen 3x
Devlin 5x w/double
Strang 3x in game 2
Mertes 4x in game 2 w/double
For the Mariners..
Suzuki 3x w/triple
Olerud 6x w/HR, double and 4 RBI
Boone 6x
Martin 3x w/triple
McLemore 3x w/double in game 2
Lampkin 2x w/double
C Bresnahan (26) 131 4.2
1B McGann (33) (SH) 142 5.6
CF Donlin (27) 166 (LH) 6.4
LF Mertes (32) 126 3.2
2B Strang (28) (SH) 117 2.5
RF Browne (29) (LH) 111 1.7
SS Dahlen (35) (LH) 98 5.3
3B Devlin (25) 93 4.3
DH Bowerman (36) 93 1.3
SP2 Wiltse (25) (LH) 120 3.4
2B Boone (32) 153 8.1
DH Martinez (38) 160 6.1
CF Cameron (28) 123 5.7
1B Olerud (32) (LH) 136 5.2
RF Suzuki (27) (LH) 126 6
SS McLemore (36) (SH) 115 3.6
LF Javier (37) 109 (SH) 2.1
3B Bell (28) 92 3.3
C Wilson (32) 90 2.3
SP3 Sele (31) 115 2.7
GAME THREE
1st: Safeco Field, Spot #31 is up for grabs in this series all tied at a game apiece. 31 year old RH Aaron Sele on the hometown mound. 15-5, 3.60. Sele was third in the Rookie of the Year for the Red Sox in '93, was an All Star for Texas in '98 and then 5th in the Cy Young in '99. He then goes to Seattle, makes an All Star team in '00, this is his last year here, he's off to the Angels and his performance drops off. He finishes with the Mets in '07. Dan McGann singles with one out, Mike Donlin doubles him to third, and after the second out, Sammy Strang comes through with a base hit to put the Giants on the board. Giants 1 Mariners 0
1st: The Giants turn to Hooks Wiltse, 25 year old lefty, 15-6, 2.47. Wiltse was a rookie with last year's club, he's also already advanced with the 1912 team. Wiltse pitches all but his final 18 games in his career with the Giants. Bret Boone singles, Edgar Martinez is in the lineup today, with the series having moved to Seattle, and he singles. Edgar's 38, he spends his entire 18 year career as a Mariner. He broke in in '87, in '92 he leads the league in doubles and batting average, in '95 he's third in the MVP and makes the All Star team in both '96 and '97. Martinez leads the league in OBP the next two seasons, was 6th in the MVP last year and made the All Star team again this season. He'll make one more All Star team, in '03 and then stop. Wiltse gets out of it.
2nd: Bill Dahlen walks. His first Giants season was last year; that's all for New York.
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: After an out, McGann singles again and again Donlin doubles him to third. A Mertes sac fly scores a run. Strang walks - that's all. Giants 2 Mariners 0
3rd: Several changes in the lineup today against a lefty for the Mariners - David Bell singles. Like Bret Boone, Bell's a legacy, brother, father, grandfather all played in the league. Bell was 22 in '95 when he broke in with the Indians, in '98, he's sent to the Mariners for Joey Cora. This is his last year in Seattle, they deal him to San Francisco. Bell finishes with the Brewers in '06. Dan Wilson's another change and he singles. Wiltse walks Boone and the bases are loaded with nobody out. Martinez reaches on an error that scores a run - Cameron singles home another - and then Boone scores on an Olerud double play groundout. Giants 2 Mariners 3
4th: 1-2-3
4th: Stan Javier hits a one out single - it's Javier's first appearance and his last season in the major leagues. Javier broke in with the Yankees in '84, makes 6 stops subsequent and lands in Seattle as a 36 year old in 2000. Bell follows with a single and Wilson singles to score a run. The Mariners plate another on a Boone groundout. Giants 2 Mariners 5
5th: Sele gets two, then Donlin/Mertes walk - that's all.
5th: 1-2-3
6th: Devlin draws a two out walk, that's it - the Giants don't have a hit since the 3rd.
6th: Bell already has 2 hits - and with 2 outs he sets this stadium on fire with a homer off the right field foul pole. Giants 2 Mariners 6
7th: Jeff Nelson comes on again, third straight game, a Piniella goes to his pen. 1-2-3, just 5 hits for New York today.
7th: Boone walks, Edgar singles. That's it.
8th: Strang walks with one out and Piniella brings in Arthur Rhodes, a 31 year old lefty with 8 wins and a 1.72 ERA. He ends it.
8th: Claude Elliott for the Giants. 1-2-3
9th: Devlin walks - that's it.
Giants 2
Mariners 6
WP Sele
LP Wiltse
Just 5 hits for the Giants, they never get it going today and now the Mariners are a game from advancing.
For the Giants...
Bresnahan 5x w/double
McGann 6x
Donlin 7x w/3 doubles
Dahlen 4x
Devlin 7x w/double
Strang 6x in game 2-3
Mertes 5x in game 2-3 w/double
For the Mariners..
Suzuki 3x w/triple
Olerud 6x w/HR, double and 4 RBI
Boone 9x
Martinez 2x
Bell 3x w/HR
Wilson 2x
Martin 3x w/triple
McLemore 3x w/double in game 2
Lampkin 2x w/double
Can the great Mathewson keep these Giants alive in game 4?
C Bresnahan (26) 131 4.2
1B McGann (33) (SH) 142 5.6
CF Donlin (27) 166 (LH) 6.4
LF Mertes (32) 126 3.2
DH Strang (28) (SH) 117 2.5
RF Browne (29) (LH) 111 1.7
SS Dahlen (35) (LH) 98 5.3
3B Devlin (25) 93 4.3
2B Gilbert (29) 84
P Mathewson (24) 233 9.5
RF Suzuki (27) (LH) 126 6
1B Olerud (32) (LH) 136 5.2
DH Martinez (38) 160 6.1
2B Boone (32) 153 8.1
3B McLemore (36) (SH) 115 3.6
CF Cameron (28) 123 5.7
LF Martin (33) (LH) 93 .7
SS Guillen (25) (SH) 87 2.7
C Lampkin (37) (LH) 78 1.1
P Garcia (24) 135 5.3
GAME FOUR
1st Freddy Garcia beat Christy Mathewson in game one - if he does it again today the Mariners move on. 1-2-3
1st: Christy Mathewson won 373 games - can the 24 year old Christy Mathewson win 1 today. John Olerud singles with one out. And then Edgar Martinez hits a line drive 2 run homer to left. The Mariners jump out in front - a huge, huge roar for Edgar. Bret Boone singles, Mathewson gets one more, then gives up a Mike Cameron base hit. That's all. Big start for the home side. Giants 0 Mariners 2
2nd: Sammy Strang walks with one out, after the second out, George Browne walks - that's it.
2nd: Carlos Guillen singles. After an out, Ichiro reaches by error. Mathewson gets the second -- but here comes Edgar again, he clears the bases with a triple --- just two innings in and Edgar Martinez has homered, tripled, driven in 4 and the Mariners are all over Mathewson here in game 4. Boone singles -- this one might be over early. Giants 0 Mariners 5
3rd: 1-2-3, the Giants do not have a hit.
3rd: Cameron singles - that's it.
4th: Mike Donlin walks with one out, that's it.
4th: 1-2-3
5th: 1-2-3, the Giants do not have a hit.
5th: Boone doubles. An out later Cameron walks. That's all.
6th: 1-2-3, and now the mood shifts from excitement over the Mariners moving forward to the next round - to what Freddy Garcia is doing on the mound today.
6th: Olerud singles with one out, that's all.
7th: 1-2-3 -- man oh man - Garcia has retired 11 straight Giants and has yet to allow a base hit.
7th: McLemore singles with one out, after the second out Al Martin doubles - this crowd knows it's going to happen now as McLemore scores a 6th Seattle run. Giants 0 Mariners 6
8th: Freddy Garcia is 6 outs from something yet to be accomplished in the tournament.
George Brown is first. He grounds right back to the mound - flip to first. 5 outs to go.
Bill Dahlen is next -- he laces a base hit to right - and the no hitter is broken up.
Standing ovation for Garcia - and now the attention turns back to the impending win by the Mariners.
8th: Ichiro walks with one out, that's all.
9th: 3 outs left from moving forward, Bresnahan singles to left.
McGann singles to center.
Garcia stikes out Donlin.
Mertes flies to center.
Strang walks. Loaded. 2 out.
Browne flies to center -- Cameron's got it.
Giants 0
Mariners 6
WP Garcia
LP Mathewson
We don't need to look at the bats - Freddy Garcia beat Christy Mathewson twice and threw a 3 hitter to eliminate the Giants. He's the MVP.
1 spot remains. 1. 1. 1. 1 spot remains.
