Mariners add former pitcher Mike Hampton to coaching staff
Mike Hampton is on his way back to the Seattle Mariners organization.
The former big-league pitcher, who was drafted by the Mariners in the sixth round of the 1990 entry draft, has been added to new manager Scott Servais' staff as bullpen coach.
The 43-year-old pitched 16 major-league seasons, split between the Mariners, Houston Astros, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, Atlanta Braves, and Arizona Diamondbacks.
He appeared in two All-Star games, and won a Gold Glove, and six Silver Slugger awards, while amassing a 4.06 ERA and 1.44 WHIP in 419 career games, 355 of which were starts.
Hampton's best season of his career came in 1999, when he finished second in the 1999 Cy Young Award voting after going 22-4 with a 2.90 ERA, and 1.29 WHIP for the Astros. He was named the NLCS MVP in 2000 with the Mets, and in 2003 with the Braves, became the first pitcher to win a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger in the same season.
Seattle also announced the hiring of Casey Candaele as first-base coach.