For the Mariners hit .258 with 17 HR and 52 RBI in 72 games...missed 73 games after breaking both bones in his left wrist while making a catch against the outfield wall on 4/29...returned to action on 8/15, 2 weeks ahead of schedule...Mariners, who finished 79-66 overall, went 36-37 in his absence...on 8/16 at Minnesota became the seventh-youngest player ever to record 1,000 hits...had a season-high 9-game hitting streak...on 9/28 at Texas hit his eighth career grand slam...was the first time he hit below .300 since a .264 mark in his rookie season...his HR and RBI totals also were the lowest since his rookie season (16 HR, 61 RBI). I was not Junior s best season.