2021 Seattle Mariners | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | T-Mobile Park | |
City | Seattle, Washington | |
Record | 90–72 (.556) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO John Stanton | |
Managers | Scott Servais | |
Television | Root Sports Northwest (Dave Sims, Aaron Goldsmith, Mike Blowers) | |
Radio | ESPN-710 Seattle Mariners Radio Network (Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith, Dave Sims) | |
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The 2021 Seattle Mariners season was the 45th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 22nd full season (23rd overall) at T-Mobile Park, their home ballpark in Seattle, Washington. The M's entered this season with the longest active playoff drought in the four major North American professional sports leagues, attempting to make their first postseason in twenty years. Seattle is the only current Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise without a World Series appearance. Despite posting a 90–72 record, their best since the 2003 season, the Mariners were eliminated from postseason contention for the 20th consecutive season after Boston swept the Washington Nationals to clinch the wild card berth and the Yankees clinched the remaining wild card spot on the last day of the season. This season was the second time during their drought that they’d won two more regular season games than the World Series champions.
In the Mariners' 1–0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 20, the two teams combined for three hits, tying the record for the fewest in an interleague game set by the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos in 1997. [1] As that game featured a home run, a double, and a single, and the Mariners/Dodgers games featured just a double and two singles, it broke the record for fewest total bases in a regular-season interleague game. [2]
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Houston Astros | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 51–30 | 44–37 |
Seattle Mariners | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 5 | 46–35 | 44–37 |
Oakland Athletics | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 9 | 43–38 | 43–38 |
Los Angeles Angels | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 18 | 40–42 | 37–43 |
Texas Rangers | 60 | 102 | 0.370 | 35 | 36–45 | 24–57 |
Division Leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 100 | 62 | 0.617 |
Houston Astros | 95 | 67 | 0.586 |
Chicago White Sox | 93 | 69 | 0.574 |
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) | Wild Card teamsW | L | Pct. | GB |
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Boston Red Sox | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | — |
New York Yankees | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | — |
Toronto Blue Jays | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 1 |
Seattle Mariners | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 2 |
Oakland Athletics | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 6 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 12 |
Detroit Tigers | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 15 |
Los Angeles Angels | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 15 |
Kansas City Royals | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 18 |
Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 19 |
Texas Rangers | 60 | 102 | 0.370 | 32 |
Baltimore Orioles | 52 | 110 | 0.321 | 40 |
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 6–13 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 1–18 | 4–3 | 5–14 | 7–13 |
Boston | 13–6 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 16–4 |
Chicago | 7–0 | 4–3 | — | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 14–6 |
Cleveland | 5–2 | 2–4 | 9–10 | — | 12–7 | 1–6 | 14–5 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 9–11 |
Detroit | 5–2 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 7–12 | — | 5–2 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–9 |
Houston | 3–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 2–5 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
Kansas City | 3–4 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 11–8 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
Los Angeles | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 4–2 | — | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
Minnesota | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | — | 1–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–10 |
New York | 11–8 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 4–3 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
Oakland | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 5–2 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 3–4 | — | 4–15 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 11–9 |
Seattle | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
Tampa Bay | 18–1 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 3–4 | 11–8 | 15–5 |
Texas | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 7–13 |
Toronto | 14–5 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 4–2 | — | 14–6 |
Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.
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April: 15–12 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–7)
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May: 13–15 (Home: 10–7; Away: 3–8)
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June: 14–12 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–8)
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July: 14–10 (Home: 9–7; Away: 5–3)
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August: 15–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 9–7)
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September: 18–8 (Home: 6–4; Away: 12–4)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Mariners team member |
Stats in bold are the team leaders.
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; TB = Total bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | TB |
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Mitch Haniger | 157 | 620 | 110 | 157 | 23 | 2 | 39 | 100 | 1 | 54 | .253 | 301 |
JP Crawford | 160 | 619 | 89 | 169 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 54 | 3 | 58 | .273 | 233 |
Kyle Seager | 159 | 603 | 73 | 128 | 29 | 1 | 35 | 101 | 3 | 59 | .212 | 264 |
Ty France | 152 | 571 | 85 | 166 | 32 | 1 | 18 | 73 | 0 | 46 | .291 | 254 |
Luis Torrens | 108 | 346 | 39 | 84 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 47 | 0 | 28 | .243 | 149 |
Jarred Kelenic | 93 | 337 | 41 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 43 | 6 | 36 | .181 | 118 |
Dylan Moore | 126 | 332 | 42 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 21 | 40 | .181 | 111 |
Tom Murphy | 97 | 277 | 35 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 40 | .202 | 97 |
Abraham Toro | 60 | 226 | 28 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 22 | .252 | 83 |
Jake Fraley | 78 | 214 | 27 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 36 | 10 | 46 | .210 | 79 |
Jake Bauers | 72 | 182 | 20 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 18 | .220 | 50 |
Taylor Trammell | 51 | 156 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 17 | .160 | 56 |
Cal Raleigh | 47 | 139 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | .180 | 43 |
Kyle Lewis | 36 | 130 | 15 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 16 | .246 | 51 |
Shed Long Jr. | 34 | 111 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 9 | .198 | 40 |
José Marmolejos | 41 | 106 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 15 | .160 | 33 |
Evan White | 30 | 97 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | .144 | 23 |
Sean Haggerty | 35 | 86 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | .186 | 25 |
Donovan Walton | 24 | 63 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .206 | 23 |
José Godoy | 16 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .162 | 7 |
Jack Mayfield | 11 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .176 | 7 |
Jacob Nottingham | 10 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .115 | 6 |
Eric Campbell | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | 3 |
Dillon Thomas | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .111 | 1 |
Braden Bishop | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 1 |
Marco Gonzalez | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Chris Flexen | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Justin Dunn | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 2 |
Tyler Anderson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
Yusei Kikuchi | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Darren McCaughan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Justus Sheffield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1 |
Kevin Padlo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5355 | 697 | 1209 | 233 | 11 | 199 | 673 | 64 | 535 | .226 | 2061 |
Stats in bold are the team leaders.
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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Chris Flexen | 14 | 6 | 3.61 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 179.2 | 185 | 74 | 72 | 40 | 125 |
Yusei Kikuchi | 7 | 9 | 4.41 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 157.0 | 145 | 82 | 77 | 62 | 163 |
Marco Gonzales | 10 | 6 | 3.96 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 143.1 | 125 | 64 | 63 | 42 | 108 |
Logan Gilbert | 6 | 5 | 4.68 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 119.1 | 112 | 63 | 62 | 28 | 128 |
Justus Sheffield | 7 | 8 | 6.83 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 80.1 | 105 | 69 | 61 | 43 | 63 |
Drew Steckenrider | 5 | 2 | 2.00 | 62 | 0 | 14 | 67.2 | 52 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 58 |
Paul Sewald | 10 | 3 | 3.06 | 62 | 0 | 11 | 64.2 | 42 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 104 |
Tyler Anderson | 2 | 3 | 4.81 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 63.2 | 71 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 48 |
Anthony Misiewicz | 5 | 5 | 4.61 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 54.2 | 61 | 30 | 28 | 15 | 53 |
Justin Dunn | 1 | 3 | 3.75 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 50.1 | 37 | 21 | 21 | 29 | 49 |
Rafael Montero | 5 | 3 | 7.27 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 43.1 | 56 | 39 | 35 | 15 | 37 |
Casey Sadler | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 40.1 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 37 |
Erik Swanson | 0 | 3 | 3.31 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 35.1 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 35 |
Will Vest | 1 | 0 | 6.17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 27 |
Kendall Graveman | 4 | 0 | 0.82 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 33.0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 34 |
Keynan Middleton | 1 | 2 | 4.94 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 31.0 | 30 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 24 |
JT Chargois | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
Yohan Ramírez | 1 | 3 | 3.90 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 27.2 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 35 |
Hector Santiago | 1 | 1 | 3.42 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 26.1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
Robert Dugger | 0 | 2 | 7.36 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 25.2 | 34 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 19 |
Diego Castillo | 3 | 1 | 2.86 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
Joe Smith | 3 | 3 | 2.00 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
Ljay Newsome | 1 | 1 | 7.98 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14.2 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
Wyatt Mills | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 11 |
Nick Margevicius | 0 | 2 | 8.25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
Sean Doolittle | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
Matt Andriese | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
Darren McCaughan | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
Daniel Zamora | 2 | 0 | 6.23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Aaron Fletcher | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Ryan Weber | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Yacksel Ríos | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Domingo Tapia | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Brady Lail | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
James Paxton | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Vinny Nittoli | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Andrés Muñoz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Jack Mayfield | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 90 | 72 | 4.30 | 162 | 162 | 51 | 1440.1 | 1356 | 748 | 688 | 485 | 1328 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Tacoma Rainiers | Triple-A West | Kristopher Negrón |
AA | Arkansas Travelers | Double-A Central | Collin Cowgill |
High-A | Everett AquaSox | High-A West | Louis Boyd |
A | Modesto Nuts | Low-A West | Eric Farris |
Rookie | ACL Mariners | Arizona Complex League | Austin Knight |
Foreign Rookie | DSL Mariners 1 | Dominican Summer League | |
Foreign Rookie | DSL Mariners 2 | Dominican Summer League |
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The 2022 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's 141st season overall, 136th season as a member of the National League, and 22nd season at PNC Park.
The 2022 Seattle Mariners season was the 46th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 23rd full season at T-Mobile Park, their home ballpark in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners finished the regular season at 90–72, equaling their record from 2021, and successfully reached the postseason for the first time since 2001.
The 2022 American League Wild Card Series were two best-of-three playoff series in Major League Baseball (MLB) that determined the participating teams of the 2022 American League Division Series (ALDS). Both Wild Card Series began on October 7, with Game 2s scheduled for October 8. ESPN broadcast both Wild Card Series in the United States together with ESPN Radio. For the first time, Canadian rightsholder Sportsnet – a sibling property to the Toronto Blue Jays under Rogers Communications – was allowed to produce its own broadcast of a Blue Jays postseason series; previously, it was required to simulcast a U.S. or MLB International broadcast. These matchups were:
The 2023 Texas Rangers season was the 63rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 52nd in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 4th season at Globe Life Field. It was also the team's first season under the management of Bruce Bochy.
The 2023 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 26th season in Major League Baseball and their 26th season at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West Division. They were managed by Torey Lovullo in his seventh season with the franchise.