Jay Campbell Buhner,nicknamed "Bone",is an American former professional baseball right fielder. He played for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball from 1987 to 2001. Noted for his shaved head,thick goatee,and patch of pine tar on the right hip of his uniform,he is regarded as one of the most popular players in Mariners' history.
Edgar Martínez,nicknamed "Gar" and "Papi",is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player who is currently the hitting coach for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB as a designated hitter and third baseman for Seattle from 1987 to 2004. He served as the Mariners' hitting coach from 2015 to 2018,and currently in 2024. He has also been a hitting advisor with the Mariners from 2019 through 2024.
Michael Ray Jackson is an American former professional baseball player whose career spanned 19 seasons,17 of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB). Jackson,a relief pitcher for the majority of his career,compiled a career earned run average (ERA) of 3.42,allowing 451 earned runs off of 983 hits,127 home runs,and 464 walks while recording 1,006 strikeouts over 1,005 games pitched.
Daniel Allen Wilson is an American former professional baseball player and current manager of the Seattle Mariners. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1992 through 2005,most notably as a member of the Seattle Mariners where he played 12 of his 14 seasons. The 1996 All-Star selection began his career with the Cincinnati Reds before being traded to the Mariners,where he was regarded as one of the game's best defensive catchers. At the time of his retirement in 2005,Wilson held the American League record for career fielding percentage by a catcher. In 2012,Wilson was inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame alongside his battery-mate,Randy Johnson. Wilson was promoted from special assignment coordinator to manager of the Seattle Mariners after the team fired Scott Servais on August 22,2024.
Andrew Charles Benes is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB),most prominently as a member of the San Diego Padres,who selected Benes as the first overall pick in the 1988 MLB draft. With the Padres,he was named to the National League (NL) All-Star team in 1993 and led the league in strikeouts in 1994. He also played for the Seattle Mariners,St. Louis Cardinals,and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Michael Wayne Moore is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher.
Timothy James Leary is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher.
Scott Daniel Servais is an American professional baseball former manager and player. Servais served as the manager of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2016 to 2024.
Edwin Núñez Martínez is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for six different teams from 1982 to 1994;he spent 1982 to 1988 with the Seattle Mariners,his longest tenure with one team. He was the youngest player in the American League in 1982 and 1983.
The 1982 season was the first year that the Minnesota Twins played at the Metrodome,which they would continue to play in until 2009. The team finished 60–102,seventh in the American League West. It was the first time the Twins lost more than 100 games since moving to Minnesota. This feat of more than 100 losses would be matched in 2016 and was surpassed by one game as that record was 59-103.
The Seattle Mariners' 2001 season was the 25th since the franchise's inception. They finished with a 116-46 (.71605) record,tying the major league record for wins in the modern era set by the 1906 Chicago Cubs,and setting the record for wins by an American League team. From a winning percentage record,it would only be surpassed in modern baseball by the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers,who finished 43-17 (.71667) in a pandemic-shortened season.
The Seattle Mariners 1998 season was their 22nd season,and was the final year in which Kingdome was the home venue for the entire season. Their record was 76–85 (.472) and they finished in third place in the four-team American League West,11½games behind the champion Texas Rangers.
The 1995 Seattle Mariners season was the 19th in the history of the franchise. The team finished with a regular season record of 79–66 (.545) to win their first American League West title,after having been down by as many as 13 games in early August. They had tied the California Angels for first place,and in the one-game tiebreaker,the Mariners defeated the Angels 9–1 to make the postseason for the first time in franchise history.
The 1988 Boston Red Sox season was the 88th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses,but were then swept by the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS.
The Oakland Athletics' 1981 season saw the A's finish with an overall record of 64 wins and 45 losses. They finished the season with the best record in the American League. Due to the infamous 1981 players strike,the league resorted to a split-season format;this new format saw the winners of both halves of the season playing in the first divisional playoff in MLB history. The A's qualified by posting the American League West's best record in the first half of the season. While they swept the Kansas City Royals in the ALDS,they were themselves swept by the New York Yankees in the ALCS.
The 1983 Major League Baseball season ended with the Baltimore Orioles defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the fifth game of the World Series. Rick Dempsey was named MVP of the Series. The All-Star Game was held on July 6 at Comiskey Park;the American League won by a score of 13–3,with California Angels outfielder Fred Lynn being named MVP. As of 2024 this remains the most recent season where no player hit for the cycle in a game.
Howard William Bedell is an American former Major League Baseball player,coach,and front-office administrator.
Logan Keith Gilbert is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021.
