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The Seattle Mariners have played their home games at T-Mobile Park since it opened in 1999.

The Seattle Mariners are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The team has been a member of the American League's West division since they entered as an expansion franchise in 1977. [1] Their name was chosen in a public contest and reflects the city's nautical history and location on Puget Sound. [2] The team's first home stadium was the Kingdome, an indoor multi-purpose stadium shared with other sports, from 1977 until 1999. The Mariners moved to their current home, T-Mobile Park (formerly Safeco Field), when it opened on July 15, 1999; the stadium has a retractable roof and a seating caapcity of 47,943. [3]

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The first MLB team in the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle Pilots, played for one season in 1969 as an American League expansion team at Sick's Stadium, a former minor league venue. After their sale to avoid bankruptcy, the Pilots moved to Milwaukee in 1970 and became the Brewers. [1] The governments of Seattle, King County, and Washington filed a lawsuit against the American League in 1975 for a breach of contract in breaking the lease at Sick's Stadium; the lawsuit was withdrawn in exchange for a team that would play at the new Kingdome. After failed attempts to relocate an existing team, an expansion franchise was granted in 1976. [4]

The Mariners played their first game at the Kingdome on April 6, 1977, and finished their first season with a 64–98 record. [1] The team had 14 consecutive losing seasons and never finished in the top half of the seven-team AL West division until the 1990s; their first winning season was achieved in 1991 under manager Jim Lefebvre, who was fired at the end of the season. [5] [6] The Mariners clinched the division title in 1995 by defeating the California Angels in a tie-breaker game after the two teams finished with identical 78–66 records. [7] They earned a place in the postseason for the first time in franchise history amid the threat of relocation due to the Kingdome's deteriorating condition. [1] [8] The team's playoff run, which included a comeback series victory against the New York Yankees, ended with a loss to the Cleveland Indians in the American League Championship Series (ACLS). In October 1995, the state and county governments approved financing to build a new stadium a month after voters had rejected a referendum on the issue. [7] [9] Under manager Lou Piniella, the Mariners had three consecutive seasons with winning records and made another postseason appearance in 1997, but failed to advance beyond the American League Division Series (ALDS). [1] [10]

The team earned their first wild card berth in the 2000 season and advanced to the ALCS, where they lost to the Yankees. [11] [12] During the 2001 season, the Mariners won 116 games and tied the 1906 Chicago Cubs for the MLB record. The team advanced to the ALCS for the third time in franchise history and lost to the Yankees for the second consecutive year. [13] [14] The Mariners failed to qualify for the postseason from 2001 to 2022; [15] the 21-year period was the longest active playoff drought in the North American major sports leagues at the time and among the longest in MLB history. [16] [17] The team ended the drought with a wild card berth in 2022 and advanced to the ALDS, where they were eliminated by the Houston Astros, another AL West franchise. [18] The Mariners failed to return to the playoffs in the 2023 season despite finishing with a winning record for the third consecutive year. [19]

As of the end of their 47th season in 2023, the Mariners have an all-time regular season record of 3,514 wins and 3,873 losses. [20] They have had a winning record in 17 seasons, a losing record in 30 seasons, and five postseason berths. [20] After the Washington Nationals won the National League title in 2019, the Mariners are the only active MLB franchise never to have appeared in the World Series. [21]

Regular season results

Seattle Mariners regular season record by season
MLB
season
Team
season
League Division Regular season [20] Postseason results [20] [22] Awards [23] Manager [20]
(list)
Finish W L Pct GB
1977 1977 AL West 6th6498.39538 Darrell Johnson
1978 1978 ALWest7th56104.35035
1979 1979 ALWest6th6795.41421
1980 1980 [lower-alpha 1] ALWest7th59103.36438Darrell Johnson (39–65)
Maury Wills (20–38)
1981 [lower-alpha 2] 1981 [lower-alpha 1] ALWest6th4465.40420Maury Wills (6–18)
Rene Lachemann (38–47)
1982 1982 ALWest4th7686.46917Rene Lachemann
1983 1983 ALWest7th60102.37039Rene Lachemann (26–47)
Del Crandall (34–55)
1984 1984 ALWest5th7488.45710 Alvin Davis (ROY)Del Crandall (59–76)
Chuck Cottier (15–12)
1985 1985 ALWest6th7488.45717Chuck Cottier
1986 1986 ALWest7th6795.41425Chuck Cottier (9–19)
Marty Martínez (59–76)
Dick Williams (58–75)
1987 1987 ALWest4th7884.4817Dick Williams
1988 1988 ALWest7th6893.42235Dick Williams (23–33)
Jim Snyder (45–60)
1989 1989 ALWest6th7389.45126 Jim Lefebvre
1990 1990 ALWest5th7785.47526
1991 1991 ALWest5th8379.51212
1992 1992 ALWest7th6498.39532 Bill Plummer
1993 1993 ALWest4th8280.50612 Lou Piniella
1994 [lower-alpha 3] 1994 [lower-alpha 4] ALWest3rd4963.4382Playoffs cancelled by
players' strike [lower-alpha 3]
1995 1995 ALWest ^1st ^7966.545Won ALDS (Yankees) 3–2
Lost ALCS (Indians) 4–2
Randy Johnson (CYA)
Lou Piniella (MOY)
1996 1996 ALWest2nd8576.528
1997 1997 ALWest ^1st ^9072.556Lost ALDS (Orioles) 3–1 Ken Griffey Jr. (MVP)
1998 1998 ALWest3rd7685.47211½
1999 1999 ALWest3rd7983.48816
2000 2000 ALWest2nd ¤9171.562½Won ALDS (White Sox) 3–0
Lost ALCS (Yankees) 4–2
Kazuhiro Sasaki (ROY)
2001 2001 ALWest ^1st ^116 [lower-alpha 5] 46.716Won ALDS (Indians) 3–2
Lost ALCS (Yankees) 4–1
Ichiro Suzuki (MVP, ROY)
Lou Piniella (MOY)
2002 2002 ALWest3rd9369.57410
2003 2003 ALWest2nd9369.5743 Bob Melvin
2004 2004 ALWest4th6399.38929
2005 2005 ALWest4th6993.42626 Mike Hargrove
2006 2006 ALWest4th7884.48115
2007 2007 ALWest2nd8874.5436Mike Hargrove (45–33)
John McLaren (43–41)
2008 2008 ALWest4th61101.37739John McLaren (25–47)
Jim Riggleman (36–54)
2009 2009 ALWest3rd8577.52512 Don Wakamatsu
2010 2010 ALWest4th61101.37729 Félix Hernández (CYA)Don Wakamatsu (42–70)
Daren Brown (19–31)
2011 2011 ALWest4th6795.41429 Eric Wedge
2012 2012 ALWest4th7587.46319
2013 2013 ALWest4th7191.43825
2014 2014 ALWest3rd8775.53711 Chris Young (CB POY) Lloyd McClendon
2015 2015 ALWest4th7686.46912
2016 2016 ALWest2nd8676.5319 Scott Servais
2017 2017 ALWest3rd7884.48123
2018 2018 ALWest3rd8973.54914
2019 2019 ALWest5th6894.42039
2020 [lower-alpha 6] 2020 ALWest3rd2733.4509 Kyle Lewis (ROY)
2021 2021 ALWest2nd9072.5565
2022 2022 ALWest2nd ¤9072.55616Won ALWC (Blue Jays) 2–0
Lost ALDS (Astros) 3–0
Julio Rodríguez (ROY)
2023 2023 ALWest3rd8874.5432
Totals (47 seasons) [20] 3,5143,873.476All-time regular season record (1977–2023)
1722.436All-time postseason record (1977–2023)
3,5313,895.475All-time regular and postseason record (1977–2023)

Record by decade

The Kingdome, an indoor multi-purpose stadium, was the home of the Seattle Mariners from 1977 to 1999. Kingdome - 1984 (cropped).jpg
The Kingdome, an indoor multi-purpose stadium, was the home of the Seattle Mariners from 1977 to 1999.
As of the 2023 season

The following table summarizes the Mariners' win–loss record in the MLB regular season by decade. [20]

Regular season record by decade
Decade Wins Losses Pct
1970s187297.386
1980s673893.430
1990s764787.493
2000s837783.517
2010s758862.468
2020s295251.540
All-time3,5143,873.476

Postseason record by year

The Mariners have made the postseason five times in their history. Their first postseason appearance was in 1995 and the most recent was in 2022. [20] [22]

Postseason record and results
YearFinishRoundOpponentResultWL
1995 AL West champions ALDS New York Yankees Won32
ALCS Cleveland Indians Lost24
1997 AL West champions ALDS Baltimore Orioles Lost13
2000 AL Wild Card ALDS Chicago White Sox Won30
ALCS New York Yankees Lost24
2001 AL West champions ALDS Cleveland Indians Won32
ALCS New York Yankees Lost14
2022 AL Wild Card ALWC Toronto Blue Jays Won20
ALDS Houston Astros Lost03
Totals4–51722

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 In both the 1980 and 1981 seasons, the Mariners played one game which ended in a tie not reflected in the regular season table. [20] On June 2, 1980, the Mariners were tied 3–3 with the Detroit Tigers after 13 innings before the game in Detroit was suspended due to rain; [24] the game was replayed on August 1 as part of a doubleheader. [25] On April 29, 1981, the Mariners played 8 innings with the Minnesota Twins at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome that was called off due to rain and hail with the score tied at 7; [26] it was replayed on August 14 as the first game in a doubleheader. [27] In 2007, the Major League Baseball Rules Committee approved a rule change that no longer required tied games to be replayed in their entirety; suspended games that are tied in the bottom of the fifth inning or later are to be resumed at the same stadium at the next meeting between the same teams. [28]
  2. A players' strike was called on June 12, 1981, and ended 59 days later on August 9. The 1981 season was reorganized into a split season with two champions for each division—the team with the best record in pre-strike games and the team with the best record in post-strike games (or the runner-up if the same team won both halves). [29]
  3. 1 2 The 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, which started on August 12, led to the cancellation of the playoffs and World Series. [32] As a result of the shortened season, MLB did not officially award division championships. [33] Although they spent the entire season with a losing record, the Mariners were two games behind AL West leaders Texas Rangers by August 12. [34]
  4. The Kingdome was closed for emergency repairs following the collapse of ceiling tiles on July 19, 1994. As a result, the Mariners played the remainder of their schedule on the road; of the 30 scheduled road games, only 20 were played due to the players' strike called on August 12 that cancelled the rest of the season. [30] [31]
  5. The team's 116 wins tied an MLB record that was originally set by the 1906 Chicago Cubs. [13] However, the Mariners played ten more games than the 1906 Cubs. [35]
  6. The start of the 2020 season was postponed by MLB due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The shortened 60-game regular season began on July 24, 2020, with games played behind closed doors against teams in the American League West and National League West to reduce travel. [36] [37]

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