Seattle Mariners

The Seattle Mariners are one of the teams in Major League Baseball (MLB). This team is known for competing in the West Division of the American League (AL).

The Seattle Mariners were formed as a team in 1977. Since then, the team has competed in the MLB games and have won three West Division titles till now. However, this team is yet to win any World Series Championships or AL pennants in their career. This hasn't prevented the team from losing popularity among the fans. The team has a dedicated fan base that it caters to.

In the present times, The Seattle Mariners have added some hungry and talented names to their roster to improve and make the team better. Their entire focus is now on winning their first World Series Championships in the MLB for themselves and their fans.

Seattle Mariners History

The team Seattle Mariners was created after the proceedings of a legal case was over. The original baseball team from Seattle relocated to Milwaukee and became the Milwaukee Brewers. For this, the commissioner of baseball of the city of Seattle, King County and Washington state sued the American League. The American League (AL) of the MLB provided an opportunity to create an expansion team for their city in 1976. Consequently, the Seattle Mariners was formed in 1977 and began to play in the MLB.

Despite having some well known and talented players on the roster, the Seattle Mariners faced difficulties in competing against the other teams in their initial years. With the arrival of Ken Griffey Jr. on the team, fortunes began to change for the team as both father-son duo improved the batting portion of the team to a great extent. During the 1990s, the team began to show an improvement in their performance which started with the arrival of manager Lou Piniella on the team. The team also went on to win its first AL West Division title in 1995.

Unfortunately after this, the team again declined in their performance and continued to do so until 1999. In 2000, they gained a Wild Card berth for themselves for the first time. Although the team lost Alex Rodriguez during this time, they gained players like Ichiro Suzuki and Bret Boone. Resultantly, the team had one of the best seasons in 2001 with a record of 116-46. The team continued its good performance until the 2003 season. From the 2004 to 2006 seasons, the team took time to rebuild and improve themselves again.

In the 2007 season, the Seattle Mariners performed fairly well under the expert craftsmanship of players like Ichiro Suzuki and Adam Jones. Unfortunately, they had a disastrous season in 2008 with a record of 61-101. The Seattle Mariners had a good season in 2014 with many of its players getting critically acclaimed for their performances on the field. They continued adding new and talented pitchers to their roster for a hope to appear in the playoffs. Unfortunately, losing games and player trades put a halt to that for the team.

In recent times, especially 2022, the team had one of their best performances in the season. They performed admirably against opponents like the Toronto Blue Jays and the Houston Astros even though they could not make it to the playoffs.

Seattle Mariners Owner

The Seattle Mariners are owned by John Stanton, a businessman from America. He became the CEO of the Seattle Mariners team in 2016.

John Stanton is the owner and is responsible for the day to day operations regarding the team. However, he has received constant criticism, accusations and blame from the fans for not living up to his role as the owner of the team. He has been blamed for not investing money into making the team better, not promoting the minor league affiliations of the team and their stadiums and not even signing better talents on the team. The fans have even gone as far as to call him a fraud.

Besides owning the Seattle Mariners, John Stanton founded Western Wireless Corporation. He was the Chairman and CEO of VoiceStream Wireless and was also previously a chairman for the CTIA.

In his personal life, he lives in Bellevue, Washington, United States with his wife Theresa Gillespie and their two children, both sons.

Seattle Mariners Jersey and Logo

The Seattle Mariners have designed their own home and road jerseys to represent their team in the MLB. Their home jersey is white colored buttoned down shirt and pants. There is navy blue piping running from the neck and on both sides of the jersey and down the sides of the pants. There is a navy blue Nike logo on the upper left side of the jersey. The team name “Mariners” appears in navy blue color and northwest green trimmed in it across the chest of the jersey. There is also the team logo compass above the “M” of the Mariners. The back of the jersey has the player name with the jersey number below it in navy blue and northwest green trimmings. The same compass logo of the team is featured on one of the sleeves of the jersey. The caps and helmets of the team are navy blue in color with the compass logo appearing on a silver colored “S” with northwest green trimmings in front.

The road jersey of the Seattle Mariners consists of navy blue button down shirts and white colored pants. There is a silver Nike logo on the upper left side of the jersey. Furthermore, the city name “Seattle” appears in silver color with northwest green trimmings in an arched manner across the chest of the jersey. The team logo of the compass appears in the middle of the “S” of Seattle. Below this, the jersey number appears in silver with northwest green trimmings. The player name and the jersey number can also be found on the back of the jersey in silver color with northwest green trimmings. The logo is the same and is featured on one of the sleeves of the jersey. The caps and helmets are the same as the home jersey, navy blue with the team logo inside a silver colored “S” with northwest green trimmings in the front.

Seattle Mariners Nicknames

Compared to the other MLB teams, the Seattle Mariners have received very few nicknames for themselves. These are what the fans call the team.

• The M’s - This nickname has been given by the fans as a shorter version of the team’s name “Mariners.”

• Los Marineros - This is a Spanish nickname given to the team by the latin fans.

Seattle Mariners Retired Jersey

The Seattle Mariners have retired very little number of jerseys of its players as compared to the other MLB teams. Here are the jerseys that have been officially retired by the team.

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Seattle Mariners Home Stadium

The Seattle Mariners’ home stadium is the T-Mobile Park located in Seattle, Washington, United States. This stadium was previously known as Safeco Field. The stadium has the capacity to support 47, 929 spectators during a baseball game. The field is a mixture of Kentucky bluegrass and Perennial ryegrass.

The features of the stadium include escalators, ramps, elevators and stairs that allows the fans to go into all areas of the stadium. The other feature of the park is that it has a wide variety of foods and beverage services available for spectators. Foods like sushi, teriyaki, crepes, garlic fries, pad thai, seafoods and healthy foods are widely available for those who come here. There are also various breweries offering varieties of beers.

Among other features of the stadium is the retractable roof of the stadium that brings the whistles of the trains passing to the stadium. There is also the Mariners Hall of Fame containing memorabilia used by the Hall of Famers. Lastly, there are statues of famous Mariners like Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez and broadcaster Dave Niehaus.

Besides baseball, the stadium has also been used for minor league baseball, soccer, pro wrestling (Wrestlemania XIX), ice hockey and musical concerts by artists and bands like Red Hot Chilli Peppers (RHCP), Green Day, Foo Fighters, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Billy Joel. Pearl Jam and others.

Seattle Mariners Tickets and Broadcasting Details

Currently, the best place to purchase the tickets for the games of the Seattle Mariners is SeatGeek. The price of the tickets start as low as $10 and go higher up from there according to the game and demand of the spectators.

Root Sports is the exclusive TV partner for the Seattle Mariners. They will telecast all the games of the team. Broadcasters include Mike Blowers, Aaron Goldsmith, Jim Armintrout and Dan Wilson.

The Mariners Radio Network takes care of broadcasting the games on the radio. Broadcasters include Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith and Gary Hill Jr. The Spanish side is handled by Alex Rivera and Steve Guasch.

The MLB.TV is also there besides TV and radio. It will stream the games of the Seattle Mariners in out of market areas. For this, the fans of the Seattle Mariners just need to purchase a Seattle Mariners single team subscription for $19.99 per month.

Seattle Mariners Coaching Staff

The Seattle Mariners have appointed various coaching personnel to ensure that the team wins a World Series Championship. These are the people tasked with the responsibilities of guiding and improving the players.

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Seattle Mariners Rivalries

The major rivals for the Seattle Mariners have been the Houston Astros and the San Diego Padres.

Rivalry of the Mariners and the Astros

The rivalry of these two teams are mainly divisional. The recent success of the Astros has resulted in enmity between the players of both the teams resulting in fights and inside pitches. Despite all these tensions between the two teams, the Mariners have not yet been able to get the better off the Astros yet. Their record currently puts the Astros at an advantage with a record of 119-73.

Rivalry of the Mariners and the Padres.

The rivalry between these two teams have given rise to the folklore of “The Eddie Vedder Cup.” This was because of the fact that Eddie Vedder, the front man of the Pearl Jam had hometowns in Seattle and San Diego. Nevertheless, both these teams are respectful towards each other and their rivalry is mostly humorous. Their record puts the Mariners at an advantage with 62-61.

Besides these two, the Los Angeles Angels and the Oakland Athletics are also the rivals of the Seattle Mariners. The Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Angels have played 728 games so far and the Angels are ahead with a record of 393-336. On the other hand, the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics have had 722 encounters with each other. Unfortunately, the Mariners are at a disadvantage with a record of 343-379 against the Athletics.

Seattle Mariners MLB Records and Stats

These are all the all-time records and stats owned by the Seattle Mariners as a team.

• All-time high record in scoring home runs - 7305

• All-time high record in runs scored - 32, 218.

• All-time high record in batting average - .258

• All-time high record in stole bases - 174

• All-time high record in allowing runs to be scored by the opponent - 34,036

• All-time high record in scoring strikeouts - 1259

• All-time high records in scoring shutouts - 14

• All-time high record in ERA - 2.14

Seattle Mariners World Series Championships

The Seattle Mariners are one of the MLB teams that have never won a World Series Championships yet.

Seattle Mariners Other MLBTitles

As compared to the other MLB teams, the Seattle Mariners have managed to achieve very little so far. Here are all that they have achieved till now.

Seattle Mariners Hall Of Famers

The Seattle Mariners as a team have put several famous members of the team into the Hall of Fame throughout the years. These are the legendary Mariners that have achieved Hall of Fame status.

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Current Seattle Mariners Roster MLB 2023

These are currently the active players on the roster of the Seattle Mariners.

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Seattle Mariners Schedule

The 2023 season for the Seattle Mariners have almost come to an end. These are the last couple of games the team will participate in.

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