2016 Seattle Mariners season

2016 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Safeco Field (since 1999)
Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	Nintendo of America, represented by Howard Lincoln
Manager(s)	Scott Servais[1]
Local television	Root Sports Northwest (Dave Sims, Mike Blowers)
Local radio	ESPN-710 Seattle Mariners Radio Network (Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith)
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The 2016 Seattle Mariners season will be the 40th season in franchise history. Their last playoff appearance was in 2001. The Mariners will be playing their 17th full season (18th overall) at Safeco Field.

Standings

American League West

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Seattle Mariners	17	11	0.607	—	5–7	12–4
Texas Rangers	15	14	0.517	2½	10–5	5–9
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	15	0.464	4	6–6	7–9
Oakland Athletics	13	16	0.448	4½	5–11	8–5
Houston Astros	10	19	0.345	7½	6–8	4–11

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Chicago White Sox	19	9	0.679
Seattle Mariners	17	11	0.607
Baltimore Orioles	16	11	0.593

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	16	11	0.593	+2
Cleveland Indians	13	12	0.520	—
Detroit Tigers	14	13	0.519	—
Kansas City Royals	14	13	0.519	—
Texas Rangers	15	14	0.517	—
Toronto Blue Jays	15	15	0.500	½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	15	0.464	1½
Tampa Bay Rays	12	14	0.462	1½
Oakland Athletics	13	16	0.448	2
New York Yankees	9	17	0.346	4½
Houston Astros	10	19	0.345	5
Minnesota Twins	8	20	0.286	6½

Record against opponents

2016 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0
Boston	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	3–1
Chicago	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–5
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–1
Houston	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2
Kansas City	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
New York	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Oakland	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	—	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–3	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–4	0–0
Texas	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	—	1–0	0–0
Toronto	1–2	3–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	—	0–0

Season summary

Game log

2016 Game Log (17–11)[2]
April: 13–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 4 @ Rangers 2–3 Hamels (1–0) Hernández (0–1) Tolleson (1) 49,289 0–1 2 April 5 @ Rangers 10–2 Vincent (1–0) Barnette (0–1) — 28,386 1–1 3 April 6 @ Rangers 9–5 Benoit (1–0) Tolleson (0–1) — 26,945 2–1 4 April 8 Athletics 2–3 Doolittle (1–1) Cishek (0–1) Madson (2) 47,065 2–2 5 April 9 Athletics 1–6 Hill (1–1) Karns (0–1) — 36,424 2–3 6 April 10 Athletics 1–2 (10) Axford (1–0) Vincent (1–1) Doolittle (1) 30,834 2–4 7 April 11 Rangers 3–7 Lewis (1–0) Iwakuma (0–1) — 13,468 2–5 8 April 12 Rangers 0–8 Holland (1–0) Miley (0–1) — 13,376 2–6 9 April 13 Rangers 4–2 (10) Cishek (1–1) Diekman (0–1) — 15,075 3–6 10 April 15 @ Yankees 7–1 Karns (1–1) Severino (0–2) — 35,531 4–6 11 April 16 @ Yankees 3–2 Hernández (1–1) Sabathia (1–1) Cishek (1) 38,574 5–6 12 April 17 @ Yankees 3–4 Tanaka (1–0) Iwakuma (0–2) Miller (3) 43,856 5–7 13 April 19 @ Indians 2–3 Carrasco (2–0) Miley (0–2) Allen (4) 9,393 5–8 14 April 20 @ Indians 2–1 Walker (1–0) Salazar (2–1) Cishek (2) 9,890 6–8 15 April 21 @ Indians 10–7 (10) Zych (1–0) Allen (0–1) Cishek (3) 11,525 7–8 16 April 22 @ Angels 5–2 (10) Peralta (1–0) Álvarez (0–1) Cishek (4) 40,755 8–8 17 April 23 @ Angels 2–4 Santiago (2–0) Hernández (1–2) Street (5) 41,058 8–9 18 April 24 @ Angels 9–4 Miley (1–2) Shoemaker (1–3) Vincent (1) 37,754 9–9 19 April 25 Astros 3–2 Walker (2–0) Fister (1–3) Cishek (5) 14,832 10–9 20 April 26 Astros 11–1 Karns (2–1) Keuchel (2–3) — 13,821 11–9 21 April 27 Astros 4–7 McHugh (2–3) Iwakuma (0–3) — 14,173 11–10 22 April 29 Royals 1–0 Hernández (2–2) Medlen (1–2) Cishek (6) 38,684 12–10 23 April 30 Royals 6–0 Miley (2–2) Ventura (2–1) — 43,444 13–10
May: 4–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 4–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 Royals 1–4 Kennedy (3–2) Walker (2–1) Davis (8) 37,053 13–11 25 May 2 @ Athletics 4–3 Karns (3–1) Graveman (1–3) Cishek (7) 10,535 14–11 26 May 3 @ Athletics 8–2 Iwakuma (1–3) Gray (3–3) — 12,584 15–11 27 May 4 @ Athletics 9–8 Montgomery (1–0) Axford (2–1) Cishek (8) 16,238 16–11 28 May 5 @ Astros 6–3 Vincent (2–1) Gregerson (0–1) Cishek (9) 20,151 17–11 29 May 6 @ Astros – — – 30 May 7 @ Astros – — – 31 May 8 @ Astros – — – 32 May 9 Rays – — – 33 May 10 Rays – — – 34 May 11 Rays – — – 35 May 13 Angels – — – 36 May 14 Angels – — – 37 May 15 Angels – — – 38 May 17 @ Orioles – — – 39 May 18 @ Orioles – — – 40 May 19 @ Orioles – — – 41 May 20 @ Reds – — – 42 May 21 @ Reds – — – 43 May 22 @ Reds – — – 44 May 23 Athletics – — – 45 May 24 Athletics – — – 46 May 25 Athletics – — – 47 May 27 Twins – — – 48 May 28 Twins – — – 49 May 29 Twins – — – 50 May 30 Padres – — – 51 May 31 Padres – — –
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 @ Padres – — – 53 June 2 @ Padres – — – 54 June 3 @ Rangers – — – 55 June 4 @ Rangers – — – 56 June 5 @ Rangers – — – 57 June 6 Indians – — – 58 June 7 Indians – — – 59 June 8 Indians – — – 60 June 9 Indians – — – 61 June 10 Rangers – — – 62 June 11 Rangers – — – 63 June 12 Rangers – — – 64 June 14 @ Rays – — – 65 June 15 @ Rays – — – 66 June 16 @ Rays – — – 67 June 17 @ Red Sox – — – 68 June 18 @ Red Sox – — – 69 June 19 @ Red Sox – — – 70 June 20 @ Tigers – — – 71 June 21 @ Tigers – — – 72 June 22 @ Tigers – — – 73 June 23 @ Tigers – — – 74 June 24 Cardinals – — – 75 June 25 Cardinals – — – 76 June 26 Cardinals – — – 77 June 28 Pirates – — – 78 June 29 Pirates – — – 79 June 30 Orioles – — –
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 Orioles – — – 81 July 2 Orioles – — – 82 July 3 Orioles – — – 83 July 4 @ Astros – — – 84 July 5 @ Astros – — – 85 July 6 @ Astros – — – 86 July 7 @ Royals – — – 87 July 8 @ Royals – — – 88 July 9 @ Royals – — – 89 July 10 @ Royals – — – 90 July 15 Astros – — – 91 July 16 Astros – — – 92 July 17 Astros – — – 93 July 18 White Sox – — – 94 July 19 White Sox – — – 95 July 20 White Sox – — – 96 July 22 @ Blue Jays – — – 97 July 23 @ Blue Jays – — – 98 July 24 @ Blue Jays – — – 99 July 26 @ Pirates – — – 100 July 27 @ Pirates – — – 101 July 29 @ Cubs – — – 102 July 30 @ Cubs – — – 103 July 31 @ Cubs – — –
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 Red Sox – — – 105 August 2 Red Sox – — – 106 August 3 Red Sox – — – 107 August 4 Red Sox – — – 108 August 5 Angels – — – 109 August 6 Angels – — – 110 August 7 Angels – — – 111 August 8 Tigers – — – 112 August 9 Tigers – — – 113 August 10 Tigers – — – 114 August 12 @ Athletics – — – 115 August 13 @ Athletics – — – 116 August 14 @ Athletics – — – 117 August 15 @ Angels – — – 118 August 16 @ Angels – — – 119 August 17 @ Angels – — – 120 August 18 @ Angels – — – 121 August 19 Brewers – — – 122 August 20 Brewers – — – 123 August 21 Brewers – — – 124 August 22 Yankees – — – 125 August 23 Yankees – — – 126 August 24 Yankees – — – 127 August 25 @ White Sox – — – 128 August 26 @ White Sox – — – 129 August 27 @ White Sox – — – 130 August 28 @ White Sox – — – 131 August 29 @ Rangers – — – 132 August 30 @ Rangers – — – 133 August 31 @ Rangers – — –
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 2 Angels – — – 135 September 3 Angels – — – 136 September 4 Angels – — – 137 September 5 Rangers – — – 138 September 6 Rangers – — – 139 September 7 Rangers – — – 140 September 8 Rangers – — – 141 September 9 @ Athletics – — – 142 September 10 @ Athletics – — – 143 September 11 @ Athletics – — – 144 September 12 @ Angels – — – 145 September 13 @ Angels – — – 146 September 14 @ Angels – — – 147 September 16 Astros – — – 148 September 17 Astros – — – 149 September 18 Astros – — – 150 September 19 Blue Jays – — – 151 September 20 Blue Jays – — – 152 September 21 Blue Jays – — – 153 September 23 @ Twins – — – 154 September 24 @ Twins – — – 155 September 25 @ Twins – — – 156 September 26 @ Astros – — – 157 September 27 @ Astros – — – 158 September 28 @ Astros – — – 159 September 29 Athletics – — – 160 September 30 Athletics – — –
October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 Athletics – — – 162 October 2 Athletics – — –
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Mariners team member

Roster

Seattle Mariners roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 34 Félix Hernández 18 Hisashi Iwakuma 13 Nate Karns 20 Wade Miley 44 Taijuan Walker Bullpen 48 Mayckol Guaipe 52 Steve Johnson 37 Mike Montgomery 38 Vidal Nuño 62 Joel Peralta 50 Nick Vincent Closer 31 Steve Cishek		Catchers 32 Steve Clevenger 33 Chris Iannetta Infielders 22 Robinson Canó 10 Dae-ho Lee 26 Adam Lind  4 Ketel Marte 16 Luis Sardiñas 15 Kyle Seager Outfielders  8 Nori Aoki 23 Nelson Cruz 21 Franklin Gutiérrez 12 Leonys Martín  7 Seth Smith		Pitchers 49 Jonathan Aro 53 Joaquín Benoit 41 Charlie Furbush 57 Cody Martin 65 James Paxton 59 David Rollins 58 Evan Scribner 55 Tony Zych Catchers 28 Steve Baron  3 Mike Zunino Infielders  1 Chris Taylor Outfielders 64 Guillermo Heredia 36 Shawn O'Malley 40 Boog Powell 17 Stefen Romero		Manager  9 Scott Servais Coaches 14 Manny Acta (third base) 27 Tim Bogar (bench) 43 Casey Candaele (first base) 46 Mike Hampton (bullpen) 11 Edgar Martínez (hitting) 30 Mel Stottlemyre, Jr. (pitching) 88 Chris Prieto (quality control) 66 Fleming Baez (bullpen catcher) 89 Nasuel Cabrera (batting practice pitcher) 60-day disabled list 29 Ryan Cook  2 Jesús Sucre 25 active, 15 inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list ^† Suspended list ^# Personal leave Roster and coaches updated May 3, 2016 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League
AA	Jackson Generals	Southern League
A-Advanced	Bakersfield Blaze	California League
A	Clinton LumberKings	Midwest League
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL Mariners 1	Dominican Summer League
Rookie	DSL Mariners 2	Dominican Summer League

References

1. "Seattle Mariners hire manager Scott Servais after two seasons". ESPN. Associated Press. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
2. "2016 Seattle Mariners Sortable Schedule". Seattle Mariners.

External links

• 2016 Seattle Mariners season Official Site
• 2016 Seattle Mariners season at ESPN
• 2016 Seattle Mariners season at Baseball Reference