List of Seattle Mariners seasons

The Seattle Mariners have played in Safeco Field since July 15, 1999.

The Seattle Mariners have completed 39 seasons of professional baseball in the West division of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s American League (AL) since they began play in 1977. From 1977 until June 27, 1999, the Mariners played in Seattle's Kingdome. Since July 15, 1999, the Mariners have played at Safeco Field.^[1] Their name reflects their home city's coastal and marine culture.

An expansion team created as a result of a breach of contract lawsuit involving the Seattle Pilots' 1969 departure after just one year in Seattle,^[2] the Mariners finished each of their first 14 seasons with a losing record. However, after Seattle won its division and a playoff berth for the first time in 1995, they have enjoyed sporadic success, making the playoffs three more times but never advancing beyond the American League Championship Series (ALCS).

Regular season results

World Series champions

American League champions

Division champions

Wild card berth (1994–present)

MLB season	Team season	League[3]	Division[3]	Regular season					Post-season	Awards
				Finish^[a]	Wins^[b]	Losses	Win%	GB^[c]
1977	1977	AL	West	6th	64	98	.395	38	—	—
1978	1978	AL	West	7th	56	104	.350	35	—	—
1979	1979	AL	West	6th	67	95	.414	21	—	—
1980	1980^[d]	AL	West	7th	59	103	.364	38	—	—
1981^[e]	1981^[d]	AL	West	6th	44	65	.404	20	—	—
1982	1982	AL	West	4th	76	86	.469	17	—	—
1983	1983	AL	West	7th	60	102	.370	39	—	—
1984	1984	AL	West	5th	74	88	.457	10	—	Alvin Davis (ROY)^[f][4]
1985	1985	AL	West	6th	74	88	.457	17	—	—
1986	1986	AL	West	7th	67	95	.414	25	—	—
1987	1987	AL	West	4th	78	84	.481	7	—	—
1988	1988	AL	West	7th	68	93	.422	35	—	—
1989	1989	AL	West	6th	73	89	.451	26	—	—
1990	1990	AL	West	5th	77	85	.475	26	—	—
1991	1991	AL	West	5th	83	79	.512	12	—	—
1992	1992	AL	West	7th	64	98	.395	32	—	—
1993	1993	AL	West	4th	82	80	.506	12	—	—
1994^[g]	1994	AL	West	3rd	49	63	.438	2	—	—
1995	1995	AL	West	1st	79	66	.545	—	Won ALDS^[h] (Yankees) 3–2 Lost ALCS^[i] (Indians) 4–2[5]	Randy Johnson (CYA)^[j][4] Lou Piniella (MOY)^[k][4]
1996	1996	AL	West	2nd	85	76	.528	4½	—	—
1997	1997	AL	West	1st	90	72	.556	—	Lost ALDS (Orioles) 3–1[6]	Ken Griffey, Jr. (MVP)^[l][4]
1998	1998	AL	West	3rd	76	85	.472	11½	—	—
1999	1999	AL	West	3rd	79	83	.488	16	—	—
2000	2000	AL	West	2nd	91	71	.562	½	Won ALDS (White Sox) 3–0 Lost ALCS (Yankees) 4–2[7]	Kazuhiro Sasaki (ROY)[4]
2001	2001	AL	West	1st	116^[m]	46	.716	—	Won ALDS (Indians) 3–2 Lost ALCS (Yankees) 4–1[8]	Ichiro Suzuki (MVP, ROY)[4] Lou Piniella (MOY)[4]
2002	2002	AL	West	3rd	93	69	.574	10	—	—
2003	2003	AL	West	2nd	93	69	.574	3	—	—
2004	2004	AL	West	4th	63	99	.389	29	—	—
2005	2005	AL	West	4th	69	93	.426	26	—	—
2006	2006	AL	West	4th	78	84	.481	15	—	—
2007	2007	AL	West	2nd	88	74	.543	6	—	—
2008	2008	AL	West	4th	61	101	.377	39	—	—
2009	2009	AL	West	3rd	85	77	.525	12	—	—
2010	2010	AL	West	4th	61	101	.377	29	—	Félix Hernández (CYA)[9]
2011	2011	AL	West	4th	67	95	.414	29	—	—
2012	2012	AL	West	4th	75	87	.463	19	—	—
2013	2013	AL	West	4th	71	91	.438	25	—	—
2014	2014	AL	West	3rd	87	75	.537	11	—	Chris Young (CBPOY)
2015	2015	AL	West	4th	76	86	.469	12	—	—
Totals					Wins	Losses	Win%
					2822	3209	.468	All-time regular season record (1977–2014)
					15	19	.441	All-time postseason record
					2837	3228	.468	All-time regular and postseason record

See also

• List of Seattle Mariners managers
• List of Seattle Mariners Opening Day starting pitchers
• Seattle Mariners team records

Footnotes

• ^a The Finish column lists regular season results and excludes postseason play.
• ^b The Wins and Losses columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list.
• ^c The GB column lists "Games behind" from the team that finished in first place that season. It is determined by finding the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two. Half-game increments are possible because games can be cancelled (most often due to rain).
• ^d In both the 1980 and 1981 seasons, the Mariners played one game which ended in a tie not reflected in the above table. On June 2, 1980, in Detroit, the Mariners were tied with the Tigers 3–3 after 13 innings; the game was suspended due to rain and never replayed because neither team was in playoff contention.^[10] On April 29, 1981, the Mariners played an 8 inning game with the Minnesota Twins that was called due to rain with the score tied at 7; it was also never replayed.^[11] In 2007, the Major League Baseball Rules Committee announced that tied games would no longer be replayed from the start but instead suspended and resumed.^[12]

• ^e The 1981 Major League Baseball strike caused the season to be split into two halves.^[13]
• ^f ROY stands for Rookie of the Year.
• ^g The 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, which started on August 12, led to the cancellation of the playoffs and World Series.^[14] As a result of the abbreviated season, MLB did not officially award division championships.^[15] Although they spent the entire shortened season with a losing record, the Mariners held first place in their division before ten games until as late as May 25, when three of the four AL West teams were tied.^[16]
• ^h ALDS stands for American League Division Series.
• ⁱ ALCS stands for American League Championship Series.
• ^j CYA stands for Cy Young Award.
• ^k MOY stands for Manager of the Year Award.
• ^l MVP stands for Most Valuable Player.
• ^m The team's 116 wins tied a major-league record initially held by the 1906 Chicago Cubs.^[17] However, the Mariners played ten more games than the 1906 Cubs.

References

General

• "Seattle Mariners Team History and Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
• "Baseball-Reference Postseason Index". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
• "Seattle Mariners year-by-year results". Seattle Mariners. Retrieved 2009-07-03.

Specific

1. "Safeco Field". MLB.com. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
2. Arnold, Kirby (2007). Tales from the Seattle Mariners. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. p. 5. ISBN 1-58261-831-3.
3. "Seattle Mariners Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
4. "Mariners Awards". Mariners.com. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
5. "1995 Seattle Mariners". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
6. "1997 League Division Series – BAL vs. SEA". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
7. "2000 Seattle Mariners". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
8. "2001 Seattle Mariners". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
9. Greg Johns (18 November 2010). "Felix is King of AL pitchers, taking Cy Young". MLB.com. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
10. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Detroit Tigers 3, Seattle Mariners 3". Retrosheet. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
11. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Minnesota Twins 7, Seattle Mariners 7". Retrosheet. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
12. Bodley, Hal (February 18, 2007). "Ties in baseball called out by rules committee". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
13. Kaplan, Jim (August 10, 1981). "Let The Games Begin". Sports Illustrated (Time, Inc.). Retrieved 2009-08-12.
14. "Strike looms large over All-Star Game". CNN Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. 2002-07-07. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
15. Newhan, Ross (1994-10-06). "A Season Without Titles Baseball: Players will be honored, but there will be no divisional champions because of the shortened schedule". Los Angeles Times. p. C3.
16. "Standings on Wednesday, May 25, 1994". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
17. .Chass, Murray (October 23, 2001). "ON BASEBALL; Playoff Fade Turns Mariners Into a Footnote". The New York Times. p. S2. Retrieved 2009-08-13.