Editing Seattle Mariners (section)

{{Short description|Major League Baseball franchise in Seattle, Washington}}
{{Other uses|Mariner (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox MLB
| name = Seattle Mariners
| established = 1977
| misc =
| logo = Seattle Mariners logo (low res).svg
| uniformlogo = Seattle Mariners Insignia.svg
| current league = American League
| y1 = 1977
| division = [[American League West|West Division]]
| y2 = 1977
| Uniform = MLB-ALW-SEA-Uniform.png
| retirednumbers = {{hlist | [[Edgar Martínez|11]] | [[Ken Griffey Jr.|24]] | <!--[[Ichiro Suzuki|51]] |--> [[Jackie Robinson|42]] }}
| colors = Navy blue, metallic silver, Northwest green, royal blue, yellow, cream<ref name="NewSundayAlternate">{{Cite news |last=Johns |first=Greg |date=January 23, 2015 |title=Mariners unveil new alternate uniforms |url=https://www.mlb.com/mariners/news/mariners-unveil-new-alternate-uniforms/c-107255660 |access-date=January 7, 2018 |work=MLB.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Seattle Mariners blend past and present in new alternate uniform |date=January 23, 2015 |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/seattle-mariners-blend-past-and-present-in-new-alternate-uniform/c-107253678 |quote=In addition to the new alternate Sunday uniforms, the Mariners also announced minor changes to the lettering of the home and road jerseys. The words "Mariners" (for home whites) and "Seattle" (for road grays) in navy letters will be trimmed in silver outlined in Northwest green. |access-date=June 5, 2023 |website=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref><ref name="MarinersLogosAndColors">{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2025 |title=Mariners 2024 Information Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/2024-seattle-mariners-digital-media-guide/page/183/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |page=183}}</ref><br />{{color box|#0C2C56}} {{color box|#C4CED4}} {{color box|#005C5C}} {{color box|#004B8D}} {{color box|#FFC425}} {{color box|#FFF6DC}}
| y3 = 1977
| nicknames = The M's
| pastnames =
| ballpark = [[T-Mobile Park]] ({{mlby|1999}}–present)
| pastparks =
* [[Kingdome]] ({{mlby|1977}}–{{mlby|1999}})
| WS = (0)
| WORLD CHAMPIONS = None
| LEAGUE = AL
| P = (0)
| PENNANTS = None
| misc1 =
| OTHER PENNANTS =
| DIV = West
| DV = (3)
| Division Champs = {{hlist| [[1995 Seattle Mariners season|1995]] | [[1997 Seattle Mariners season|1997]] | [[2001 Seattle Mariners season|2001]]}}
| misc5 =
| OTHER DIV CHAMPS = 
| WC = (2)
| Wild Card = {{hlist| [[2000 Seattle Mariners season|2000]] | [[2022 Seattle Mariners season|2022]]}}
| misc6 =
| owner = [[John W. Stanton|John Stanton]]
| president = Kevin Martinez (President of Business Operations)
| manager = [[Dan Wilson (catcher)|Dan Wilson]]
| gm = [[Justin Hollander (baseball)|Justin Hollander]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kramer |first=Daniel |date=October 2, 2022 |title=Mariners promote Hollander to GM under Dipoto |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/justin-hollander-mariners-gm-executive-vice-president |access-date=October 25, 2022 |work=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref>
| presbo = [[Jerry Dipoto]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.mlb.com/mariners|mlb.com/mariners}}
}}
The '''Seattle Mariners''' are an American professional [[baseball]] team based in [[Seattle]]. The Mariners compete in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as a member club of the [[American League]] (AL) [[American League West|West Division]]. The team joined the American League as an [[expansion team]] in [[1977 Major League Baseball expansion|1977]], playing their home games in the [[Kingdome]]. Since July {{baseball year|1999}}, the Mariners' home [[Baseball park|ballpark]] has been [[T-Mobile Park]], located in the [[SoDo, Seattle|SoDo]] neighborhood of Seattle.

The "Mariners" name originates from the prominence of [[seamanship|marine]] culture in the city of Seattle. They are [[List of baseball nicknames|nicknamed]] the '''M's''', a title featured in their primary logo from 1987 to 1992. They adopted their current team colors – [[navy blue]], northwest green ([[teal]]), and [[Silver (color)|silver]] – before the 1993 season, after having been [[royal blue]] and [[Gold (color)|gold]] since the team's inception; the original colors continue to be used in alternate uniforms. Their [[List of Major League Baseball mascots|mascot]] is the [[Mariner Moose]].

The Mariners did not field a winning team until 1991, and further success eluded them until the late 1990s, the most successful period in franchise history. Led by [[National Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] players [[Edgar Martínez]], [[Ken Griffey Jr.]], and [[Randy Johnson]], the Mariners clinched their first playoff berth in {{baseball year|1995}} when they won their first division championship and defeated the [[New York Yankees]] in the [[American League Division Series|ALDS]]. Martínez's [[The Double (Seattle Mariners)|walk-off double in Game 5]] drove Griffey in from first base to win the game in the 11th inning, clinched a series win for the Mariners, served as a powerful impetus to preserve baseball in Seattle, and has become an iconic moment in team history. They would win their second division title in [[1997 Seattle Mariners season|1997]].

After Griffey, Johnson, and [[Alex Rodriguez]] left the team, the Mariners, bolstered by the signing of [[Ichiro Suzuki]], won 116 games in [[2001 Seattle Mariners season|2001]], which set the American League record for most wins in a single season and tied the [[1906 Chicago Cubs season|1906 Chicago Cubs]] for the Major League record for most wins in a single season. The team would not make the postseason again until [[2022 Seattle Mariners season|2022]], breaking the longest active drought in the four major North American sports.

The franchise has finished with a losing record in [[List of Seattle Mariners seasons|30 of 48 seasons]], {{As of|2024|lc=y}}. The Mariners are the only active MLB franchise never to have appeared in the [[World Series]], the sport's [[List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts#World Series appearance droughts|longest active World Series appearance drought]].

{{As of|2024}}, the Mariners' all-time win–loss record is {{Win–loss record|w=3,599|l=3,950|t=2}} ({{Winning percentage|3599|3950|2}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seattle Mariners Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/index.shtml |access-date=September 30, 2024 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>