| 2018 Seattle Mariners | ||||
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| League | American League | |||
| Division | West | |||
| Ballpark | Safeco Field | |||
| City | Seattle, Washington | |||
| Record | 89–73 (.549) | |||
| Divisional place | 3rd | |||
| Owners | Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEOJohn Stanton | |||
| Managers | Scott Servais | |||
| Television | Root Sports Northwest (Dave Sims,Aaron Goldsmith,Mike Blowers) | |||
| Radio | ESPN-710 Seattle Mariners Radio Network (Rick Rizzs,Aaron Goldsmith,Dave Sims) | |||
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The2018 Seattle Mariners season was the 42nd season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 19th full season (20th overall) atSafeco Field, their home ballpark. After theBuffalo Bills of theNFL clinched a playoffs spot for the first time since 1999, The Mariners entered this season with the longest active playoff drought in the four major North American professional sports, failing to make their first postseason appearance since2001. At several points in the season, the Mariners were 10 games ahead of theOakland Athletics in the AL Wild Card race, but ended up finishing eight games behind them. The Mariners were eliminated from playoff contention on September 22 with the Athletics win against theMinnesota Twins. The Mariners began the season on March 29, 2018 against theCleveland Indians and finished the season on September 30 against theTexas Rangers.
The Mariners were led by managerScott Servais in his third year as manager.
On December 7, 2017, the Mariners traded three minor leaguers to theMiami Marlins forDee Gordon and $1 million in international slot money.General managerJerry Dipoto stated he planned to use Gordon incenter field instead of his usualsecond base.[1]
On March 6, 2018, the Mariners signed free agentIchiro Suzuki for a $750k salary with incentives up to $2M. He returned to theSeattle Mariners after five years being with theNew York Yankees and theMiami Marlins, respectively.
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April: 15–10 (Home: 4–4; Away: 11–6)
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May: 18–11 (Home: 12–7; Away: 6–4)
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June: 19–9 (Home: 10–2; Away: 9–7)
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July: 10–13 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–7)
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August: 12–16 (Home: 3–8; Away: 9–8)
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September: 14–13 (Home: 7–8; Away: 7–5)
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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Houston Astros | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 46–35 | 57–24 |
| Oakland Athletics | 97 | 65 | .599 | 6 | 50–31 | 47–34 |
| Seattle Mariners | 89 | 73 | .549 | 14 | 45–36 | 44–37 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 23 | 42–39 | 38–43 |
| Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 36 | 34–47 | 33–48 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 108 | 54 | .667 |
| Houston Astros | 103 | 59 | .636 |
| Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | .562 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 100 | 62 | .617 | +3 |
| Oakland Athletics | 97 | 65 | .599 | — |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7 |
| Seattle Mariners | 89 | 73 | .549 | 8 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 |
| Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 19 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | .451 | 24 |
| Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30 |
| Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | .395 | 33 |
| Chicago White Sox | 62 | 100 | .383 | 35 |
| Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | .358 | 39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 47 | 115 | .290 | 50 |
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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| Baltimore | — | 3–16 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 7–12 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 5–14 | 7–13 |
| Boston | 16–3 | — | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 6–1 | 15–4 | 16–4 |
| Chicago | 4–3 | 4–3 | — | 5–14 | 7–12 | 0–7 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–14 |
| Cleveland | 5–2 | 4–3 | 14–5 | — | 13–6 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
| Detroit | 4–2 | 2–4 | 12–7 | 6–13 | — | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 0–7 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 6–14 |
| Houston | 6–1 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | — | 5–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 4–2 | 13–7 |
| Kansas City | 4–2 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 7–12 | 11–8 | 1–5 | — | 1–6 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 6–14 |
| Los Angeles | 5–1 | 0–6 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 6–1 | — | 4–3 | 1–5 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 4–3 | 10–10 |
| Minnesota | 6–1 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 9–10 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | — | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 8–12 |
| New York | 12–7 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 11–9 |
| Oakland | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 3–3 | — | 9–10 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 7–0 | 12–8 |
| Seattle | 6–1 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 10–9 | — | 6–1 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 6–14 |
| Tampa Bay | 11–8 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 1–6 | — | 5–1 | 13–6 | 7–13 |
| Texas | 4–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 6–13 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 9–10 | 1–5 | — | 3–3 | 9–11 |
| Toronto | 14–5 | 4–15 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 0–7 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 13–7 |
| 2018 Seattle Mariners | |||||||||
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(Through September 30, 2018)
Players inbold finished the season on the active roster.
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage;
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Andreoli | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | 1 |
| Gordon Beckham | 22 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .182 | .250 | .205 | 9 |
| Christian Bergman | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1 |
| Robinson Canó | 80 | 310 | 44 | 94 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 32 | 47 | .303 | .374 | .471 | 146 |
| Nelson Cruz | 144 | 519 | 70 | 133 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 97 | 1 | 55 | 122 | .256 | .342 | .509 | 264 |
| Roenis Elías | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1 |
| David Freitas | 36 | 93 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .215 | .277 | .312 | 29 |
| Ben Gamel | 101 | 257 | 37 | 70 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 31 | 61 | .272 | .358 | .370 | 95 |
| Marco Gonzales | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Dee Gordon | 141 | 556 | 62 | 149 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 30 | 9 | 80 | .268 | .288 | .349 | 194 |
| Mitch Haniger | 157 | 596 | 90 | 170 | 38 | 4 | 26 | 93 | 8 | 70 | 148 | .285 | .366 | .493 | 294 |
| Ryon Healy | 133 | 493 | 51 | 116 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 73 | 0 | 27 | 113 | .235 | .277 | .412 | 203 |
| Guillermo Heredia | 125 | 292 | 29 | 69 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 32 | 52 | .236 | .318 | .342 | 100 |
| Félix Hernández | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Chris Herrmann | 36 | 76 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 | .237 | .322 | .421 | 32 |
| Mike Leake | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Wade LeBlanc | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 1 |
| Mike Marjama | 10 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .111 | .172 | .222 | 6 |
| Cameron Maybin | 30 | 91 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 20 | .242 | .289 | .319 | 29 |
| Taylor Motter | 7 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .267 | .353 | .467 | 7 |
| Kristopher Negrón | 18 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .207 | .233 | .310 | 9 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Andrew Romine | 72 | 119 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 39 | .210 | .260 | .244 | 29 |
| Kyle Seager | 155 | 583 | 62 | 129 | 36 | 1 | 22 | 78 | 2 | 38 | 138 | .221 | .273 | .312 | 233 |
| Jean Segura | 144 | 586 | 91 | 178 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 63 | 20 | 32 | 69 | .304 | .341 | .415 | 243 |
| Denard Span | 94 | 294 | 36 | 80 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 55 | .272 | .329 | .435 | 128 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 15 | 44 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .205 | .255 | .205 | 9 |
| Zach Vincej | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 2 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | 37 | 87 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 26 | .207 | .324 | .368 | 32 |
| Mike Zunino | 113 | 373 | 37 | 75 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 44 | 0 | 24 | 150 | .201 | .259 | .410 | 153 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5513 | 677 | 1402 | 256 | 32 | 176 | 644 | 79 | 430 | 1221 | .254 | .314 | .408 | 2250 |
(Through September 30, 2018)
Players inbold finished the season on the active roster.
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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| Dan Altavilla | 3 | 2 | 2.61 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 23 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 0 | 1 | 1.23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14.2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| Christian Bergman | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| Chasen Bradford | 5 | 0 | 3.69 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 53.2 | 55 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 38 |
| Álex Colomé | 5 | 0 | 2.53 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 46.1 | 35 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 49 |
| Ryan Cook | 2 | 1 | 5.29 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| Ross Detwiler | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Edwin Díaz | 0 | 4 | 1.96 | 73 | 0 | 57 | 73.1 | 41 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 124 |
| Zach Duke | 2 | 1 | 5.52 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
| Roenis Elías | 3 | 1 | 2.65 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 51.0 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 34 |
| Matt Festa | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8.1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Erik Goeddel | 2 | 0 | 1.23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Marco Gonzales | 13 | 9 | 4.00 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 166.2 | 172 | 76 | 74 | 32 | 145 |
| Justin Grimm | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Félix Hernández | 8 | 14 | 5.55 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 155.2 | 159 | 107 | 96 | 59 | 125 |
| Casey Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 7.33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 14 |
| Mike Leake | 10 | 10 | 4.36 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 185.2 | 207 | 98 | 90 | 34 | 119 |
| Wade LeBlanc | 9 | 5 | 3.72 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 162.0 | 151 | 74 | 67 | 40 | 130 |
| Ariel Miranda | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Mike Morin | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Taylor Motter | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Juan Nicasio | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 53 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 33 |
| James Paxton | 11 | 6 | 3.76 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 160.1 | 134 | 67 | 67 | 42 | 208 |
| James Pazos | 4 | 1 | 2.88 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 47 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 45 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 2 | 4 | 6.50 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 45.2 | 52 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 33 |
| Andrew Romine | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Rumbelow | 0 | 0 | 6.11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 0 | 1 | 9.39 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Sam Tuivailala | 1 | 0 | 1.69 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Nick Vincent | 4 | 4 | 3.99 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 56.1 | 50 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 56 |
| Adam Warren | 3 | 1 | 3.74 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 15 |
| Rob Whalen | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 89 | 73 | 4.13 | 162 | 162 | 60 | 1448.2 | 1396 | 711 | 664 | 400 | 1328 |