Everett AquaSox
Founded in1995 Everett, Washington
Team logo Cap insignia
Minor league affiliations
Class	High-A (2021–present)
Previous classes	Class A Short Season (1995–2020)
League	Northwest League (1995–present)
Major league affiliations
Team	Seattle Mariners (1995–present)
Minor league titles
League titles(2)	2010 2025
Division titles(3)	2002 2010 2016
First-half titles(1)	2025
Second-half titles(1)	2023
Team data
Colors	Navy, aqua, light green, orange, white
Mascot	Webbly
Ballpark	Funko Field (1995–present)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	7th Inning Stretch, LLC[1]
General manager	Danny Tetzlaff[2]
Manager	Zach Vincej
Website	milb.com/everett

TheEverett AquaSox are aMinor League Baseball team inEverett, Washington. The team is a member of theNorthwest League and is theHigh-A affiliate of theSeattle Mariners. The AquaSox play their home games atFunko Field, which has aseating capacity of 3,682. Everett has won three division titles and oneNorthwest League championship.

Following the 1983 season, Bob and Margaret Bavasi purchased the strugglingWalla Walla, Washington, basedBlue Mountain Bears.^[3] Antiquated facilities compounded by dwindling attendance in Walla Walla prompted the new owners to move the franchise. The Bavasis, who had secured affiliation with theSan Francisco Giants, ultimately selectedEverett as the relocation destination.^[4] Playing as theEverett Giants, the club was affiliated with San Francisco for eleven years until 1994.

On September 12, 1994, Everett signed a player development contract with theSeattle Mariners as theirClass A Short Season affiliate to replace San Francisco.^[5] They adopted their current name, the AquaSox, prior to the 1995 season. Since the 2021 season, the team has played at theHigh-A classification as a Mariners affiliate, initially in the High-A West.^[6][7] In March 2022, the High-A West was rebranded back to the Northwest League, as MLB moved to revert all of its Minor Leagues to their historical names.^[8]

Due to the Northwest League's reclassification in 2021 as a High-A league, which included an expanded schedule and new venue requirements, the AquaSox began exploring a replacement for Funko Field. In September 2022, the City of Everett and Snohomish County approved funds to study a new stadium, which is estimated to cost $80 million and seat 3,500 spectators.^[9] A site adjacent toAngel of the Winds Arena in downtown Everett was selected for the study; other proposed sites included theEverett Mall,Kasch Park, and a city-owned lot nearInterstate 5.^[10][11]

On December 18, 2024, the Everett City Council voted to select the downtown Everett site for a new baseball stadium that meets the updated MLB standards and could host aUnited Soccer League team. The site is between Pacific and Hewitt avenues on the east side of Broadway.^[12] The stadium is estimated to cost a minimum of $102 million, of which the AquaSox would pay $10 million. The study identified up to $95 million in public funding sources, including state grants and municipal bonds.^[13][14] The stadium's design is scheduled to be completed in 2025 or 2026, with plans to open in time for the 2027 Northwest League season.^[14]

The AquaSox name was announced in November 1994 after the team had signed an affiliation agreement with the Seattle Mariners.^[15] They had declined to use the Mariners to create an independent identity.^[16] The AquaSox combined imagery of local waterways inhabited by frogs as well as the traditional baseball name "Sox" used by several professional franchises.^[15] One of the team logos, used on road caps and jerseys, is based on the trident logo used by theMariners from 1981 to 1986, rotated to look like the letter "E" for Everett, instead of "M" for Mariners. This logo was introduced in 2010 alongside a secondary logo with two socks.^[17]

The team's primary mascot is Webbly, a frog.^[18] According to team radio broadcaster Pat Dillon, "The frog is a cross between a Pacific tree frog and a Central American red-eyed tree frog—andBrooks Robinson."^[19] Secondary mascots include a giant hot dog named Frank N. Furter, who had been a mascot for theEverett Giants, and Pop Fly, a puppet in a moving puppet house.^[20][21]

The AquaSox have retired four uniform numbers, including one former AquaSox player, one long-time uniformed staff member, one player whose number was retired by the Mariners organization, and one player retired by all affiliated baseball teams. The team does not state criteria for retiring its numbers.^[23]

• Greg Halman's no.26 was retired by the AquaSox on June 23, 2012.^[24][25] He played for the AquaSox in 2005 and 2006 and was named the Short-Season A Player of the Year in 2006.^[26] He was killed by his brother in November 2011, shortly after his second season in the major leagues.^[27]
• Ken Griffey Jr.'s no.24 was retired by the Mariners in January 2016, shortly after he was inducted into theNational Baseball Hall of Fame.^[28]
• Jackie Robinson's no.42 was retired throughout MLB on April 15, 1997, the 50th anniversary of him breaking MLB's racially exclusionistcolor line.^[29]
• The number35 was retired in honor of athletic trainer Marion "Spyder" Webb, who worked for the Mariners organization for 35 years, including for the AquaSox since their inception in 1995, until retiring in 2013.^[30][31][32]

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