Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Seattle Mariners.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.

Last year, the Mariners rocketed to a hits tart, but faltered in the second half and did not make the playoffs.  The season would still see three new entrants and some elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes

1. Ken Griffey Jr.

2. Edgar Martinez

3. Ichiro Suzuki

4. Felix Hernandez

5. Randy Johnson

You can find the entire list here.

Outfielder Julio Rodriguez rocketed up from #35 to #20.

Shortstop J.P. Crawford moved to #26 from #31.

Pitcher Logan Gilbert is the highest debut at #37.

Catcher Cal Raleigh enters at #39.

The third new entrant is Pitcher George Kirby, who comes in at #45.

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Taken with the 20th Overall Pick in 2019, George Kirby needed only three years to make it to to the Majors, where in his rookie year he went 8-5 and aided the Mariners make the playoffs.

Currently entering his fourth year in Seattle, Kirby has been one of the best control pitchers in the game and is on a two-year streak of leading the AL in SO/BB and BB/9, though he has surrendered a significant amount of hits.  He did make the All-Star Team in 2023 where he was eighth in Cy Young voting, and has the goods to make a top five Cy Young finish in 2025.

From Florida State, the Seattle Mariners grabbed Cal Raleigh with their 2018 Third Round Pick, and it did not take long for the slugging Catcher to make the club.   

Debuting in the Emerald City in 2021, Raleigh emerged as their starting Catcher, and since then he has been one of the top power-hitting backstops in the American League.  Blasting 27 Home Runs in 2022, Raleigh has belted 30 and 34 since, with 100 RBIs last season.  Raleigh has not yet made the All-Star Game, but he has received MVP votes in the last two seasons, and he won the Gold Glove and Platinum Glove last year.

If Raleigh continues to improve in 2025, he could vault more than spots in next year’s revision.

With a 6’ 6” frame and some of the biggest hands of the sport, Logan Gilbert was built to be a pitcher in the 2020s.

A top prospect in the 2016 Draft, Gilbert went 14th Overall, and worked his way to the Mariners roster in 2021 joining the rotation, which he has remained ever since.  Gilbert went 6-6 in his rookie year, and helped Seattle make the playoffs in his first full season off of a 13-6 record and a 3.20 ERA.  Gilbert again won 13 Games (3.73) the following season, but had a losing record last year (9-12), although he had his finest season to date with league-leading 108.2 Innings Pitched and an 0.887 WHIP.  He was also an All-Star for the first time and was sixth in Cy Young voting.

The best should be yet to come for Gilbert entering 2025.

Robinson Cano, a phenomenal infielder from San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, was signed by the New York Yankees in 2001. He made his debut in the pinstripes in 2005 and was the runner-up for American League Rookie of the Year. In the following year, Cano was an All-Star and Silver Slugger after batting .342. He played solidly for the next three seasons and helped the Yanks win the 2009 World Series. Although it was Cano's ultimate accomplishment in baseball, his best individual years were yet to come.

From 2010 to 2013, Cano was New York's best player, winning four Silver Sluggers and two Gold Gloves. He had at least 27 home runs and 94 RBIs in all those seasons. Cano kept his OPS well over .880 over this stretch and was also a perennial All-Star. Despite being a proven superstar, Cano left New York for Seattle in 2014.

Cano remained an upper-tier player for Seattle, earning All-Star spots in three of his first four years and finishing fifth in MVP voting in 2016 when he had 39 home runs and 103 RBIs. However, Seattle was going nowhere, and Cano was traded to the Mets. But at over 35 years old, he was clearly in decline. After an oft-injured 2019, Cano was much better in 2021, batting .316 in the shortened season. However, he lost the entirety of 2021 due to a PED suspension, which raises questions about his performance. Cano limped back with brief stints in New York (NL), San Diego, and Atlanta before quietly exiting the Majors after the 2022 season.

Cano's stats (2,639 hits, 335 HR, 1,306 RBI & 68.1 bWAR) make him worthy of the Hall of Fame. However, the fact that he was suspended twice for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) may prevent him from being inducted as no two-time or even one-time PED-suspended player has come close to being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Kyle Seager played for the Seattle Mariners for all eleven seasons of his career. Even though he wasn't considered a superstar, he was a dependable player during a crucial period for Seattle.

Seager debuted in 2011 and won the starting Third Base job the following season. He hit 20 Home Runs, beginning a streak of hitting at least 20 Home Runs in a season, which he still holds at the time of writing. In 2014, he had his best season in baseball, earning him the title of an All-Star and the Gold Glove award, while also leading the American League in Total Zone Runs. Seager is considered one of the best defensive Third Basemen in the league, having led all his peers in the AL three times in Assists and Double Plays.

Seager retired after the 2021 Season, which was his best year for power (35 HR, 101 RBI), although he batted a low .212. He left baseball with 1,395 Hits and 242 Home Runs.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out, and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post-2023 revision of our top 50 Seattle Mariners.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Seattle was unable to make the playoffs despite having built a lot of momentum from the previous year.  Nevertheless, there was one major new entrant and a couple of rank alterations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Ken Griffey Jr.

2. Edgar Martinez

3. Ichiro Suzuki

4. Felix Hernandez

5. Randy Johnson

You can find the entire list here.

J.P. Crawford had a nice gain, going to #31 from #45.

2022 American League Rookie of the Year, Julio Rodriguez, explodes on the list at #35.

Pitcher Marco Gonzalez, who is now with Pittsburgh, fell a spot to #36 based on a poor 2023.

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Very few players have their begun their career like Julio Rodriguez.

Signed at the age of 16 as an International Free Agent from the Dominican Republic, Rodriguez tore it up in the Minors and was deemed a future superstar by the scouts.  He debuted for Seattle as their 2022 Opening Day Centerfielder, and won Rookie of the Month honors in both May and June.  J-Rod was proving the scouts right, as this was a five-tool player who joined select company, making the All-Star Game as a rookie.  He finished the season with 28 Home Runs, 25 Stolen Bases and an OPS of .853.  Rodriguez also was seventh in MVP voting, and won a Silver Slugger.

Rodriguez did not have a sophomore slump as he increased his numbers from his debut year. This time, he blasted 32 Home Runs, 103 RBIs, and 37 stolen bases. Again, he went to the All-Star Game and won his second Silver Slugger and was fourth in MVP voting. In addition, he was an All-MLB 2 Selection.   Last season Rodriguez failed to make the All-Star Game, but was solid with 20 Home Runs and a .409 Slugging Average, though that is his lowest production thus far.

Entering his fourth season in the Majors, Seattle has a potential MVP in Rodriguez.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top 50 Seattle Mariners.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Mariners returned to the playoffs, and the season gave us one small move in the Top 50, and one new entrant.

As always, we present our top five, which had no changes.

1. Ken Griffey Jr.

2. Edgar Martinez

3. Ichiro Suzuki

4. Felix Hernandez

5. Randy Johnson

You can find the entire list here.

The new addition was Infielder, J.P. Crawford, who debuted at #45.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

J.P. Crawford was a Philadelphia Phillies draft pick in 2013, and would eventually crack the Phils’ roster in 2017, though his stay in Eastern Pennsylvania, appearing in 71 Games between 2017 & 2018 before he was traded to the Mariners.

As a Mariner, Crawford saw more action, eventually becoming a starting Infielder in 2020, where he won the Gold Glove in the shortened season.  As play resumed to a full 162 Games, Crawford blossomed with a 160-Hit year (.273 BA), and had 126 Hits in 2022.   Last season, Crawford kept the momentem going with an .818 OPS and the league-lead in Walks (94).  While he was not an All-Star, he was 16th in MVP voting.

Crawford enters 2025 as a potential All-Star, and a member of apossible division champion.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is important to us that the Seattle Mariners have announced that Felix Hernandez will become the 11^th member of their franchise Hall of Fame.

Hernandez played his entire MLB career with the Mariners, the team where he would become the "King" of the Pacific Northwest and all of Baseball.

“King Felix” made his first appearance in the Majors in 2005, and after showing gradual improvement over his first few seasons, Hernandez took the throne in 2009, leading the American League in Wins (19), H/9 (7.5), and finishing second in Cy Young voting.  Hernandez was better in 210, winning the Cy Young, with a league-leading 2.27 ERA and 7.0 H/9, while also finishing atop the leaderboard in Innings Pitched (249.2).

Hernandez would not win the Cy Young again, but he was a contender for the award for years to come.  From 2011 to 2015, he was a perennial All-Star (he went to six in total), and the last of those four years, he was in the top eight in Cy Young votes, including another second-place finish in 2014.  That year, Hernandez led the AL in ERA (2.14), WHIP (0.915), and H/9 (6.5).

Hernandez played until 2019, retiring with a career record of 169-136 and 2,524 Strikeouts.

The ceremony will take place on a date to be determined in August.  Hernandez will join Alvin Davis, Dave Niehaus, Jay Buhner, Edgar Martinez, Randy Johnson, Dan Wilson, Ken Griffey Jr., Lou Piniella, Jamie Moyer and Ichiro Suzuki.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Felix Hernandez for this impending honor.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2022 revision of our top 50 Seattle Mariners.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Seattle came close to making the playoffs in 2021, and on our list, we have two significant jumps.  

As always, we present our top five, though there were no changes, and only one new addition overall.

1. Ken Griffey Jr.

2. Edgar Martinez

3. Ichiro Suzuki

4. Felix Hernandez

5. Randy Johnson

You can find the entire list here.

Outfielder, Mitch Haniger, jumped up ten spots to #29 and Pitcher, Marco Gonzales, moved to #34 from #48.  Kyle Seager, who just retired, did not move from his spot a #8.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Seattle Mariners Third Baseman, Kyle Seager, announced his abrupt retirement today, ending speculation that he might sign with his brother, Corey, in Texas.

An 11-year veteran, Seager debuted with Seattle in 2011, and never played for any other MLB team.  A solid slugger, Seager had over 20 Home Runs eight straight years (2012-19), and smacked 35 last year, a career-high, but also had a career-low .212 Batting Average.  He retired with 242 Home Runs, 1,395 Hits with a Slash Line of .251/.321/.442.

Seager is eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2027, though is unlikely to gain induction.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Kyle Seager the best in his post-playing career.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is news to us that the Seattle Mariners have announced that former Outfielder, Ichiro Suzuki, will be inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame on August 27 before their home against Cleveland.

After a successful career in Japan, Ichiro joined the Mariners at age 27, where he shattered the myth of a Japanese position player thriving in the Majors.  Ichiro was a hitting machine, leading the American League in Hits seven times, winning two Batting Titles, and he batted over .300 in his first ten years in Baseball, a streak in which he was never not included in the All-Star Game.  He won the MVP, the Rookie of the Year, ten Gold Gloves and three Silver Sluggers.  

Ichiro was traded to the Yankees in 2012, but he returned to close out his career for 15 Games in 2018, and two in 2019, when the Mariners opened the season in Japan.  He recorded 2,542 Hits, batted .321 and stole 438 Bases for Seattle.

Ichiro is eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025, and he should be a first ballot of inductee.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Ichiro Suzuki for his impending honor.

Felix Hernandez played his entire MLB career with the Seattle Mariners, the team where he would become the "King" of the Pacific Northwest and all of Baseball.

“King Felix” made his first appearance in the Majors in 2005, and after showing gradual improvement over his first few seasons, Hernandez took the throne in 2009, leading the American League in Wins (19), H/9 (7.5), and finishing second in Cy Young voting.  Hernandez was better in 210, winning the Cy Young, with a league-leading 2.27 ERA and 7.0 H/9, while also finishing atop the leaderboard in Innings Pitched (249.2).

Hernandez would not win the Cy Young again, but he was a contender for the award for years to come.  From 2011 to 2015, he was a perennial All-Star (he went to six in total), and the last of those four years, he was in the top eight in Cy Young votes, including another second-place finish in 2014.  That year, Hernandez led the AL in ERA (2.14), WHIP (0.915), and H/9 (6.5).

Hernandez played until 2019, retiring with a career record of 169-136 and 2,524 Strikeouts.

Mark Langston was one of the most underrated flamethrowers in baseball history, and let’s give him a bit of due here.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present the pre-2021 update of our top 50 Seattle Mariners of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

There is only one new addition near the bottom part of our list.  As always, we announce our top five immediately, but out full list can be found here.

1. Ken Griffey Jr.

2. Edgar Martinez

3. Ichiro Suzuki

4. Felix Hernandez

5. Randy Johnson

There was some minor tinkering on the list due to the changing values from Baseball Reference.  The new entry is current staff ace, Marco Gonzales, who debuts at #48.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

Marco Gonzales was a First Round Pick in 2013 by the St. Louis Cardinals, but the Seattle Mariners were able to obtain him in a trade for Tyler O’Neill in the summer of 2017. Gonzales had made it to the Majors by that point, but he had not yet proven himself as a bona fide Starting Pitcher at baseball’s highest level.  This would change in the Emerald City.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Seattle Mariners. 

Entering the American League as an expansion team in 1977, the Seattle Mariners have had a lot of great players, but despite that, they are the only team to have never appeared in the World Series.  

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.

This list is updated up until the end of the 2019 Season.

The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Ken Griffey Jr.

2. Edgar Martinez

3. Ichiro Suzuki 

4. Felix Hernandez

5. Randy Johnson

We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.  

Look for our All-Time Top 50 Tampa Bay Rays coming next!

As always we thank you for your support.

Tino Martinez was an excellent college baseball player at the University of Tampa and a Gold Medalist at the Seoul Olympics.  Martinez was a first round pick (14^th Overall) in 1988, and he would debut with Seattle in 1990.