Seattle Mariners award winners and league leaders
The following is a list of Seattle Mariners professional baseball players and managers who have won various awards or other accolades from Major League Baseball or other organizations[1] or have led the American League in some statistical category at the end of the season.
Awards
American League MVP
- Ken Griffey Jr. (1997)[2]
- Ichiro Suzuki (2001)[3]
American League Cy Young
- Randy Johnson (1995)
- Félix Hernández (2010)[4]
American League Rookie of the Year
- Alvin Davis (1984)
- Kazuhiro Sasaki (2000)
- Ichiro Suzuki (2001)
- Kyle Lewis (2020)
- Julio Rodríguez (2022)[5]
American League Reliever of the Year
- JJ Putz (2007)
- Edwin Díaz (2018)[6]
American League Manager of the Year
- Lou Piniella (1995, 2001)[7]
American League Gold Glove Award
Each player indicated with position at which he won the award.
- 1987: Mark Langston (P)
- 1988: Harold Reynolds (2B), Mark Langston (P)
- 1989: Harold Reynolds (2B)
- 1990: Harold Reynolds (2B), Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1991: Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1992: Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1993: Omar Vizquel (SS), Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1994: Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1995: Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1996: Jay Buhner (OF), Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1997: Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1998: Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1999: Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 2000: John Olerud (1B)
- 2001: Mike Cameron (OF), Ichiro Suzuki (OF)
- 2002: John Olerud (1B), Bret Boone (2B), Ichiro Suzuki (OF)
- 2003: John Olerud (1B), Bret Boone (2B), Ichiro Suzuki (OF), Mike Cameron (OF)
- 2004: Bret Boone (2B), Ichiro Suzuki (OF)
- 2005: Ichiro Suzuki (OF)
- 2006: Ichiro Suzuki (OF)
- 2007: Adrián Beltré (3B), Ichiro Suzuki (OF)
- 2008: Adrián Beltré (3B), Ichiro Suzuki (OF)
- 2009: Ichiro Suzuki (OF)
- 2010: Ichiro Suzuki (OF), Franklin Gutiérrez (OF)
- 2014: Kyle Seager (3B)
- 2020: Evan White (1B), J. P. Crawford (SS)
- 2024: Cal Raleigh (C), Dylan Moore (UT)[8]
Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award (2012–2019)
- See explanatory note at Atlanta Braves award winners and league leaders.
- 2012 Brendan Ryan (SS)
- 2013 Dustin Ackley (2B)
- 2018 Mike Zunino (C)[9]
American League Silver Slugger Award
Each player indicated with position at which he won the award.
- 1991: Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1992: Edgar Martínez (3B)
- 1993: Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1994: Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1995: Edgar Martínez (DH)
- 1996: Alex Rodriguez (SS), Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1997: Ken Griffey Jr. (OF), Edgar Martínez (DH)
- 1998: Alex Rodriguez (SS), Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 1999: Alex Rodriguez (SS), Ken Griffey Jr. (OF)
- 2000: Alex Rodriguez (SS)
- 2001: Bret Boone (2B), Ichiro Suzuki (OF), Edgar Martínez (DH)
- 2003: Bret Boone (2B), Edgar Martínez (DH)
- 2007: Ichiro Suzuki (OF)
- 2009: Ichiro Suzuki (OF)
- 2017: Nelson Cruz (DH)
- 2022: Julio Rodríguez (OF)[10]
Edgar Martínez Award
Note: Originally known as the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, the award was named after longtime Mariners designated hitter Edgar Martínez, who won the award five times, in 2004.
- 1979: Willie Horton
- 1995: Edgar Martínez
- 1997: Edgar Martínez
- 1998: Edgar Martínez
- 2000: Edgar Martínez
- 2001: Edgar Martínez
- 2017: Nelson Cruz[11]
Roberto Clemente Award
- Harold Reynolds (1991)
- Jamie Moyer (2003)
- Edgar Martínez (2004)[12]
MLB "This Year in Baseball Awards"
- See: This Year in Baseball Awards#Award winners
- Note: Voted by fans as the best in all of Major League Baseball (i.e., not two awards, one for each league).
"This Year in Baseball Awards" Dependable Player of the Year
- Ichiro Suzuki (2010)
All-Star Game MVP
- Ken Griffey Jr. (1992)
- Ichiro Suzuki (2007)
- Robinson Canó (2017)[13]
All-Stars
- 1977 - Ruppert Jones
- 1978 - Craig Reynolds
- 1979 - Bruce Bochte
- 1980 - Rick Honeycutt
- 1981 - Tom Paciorek
- 1982 - Floyd Bannister
- 1983 - Matt Young
- 1984 - Alvin Davis
- 1985 - Phil Bradley
- 1986 - Jim Presley
- 1987 - Mark Langston and Harold Reynolds
- 1988 - Harold Reynolds
- 1989 - Jeffrey Leonard
- 1990 - Ken Griffey Jr. and Randy Johnson
- 1991 - Ken Griffey Jr.
- 1992 - Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martínez
- 1993 - Ken Griffey Jr. and Randy Johnson
- 1994 - Ken Griffey Jr. and Randy Johnson
- 1995 - Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Edgar Martínez, and Tino Martinez
- 1996 - Jay Buhner, Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martínez, Alex Rodriguez, and Dan Wilson
- 1997 - Joey Cora, Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Edgar Martínez, and Alex Rodríguez
- 1998 - Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodríguez
- 1999 - Ken Griffey Jr.
- 2000 - Edgar Martínez, Alex Rodríguez and Aaron Sele
- 2001 - Bret Boone, Mike Cameron, Freddy García, Edgar Martínez, Jeff Nelson, John Olerud, Kazuhiro Sasaki, and Ichiro Suzuki
- 2002 - Freddy García, Kazuhiro Sasaki and Ichiro Suzuki
- 2003 - Bret Boone, Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Edgar Martínez, Jamie Moyer, and Ichiro Suzuki
- 2004 - Ichiro Suzuki
- 2005 - Ichiro Suzuki
- 2006 - Jose Lopez and Ichiro Suzuki
- 2007 - J. J. Putz and Ichiro Suzuki
- 2008 - Ichiro Suzuki
- 2009 - Félix Hernández and Ichiro Suzuki
- 2010 - Ichiro Suzuki
- 2011 - Félix Hernández, Brandon League, and Michael Pineda
- 2012 - Félix Hernández
- 2013 - Félix Hernández and Hisashi Iwakuma
- 2014 - Robinson Canó, Félix Hernández, Fernando Rodney, and Kyle Seager
- 2015 - Nelson Cruz, Félix Hernández
- 2016 - Robinson Canó
- 2017 - Robinson Canó, Nelson Cruz
- 2018 - Nelson Cruz, Jean Segura, Mitch Haniger, and Edwin Díaz
- 2019 - Daniel Vogelbach
- 2021 - Yusei Kikuchi
- 2022 - Julio Rodríguez, Ty France
- 2023 - Luis Castillo, George Kirby, Julio Rodríguez
- 2024 - Logan Gilbert, Andrés Muñoz[14]
MLB All-Century Team (1999)
- Ken Griffey Jr.[15]
Players Choice Awards Player of the Decade (1999)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (1999)[16]
Sporting News AL Pitcher of the Year
- Randy Johnson (1995)
- Félix Hernández (2010, 2014)
- Edwin Díaz (2018, reliever)[17]
Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards AL Cy Young
- Freddy García (2001)[18]
- Félix Hernández (2010)[19]
Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards AL Rookie of the Year
Baseball America All-Rookie Team
- 2011 – Dustin Ackley (2B), Mike Carp (OF; one of three), and Michael Pineda (SP; one of five)[21]
Topps All-Star Rookie teams
- Ruppert Jones OF (1977)
- Ed Vande Berg LHP (1982)
- Matt Young LHP (1983)
- Alvin Davis 1B and Mark Langston LHP (1984)
- Jay Buhner OF (1985)
- Danny Tartabull OF (1986)
- Greg Briley OF and Ken Griffey Jr. (1989)
- Dave Fleming LHP (1992)
- John Halama LHP (1999)
- Kazuhiro Sasaki RHP (2000)
- Ichiro Suzuki OF (2001)
- Roenis Elías LHP (2014)
Hutch Award
- Jamie Moyer (2003)
- Raúl Ibañez (2013)
- Dee Strange-Gordon (2019)[22][23]
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
- Jamie Moyer (2003)[24]
Other achievements
National Baseball Hall of Fame
Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame
Retired numbers
Ford C. Frick Award (broadcasters)
World Baseball Classic All-WBC Team
Best Male Athlete ESPY Award
- Ken Griffey Jr. (1998; with Tiger Woods)
American League statistical batting leaders
Batting average
- Edgar Martínez (.343, 1992)
- Edgar Martínez (.356, 1995)
- Alex Rodriguez (.358, 1996)
- Ichiro Suzuki (.350, 2001)
- Ichiro Suzuki (.372, 2004) Team Record[25]
On-base %
- Edgar Martínez (.479, 1995) Team Record
- Edgar Martínez (.464, 1996)
- Edgar Martínez (.456, 1997)
Slugging percentage
- Ken Griffey Jr. (.646, 1997)
OPS
- Edgar Martínez (1.107, 1995) Team Record
Games
- Willie Horton (162, 1979) co-leader
- Ruppert Jones (162, 1979) co-leader
- Raúl Ibañez (162, 2005 & 2008) co-leader
- Ichiro Suzuki (162, 2005 & 2008 & 2010) co-leader
At bats
- Harold Reynolds (642, 1990)
- Alex Rodriguez (686, 1998)
- Ichiro Suzuki (692, 2001)
- Ichiro Suzuki (704, 2004) Team Record
- Ichiro Suzuki (679, 2005)
- Ichiro Suzuki (695, 2006)
Runs
- Edgar Martínez (121, 1995)
- Alex Rodriguez (141, 1996) Team Record
- Ken Griffey Jr. (125, 1997)
Hits
- Alex Rodriguez (213, 1998)
- Ichiro Suzuki (242, 2001)
- Ichiro Suzuki (262, 2004) Major League Record[26]
- Ichiro Suzuki (224, 2006)
- Ichiro Suzuki (238, 2007)
- Ichiro Suzuki (213, 2008)
- Ichiro Suzuki (225, 2009)
- Ichiro Suzuki (214, 2010)
Total bases
- Ken Griffey Jr. (359, 1993)
- Alex Rodriguez (379, 1996)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (393, 1997) Team Record
Singles
- Ichiro Suzuki (192, 2001)
- Ichiro Suzuki (165, 2002)
- Ichiro Suzuki (162, 2003)
- Ichiro Suzuki (225, 2004) Major League Record
- Ichiro Suzuki (158, 2005)
- Ichiro Suzuki (186, 2006)
- Ichiro Suzuki (179, 2009)
Doubles
- Edgar Martínez (46, 1992)
- Edgar Martínez (52, 1995)
- Alex Rodriguez (54, 1996) Team Record
Triples
- Harold Reynolds (11, 1988)
Home runs
- Ken Griffey Jr. (40, 1994)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (56, 1997) Team Record
- Ken Griffey Jr. (56, 1998) Team Record
- Ken Griffey Jr. (48, 1999)
RBI
- Ken Griffey Jr. (147, 1997) Team Record
- Edgar Martínez (145, 2000)
- Bret Boone (141, 2001)
Strikeouts
- Jay Buhner (159, 1996)
- Jay Buhner (175, 1997)
- Mike Cameron (176, 2002)
- Richie Sexson (167, 2005)
- Eugenio Suárez (196, 2022)
- Eugenio Suárez (214, 2023) Team Record
Stolen bases
- Harold Reynolds (60, 1987) Team Record
- Julio Cruz (59, 1978)
- Ichiro Suzuki (56, 2001)
Runs created
- Edgar Martínez (153, 1995)
- Alex Rodriguez (157, 1996) Team Record
- Ken Griffey Jr. (150, 1997)
Extra-base hits
- Ken Griffey Jr. (86, 1993)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (93, 1997) Team Record
Times on base
- Edgar Martínez (306, 1995)
- Edgar Martínez (309, 1997)
- Edgar Martínez (288, 1998)
- Ichiro Suzuki (315, 2004) Team Record
Hit by pitch
- Dave Valle (17, 1993)
- Mike Zunino (17, 2014)
- Ty France (27, 2021), co-leader
- Ty France (34, 2023) Team Record
Sacrifices
- José López (12, 2006)
- Chone Figgins (17, 2010)[27]
Sacrifice flies
- Alvin Davis (10, 1991) co-leader
- John Olerud (12, 2002)
Intentional walks
- Ken Griffey Jr. (23, 1997)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (17, 1999) co-leader
- Ichiro Suzuki (27, 2002) Team Record
- Ichiro Suzuki (19, 2004)
- Ichiro Suzuki (15, 2009)
Grounded into double plays
- Bruce Bochte (27, 1979)
- John Olerud (21, 2001)[28]
At bats per strikeout
- Ichiro Suzuki (13.1, 2001)
At bats per home run
- Ken Griffey Jr. (10.9, 1997)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (11.3, 1998)
Outs
- Harold Reynolds (516, 1990) Team Record (tied)
- Harold Reynolds (510, 1991)
- Alex Rodríguez (505, 1998)
- Ichiro Suzuki (516, 2011) Team Record (tied)
- Julio Rodríguez (500, 2023)[29]
American League Statistical Pitching Leaders
ERA
- Randy Johnson (2.48, 1995)
- Freddy García (3.05, 2001)
- Félix Hernández (2.27, 2010)
- Félix Hernández (2.14, 2014) Team Record[30]
Wins
- Félix Hernández (19, 2009) co-leader
Win–loss percentage
- Randy Johnson (.900, 1995) Team Record
- Randy Johnson (.833, 1997)
- Félix Hernández (.792, 2009)
WHIP
- Randy Johnson (1.045, 1995)
- Félix Hernández (1.057, 2010)
- Félix Hernández (0.915, 2014) Team Record
Hits allowed/9 innings pitched
- Randy Johnson (6.59, 1992)
- Randy Johnson (6.52, 1993)
- Randy Johnson (6.68, 1995)
- Randy Johnson (6.21, 1997) Team Record
- Félix Hernández (7.542, 2009)
- Félix Hernández (6.483, 2014)
Strikeouts/9 innings pitched
- Mark Langston (8.16, 1984)
- Mark Langston (9.21, 1986)
- Mark Langston (8.67, 1987)
- Randy Johnson (10.31, 1992)
- Randy Johnson (10.86, 1993)
- Randy Johnson (10.67, 1994)
- Randy Johnson (12.35, 1995) Team Record
- Randy Johnson (12.30, 1997)
Games
- Ed Vande Berg (78, 1982) Team Record (tied)
- Matt Brash (78, 2023) Team Record (tied)[31]
Innings pitched
- Freddy García (238+2⁄3, 2001)
- Félix Hernández (249+2⁄3, 2010)
- Logan Gilbert (208+2⁄3, 2024)[32]
Strikeouts
- Floyd Bannister (209, 1982)
- Mark Langston (204, 1984)
- Mark Langston (245, 1986)
- Mark Langston (262, 1987)
- Randy Johnson (241, 1992)
- Randy Johnson (308, 1993) Team Record
- Randy Johnson (204, 1994)
- Randy Johnson (294, 1995)
Games started
- Mike Moore (37, 1986) co-leader Team Record
- Jeff Fassero (35, 1997) co-leader
Complete games
- Randy Johnson (9, 1994)
- Cliff Lee (7, 2010) co-leader
- James Paxton (2, 2018) co-leader[33]
Shutouts
- Randy Johnson (4, 1994)
- Joel Piñeiro (2, 2003) co-leader
- Jeff Weaver (2, 2007) co-leader
- Félix Hernández (5, 2012) Team Record
- Félix Hernández, Mike Montgomery (2, 2015) co-leader
- James Paxton (1, 2018) co-leader
Home runs allowed
- Rich DeLucia (31, 1991)
- Ryan Franklin (34, 2003) co-leader
- Jamie Moyer (44, 2004) Team Record
Walks allowed
- Mark Langston (118, 1984)
- Randy Johnson (120, 1990)
- Randy Johnson (152, 1991) Team Record
- Randy Johnson (144, 1992)
Hits allowed
- Mike Moore (279, 1986) Team Record
- Mike Moore (268, 1987)
Strikeout to walk ratio
- Randy Johnson (4.52, 1995)
- Marco Gonzalez (9.14, 2020) Team Record
- George Kirby (9.05, 2023)
- George Kirby (7.78, 2024)[34]
Losses
- Matt Young (19, 1985) Team Record (tied)
- Mike Morgan (17, 1986)
- Mike Moore (19, 1987) Team Record (tied)
- Erik Hanson (17, 1992)
- Marco Gonzalez (15, 2022)[35]
Earned runs allowed
- Mark Langston (129, 1986) Team Record
- Mike Moore (121, 1987)
Wild pitches
- Gaylord Perry (13, 1982)
- Félix Hernández (17, 2009) co-leader
- James Paxton (15, 2017) co-leader
Hit batsmen
- Randy Johnson (18, 1992) Team Record
- Randy Johnson (16, 1993)
Batters faced
- Mike Moore (1,145, 1986) Team Record
American League Age Statistical Leaders
Oldest player
- Gaylord Perry (43, 1982)
- Gaylord Perry (44, 1983)
- Goose Gossage (42, 1994)
- Dennis Martínez (42, 1997)
- Jamie Moyer (42, 2005)
- Jamie Moyer (43, 2006)
- Ichiro Suzuki (45, 2019)[36] Team Record
Youngest player
- Edwin Núñez (19, 1982)
- Edwin Núñez (20, 1983)
- Alex Rodríguez (18, 1994) Team Record
- Alex Rodríguez (19, 1995)
- Félix Hernández (19, 2005)
- Félix Hernández (20, 2006)
See also
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