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11 unusual facts about Seattle Mariners


Bryan Price

After pitching in the minor leagues, Price has served as the pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Cincinnati Reds before being named manager of the Reds.

Frank Shrontz

Shrontz is part of the Seattle Mariners ownership group and is a member on the team's board of directors.

Jeff Raikes

In 1992 the Pacific Northwest was in danger of losing the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball franchise.

KBRC

Local Skagit County sports contests are broadcast, as well as professional teams such as the Seattle Seahawks, the Seattle Mariners.

KSJN

By 1990, Emmis Broadcasting fell on financially tough times due to their purchase of baseball's Seattle Mariners.

KVI

KVI was the original flagship station for the ill-fated Seattle Pilots in 1969 and for the Seattle Mariners, from their inaugural season of 1977 until 1984.

Lee Cruz

Cruz hit 26 homers during his college career at the University of Tampa, breaking a record held by former Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees star Tino Martinez.

Matthew Kent

Kent signed with the Seattle Mariners in 1997 at the age of 16 as a catcher and from 1998-1999 he played for the AZL Mariners in the Arizona League.

Richard Tallman

Among Tallman's higher-profile clients in private practice was representing the Seattle Mariners in legal disputes over scheduling rights in the Kingdome.

Scott Burrell

A 6'7" multi-sport star at Hamden High School in Connecticut, Burrell was drafted by baseball's Seattle Mariners during his senior year.

Washington State Route 519

The highway travels along city streets, including two named for Seattle Mariners personalities: Edgar Martinez Drive and Dave Niehaus Way, as well as Alaskan Way.


Buck Martinez

Martinez's career took a bad turn when he broke his leg and severely dislocated his ankle in a home plate collision with the Seattle Mariners' Phil Bradley at the Kingdome on July 9, 1985.

Calvin Schiraldi

With no outs, runners on first and third, and the Red Sox already down 6-3 to the Seattle Mariners in the Kingdome, Schiraldi replaced Jeff Sellers in the sixth inning.

Daron Kirkreit

He played in the Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, and the Anaheim Angels minor league systems until his retirement after the 2001 season.

Dave Geisel

John David Geisel (born January 18, 1955 in Windber, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the majors with the Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners.

Eikichi Yazawa

In 2007, Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle Mariners), a major league player, chose his "Tomaranai Ha~Ha" as an AT-BAT MUSIC of 2008 with Ringo Shiina's "Yokushitsu" and "Identity".

Enrique Romo

Enrique Romo Navarro (born July 15, 1947 in Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Seattle Mariners (1977–78) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1979–82).

Gene Clines

Later he worked as a hitting coach for Houston in 1988 and spent six seasons as a hitting coach in the American League for the Seattle Mariners (1989–1992) and Milwaukee Brewers (1993–1994) before start a six-year stint with the San Francisco Giants as a hitting coach and outfield coach (1995–2002), as he guided National League MVP Award winners Jeff Kent (2000) and Barry Bonds (2001 and 2002).

Jack Del Rio

He and former Seattle Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu were teammates in baseball and football while there.

John Spellman

Spellman supervised the controversial process of siting and building the Kingdome, the domed stadium that provided the first home for the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Mariners, and initiated early efforts to deal with uncontrolled growth.

José Meléndez

José Luis Meléndez García (born September 2, 1965 in Naguabo, Puerto Rico) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1990 through 1994 for the Seattle Mariners (1990), San Diego Padres (1991–92) and Boston Red Sox (1993–94).

Kim Ng

In 2008, she was interviewed for the general manager position with the Seattle Mariners, but the position went to Jack Zduriencik.

Mel Stottlemyre

Stottlemyre was named pitching coach of the Seattle Mariners under manager John McLaren at the beginning of the 2008 season and was retained by interim manager Jim Riggleman after McLaren's firing, but was dismissed after the season ended.

MLB on Five

The show first aired on Opening Day in 1997 with a game between the defending World Series champion New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners.

Sanremo

Alex Liddi, who was born in Sanremo, became the first native Italian to play Major League Baseball, in 2011 with the Seattle Mariners.

Seattle Rainiers

In 1977, another American League expansion team was awarded to Seattle, the Seattle Mariners.

Stolen base

However, some of the more successful American League teams of recent memory, including the 2002 Anaheim Angels, the 2001 Seattle Mariners and the 2005 Chicago White Sox have experienced their success in part as a result of playing "small ball," advancing runners through means such as the stolen base and the related hit and run play.

Xavier Avery

On August 30, 2013, the Orioles traded Avery to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Michael Morse.

Yang Hyeon-Jong

Yang started for South Korea in the semifinal game against Canada, facing future Mariners' pitching prospect Phillippe Aumont, and hurled three innings of two-hit, one-run ball with two strikeouts to help lead South Korea to a 6–1 victory.

Zach McAllister

At the 2010 MLB trade deadline, the Yankees and Seattle Mariners almost completed a deal that would have sent McAllister, Jesús Montero, and David Adams to the Seattle Mariners for Cliff Lee.