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What is the greatest Seattle Mariners team of all time?

By YPB Team

Seattle has never reached a World Series, so every club here carries a what-if. A record win total, MVP summers and division titles decades apart all make a case.

  1. 2025 Mariners — ranked #11
    2025 Mariners
    Won the AL West at 90–72 as Cal Raleigh hit 60 home runs, then beat the Tigers in the ALDS before losing Game 7 of the ALCS to the Blue Jays.
    1000pts
  2. 1995 Mariners — ranked #22
    1995 Mariners
    Claimed the franchise's first division title and beat the Yankees in a five-game ALDS, with Randy Johnson winning the AL Cy Young Award.
    679pts
  3. 2000 Mariners — ranked #33
    2000 Mariners
    Took the AL wild card at 91–71, swept the White Sox in the ALDS and lost the ALCS to the Yankees in six games.
    555pts
  4. 2003 Mariners — ranked #44
    2003 Mariners
    Won 93 games but missed the postseason, with Jamie Moyer winning 21 games.
    555pts
  5. 2002 Mariners — ranked #55
    2002 Mariners
    Won 93 games and finished third in the AL West in Lou Piniella's final season as manager.
    555pts
  6. 2001 Mariners — ranked #66
    2001 Mariners
    Won 116 games to tie the MLB single-season record, with Ichiro Suzuki named AL MVP and Rookie of the Year, before losing the ALCS to the Yankees.
    0pts
  7. 1996 Mariners — ranked #77
    1996 Mariners
    Went 85–76 as Alex Rodriguez won the AL batting title with a .358 average and Ken Griffey Jr. hit 49 home runs.
    0pts
  8. 2021 Mariners — ranked #88
    2021 Mariners
    Won 90 games and stayed in the wild-card race until the final day of the season before missing the playoffs.
    0pts
  9. 1997 Mariners — ranked #99
    1997 Mariners
    Won the AL West at 90–72 as Ken Griffey Jr. hit 56 home runs and was named AL MVP, before falling to the Orioles in the ALDS.
    0pts
  10. 2022 Mariners — ranked #1010
    2022 Mariners
    Reached the postseason for the first time since 2001 with 90 wins and swept the Blue Jays in the Wild Card Series, while Julio Rodriguez won AL Rookie of the Year.
    0pts

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