Mariners: Their First 25 Seasons Quiz

Answer: Diego Segui

Diego Segui went on to post an 0-7 record for the year with an ERA of 5.69. His son, David, played for the Mariners in the 1998 and 1999 seasons.

Answer: 59

Cruz played for the Mariners from 1977-1983, and had 290 career stolen bases with the club, and retired with 343 for his MLB career.

Answer: Bruce Bochte and Willie Horton

Bochte ended up with 100 RBI for the season, while Horton reached 106. Mario Mendoza had 29 RBI, Joe Simpson had 27 RBI, Leon Roberts had 54 RBI, Julio Cruz had 29 RBI, Larry Cox had 36 RBI, and Ruppert Jones finished the season with 78 RBI.

Answer: 103

The Mariners lost 100 or more games three times in their first seven season of existence, 1978 (104), 1980 (103), and 1983 (102).

Answer: Julio Cruz and Len Randle

Cruz and Randle played second and third base, respectively. Cruz hit .256 for the season, and Randle hit .231.

Answer: Rene Lachemann

Lachemann managed the team from 1981-1983, all losing seasons, and rejoined the Mariners as their bench coach in 2004.

Answer: New York Yankees

The Mariners defeated the Yankees 5-4 that night, and went on to a 5-7 record against them for the season. They were also 5-7 against the Red Sox, 4-9 against the A's, and 6-7 against the Rangers. They finished the season 60-102.

Answer: 116

Davis hit .284, with 27 home runs to go along with his 116 RBI, while winning Rookie of the Year honors as well. He played for the Mariners until 1992, where he found himself in an Angel uniform, then retired.

Answer: 7-14

Langston played for the Mariners from 1984-1989, and had his worst record in 1985. He was 17-10 in 1984, 12-14 in 1986, and 19-13 in 1987. He left the Mariners mid-season 1989 to Montreal.

Answer: 9

The Mariners were swept by the Cleveland Indians at home, then by the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland again on the road to end the season. Their final record for the season was 67-95.

Answer: .372

Edgar only played 13 games in his first year, with 16 hits in only 43 at-bats, thus the high average. His first full season was 1990, when he played in 144 games and hit .302.

Answer: 34.1

Langston had a good year in 1988, going 15-11 with a 3.34 ERA. He pitched an impressive 261.3 innings that year, and had 235 strikeouts.

Answer: Mark Langston

Gene Harris never amounted to much, and Brian Holman's career was limited by injuries, but of course, we all know what happened with Randy Johnson's career. Randy ended up with a 130-87 record with the Mariners, with 2,292 strikeouts and a 3.50 ERA while playing in Seattle.

Answer: None listed

Kirk McCaskill was the pitcher from the California Angels that gave up those famous home runs, the first time a father and son had ever had back-to-back home runs in Major League history.

Answer: 105

The sure-handed Vizquel played shortstop for the Mariners from 1989-1993, then 10+ seasons with the Indians. He has been a stellar defensive player his entire career.

Answer: Bret Boone

Bret Boone played 33 games for the Mariners in 1992, and 76 in 1993. He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds after the 1993 season, and re-joined the team in 2001. Buhner was traded to the Mariners by the Yankees July 21, 1988, Wilson came over with Bobby Ayala from the Reds for Erik Hanson and Bret Boone on November 2, 1993. Valle made his major league debut with the M's in 1984, and played with them until 1993.

Answer: 82-80

This was the second year for manager Lou Piniella, and also just the second time the Mariners had a record better than .500 in team history. Piniella managed the team until the 2002 season.

Answer: 18

Ayala had 19 saves the following season in 1995, but ended up losing his closer role to Norm Charlton in 1996. He was traded to the Montreal Expos shortly before the 1999 season.

Answer: 19-8

This was the dream season for the Mariners. They had lost their best player, Ken Griffey, Jr., to a broken hand for much of the season, and many feared all was lost for the year. But the scrappy Mariners never lost hope, and crawled back from 13 games behind the California Angles at the beginning of August, to tie them at the end of the season, forcing a one-game playoff at the Kingdome to see who was going to win the division.

They won the game 5-0 to take the division, won the AL Division Series against the Yankees, but lost the AL Championship to the Indians.

Answer: 5.21

It would be very difficult for any team to have a very good ERA in the extremely hitter-friendly Kingdome, but the Mariners still managed to put together an 85-76 record, to take second in the American League West.

Answer: 96

Griffey had 56 home runs that year, and Jay Buhner had 40. The Mariners won their division in 1997, posting a 90-72 record.

Answer: Carlos Guillen, John Halama, and Freddy Garcia

Carlos Guillen has since gone to the Detroit Tigers, John Halama went to the Oakland Athletics, and Freddy Garcia still pitched for the team in 2004. Randy Johnson played for the Astros for the remainder of that season, then went to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Answer: Pat Gillick

The long-time Mariner favorite was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on February 10, 2000.

Answer: 37

Sasaki came over from Japan and won Rookie of the Year honors in 2000. He recorded 45 more saves in 2001.

Answer: Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro had an amazing rookie year, winning Rookie of the Year as well as the American League's Most Valuable Player award. He won the batting title with a .350 average, had the most hits in the league with 242, as well as the most stolen bases for the year with 56.