Mariners 2020 Season in Review

The following is an in-depth look at the Mariners 2020 season, complete with updated player bios, season review notes, statistics and more.

HEATING UP…the Mariners posted the 6th-best record in baseball from Aug. 21 through the end of the regular season…during this span, the Mariners record of 19–14 (.576) trailed only Los Angeles-NL (.727/24–9), Tampa Bay (.676/23–11), San Diego (.667/22–11), Atlanta (.600/21–14) and Chicago-AL (.588/20–14).

NOW THAT’S QUALITY…the Mariners ranked T2nd in the American League/T5th in the Major Leagues with 25 quality starts (also: Houston)…trailed only Cleveland (37), Chicago-NL (30), Colorado (28) and Cincinnati (26)…Marco Gonzales and Justus Sheffield led the Mariners with 6 quality starts apiece, tied with Dylan Bundy-LAA, Zach Plesac-CLE and Framber Valdez-HOU for 9th-most in the American League…Gonzales and Sheffield were followed on the club by Justin Dunn (4), Yusei Kikuchi (3), Nick Margevicius (3) and Taijuan Walker (3).

The Mariners ranked 3rd in the Major Leagues with a .989 fielding percentage this season…trailed only Houston (.991) and Minnesota (.990).

FOUR SCORE…the Mariners scored at least 4 runs in 32 of their 60 games this season (53.3%)…the Mariners went 24–8 (.750) when scoring at least 4 runs this season…the Mariners .750 winning percentage when scoring at least 4 runs was 16th-best in the Majors this season…the Mariners went 3–25 (.107) when scoring 3 or fewer runs…only six clubs recorded fewer than 3 wins when scoring 3 runs or fewer this season: Arizona (1), Baltimore (1), San Francisco (1), Washington (1), Boston (2) and Los Angeles-AL (2).

YOUTH MOVEMENT…the Mariners fielded the 2nd-youngest roster in the Major Leagues this season…with an average age of 27 years, 256 days, the Mariners trailed only Detroit (27.224), while ranking ahead of Kansas City (27.266), St. Louis (27.315) and San Diego (27.334)…of the 49 players who appeared in a game with the Mariners this season, 32 were playing in their age-27 or younger season, including 16 who played at 25 or younger (research assistance via STATS Inc.).

ON THE GO…the Mariners led the American League — and ranked 3rd in the Majors behind San Diego (55) and Miami (51) — with 50 stolen bases this season…Dylan Moore ranked T2nd in the AL/T4th in the Majors Leagues with 12 steals this season (also: Manuel Margot-TB, Whit Merrifield-KC, Roman Quinn-PHI and Trea Turner-WAS)…he trailed only Adalberto Mondesi-KC (24), Jonathan Villar-MIA/TOR (16) and Trevor Story-COL (15)…Moore was one of 12 Mariners to record a stolen base this season: J.P. Crawford (6), Kyle Lewis (5), Tim Lopes (5), Kyle Seager (5), Sam Haggerty (4), Shed Long Jr. (4), Dee Strange-Gordon (3), Jake Fraley (2), Mallex Smith (2), Braden Bishop (1) and Evan White (1)…the Mariners 12 players with at least 1 stolen base this season tied for 5th-most player in the Majors (also: Chicago-NL and Tampa Bay).

WALK THE WALK…the Mariners drew 207 walks this season, 6th-most in the American League/12th-most in the Major Leagues…two Mariners ranked among the top-10 American League leaders in walks: Kyle Lewis (T7th, 34) and Kyle Seager (9th, 32)…the Mariners drew at least 5 walks in 19 games this season, 5th-most in the American League/11th-most in the Major Leagues; the Mariners were 13–6 when drawing at least 5 walks in a game this season.

Mariners starters logged 25 quality starts this season, tied with Houston for 5th-most in the Major Leagues…trailed Cleveland (37), Chicago-NL (30), Colorado (28) and Cincinnati (26).

ALL HANDS ON DECK…the Mariners used 49 players this season, tied for 2nd-most in the Major Leagues…equaled Pittsburgh, Texas and Toronto for players used while trailing only Miami (61)…the Mariners used 29 different pitchers this season, tied for 3rd-most in the Major Leagues (also: Atlanta, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Toronto), trailing only Miami (37) and Boston (30)…the Mariners used 10 different starting pitchers this season, making them one of 18 clubs to use at least 10 starters.

CONTROL THE ZONE…the Mariners averaged 3.98 pitches-per-plate-appearance this season, 6th-best in the American League/9th-best in the Major Leagues…two Mariners ranked among the top-25 American League leaders in pitches-per-plate appearance: Evan White (19th, 4.10) and Kyle Lewis (24th, 4.06)…two of the Mariners top seasons for pitches-per-plate-appearance since 1988 have come in the last two seasons: 2019 (4.11) and 2020 (3.98).

START IT UP…from Aug. 31 through the end of the regular season, Mariners starting pitchers went 10–5 with a 3.78 ERA (53 ER, 126.1 IP) with 107 strikeouts and 50 walks in 24 starts…limited opposing batters to a .236 (110x466) average against…recorded 10 quality starts during this span…among all club’s starting pitchers in this span (8/31–9/27), ranked T2nd in wins (also: New York-AL and Oakland), 9th in ERA and 10th in opponents’ average against.

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