NEW in ‘24: After each
@Mariners
win, I will post a deep-dive nugget from the game called
#TheMayerGWS
(Game-Winning Stat)
#1
:
The Mariners pitching staff became the first to toss a shutout with more than 10 K’s on Cy Young’s birthday (March 29) in MLB history.
Julio Rodríguez is the fastest player (81 G) in MLB HISTORY to reach 15+ home runs & 20+ stolen bases, surpassing Ellis Burks (82 G) & Barry Bonds (90 G).
Julio Rodríguez & Tariq Woolen are the first
@Mariners
/
@Seahawks
rookie duo to be named an All-Star/Pro Bowler in the same year since Alvin Davis & Fredd Young in 1984.
Julio Rodríguez is the 4th rookie age 21-or-younger with a 6.0+ WAR, 145 OPS+ season in MLB history, joining Ted Williams (1939), Albert Pujols (2001) & Mike Trout (2012).
Julio Rodríguez is the youngest AL player (21 years, 286 days old) with a double and triple in a postseason game, surpassing Lou Gehrig (24 years, 110 days old) on Oct. 7, 1927.
Adam Frazier: first
@Mariners
go-ahead double in the 9th inning or later in the postseason since Edgar Martinez did it 27 years ago today — on Oct. 8, 1995.
Julio Rodríguez is the 5th AL center fielder to reach a 5.0+ WAR season at age 21-or-younger, joining Tris Speaker, Mickey Mantle, Ken Griffey Jr. & Mike Trout.
Only 5 athletes in the Big Four sports over the last 20 years have won an Olympic medal & made an All-Star team by age 21:
LeBron James 🇺🇸🏀
Anthony Davis 🇺🇸🏀
Patrick Kane 🇺🇸🏒
Jonathan Toews 🇨🇦🏒
Julio Rodríguez 🇩🇴⚾️
The
@Mariners
(Luis Castillo, Andrés Muñoz, Paul Sewald, Matt Festa, Matt Brash) tonight became just the 2nd team in MLB HISTORY to go 12+ scoreless IP with ≤3 H/0 XBH allowed & 14+ K, joining the New York Mets on June 17, 1976.
Julio Rodríguez is fastest player (125 career G) in MLB HISTORY to reach 25+ HR & 25+ SB, surpassing Mike Trout (128 G).
Julio has been the fastest to 15/20, 2nd-fastest to 20/20 & now fastest to 25/25 clubs in MLB history.
Julio Rodríguez is the fastest player (107 career G) in American League HISTORY to reach 20+ home runs & 20+ stolen bases, surpassing Mike Trout (112 G).
The
@Mariners
starting rotation (Robbie Ray, George Kirby, Marco Gonzales, Logan Gilbert, Luis Castillo) has a 1.68 ERA over their last 20 games, setting a franchise record and surpassing a 1.69 ERA in 20 starts from Aug. 22-Sept. 19, 2001.
Julio Rodríguez is the 4th AL player age 21-or-younger to hit 25+ home runs in his first MLB season, joining Joe DiMaggio (1936), Ted Williams (1939) & Eddie Murray (1977).
Cal Raleigh is one of 4 catchers age 25-or-younger with 25+ HR and 1.5+ defensive WAR in a season, joining Johnny Bench (5x), Carlton Fisk & Mike Piazza.
Since Scott Servais took over as
@Mariners
manager in 2016, Seattle has the BEST record in MLB in one-run games (186-140) and extra inning games (65-33).
Julio Rodríguez is the youngest player in MLB history, and the first
@Mariners
player of any age, to hit a leadoff HR & a game-tying/go-ahead HR in the 9th inning or later of the same game.
Julio Rodríguez: first AL player age 21-or-younger with 4+ H, HR & SB in a game since Mike Trout on May 21, 2013 & youngest
@Mariners
player since Ken Griffey Jr. on April 26, 1989.
George Kirby is the FIRST pitcher in American League history (2nd in MLB history) with 28+ strikeouts and 3 or fewer walks over his first 5 career games.
Jarred Kelenic on his YouTube channel:
“I watched Bryce Harper’s first career HR about 20 times before I went to school the next morning”.
Kelenic hits his first career HR on the 9-year anniversary of Harper’s first HR on May 14, 2012.
The
@Mariners
have 11 walk-off wins from 10 different players this season (Winker, France, Moore, Toro, Suárez, Santana, Torrens, Haniger, Crawford, Raleigh), most players in the Majors.
The
@Mariners
have 46 wins in their Navy uniforms this season, most wins by ANY uniform, ranking ahead of the Yankees pinstripes (45) & Dodgers grays (44).
The
@Mariners
are the only MLB team to have 5 pitchers (Marco Gonzales, Logan Gilbert, Robbie Ray, Chris Flexen, George Kirby) with 5+ quality starts this season.
Julio Rodríguez is the youngest
@Mariners
player (21 years, 282 days old) to record a hit in the postseason, surpassing Alex Rodriguez (22 years, 66 days old) on Oct. 1, 1997.
Cal Raleigh: first
@MLB
player to homer from both sides of plate in a state (CALifornia) that starts with his first name.
Only Chili Davis at CHI (7/30/88) & Milton Bradley at MIL (4/18/05) have done it in a CITY that starts with the first 3 letters of first name.
#TheMayerGWS
Julio Rodríguez is the first
@Mariners
player to reach 200+ total bases in his first 110 career games since … Ichiro Suzuki in 2001! Happy
#IchiroWeekend
.
The
@Mariners
are the ONLY team in the Majors to roster 5 relievers (Andrés Muñoz, Penn Murfee, Paul Sewald, Matt Festa, Erik Swanson) with 50+ strikeouts this season.
Cal Raleigh is the first player to hit a pinch-hit grand slam & throw out a baserunner in a
“🔥Strike ‘Em Out, Throw ‘Em Out” double play🔥” in the same game in
@MLB
history, per my research.
#TheMayerGWS
The
@Mariners
starting rotation (Luis Castillo, Robbie Ray, George Kirby, Marco Gonzales, Logan Gilbert) have gone 5.0+ IP with ≤ 2 BB in 16 consecutive games, setting a franchise record.
Luis Torrens is the first AL player with a walk-off hit & a pitching win in the same season since Chubby Dean for 1942 Cleveland. Torrens is the first in MLB since Brent Mayne for the 2000 Rockies.
Andrés Muñoz is the best reliever in MLB by fWAR (2.3) over his last 40 games. He leads AL relievers in strikeouts (69), K% (44.8), whiffs (149), WHIP (0.66), opp. BA (.135) & H/9 (4.04) in that span.
Ty France led the American League in AVG (.500), hits (13), runs (7), home runs (3), RBI (10), total bases (23), OBP (.552) & OPS (1.437) over the past week.
The
@Mariners
are the first team in
@MLB
HISTORY to have 6+ players with an R last name (Robles, Rodríguez, Raleigh, Raley, Rojas, Rivas) score a R (run) in a game. And of course it’s against the Pirates. Arrrrrr! 🏴☠️
#TheMayerGWS
The
@Mariners
are the first MLB team with a 5.0+ fWAR position player & a 3.0+ fWAR pitcher who are both rookies (Julio Rodríguez & George Kirby) since the 1984 Mariners (Alvin Davis & Mark Langston).
J.P. Crawford homering at Minute Maid Park (501 Crawford Street, Houston, TX) makes him the only MLB player this season to homer in a ballpark whose street name matches the player’s last name.
Only 3 athletes in the Big Four sports since 2000 have won an Olympic medal, made an All-Star team & won Rookie of the Year before turning 22:
Julio Rodríguez ⚾️
LeBron James 🏀
Patrick Kane 🏒
The
@Mariners
are the only MLB team to roster 5 pitchers (Marco Gonzales, Robbie Ray, Logan Gilbert, Luis Castillo, Chris Flexen) with 9+ quality starts this season.
Ty France facing J.P. France: first batter/pitcher matchup whose last names are the SAME country since Kevin Jordan faced Ricardo Jordan on Sept. 10, 1997.
The
@Mariners
bullpen leads the Majors in ERA (1.49), WHIP (0.90), K% (32.3), opponent BA (.168) & WAR (1.8) over their last 25 games, going 22-3 in that span.
J.P. Crawford homered off Cole Ragans (born in Crawfordville, FL). Crawford is the first
@Mariners
player to homer off a pitcher whose birthplace contains the batter’s name since Austin Nola homered off Chris Paddack (born in Austin, TX) on Aug. 25, 2020.
#TheMayerGWS
Julio Rodríguez will be 4th-youngest to start for
@Mariners
on Opening Day, trailing only Ken Griffey Jr. (1989-90), Alex Rodriguez (1996) & Félix Hérnandez (2007).
Josh Rojas & Julio Rodríguez homered in the same game today. The FIRST time teammates with the initials J.R. homered in the same game? Jackie Robinson & Jim Russell for the Brooklyn Dodgers on Aug. 2, 1950. BONUS: Today was win
#4
️⃣2️⃣ for the
@Mariners
this season‼️
#TheMayerGWS
Only 2 MLB players have been intentionally walked twice in extra innings of a game this season: Sam Haggerty (8/9) & Aaron Judge (6/10). Haggerty is first
@Mariners
player with 2+ IBB in extras since Ichiro Suzuki on June 24, 2004.
J.P. Crawford is the only MLB player worth 2.0+ offensive WAR & 1.5+ defensive WAR (
@baseball_ref
) this season.
He’s also rated as MLB’s most clutch hitter (1.86) by
@fangraphs
.
The
@Mariners
have 5 position players (Julio Rodríguez, Ty France, Eugenio Suárez, J.P. Crawford, Cal Raleigh) with 2.5+ WAR, tied for most in MLB with the Astros, Dodgers, Mets & Blue Jays.
Julio Rodríguez is the only
@Mariners
player in the Statcast era (since 2015) to hit a 450+ foot HR & register a sprint speed of ≥30 ft/sec in the same game.
(h/t
@JasonBernard_
)
Robbie Ray is the 2nd pitcher in
@Mariners
history to allow ≤3 runs with 40+ strikeouts over a 5-game span, joining Randy Johnson (May 28-June 19, 1997).
Luis Castillo has the MOST strikeouts (24) in a
@Mariners
pitcher’s first 3 games with the team, surpassing Gaylord Perry (23), Félix Hernández (21) & Chris Bosio (21).
Julio Rodríguez has 5 HR with a .447/.533/.895 slash line over his last 10 games, one of 3 AL players age 21-or-younger to do that along with Ted Williams (1939) & Al Kaline (1955-56).
Julio Rodríguez will be 3rd-youngest AL player to start in leadoff spot in the postseason, trailing only Mickey Mantle (1951 Yankees) & Amos Strunk (1910 Philadelphia A’s).
Julio Rodríguez & Michael Harris II are the first players age 21-or-younger to hit 2+ HR in the same game in MLB HISTORY.
Last time multiple players age 21-or-younger hit 2+ HR on the same DAY was Aug. 21, 1996: Alex Rodriguez (
@Mariners
) & Scott Rolen (Phillies).
The
@Mariners
have 8 walk-off wins from 8 different players this season (Winker, France, Moore, Toro, Suárez, Santana, Torrens, Haniger), most in the Majors.
Ty France has reached base 100 times this season, leading the American League. He’s the fastest
@Mariners
player (56 G) to reach base 100+ times in a season since Ichiro Suzuki (56 G) in 2010.