2016 Seattle Mariners season

Major League Baseball team season

2016 Seattle Mariners

League| American League
Division| West
Ballpark| Safeco Field
City| Seattle, Washington
Record| 86–76 (.531)
Divisional place| 2nd
Owners| Nintendo of America, represented by Howard Lincoln
Managers| Scott Servais[1]
Television| Root Sports Northwest
(Dave Sims, Mike Blowers)
Radio| ESPN-710
Seattle Mariners Radio Network
(Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith)
| ← 2015 | Seasons | 2017 →

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The 2016 Seattle Mariners season was the 40th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 17th full season (18th overall) at Safeco Field. Despite finishing with a winning record of 86–76, they failed to make the playoffs, finishing second place in the American League West.

## Standings

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### American League West

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AL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Texas Rangers | 95 | 67  | .586  | —  | 53‍–‍28  | 42‍–‍39
Seattle Mariners | 86 | 76  | .531  | 9  | 44‍–‍37  | 42‍–‍39
Houston Astros | 84 | 78  | .519  | 11  | 43‍–‍38  | 41‍–‍40
Los Angeles Angels | 74 | 88  | .457  | 21  | 40‍–‍41  | 34‍–‍47
Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93  | .426  | 26  | 34‍–‍47  | 35‍–‍46

### American League Wild Card

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Division leaders  Team  | W | L | Pct.

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Texas Rangers | 95 | 67  | .586
Cleveland Indians | 94 | 67  | .584
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69  | .574

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB

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Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73  | .549  | —
Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 73  | .549  | —
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 75  | .534  | 2½
Seattle Mariners | 86 | 76  | .531  | 3
New York Yankees | 84 | 78  | .519  | 5
Houston Astros | 84 | 78  | .519  | 5
Kansas City Royals | 81 | 81  | .500  | 8
Chicago White Sox | 78 | 84  | .481  | 11
Los Angeles Angels | 74 | 88  | .457  | 15
Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93  | .426  | 20
Tampa Bay Rays | 68 | 94  | .420  | 21
Minnesota Twins | 59 | 103  | .364  | 30

### Record against opponents

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2016 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2016

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Team  | BAL  | BOS  | CHW  | CLE  | DET  | HOU  | KC  | LAA  | MIN  | NYY  | OAK  | SEA  | TB  | TEX  | TOR  | NL
Baltimore | — | 8–11 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 14–6
Boston | 11–8 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 14–6
Chicago | 3–4 | 4–3 | — | 8–11 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 9–11
Cleveland | 1–5 | 2–4 | 11–8 | — | 14–4 | 3–4 | 14–5 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 13–7
Detroit | 2–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 4–14 | — | 4–2 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 15–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 13–7
Houston | 6–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 13–6 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 4–15 | 2–5 | 11–9
Kansas City | 2–4 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 12–7 | 4–3 | — | 1–5 | 15–4 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 10–10
Los Angeles | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 6–13 | 5–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–6 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 9–11
Minnesota | 1–5 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 9–10 | 4–15 | 2–5 | 4–15 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 8–12
New York | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 5–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 8–12
Oakland | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 6–1 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 3–4 | — | 7–12 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 7–13
Seattle | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–7 | — | 4–2 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 13–7
Tampa Bay | 6–13 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 11–8 | 10–10
Texas | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 15–4 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–4 | — | 3–4 | 13–7
Toronto | 10–9 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–3 | — | 13–7

## Season summary

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### Game log

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2016 Game Log: 86–76 (Home: 44–37; Away: 42–39)[2]

April: 13–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 8–4)

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1 | April 4 | @ Rangers | 2–3 | Hamels (1–0) | Hernández (0–1) | Tolleson (1) | 49,289 | 0–1 | L1
2 | April 5 | @ Rangers | 10–2 | Vincent (1–0) | Barnette (0–1) | — | 28,386 | 1–1 | W1
3 | April 6 | @ Rangers | 9–5 | Benoit (1–0) | Tolleson (0–1) | — | 26,945 | 2–1 | W2
4 | April 8 | Athletics | 2–3 | Doolittle (1–1) | Cishek (0–1) | Madson (2) | 47,065 | 2–2 | L1
5 | April 9 | Athletics | 1–6 | Hill (1–1) | Karns (0–1) | — | 36,424 | 2–3 | L2
6 | April 10 | Athletics | 1–2 (10) | Axford (1–0) | Vincent (1–1) | Doolittle (1) | 30,834 | 2–4 | L3
7 | April 11 | Rangers | 3–7 | Lewis (1–0) | Iwakuma (0–1) | — | 13,468 | 2–5 | L4
8 | April 12 | Rangers | 0–8 | Holland (1–0) | Miley (0–1) | — | 13,376 | 2–6 | L5
9 | April 13 | Rangers | 4–2 (10) | Cishek (1–1) | Diekman (0–1) | — | 15,075 | 3–6 | W1
10 | April 15 | @ Yankees | 7–1 | Karns (1–1) | Severino (0–2) | — | 35,531 | 4–6 | W2
11 | April 16 | @ Yankees | 3–2 | Hernández (1–1) | Sabathia (1–1) | Cishek (1) | 38,574 | 5–6 | W3
12 | April 17 | @ Yankees | 3–4 | Tanaka (1–0) | Iwakuma (0–2) | Miller (3) | 43,856 | 5–7 | L1
13 | April 19 | @ Indians | 2–3 | Carrasco (2–0) | Miley (0–2) | Allen (4) | 9,393 | 5–8 | L2
14 | April 20 | @ Indians | 2–1 | Walker (1–0) | Salazar (2–1) | Cishek (2) | 9,890 | 6–8 | W1
15 | April 21 | @ Indians | 10–7 (10) | Zych (1–0) | Allen (0–1) | Cishek (3) | 11,525 | 7–8 | W2
16 | April 22 | @ Angels | 5–2 (10) | Peralta (1–0) | Álvarez (0–1) | Cishek (4) | 40,755 | 8–8 | W3
17 | April 23 | @ Angels | 2–4 | Santiago (2–0) | Hernández (1–2) | Street (5) | 41,058 | 8–9 | L1
18 | April 24 | @ Angels | 9–4 | Miley (1–2) | Shoemaker (1–3) | Vincent (1) | 37,754 | 9–9 | W1
19 | April 25 | Astros | 3–2 | Walker (2–0) | Fister (1–3) | Cishek (5) | 14,832 | 10–9 | W2
20 | April 26 | Astros | 11–1 | Karns (2–1) | Keuchel (2–3) | — | 13,821 | 11–9 | W3
21 | April 27 | Astros | 4–7 | McHugh (2–3) | Iwakuma (0–3) | — | 14,173 | 11–10 | L1
22 | April 29 | Royals | 1–0 | Hernández (2–2) | Medlen (1–2) | Cishek (6) | 38,684 | 12–10 | W1
23 | April 30 | Royals | 6–0 | Miley (2–2) | Ventura (2–1) | — | 43,444 | 13–10 | W2

May: 17–11 (Home: 7–8; Away: 10–3)

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24 | May 1 | Royals | 1–4 | Kennedy (3–2) | Walker (2–1) | Davis (8) | 37,053 | 13–11 | L1
25 | May 2 | @ Athletics | 4–3 | Karns (3–1) | Graveman (1–3) | Cishek (7) | 10,535 | 14–11 | W1
26 | May 3 | @ Athletics | 8–2 | Iwakuma (1–3) | Gray (3–3) | — | 12,584 | 15–11 | W2
27 | May 4 | @ Athletics | 9–8 | Montgomery (1–0) | Axford (2–1) | Cishek (8) | 16,238 | 16–11 | W3
28 | May 5 | @ Astros | 6–3 | Vincent (2–1) | Gregerson (0–1) | Cishek (9) | 20,151 | 17–11 | W4
29 | May 6 | @ Astros | 3–6 | Fister (3–3) | Walker (2–2) | Gregerson (7) | 25,413 | 17–12 | L1
30 | May 7 | @ Astros | 3–2 (10) | Cishek (2–1) | Sipp (0–2) | — | 31,559 | 18–12 | W1
31 | May 8 | @ Astros | 1–5 | McHugh (4–3) | Iwakuma (1–4) | — | 28,148 | 18–13 | L1
32 | May 9 | Rays | 5–2 | Hernández (3–2) | Eveland (0–1) | Cishek (10) | 15,230 | 19–13 | W1
33 | May 10 | Rays | 6–4 | Miley (3–2) | Smyly (1–4) | Cishek (11) | 16,013 | 20–13 | W2
34 | May 11 | Rays | 6–5 (11) | Johnson (1–0) | Geltz (0–1) | — | 23,000 | 21–13 | W3
35 | May 13 | Angels | 6–7 | Smith (1–2) | Cishek (2–2) | Salas (1) | 34,579 | 21–14 | L1
36 | May 14 | Angels | 7–9 | Bedrosian (1–0) | Cishek (2–3) | Smith (3) | 42,038 | 21–15 | L2
37 | May 15 | Angels | 0–3 | Santiago (3–2) | Hernández (3–3) | Smith (4) | 40,852 | 21–16 | L3
38 | May 17 | @ Orioles | 10–0 | Miley (4–2) | Jiménez (2–4) | — | 14,477 | 22–16 | W1
39 | May 18 | @ Orioles | 2–5 | Tillman (6–1) | Walker (2–3) | Britton (11) | 21,167 | 22–17 | L1
40 | May 19 | @ Orioles | 7–2 | Karns (4–1) | Wilson (2–2) | — | 35,012 | 23–17 | W1
41 | May 20 | @ Reds | 8–3 | Iwakuma (2–4) | Wood (3–1) | — | 20,435 | 24–17 | W2
42 | May 21 | @ Reds | 4–0 | Hernández (4–3) | Lamb (0–2) | — | 38,200 | 25–17 | W3
43 | May 22 | @ Reds | 5–4 | Miley (5–2) | Simón (1–5) | Cishek (12) | 24,123 | 26–17 | W4
44 | May 23 | Athletics | 0–5 | Hill (7–3) | Walker (2–4) | — | 16,370 | 26–18 | L1
45 | May 24 | Athletics | 6–5 | Montgomery (2–0) | Madson (2–1) | — | 17,471 | 27–18 | W1
46 | May 25 | Athletics | 13–3 | Iwakuma (3–4) | Neal (0–1) | — | 19,227 | 28–18 | W2
47 | May 27 | Twins | 2–7 | Dean (1–1) | Hernández (4–4) | — | 40,921 | 28–19 | L1
48 | May 28 | Twins | 5–6 | Pressly (2–3) | Vincent (2–2) | Jepsen (5) | 28,309 | 28–20 | L2
49 | May 29 | Twins | 4–5 | Nolasco (2–3) | Walker (2–5) | Jepsen (6) | 33,748 | 28–21 | L3
50 | May 30 | Padres | 9–3 | Karns (5–1) | Cashner (2–5) | — | 29,764 | 29–21 | W1
51 | May 31 | Padres | 16–4 | Iwakuma (4–4) | Shields (2–7) | — | 16,815 | 30–21 | W2

June: 10–18 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–12)

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52 | June 1 | @ Padres | 6–14 | Friedrich (2–1) | Paxton (0–1) | — | 20,557 | 30–22 | L1
53 | June 2 | @ Padres | 16–13 | Martin (1–0) | Maurer (0–2) | Cishek (13) | 22,588 | 31–22 | W1
54 | June 3 | @ Rangers | 3–7 | Darvish (2–0) | Walker (2–6) | — | 32,395 | 31–23 | L1
55 | June 4 | @ Rangers | 4–10 | Pérez (4–4) | Karns (5–2) | — | 34,317 | 31–24 | L2
56 | June 5 | @ Rangers | 2–3 | Holland (5–4) | Iwakuma (4–5) | Dyson (7) | 37,616 | 31–25 | L3
57 | June 6 | Indians | 1–3 | Bauer (4–2) | Paxton (0–2) | Allen (12) | 15,824 | 31–26 | L4
58 | June 7 | Indians | 7–1 | Miley (6–2) | Anderson (1–4) | — | 16,944 | 32–26 | W1
59 | June 8 | Indians | 5–0 | Walker (3–6) | Carrasco (2–1) | — | 15,337 | 33–26 | W2
60 | June 9 | Indians | 3–5 | Otero (1–0) | Benoit (1–1) | Allen (13) | 19,901 | 33–27 | L1
61 | June 10 | Rangers | 7–5 | Iwakuma (5–5) | Holland (5–5) | Cishek (14) | 37,055 | 34–27 | W1
62 | June 11 | Rangers | 1–2 (11) | Bush (2–0) | Montgomery (2–1) | Dyson (9) | 36,055 | 34–28 | L1
63 | June 12 | Rangers | 4–6 | Hamels (6–1) | Miley (6–3) | Dyson (10) | 39,251 | 34–29 | L2
64 | June 14 | @ Rays | 7–8 | Garton (1–0) | Montgomery (2–2) | Colomé (19) | 11,455 | 34–30 | L3
65 | June 15 | @ Rays | 2–3 (13) | Andriese (6–0) | Montgomery (2–3) | — | 12,239 | 34–31 | L4
66 | June 16 | @ Rays | 6–4 | Paxton (1–2) | Snell (0–1) | Cishek (15) | 11,331 | 35–31 | W1
67 | June 17 | @ Red Sox | 8–4 | Iwakuma (6–5) | Elias (0–1) | Cishek (16) | 35,896 | 36–31 | W2
68 | June 18 | @ Red Sox | 2–6 | Porcello (8–2) | Sampson (0–1) | — | 37,195 | 36–32 | L1
69 | June 19 | @ Red Sox | 1–2 | Price (8–4) | Díaz (0–1) | Kimbrel (16) | 37,211 | 36–33 | L2
70 | June 20 | @ Tigers | 7–8 (12) | Sánchez (4–7) | Nuño (0–1) | — | 27,670 | 36–34 | L3
71 | June 21 | @ Tigers | 2–4 | Rondón (1–0) | Paxton (1–3) | Rodríguez (20) | 30,150 | 36–35 | L4
72 | June 22 | @ Tigers | 1–5 | Ryan (2–2) | Iwakuma (6–6) | – | 31,497 | 36–36 | L5
73 | June 23 | @ Tigers | 4–5 (10) | Ryan (3–2) | Cishek (2–4) | — | 35,767 | 36–37 | L6
74 | June 24 | Cardinals | 4–3 | Roach (1–0) | Rosenthal (2–3) | — | 35,746 | 37–37 | W1
75 | June 25 | Cardinals | 5–4 | Karns (6–2) | Leake (5–5) | Cishek (17) | 40,431 | 38–37 | W2
76 | June 26 | Cardinals | 6–11 | Siegrist (5–2) | Vincent (2–3) | — | 35,955 | 38–38 | L1
77 | June 28 | Pirates | 5–2 | Iwakuma (7–6) | Niese (6–6) | Cishek (18) | 24,836 | 39–38 | W1
78 | June 29 | Pirates | 1–8 | Taillon (2–1) | Miley (6–4) | — | 25,477 | 39–39 | L1
79 | June 30 | Orioles | 5–3 | Walker (4–6) | Tillman (10–2) | Cishek (19) | 23,715 | 40–39 | W1

July: 12–12 (Home: 6–3; Away: 6–9)

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80 | July 1 | Orioles | 5–2 | LeBlanc (1–0) | Gausman (1–6) | Cishek (20) | 33,006 | 41–39 | W2
81 | July 2 | Orioles | 12–6 | Paxton (2–3) | Wilson (4–6) | Karns (1) | 29,362 | 42–39 | W3
82 | July 3 | Orioles | 9–4 | Iwakuma (8–6) | Jiménez (5–8) | — | 31,405 | 43–39 | W4
83 | July 4 | @ Astros | 1–2 | McCullers (4–2) | Miley (6–5) | Harris (8) | 29,844 | 43–40 | L1
84 | July 5 | @ Astros | 2–5 | Keuchel (6–9) | Walker (4–7) | Harris (9) | 21,553 | 43–41 | L2
85 | July 6 | @ Astros | 8–9 | Giles (1–3) | Díaz (0–2) | Gregerson (14) | 25,709 | 43–42 | L3
86 | July 7 | @ Royals | 3–4 | Pounders (1–0) | Cishek (2–5) | — | 31,425 | 43–43 | L4
87 | July 8 | @ Royals | 3–2 | Iwakuma (9–6) | Ventura (6–7) | Cishek (21) | 33,391 | 44–43 | W1
88 | July 9 | @ Royals | 3–5 | Vólquez (8–8) | Miley (6–6) | Herrera (1) | 30,659 | 44–44 | L1
89 | July 10 | @ Royals | 8–5 | Montgomery (3–3) | Gee (3–3) | — | 27,544 | 45–44 | W1
87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California
90 | July 15 | Astros | 3–7 | Fister (9–6) | Paxton (2–4) | — | 29,217 | 45–45 | L1
91 | July 16 | Astros | 1–0 | Iwakuma (10–6) | McCullers (4–4) | Cishek (22) | 41,386 | 46–45 | W1
92 | July 17 | Astros | 1–8 | McHugh (6–6) | Montgomery (3–4) | — | 27,322 | 46–46 | L1
93 | July 18 | White Sox | 4–3 | Rollins (1–0) | Robertson (0–2) | — | 20,598 | 47–46 | W1
94 | July 19 | White Sox | 1–6 | Quintana (8–8) | Miley (6–7) | — | 24,851 | 47–47 | L1
95 | July 20 | White Sox | 6–5 (11) | Nuño (1–1) | Jennings (3–2) | — | 39,985 | 48–47 | W1
96 | July 22 | @ Blue Jays | 2–1 | Paxton (3–4) | Estrada (5–4) | Cishek (23) | 46,737 | 49–47 | W2
97 | July 23 | @ Blue Jays | 14–5 | Iwakuma (11–6) | Dickey (7–11) | LeBlanc (1) | 47,517 | 50–47 | W3
98 | July 24 | @ Blue Jays | 0–2 | Happ (13–3) | Miley (6–8) | Osuna (20) | 47,488 | 50–48 | L1
99 | July 26 | @ Pirates | 7–4 | Hernández (5–4) | Liriano (6–10) | Cishek (24) | 30,969 | 51–48 | W1
100 | July 27 | @ Pirates | 1–10 | Cole (6–6) | Paxton (3–5) | — | 35,483 | 51–49 | L1
101 | July 29 | @ Cubs | 1–12 | Lester (11–4) | Iwakuma (11–7) | — | 40,951 | 51–50 | L2
102 | July 30 | @ Cubs | 4–1 | Miley (7–8) | Arrieta (12–5) | Cishek (25) | 41,401 | 52–50 | W1
103 | July 31 | @ Cubs | 6–7 (12) | Rondon (2–2) | Martin (1–1) | — | 40,952 | 52–51 | L1

August: 16–14 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–9)

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104 | August 1 | Red Sox | 1–2 | Tazawa (2–1) | Cishek (2–6) | Kimbrel (18) | 29,601 | 52–52 | L2
105 | August 2 | Red Sox | 5–4 | Roach (2–0) | Abad (1–5) | Díaz (1) | 25,240 | 53–52 | W1
106 | August 3 | Red Sox | 3–1 | Iwakuma (12–7) | Porcello (14–3) | Díaz (2) | 24,494 | 54–52 | W2
107 | August 4 | Red Sox | 2–3 (11) | Kimbrel (2–3) | Martin (1–2) | Ziegler (21) | 33,369 | 54–53 | L1
108 | August 5 | Angels | 6–4 | Hernández (6–4) | Lincecum (2–6) | Díaz (3) | 40,354 | 55–53 | W1
109 | August 6 | Angels | 8–6 | Storen (2–3) | Valdez (0–1) | Díaz (4) | 45,618 | 56–53 | W2
110 | August 7 | Angels | 3–1 | Paxton (4–5) | Shoemaker (6–12) | Wilhelmsen (1) | 44,812 | 57–53 | W3
111 | August 8 | Tigers | 3–0 | Iwakuma (13–7) | Fulmer (9–3) | Díaz (5) | 20,002 | 58–53 | W4
112 | August 9 | Tigers | 6–5 (15) | Miranda (1–0) | Rodríguez (1–3) | — | 19,713 | 59–53 | W5
113 | August 10 | Tigers | 3–1 | Caminero (2–2) | Wilson (2–4) | Vincent (2) | 28,742 | 60–53 | W6
114 | August 12 | @ Athletics | 3–6 | Manaea (4–7) | Wieland (0–1) | Madson (25) | 14,073 | 60–54 | L1
115 | August 13 | @ Athletics | 4–3 | Iwakuma (14–7) | Graveman (8–8) | Díaz (6) | 35,067 | 61–54 | W1
116 | August 14 | @ Athletics | 8–4 | LeBlanc (2–0) | Neal (2–2) | — | 21,203 | 62–54 | W2
117 | August 15 | @ Angels | 3–2 | Hernández (7–4) | Nolasco (4–10) | Díaz (7) | 35,840 | 63–54 | W3
118 | August 16 | @ Angels | 6–7 | Oberholtzer (3–2) | Caminero (2–3) | Salas (3) | 37,546 | 63–55 | L1
119 | August 17 | @ Angels | 4–3 | Storen (3–3) | Skaggs (1–2) | Díaz (8) | 36,950 | 64–55 | W1
120 | August 18 | @ Angels | 4–6 | Shoemaker (7–13) | Iwakuma (14–8) | — | 37,721 | 64–56 | L1
121 | August 19 | Brewers | 7–6 | LeBlanc (3–0) | Suter (0–1) | Díaz (9) | 37,758 | 65–56 | W1
122 | August 20 | Brewers | 8–2 | Hernández (8–4) | Peralta (5–9) | — | 29,170 | 66–56 | W2
123 | August 21 | Brewers | 6–7 | Thornburg (5–4) | Wilhelmsen (2–4) | – | 35,833 | 66–57 | L1
124 | August 22 | Yankees | 7–5 | Vincent (3–3) | Swarzak (1–2) | Díaz (10) | 24,384 | 67–57 | W1
125 | August 23 | Yankees | 1–5 | Sabathia (8–10) | Walker (4–8) | — | 24,628 | 67–58 | L1
126 | August 24 | Yankees | 0–5 | Tanaka (11–4) | Iwakuma (14–9) | — | 41,536 | 67–59 | L2
127 | August 25 | @ White Sox | 6–7 | Robertson (4–2) | Vincent (3–4) | — | 19,072 | 67–60 | L3
128 | August 26 | @ White Sox | 3–1 | Hernández (9–4) | Sale (15–7) | Díaz (11) | 25,651 | 68–60 | W1
129 | August 27 | @ White Sox | 3–9 | Quintana (11–9) | Miranda (1–1) | — | 27,318 | 68–61 | L1
130 | August 28 | @ White Sox | 1–4 | Rodon (5–8) | Walker (4–9) | Robertson (33) | 25,538 | 68–62 | L2
131 | August 29 | @ Rangers | 3–6 | Darvish (5–3) | Iwakuma (14–10) | Dyson (30) | 22,972 | 68–63 | L3
132 | August 30 | @ Rangers | 7–8 | Bush (6–2) | Díaz (0–3) | — | 26,950 | 68–64 | L4
133 | August 31 | @ Rangers | 1–14 | Pérez (9–10) | Hernández (9–5) | — | 21,309 | 68–65 | L5

September: 18–9 (Home: 8–7; Away: 10–2)

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134 | September 2 | Angels | 11–8 | Miranda (2–1) | Oberholtzer (3–3) | Díaz (12) | 16,775 | 69–65 | W1
135 | September 3 | Angels | 3–10 | Skaggs (3–3) | Walker (4–10) | — | 20,357 | 69–66 | L1
136 | September 4 | Angels | 2–4 | Guerra (3–0) | Iwakuma (14–11) | Bailey (1) | 24,033 | 69–67 | L2
137 | September 5 | Rangers | 14–6 | Hernández (10–5) | Hamels (14–5) | — | 23,618 | 70–67 | W1
138 | September 6 | Rangers | 7–10 | Pérez (10–10) | Paxton (4–6) | Dyson (32) | 14,615 | 70–68 | L1
139 | September 7 | Rangers | 8–3 | Miranda (3–1) | Griffin (7–4) | — | 15,434 | 71–68 | W1
140 | September 8 | Rangers | 6–3 | Walker (5–10) | Holland (7–7) | Díaz (13) | 17,493 | 72–68 | W2
141 | September 9 | @ Athletics | 3–2 | Iwakuma (15–11) | Mengden (1–7) | Díaz (14) | 19,385 | 73–68 | W3
142 | September 10 | @ Athletics | 14–3 | Hernández (11–5) | Graveman (10–10) | — | 18,438 | 74–68 | W4
143 | September 11 | @ Athletics | 3–2 | Cishek (3–6) | Madson (5–5) | Díaz (15) | 13,610 | 75–68 | W5
144 | September 12 | @ Angels | 8–1 | Miranda (4–1) | Nolasco (5–14) | — | 29,932 | 76–68 | W6
145 | September 13 | @ Angels | 8–0 | Walker (6–10) | Meyer (0–3) | — | 32,139 | 77–68 | W7
146 | September 14 | @ Angels | 2–1 | Iwakuma (16–11) | Valdez (1–3) | Díaz (16) | 33,501 | 78–68 | W8
147 | September 16 | Astros | 0–6 | McHugh (11–10) | Hernández (11–6) | — | 30,178 | 78–69 | L1
148 | September 17 | Astros | 1–2 | Fiers (11–7) | Paxton (4–7) | Giles (11) | 32,304 | 78–70 | L2
149 | September 18 | Astros | 7–3 | Miranda (5–1) | Fister (12–12) | — | 25,383 | 79–70 | W1
150 | September 19 | Blue Jays | 2–3 | Estrada (9–9) | Walker (6–11) | Osuna (34) | 34,809 | 79–71 | L1
151 | September 20 | Blue Jays | 2–10 | Happ (20–4) | Iwakuma (16–12) | — | 33,573 | 79–72 | L2
152 | September 21 | Blue Jays | 2–1 (12) | Vincent (4–4) | Dickey (10–15) | — | 39,595 | 80–72 | W1
153 | September 23 | @ Twins | 10–1 | Paxton (5–7) | Gibson (6–11) | — | 22,683 | 81–72 | W2
154 | September 24 | @ Twins | 2–3 | Duffey (9–11) | Miranda (5–2) | Kintzler (15) | 24,749 | 81–73 | L1
155 | September 25 | @ Twins | 4–3 | Walker (7–11) | Santiago (12–10) | Díaz (17) | 22,092 | 82–73 | W1
156 | September 26 | @ Astros | 4–3 (11) | Storen (4–3) | Gregerson (4–3) | Vincent (3) | 24,107 | 83–73 | W2
157 | September 27 | @ Astros | 4–8 | Gustave (1–0) | Hernandez (11–7) | — | 23,499 | 83–74 | L1
158 | September 28 | @ Astros | 12–4 | Paxton (6–7) | Fister (12–13) | — | 21,187 | 84–74 | W1
159 | September 29 | Athletics | 3–2 | Cishek (4–6) | Hendriks (0–4) | Díaz (18) | 19,796 | 85–74 | W2
160 | September 30 | Athletics | 5–1 | Walker (8–11) | Alcántara (1–3) | — | 24,088 | 86–74 | W3

October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0)

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161 | October 1 | Athletics | 8–9 (10) | Madson (6–7) | Díaz (0–4) | — | 29,522 | 86–75 | L1
162 | October 2 | Athletics | 2–3 | Manaea (7–9) | Hernández (11–8) | Axford (3) | 24,856 | 86–76 | L2

Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Mariners team member

## Roster

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2016 Seattle Mariners

Roster
Pitchers

* 53 Dan Altavilla
* 49 Jonathan Aro
* 53 Joaquín Benoit
* 48 Arquimedes Caminero
* 31 Steve Cishek
* 39 Edwin Díaz
* 48 Mayckol Guaipe
* 34 Félix Hernández
* 18 Hisashi Iwakuma
* 52 Steve Johnson
* 13 Nate Karns
* 35 Wade LeBlanc
* 57 Cody Martin
* 20 Wade Miley
* 37 Ariel Miranda
* 37 Mike Montgomery
* 38 Vidal Nuño
* 53 Blake Parker
* 65 James Paxton
* 62 Joel Peralta
* 63 Donn Roach
* 59 David Rollins
* 25 Adrian Sampson
* 58 Evan Scribner
* 45 Drew Storen
* 61 Pat Venditte
* 50 Nick Vincent
* 44 Taijuan Walker
* 47 Joe Wieland
* 54 Tom Wilhelmsen
* 55 Tony Zych

|  | Catchers

* 32 Steve Clevenger
* 33 Chris Iannetta
*  2 Jesús Sucre
*  3 Mike Zunino

Infielders

* 22 Robinson Canó
*  6 Mike Freeman
* 10 Dae-ho Lee
* 26 Adam Lind
*  4 Ketel Marte
* 36 Shawn O'Malley
* 16 Luis Sardiñas
* 15 Kyle Seager
*  1 Chris Taylor
* 20 Dan Vogelbach

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Outfielders

*  8 Nori Aoki
* 23 Nelson Cruz
* 16 Ben Gamel
* 21 Franklin Gutiérrez
*  5 Guillermo Heredia
* 12 Leonys Martín
* 99 Dan Robertson
* 17 Stefen Romero
*  7 Seth Smith

|  | Manager

*  9 Scott Servais

Coaches

* 14 Manny Acta (third base)
* 27 Tim Bogar (bench)
* 43 Casey Candaele (first base)
* 46 Mike Hampton (bullpen)
* 11 Edgar Martínez (hitting)
* 30 Mel Stottlemyre Jr. (pitching)
* 88 Chris Prieto (quality control)
* 66 Fleming Baez (bullpen catcher)
* 89 Nasuel Cabrera (batting practice pitcher)

## Statistics

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### Batting

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(final statistics)

Players in bold are on the active roster.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage; SB = Stolen bases

Player  | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | SB

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Norichika Aoki | 118 | 417 | 63 | 118 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 28 | .283 | .349 | .388 | 7
Robinson Canó | 161 | 655 | 107 | 195 | 33 | 2 | 39 | 103 | .298 | .350 | .533 | 0
Steve Clevenger | 22 | 68 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .221 | .303 | .309 | 0
Nelson Cruz | 155 | 589 | 96 | 169 | 27 | 1 | 43 | 105 | .287 | .360 | .555 | 0
Edwin Díaz | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0
Mike Freeman | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .385 | .385 | .462 | 0
Ben Gamel | 27 | 40 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .289 | .325 | 0
Franklin Gutiérrez | 98 | 248 | 33 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 39 | .246 | .329 | .452 | 1
Guillermo Heredia | 45 | 92 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .250 | .349 | .315 | 1
Félix Hernández | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0
Chris Iannetta | 94 | 295 | 23 | 62 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .210 | .303 | .329 | 0
Hisashi Iwakuma | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0
Nate Karns | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0
Dae-ho Lee | 104 | 292 | 33 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 49 | .253 | .312 | .428 | 0
Adam Lind | 126 | 401 | 48 | 96 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 58 | .239 | .286 | .431 | 0
Ketel Marte | 119 | 437 | 55 | 113 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 33 | .259 | .287 | .323 | 11
Leonys Martín | 143 | 518 | 72 | 128 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 47 | .247 | .306 | .278 | 24
Wade Miley | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | 0
Shawn O'Malley | 89 | 210 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 17 | .229 | .299 | .319 | 6
James Paxton | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | 0
Joel Peralta | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0
Daniel Robertson | 9 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 | .300 | .316 | 0
Stefen Romero | 9 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .235 | .263 | .294 | 0
Luis Sardiñas | 29 | 66 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .182 | .206 | .273 | 1
Kyle Seager | 158 | 597 | 89 | 166 | 36 | 3 | 30 | 99 | .278 | .359 | .499 | 3
Seth Smith | 137 | 378 | 62 | 94 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 63 | .249 | .342 | .415 | 0
Jesús Sucre | 9 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .480 | .552 | .680 | 0
Chris Taylor | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 0
Dan Vogelbach | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 | 0
Mike Zunino | 55 | 164 | 16 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 31 | .207 | .318 | .470 | 0
Team Totals | 162 | 5583 | 768 | 1446 | 251 | 17 | 223 | 735 | .259 | .326 | .430 | 56

### Pitching

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(final statistics)

Players in bold are on the active roster.

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player  | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K

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Dan Altavilla | 0 | 0 | 0.73 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10
Jonathan Aro | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
Joaquin Benoit | 1 | 1 | 5.18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 28
Arquimedes Caminero | 1 | 1 | 3.66 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 18
Steve Cishek | 4 | 6 | 2.81 | 62 | 0 | 25 | 64.0 | 44 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 76
Edwin Díaz | 0 | 4 | 2.79 | 49 | 0 | 18 | 51.2 | 45 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 88
Mayckol Guaipe | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5
Félix Hernández | 11 | 8 | 3.82 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 153.1 | 138 | 76 | 65 | 65 | 122
Hisashi Iwakuma | 16 | 12 | 4.12 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 199.0 | 218 | 95 | 91 | 46 | 147
Steve Johnson | 1 | 0 | 4.32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 17
Nate Karns | 6 | 2 | 5.15 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 94.1 | 95 | 55 | 54 | 45 | 101
Wade LeBlanc | 3 | 0 | 4.50 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 50.0 | 52 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 41
Cody Martin | 1 | 2 | 3.86 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25.2 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 15
Wade Miley | 7 | 8 | 4.98 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 112.0 | 117 | 62 | 62 | 34 | 82
Ariel Miranda | 5 | 2 | 3.54 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 56.0 | 43 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 40
Mike Montgomery | 3 | 4 | 2.34 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 61.2 | 49 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 54
Vidal Nuño | 1 | 1 | 3.53 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 58.2 | 67 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 51
Blake Parker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
James Paxton | 6 | 7 | 3.79 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 121.0 | 134 | 62 | 51 | 24 | 117
Joel Peralta | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 28
Donn Roach | 2 | 0 | 8.44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2
David Rollins | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6
Adrian Sampson | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2
Luis Sardiñas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Evan Scribner | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15
Drew Storen | 3 | 0 | 3.44 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16
Pat Venditte | 0 | 0 | 6.08 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 12
Nick Vincent | 4 | 4 | 3.73 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 60.1 | 53 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 65
Taijuan Walker | 8 | 11 | 4.22 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 134.1 | 129 | 75 | 63 | 37 | 119
Joe Wieland | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3
Tom Wilhelmsen | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 17
Tony Zych | 1 | 0 | 3.29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21
Team Totals | 86 | 76 | 4.00 | 162 | 162 | 49 | 1457.0 | 1410 | 707 | 647 | 460 | 1318

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Tacoma Rainiers | Pacific Coast League | Pat Listach
AA | Jackson Generals | Southern League | Daren Brown
A-Advanced | Bakersfield Blaze | California League | Eddie Menchaca
A | Clinton LumberKings | Midwest League | Mitch Canham
A-Short Season | Everett AquaSox | Northwest League | Rob Mummau
Rookie | AZL Mariners | Arizona League | Zac Livingston
Rookie | DSL Mariners | Dominican Summer League |

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jackson, AZL Mariners

## References

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1. ^ "Mariners to give Scott Servais first chance to manage in major leagues". ESPN. Associated Press. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
2. ^ "2016 Seattle Mariners Sortable Schedule". Seattle Mariners. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016.

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