- Team WAR
- 30.9 17.5 bat / 13.4 pitch
- Win %
- .549 pyth .478
- Run diff
- -34 4.18 / 4.39 per g
- wRC+
- 104
- ERA
- 4.14 FIP 4.04
- Home runs
- 178
The Seattle Mariners went 89-73 in 2018, a .549 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 677 runs and allowed 711, a run differential of -34. The offence ranked 21st of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.14 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 11th of 30 in MLB. Mitch Haniger led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and James Paxton the rotation at a 3.76 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,410 team hits
Batting
27 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mitch Haniger | RF | 157 | 683 | 170 | 26 | 93 | 8 | .285 | .366 | .493 | .371 | 143 | 4.6 |
| Jean Segura | SS | 144 | 632 | 178 | 10 | 63 | 20 | .304 | .341 | .415 | .329 | 113 | 3.4 |
| Robinson Canó | 2B | 80 | 348 | 94 | 10 | 50 | 0 | .303 | .374 | .471 | .367 | 140 | 2.5 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 144 | 591 | 133 | 37 | 97 | 1 | .256 | .342 | .509 | .364 | 138 | 2.5 |
| Denard Span | LF | 135 | 501 | 114 | 11 | 58 | 9 | .261 | .341 | .419 | .335 | 117 | 1.7 |
| Mike Zunino | C | 109 | 405 | 75 | 20 | 44 | 0 | .201 | .259 | .410 | .290 | 84 | 1.3 |
| Kyle Seager | 3B | 155 | 630 | 129 | 22 | 78 | 2 | .221 | .273 | .400 | .291 | 85 | 0.9 |
| Ben Gamel | LF | 100 | 293 | 70 | 1 | 19 | 7 | .272 | .358 | .370 | .328 | 111 | 0.8 |
| Chris Herrmann | C | 31 | 87 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .237 | .322 | .421 | .327 | 111 | 0.5 |
| Dee Strange-Gordon | 2B | 140 | 588 | 149 | 4 | 36 | 30 | .268 | .288 | .349 | .280 | 77 | 0.5 |
| Guillermo Heredia | CF | 107 | 337 | 69 | 5 | 19 | 2 | .236 | .318 | .342 | .298 | 90 | 0.4 |
| David Freitas | C | 34 | 106 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .215 | .277 | .312 | .265 | 66 | 0.1 |
| Zach Vincej | 3B | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .439 | 193 | 0.1 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | 1B | 36 | 102 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .207 | .324 | .368 | .313 | 101 | 0.0 |
| Christian Bergman | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .439 | 193 | 0.0 |
| Roenis Elías | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .439 | 193 | 0.0 |
| Wade LeBlanc | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .293 | 86 | 0.0 |
| Kristopher Negrón | 3B | 15 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .219 | .242 | .313 | .243 | 50 | -0.1 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.1 |
| Marco Gonzales | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.1 |
| Félix Hernández | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.1 |
| Mike Leake | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.1 |
| Ryon Healy | 1B | 133 | 524 | 116 | 24 | 73 | 0 | .235 | .277 | .412 | .298 | 90 | -0.2 |
| Mike Marjama | C | 9 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .172 | .222 | .181 | 5 | -0.2 |
| Gordon Beckham | 2B | 20 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .250 | .205 | .214 | 29 | -0.2 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | LF | 15 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .255 | .205 | .213 | 29 | -0.3 |
| Andrew Romine | SS | 54 | 131 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .210 | .260 | .244 | .230 | 41 | -0.5 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| James Paxton | 28 | 28 | 160.1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 208 | 3.76 | 3.24 | 1.10 | 11.7 | 3.3 |
| Marco Gonzales | 29 | 29 | 166.2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 145 | 4.00 | 3.43 | 1.22 | 7.8 | 3.0 |
| Edwin Díaz | 73 | 0 | 73.1 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 124 | 1.96 | 1.61 | 0.79 | 15.2 | 2.5 |
| Mike Leake | 31 | 31 | 185.2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 119 | 4.36 | 4.14 | 1.30 | 5.8 | 1.9 |
| Wade LeBlanc | 32 | 27 | 162.0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 130 | 3.72 | 4.28 | 1.18 | 7.2 | 1.3 |
| Roenis Elías | 23 | 4 | 51.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2.65 | 3.08 | 1.22 | 6.0 | 0.9 |
| Alex Colomé | 70 | 0 | 68.0 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 72 | 3.04 | 3.44 | 1.18 | 9.5 | 0.9 |
| Juan Nicasio | 46 | 0 | 42.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 6.00 | 2.99 | 1.38 | 11.4 | 0.8 |
| James Pazos | 60 | 0 | 50.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 2.88 | 3.60 | 1.24 | 8.1 | 0.6 |
| Nick Vincent | 62 | 1 | 56.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 3.99 | 3.75 | 1.15 | 8.9 | 0.5 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 14 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1.23 | 3.23 | 0.82 | 9.2 | 0.2 |
| Mike Morin | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.75 | 0.91 | 1.75 | 13.5 | 0.2 |
| Matt Festa | 8 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.16 | 3.28 | 1.80 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
| Aríel Miranda | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.80 | 3.56 | 2.00 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Rob Whalen | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.91 | 0.50 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Casey Lawrence | 11 | 0 | 23.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.33 | 4.62 | 1.63 | 5.4 | -0.0 |
| Dan Altavilla | 22 | 0 | 20.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2.61 | 4.66 | 1.26 | 10.0 | -0.0 |
| Ross Detwiler | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 5.66 | 1.67 | 3.0 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Cook | 19 | 0 | 17.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5.29 | 5.28 | 1.29 | 12.2 | -0.1 |
| Taylor Motter | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 20.16 | 2.00 | 9.0 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Romine | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 10.49 | 2.33 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 23 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6.97 | 6.45 | 2.52 | 9.6 | -0.2 |
| Chasen Bradford | 46 | 0 | 53.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3.69 | 4.99 | 1.29 | 6.4 | -0.2 |
| Félix Hernández | 29 | 28 | 155.2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 125 | 5.55 | 5.18 | 1.40 | 7.2 | -0.3 |
| Christian Bergman | 3 | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5.79 | 6.52 | 1.07 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| Nick Rumbelow | 13 | 0 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.11 | 6.95 | 1.42 | 8.2 | -0.5 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 10 | 10 | 45.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 6.50 | 6.69 | 1.40 | 6.5 | -0.8 |
Record versus run differential
Seattle Mariners are 89-73, a .549 win rate, while their -34 run differential implies .478. That is about 12 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.