American League West · 2020

Seattle Mariners 2020

27-333rd in the AL WestT-Mobile ParkAmerican League West American League

Team WAR: 7.2
Win %: .450
Run diff: -49
wRC+: 90
ERA: 5.07
Home runs: 62

The Seattle Mariners went 27-33 in 2020, a .450 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 254 runs and allowed 303, a run differential of -49. The offence ranked 22nd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.07 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — 26th of 30 in MLB. Kyle Lewis led the position players at 1.6 WAR, and Marco Gonzales the rotation at a 3.10 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 3rd in the AL West, 9 games back. They were as far as 10.5 games back on August 20. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 12-11, their worst August at 11-18. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from August 30 to September 7 and a 7-game losing streak from August 11 to August 18. They were 16-14 at home and 11-19 on the road, 7-8 in one-run games and 8-12 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-1 against the Rangers on August 22; the heaviest defeat, 16-3 at the Angels on August 29.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	4	4	.500	41	54	-13
August	11	18	.379	115	145	-30
Sept/Oct	12	11	.522	98	104	-6

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	16-14	.533
Road	11-19	.367
One-run games	7-8	.467
Extra innings	2-3	.400
Within the division	20-20	.500
Against .500+ clubs	8-12	.400
Decided by 5+ runs	6-14	.300
Last 10	5-5	.500

American League West standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League West, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Oakland Athletics	36	24	.600	—	274	232	+42	12.6
Houston Astros	29	31	.483	7	279	275	+4	11.8
Seattle Mariners	27	33	.450	9	254	303	-49	7.2
Los Angeles Angels	26	34	.433	10	294	321	-27	14.7
Texas Rangers	22	38	.367	14	224	312	-88	3.1

2020 Seattle Mariners roster

The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.

Catchers 4

Austin NolaC · 48 G · 1.4 WAR
Luis TorrensC · 23 G · 0.3 WAR
Joe HudsonC · 8 G · -0.1 WAR
Joseph OdomC · 17 G · -0.4 WAR

Infielders 5

Kyle Seager3B · 60 G · 1.5 WAR
J.P. CrawfordSS · 53 G · 0.8 WAR
Donovan WaltonSS · 4 G · -0.1 WAR
Shed Long Jr.2B · 34 G · -0.2 WAR
Evan White1B · 54 G · -0.7 WAR

Outfielders 9

Kyle LewisCF · 58 G · 1.6 WAR
Dylan MooreRF · 37 G · 1.1 WAR
Sam HaggertyLF · 13 G · 0.2 WAR
Tim LopesLF · 45 G · -0.0 WAR
José MarmolejosLF · 34 G · -0.1 WAR
Jake FraleyRF · 7 G · -0.1 WAR
Braden BishopRF · 11 G · -0.2 WAR
Dee Strange-GordonLF · 29 G · -0.4 WAR
Mallex SmithRF · 14 G · -0.5 WAR

Designated hitters 1

Ty FranceDH · 43 G · 0.9 WAR

Starting pitchers 7

Marco Gonzales11 GS · 1.8 WAR
Justus Sheffield10 GS · 1.5 WAR
Yusei Kikuchi9 GS · 1.2 WAR
Nick Margevicius7 GS · 0.5 WAR
Ljay Newsome4 GS · -0.1 WAR
Jimmy Yacabonis1 GS · -0.1 WAR
Justin Dunn10 GS · -0.5 WAR

Relief pitchers 20

Anthony Misiewicz21 G · 0.4 WAR
Taylor Williams15 G · 0.3 WAR
Carl Edwards Jr.5 G · 0.2 WAR
Kendall Graveman11 G · 0.2 WAR
Dan Altavilla22 G · 0.1 WAR
Joey Gerber17 G · 0.1 WAR
Walker Lockett7 G · 0.1 WAR
Taylor Guilbeau8 G · 0.0 WAR
Tim Lopes1 G · -0.0 WAR
Seth Frankoff2 G · -0.0 WAR
Yoshihisa Hirano13 G · -0.1 WAR
Brandon Brennan5 G · -0.2 WAR
Bryan Shaw6 G · -0.2 WAR
Matt Magill11 G · -0.2 WAR
Aaron Fletcher6 G · -0.2 WAR
Erik Swanson9 G · -0.2 WAR
Yohan Ramírez16 G · -0.2 WAR
Brady Lail8 G · -0.4 WAR
Nestor Cortes5 G · -0.8 WAR
Zac Grotz5 G · -0.9 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

456 team hits

Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.

Batting

19 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Kyle Lewis	CF	58	242	54	11	28	5	.262	.364	.437	.352	122	1.6
Kyle Seager	3B	60	248	49	9	40	5	.241	.355	.433	.341	114	1.5
Austin Nola	C	48	184	44	7	28	0	.273	.353	.472	.354	124	1.4
Dylan Moore	RF	37	159	35	8	17	12	.255	.358	.496	.370	135	1.1
Ty France	DH	43	155	43	4	23	0	.305	.368	.468	.364	131	0.9
J.P. Crawford	SS	53	232	52	2	24	6	.255	.336	.338	.306	90	0.8
Luis Torrens	C	23	78	18	1	6	0	.257	.325	.371	.309	93	0.3
Sam Haggerty	LF	13	54	13	1	6	4	.260	.315	.400	.313	95	0.2
Tim Lopes	LF	45	151	34	2	15	5	.238	.278	.364	.280	73	-0.0
Joe Hudson	C	8	20	3	0	0	0	.176	.263	.176	.216	28	-0.1
José Marmolejos	LF	34	115	22	6	18	0	.206	.261	.411	.288	78	-0.1
Jake Fraley	RF	7	29	4	0	0	2	.154	.241	.269	.235	41	-0.1
Donovan Walton	SS	4	14	2	0	3	0	.154	.214	.231	.203	19	-0.1
Braden Bishop	RF	11	34	5	0	4	1	.167	.242	.233	.222	32	-0.2
Shed Long Jr.	2B	34	128	20	3	9	4	.171	.242	.291	.239	44	-0.2
Joseph Odom	C	17	44	5	0	2	0	.128	.209	.128	.170	-4	-0.4
Dee Strange-Gordon	LF	29	82	15	0	3	3	.200	.268	.213	.228	37	-0.4
Mallex Smith	RF	14	47	6	0	3	2	.133	.170	.178	.159	-11	-0.5
Evan White	1B	54	202	32	8	26	1	.176	.252	.346	.263	61	-0.7

Pitching

27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Marco Gonzales	11	11	69.2	7	2	0	64	3.10	3.32	0.95	8.3	1.8
Justus Sheffield	10	10	55.1	4	3	0	48	3.58	3.17	1.30	7.8	1.5
Yusei Kikuchi	9	9	47.0	2	4	0	47	5.17	3.30	1.30	9.0	1.2
Nick Margevicius	10	7	41.1	2	3	0	36	4.57	4.35	1.26	7.8	0.5
Anthony Misiewicz	21	0	20.0	0	2	0	25	4.05	3.04	1.30	11.3	0.4
Taylor Williams	15	0	14.2	1	1	6	20	6.14	3.40	1.43	12.3	0.3
Carl Edwards Jr.	5	0	4.2	0	0	1	6	1.93	1.26	0.64	11.6	0.2
Kendall Graveman	11	2	18.2	1	3	0	15	5.79	4.26	1.23	7.2	0.2
Dan Altavilla	22	0	20.1	2	3	1	24	5.75	4.52	1.48	10.6	0.1
Joey Gerber	17	0	15.2	1	1	0	6	4.02	4.40	1.15	3.4	0.1
Walker Lockett	7	1	16.1	1	0	0	11	4.96	4.54	1.53	6.1	0.1
Taylor Guilbeau	8	0	7.2	0	0	0	3	1.17	4.76	1.83	3.5	0.0
Tim Lopes	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	18.00	6.19	3.00	0.0	-0.0
Seth Frankoff	2	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	16.88	5.44	3.00	0.0	-0.0
Ljay Newsome	5	4	15.2	0	1	0	9	5.17	5.74	1.34	5.2	-0.1
Jimmy Yacabonis	2	1	2.1	0	1	0	1	3.86	7.48	2.14	3.9	-0.1
Yoshihisa Hirano	13	0	12.1	0	1	4	11	5.84	5.70	2.11	8.0	-0.1
Brandon Brennan	5	0	7.1	0	0	0	7	3.68	6.87	1.64	8.6	-0.2
Bryan Shaw	6	0	6.0	1	0	0	4	18.00	7.52	3.17	6.0	-0.2
Matt Magill	11	0	10.1	0	1	0	11	6.10	6.58	1.45	9.6	-0.2
Aaron Fletcher	6	0	4.1	0	0	0	7	12.46	9.19	3.23	14.5	-0.2
Erik Swanson	9	0	7.2	0	2	0	9	12.91	7.50	1.70	10.6	-0.2
Yohan Ramírez	16	0	20.2	0	0	3	26	2.61	6.05	1.40	11.3	-0.2
Brady Lail	8	0	16.1	0	0	0	12	4.41	7.35	1.29	6.6	-0.4
Justin Dunn	10	10	45.2	4	1	0	38	4.34	6.54	1.36	7.5	-0.5
Nestor Cortes	5	1	7.2	0	1	0	8	15.26	14.41	2.35	9.4	-0.8
Zac Grotz	5	0	7.1	0	0	0	4	14.73	15.33	3.00	4.9	-0.9

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split	Games	Avg	Med	Low	High
All home	30	0	0	0	0
Night	17	0	0	0	0
Day	13	0	0	0	0
Weekend	16	0	0	0	0
Weekday	14	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.

Game time

First pitch to final out across 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 2:57
All games: 2:59
Extra innings: 3:17
Longest: 4:02
Shortest: 2:14

By situation

Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split	Games	Avg	Med	Fastest	Longest
All	60	2:59	3:00	2:14	4:02
Regulation	55	2:57	2:59	2:14	3:47
Extra innings	5	3:17	3:11	2:39	4:02
Home	30	2:55	2:58	2:14	4:02
Road	30	3:03	3:04	2:30	3:47
Day	24	2:54	2:47	2:14	4:02
Night	36	3:02	3:04	2:30	3:47

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	1	2:34
Aug	14	2:54
Sep	15	2:58

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 177 minutes this season.

Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.

Record versus run differential

Seattle Mariners are 27-33, a .450 win rate, while their -49 run differential implies .420. That is about 2 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.