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The stadium has hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game twice: in 2001 as Safeco Field and 2023 as T-Mobile Park. The 2001 edition was won by the American League—featuring eight players from the Mariners—in front of 47,364 spectators. [ 90 ]
Stadium name Year(s) Capacity Team(s) Distance to Center Field Ref Madison Park: 1892 N/A Seattle Hustlers: N/A [1] YMCA Field 1901–1902 N/A Seattle Clamdiggers: N/A [2] Recreation Park Base Ball Grounds 1905 N/A Seattle Siwashes: N/A [3] Yesler Way Park 1907–1912 N/A Seattle Siwashes, Seattle Turks, Seattle Giants: N/A [4] Dugdale Field ...
The Mariners were created as a result of a lawsuit. In 1970, in the aftermath of the Pilots' purchase and relocation to Milwaukee by future Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig, the City of Seattle, King County, and the state of Washington (represented by then-State Attorney General and future U.S. Senator Slade Gorton) sued the American League for breach of contract. [2]
That year marked the establishment of the first baseball league in San Francisco known as the Pacific Coast Base Ball Convention with play 14 clubs from San Francisco, Oakland and Santa Clara county. The San Francisco clubs were named the Eagles, Pacifics, Lafayettes, Knickerbockers, Atlantics, Bay City, Empires, Brodericks [8] and the ...
The Mariners moved to Safeco Field, now known as T-Mobile Park, midway through the 1999 season, and the Seahawks temporarily moved to Husky Stadium after the 1999 season. On March 26, 2000, the Kingdome was demolished by implosion. The Seahawks' new stadium, now known as Lumen Field, was built on the site and opened in 2002. King County finally ...
San Francisco (3) AT&T Park: San Francisco Giants (3) 43,965 National July 15, 2008: New York City (8) Yankee Stadium (4) New York Yankees (4) 55,632 American July 14, 2009: St. Louis (5) Busch Stadium: St. Louis Cardinals (4) 46,760 National July 13, 2010: Anaheim (3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim (3) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: 45,408 American ...
The Mariners went on to play in the American League Division Series (ALDS) playoff games in 1995, 1997, 2000, and 2001. Randy Johnson, Jeff Fassero , Jamie Moyer, and Freddy García were the Opening Day starting pitchers those years, and had a combined Opening Day record of 2–1.
Seattle Mariners former chairman and CEO John Ellis announced on June 14, 1997, the creation of a Mariners Hall of Fame. It is operated by the Seattle Mariners organization. It honors the players, staff, and other individuals that greatly contributed to the history and success of the Mariners franchise.