GM: Woody Woodward
1995: made playoffs · 79–66. Ranks are vs the 28 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Johnson | 31 | FA-elig | 30 | 9.5 | 4.7 | +4.4 |
| Edgar Martinez | 32 | FA-elig | 145 | 7.0 | 3.6 | +3.2 |
| Tino Martinez | 27 | arb | 141 | 4.5 | 1.0 | +3.3 |
| Ken Griffey Jr. | 25 | FA-elig | 72 | 3.3 | 7.6 | -4.4 |
| Jay Buhner | 30 | FA-elig | 126 | 2.6 | 4.1 | -1.6 |
| Dan Wilson | 26 | arb | 119 | 2.6 | 0.2 | +2.3 |
| Jeff Nelson | 28 | arb | 62 | 2.2 | 0.3 | +1.9 |
| Chris Bosio | 32 | FA-elig | 31 | 2.0 | 4.2 | -2.4 |
| Norm Charlton↔ PHI | 32 | FA-elig | 30 | 1.9 | 0.3 | +1.6 |
| Mike Blowers | 30 | FA-elig | 134 | 1.8 | 0.7 | +1.1 |
| Tim Belcher | 33 | FA-elig | 28 | 1.7 | 0.6 | +1.1 |
| Luis Sojo | 30 | arb | 102 | 1.5 | 0.4 | +1.0 |
| Bill Risley | 28 | arb | 45 | 1.3 | 0.1 | +1.1 |
| Darren Bragg | 25 | pre-arb | 52 | 1.0 | 0.1 | +0.8 |
| Bobby Ayala | 25 | arb | 63 | 0.8 | 0.2 | +0.5 |
| Rich Amaral | 33 | arb | 90 | 0.7 | 0.2 | +0.4 |
| Andy Benes↔ SDP | 27 | FA-elig | 12 | 0.6 | 1.3 | -0.7 |
| Doug Strange | 31 | FA-elig | 74 | 0.6 | 0.2 | +0.3 |
| Tim Davis | 24 | pre-arb | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Vince Coleman↔ KCR | 33 | FA-elig | 40 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Bill Krueger↔ SDP | 37 | – | 6 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Warren Newson↔ CHW | 30 | arb | 33 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Steve Frey↔ PHI | 31 | FA-elig | 13 | 0.2 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
| Bob Wolcott | 21 | – | 7 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Marc Newfield↔ SDP | 22 | pre-arb | 24 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| Salomon Torres↔ SFG | 23 | pre-arb | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Kevin King | 26 | – | 2 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Jim Mecir | 25 | – | 2 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Gary Thurman | 30 | FA-elig | 13 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| Scott Davison | 24 | – | 3 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Lee Guetterman | 36 | – | 23 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Arquimedez Pozo | 21 | – | 1 | -0.0 | – | – |
| John Cummings↔ LAD | 26 | pre-arb | 4 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Jim Converse↔ KCR | 23 | pre-arb | 6 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Chad Kreuter | 30 | FA-elig | 26 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -0.6 |
| Tim Harikkala | 23 | – | 1 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Joey Cora | 30 | FA-elig | 120 | -0.2 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
| Greg Pirkl | 24 | pre-arb | 10 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Chris Widger | 24 | pre-arb | 23 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 19 | pre-arb | 48 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -0.7 |
| Bob Wells | 28 | pre-arb | 30 | -0.4 | 0.1 | -0.5 |
| Alex Diaz | 26 | arb | 103 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -0.8 |
| Rafael Carmona | 23 | pre-arb | 15 | -0.7 | 0.1 | -0.7 |
| Ron Villone↔ SDP | 25 | pre-arb | 19 | -0.7 | 0.1 | -0.7 |
| Dave Fleming↔ KCR | 25 | arb | 16 | -1.1 | 0.5 | -1.6 |
| Felix Fermin | 31 | FA-elig | 73 | -1.9 | 0.9 | -2.7 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Norm Charlton | 1.9 |
| Tim Belcher | 1.7 |
| Andy Benes | 0.6 |
| Doug Strange | 0.6 |
| Vince Coleman | 0.2 |
| Bill Krueger | 0.2 |
| Player | 1994 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Reggie Jefferson | 1.2 |
| Greg Hibbard | 0.6 |
| Roger Salkeld | 0.3 |
| Rich Gossage | 0.1 |
| Keith Mitchell | 0.1 |
| Torey Lovullo | 0.1 |
What the front office was committed to as of 1995, 1995–2001. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.
| Player | Age | Svc | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Griffey Jr. | 25 | 6.000 | $7.6M | $7.7M | $7.9M | $8.2M | $8.8M | FREE AGENT | |
| Randy Johnson | 31 | 7.000 | $4.7M | $6.0M | $6.3M | $4.1M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Chris Bosio | 32 | 9.000 | $4.2M | $4.2M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jay Buhner | 30 | 8.000 | $4.1M | $5.6M | $4.8M | $5.4M | $4.8M | $1.4M | $1.9M |
| Edgar Martinez | 32 | 8.000 | $3.6M | $3.5M | $3.0M | $3.5M | $3.5M | $5.4M | $5.5M |
| Andy Benes | 27 | 6.000 | $1.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Felix Fermin | 31 | 8.000 | $900k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike Blowers | 30 | 6.000 | $694k | FREE AGENT | $400k | ||||
| Tim Belcher | 33 | 8.000 | $580k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chad Kreuter | 30 | 7.000 | $555k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Joey Cora | 30 | 8.000 | $425k | $850k | $1.0M | $1.4M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Steve Frey | 31 | 6.000 | $384k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Norm Charlton | 32 | 7.000 | $286k | $2.1M | $3.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Gary Thurman | 30 | 8.000 | $250k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Doug Strange | 31 | 6.000 | $195k | $380k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Vince Coleman | 33 | 10.000 | $87k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Lee Guetterman | 36 | 11.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Bill Krueger | 37 | 12.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tino Martinez | 27 | 5.000 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dave Fleming | 25 | 4.000 | $480k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Luis Sojo | 30 | 5.000 | $400k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jeff Nelson | 28 | 3.000 | $275k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Rich Amaral | 33 | 4.000 | $250k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Bobby Ayala | 25 | 3.000 | $250k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Alex Diaz | 26 | 3.000 | $200k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Dan Wilson | 26 | 3.000 | $175k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bill Risley | 28 | 3.000 | $135k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Warren Newson | 30 | 4.000 | $79k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Rodriguez | 19 | 1.000 | $442k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Tim Davis | 24 | 1.000 | $120k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Greg Pirkl | 24 | 2.000 | $112k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Darren Bragg | 25 | 1.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Chris Widger | 24 | 0.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Rafael Carmona | 23 | 0.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Bob Wells | 28 | 1.000 | $109k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Salomon Torres | 23 | 2.000 | $92k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Marc Newfield | 22 | 2.000 | $61k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Ron Villone | 25 | 0.000 | $55k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jim Converse | 23 | 2.000 | $46k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| John Cummings | 26 | 2.000 | $16k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Scott Davison | 24 | – | — | ||||||
| Tim Harikkala | 23 | – | — | ||||||
| Kevin King | 26 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jim Mecir | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Arquimedez Pozo | 21 | – | — | ||||||
| Bob Wolcott | 21 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Mariners 1995; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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