MLB - Seattle Mariners Trivia - 5

In 2009, the Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics with a score of 8-7 in a memorable 15-inning game.

Edgar Martinez led the Seattle Mariners with 180 hits and 145 runs batted in during the 2000 season.

In the 2001 season, there were four Seattle Mariners pitchers who threw at least 100 strikeouts. This means that these four pitchers were able to strike out at least 100 batters throughout the season.

In the 2010 season, the Seattle Mariners played a total of 14 extra inning games. Extra inning games occur when a regular nine-inning game is tied at the end of the ninth inning and additional innings are needed to determine a winner. This indicates that the Seattle Mariners had several close games that required extra innings to determine the outcome.

In 2008, the Seattle Mariners traded four pitchers and outfielder Adam Jones to the Baltimore Orioles for Erik Bedard.

In 2006, the Seattle Mariners traded infielder Asdrubal Cabrera for Eduardo Perez, who was a first baseman for the Cleveland Indians.

In 1995, Randy Johnson had an outstanding season with the Seattle Mariners, posting an 18-2 record. The earned run average (ERA) measures the average number of earned runs a pitcher allows per nine innings. The correct answer, 2.48, indicates that Johnson had an ERA of 2.48 in that season. This means that, on average, he allowed approximately 2.48 earned runs per nine innings pitched.

Felipe Lira had a bad year in 1997, posting a team high 11 losses for the Seattle Mariners.

In the 1997 season, Randy Johnson and Omar Olivares were the only two Seattle Mariners pitchers who each threw 2 shutouts.

In 2001, Freddy Garcia, a pitcher for the Seattle Mariners, had four complete games. A complete game is when a pitcher pitches the entire game without being substituted. Out of these four complete games, three of them were also shutouts. A shutout is when the opposing team fails to score any runs during the entire game. Therefore, the correct answer is 3.

The Seattle Mariners signed Jason Vargas to a one-year deal for the 2011 season.

Jay Buhner knocked out a team high 40 home runs for the Seattle Mariners in the 1995 season.

In the 1997 season, Seattle Mariners pitchers threw a total of 13 complete games. This means that in 13 games, a pitcher from the Mariners pitched the entire game without being substituted.

In the 2000 Major League Baseball season, the Seattle Mariners hit a total of 26 triples as a team.

Mike Cameron was hit by more pitches than any other player on the Seattle Mariners team in the 2001 season.