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Mariners SEA

200393–69 (0.574)
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GM: Pat Gillick

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2003, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$88M
Surplus $M
-7
Win %
0.574
TAB
+10.0
WAB
+8.0
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
47.1
Dead money %
26%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-2.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2003 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RDan Wilson96
BBen Davis73
RPat Borders7

1B

LJohn Olerud152
RGreg Colbrunn14
LJohn Mabry9
RWillie Bloomquist3
RJeff Cirillo1

2B

RBret Boone158
RWillie Bloomquist7
BMark McLemore6
BLuis Ugueto4

3B

RJeff Cirillo85
RWillie Bloomquist37
BCarlos Guillén32
BMark McLemore29
REdgar Martinez7
RPat Borders2
BLuis Ugueto1

SS

BCarlos Guillén76
RRey Sanchez⇄46
BMark McLemore38
RWillie Bloomquist18
BLuis Ugueto1

LF

BRandy Winn139
BMark McLemore16
RWillie Bloomquist10
LJohn Mabry8
RChad Meyers3

CF

RMike Cameron147
BRandy Winn20
RJamal Strong2

RF

LIchiro Suzuki159
LJohn Mabry14
BRandy Winn4
RWillie Bloomquist1

DH

REdgar Martinez138
LJohn Mabry7
BMark McLemore4
RGreg Colbrunn3
BCarlos Guillén1

Starters

LJamie Moyer3.9 WAR
RJoel Pineiro3.4 WAR
RFreddy Garcia1.6 WAR
RGil Meche1.5 WAR
RRyan Franklin1.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RArmando Benitez⇄21 sv
LArthur Rhodes18 h
RShigetoshi Hasegawa12 h
RRafael Soriano5 h
RGiovanni Carrara4 h
RJulio Mateo2 h
RJeff Nelson⇄0 h
RKazuhiro Sasaki0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2002)

PlayerfWAR
Randy Winn3.6
Gil Meche1.5
Rey Sanchez1.0
Armando Benitez0.2
Brian Sweeney0.1
Greg Colbrunn0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 2002)

Player2002 fWAR
Desi Relaford2.0
John Halama1.1
Charles Gipson0.9
Ismael Valdez0.6
Ruben Sierra0.5
James Baldwin0.3

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Mariners. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2003; everyone else is shown as a 2003 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Ichiro Suzuki 2003 +5.7 +93.5 4.7 +88.8 $0.8M 2.05× –
Mike Cameron 2003 +5.3 +86.3 7.4 +78.9 $1.4M 2.05× –
Bret Boone 2003 +7.4 +81.1 8.0 +73.1 $1.1M 1.38× –
Jamie Moyer 2003 +3.9 +68.7 6.5 +62.2 $1.7M 2.19× –
Joel Pineiro 2003 +3.4 +53.2 0.4 +52.7 $0.1M 1.96× –
Randy Winn 2003 +3.6 +51.9 3.3 +48.6 $0.9M 1.79× –
Edgar Martinez 2003 +2.7 +29.3 4.0 +25.3 $1.5M 1.33× –
Carlos Guillén 2003 +2.3 +16.3 2.5 +13.8 $1.1M 0.89× –
Freddy Garcia 2003 +1.6 +19.4 6.9 +12.5 $4.2M 1.49× –
Gil Meche 2003 +1.5 +12.1 0.3 +11.8 $0.2M 1.02× –
Ryan Franklin 2003 +1.1 +8.7 0.4 +8.3 $0.4M 1.02× –
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 2003 +0.7 +8.0 1.8 +6.2 $2.4M 1.34× –
Arthur Rhodes 2003 +0.9 +9.6 3.5 +6.1 $3.9M 1.34× –
John Olerud 2003 +2.1 +13.5 7.7 +5.8 $3.7M 0.81× –
Rey Sanchez↔ 2003 +1.0 +4.8 0.6 +4.2 $0.6M 0.61× –
Ben Davis 2003 +1.0 +4.0 1.0 +3.0 $1.0M 0.52× –
Julio Mateo 2003 +0.5 +2.6 0.3 +2.3 $0.6M 0.67× –
Willie Bloomquist 2003 +0.5 +2.4 0.3 +2.1 $0.6M 0.58× –
Jeff Nelson↔ 2003 +0.8 +4.1 2.6 +1.5 $3.4M 0.67× –
Armando Benitez↔ 2003 +0.2 +1.9 1.5 +0.3 $8.7M 1.34× –
Greg Colbrunn 2003 +0.1 +0.5 0.8 -0.3 $7.3M 0.56× –
Mark McLemore 2003 +0.6 +2.9 3.1 -0.3 $5.3M 0.61× –
Pat Borders 2003 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 – 0.52× –
Matt White↔ 2003 -0.2 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 – 0.67× –
John Mabry 2003 -0.2 -1.1 0.6 -1.7 – 0.83× –
Dan Wilson 2003 +0.0 +0.2 3.5 -3.3 $80.0M 0.52× –
Giovanni Carrara 2003 -0.6 -3.0 0.4 -3.4 – 0.67× –
Kazuhiro Sasaki 2003 +0.4 +3.8 8.0 -4.2 $22.4M 1.34× –
Jeff Cirillo 2003 -0.9 -4.4 6.7 -11.1 – 0.58× –
Aaron Looper 2003 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Aaron Taylor 2003 +0.2 +0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Brian Sweeney 2003 +0.1 +0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Chad Meyers 2003 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.83× –
J.J. Putz 2003 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Jamal Strong 2003 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.83× –
Luis Ugueto 2003 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.56× –
Rafael Soriano 2003 +1.6 +12.5 – – – 0.98× –
Total—+47.2+582.787.4+480.9—

Trades

Every graded 2003 deal involving the Mariners — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2003 · SEA / NYM
SEA · Pat Gillick +$1.6M
Rey Sánchez
NYM · Jim Duquette −$1.6M
Kenny Kelly
SEA came out ahead by $1.6M
2003 · NYY / SEA
NYY · Brian Cashman +$8.0M
Jeff Nelson
SEA · Pat Gillick −$8.0M
Armando Benítez
NYY came out ahead by $8.0M
2003 · COL / SEA
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$0.0M
Allan Simpson
SEA · Pat Gillick +$0.0M
Chris Buglovsky
Even trade
2003 · BOS / SEA
BOS · Theo Epstein +$1.6M
Sheldon Fulse
SEA · Pat Gillick −$1.6M
Matt White
BOS came out ahead by $1.6M
2003 · SEA / ARI
SEA · Pat Gillick +$3.2M
Quinton McCracken
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$3.2M
Greg Colbrunn
SEA came out ahead by $3.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

2003 payroll
$87.5M

What the front office was committed to as of 2003, 2003–2009. 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.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Bret Boone3411.000$8.0M$8.0M$7.6MFREE AGENT
John Olerud3414.000$7.7M$4.7MFREE AGENT
Mike Cameron308.000$7.4MFREE AGENT
Jeff Cirillo339.000$6.7MFREE AGENT
Jamie Moyer4017.000$6.5M$7.0M$8.0M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Edgar Martinez4016.000$4.0M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Arthur Rhodes3312.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Dan Wilson3411.000$3.5M$3.5M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Mark McLemore3817.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Jeff Nelson3611.000$2.6MFREE AGENT$400k
Shigetoshi Hasegawa346.000$1.8M$2.8M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Armando Benitez309.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Greg Colbrunn3311.000$750kFREE AGENT
John Mabry329.000$600kFREE AGENT
Rey Sanchez3512.000$586kFREE AGENT
Pat Borders4015.000$500kFREE AGENT
Giovanni Carrara358.000$400kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Kazuhiro Sasaki353.000$8.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Freddy Garcia264.000$6.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Winn295.000$3.3MFREE AGENT
Carlos Guillén275.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Ben Davis265.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Joel Pineiro243.000$440kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Franklin304.000$425kARB 3FREE AGENT
Gil Meche244.000$325kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Meyers274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Ichiro Suzuki292.000$4.7MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Julio Mateo251.000$302kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Bloomquist251.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt White250.000$150kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Soriano231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.J. Putz260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Taylor251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Ugueto241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jamal Strong24–—
Aaron Looper26–—
Brian Sweeney290.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2003 acquisition stacked onto Mariners's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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