2002 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 2002 season was their 26th since the franchise creation. After their record 116 wins the previous year without a World Series appearance, they attempted for a third straight postseason appearance. They ended the season, but finished third in the American League West and missed the postseason. This season began a playoff drought that lasted for 20 seasons until 2022, at which point it was the longest in all of the four North American professional sports.

Offseason

December 7, 2001: Bret Boone was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.
December 19, 2001: David Bell was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.
January 25, 2002: David Bell was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the San Francisco Giants for Desi Relaford and cash.

Regular season

On May 2, 2002, Mike Cameron hit four home runs in one game versus the White Sox.

Opening Day starters

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Dan Wilson	115	359	106	.295	6	44
1B	John Olerud	154	553	166	.300	22	102
2B	Bret Boone	155	608	169	.278	24	107
SS	Carlos Guillén	134	475	124	.261	9	56
3B	Jeff Cirillo	146	485	121	.249	6	54
LF	Mark McLemore	104	337	91	.270	7	41
CF	Mike Cameron	158	545	130	.239	25	80
RF	Ichiro Suzuki	157	647	208	.321	8	51
DH	Edgar Martínez	97	328	91	.277	15	59

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Rubén Sierra	122	419	113	.270	13	60
Desi Relaford	112	329	88	.267	6	43
Ben Davis	80	228	59	.259	7	43
Charles Gipson	79	72	17	.236	0	8
José Offerman	29	47	11	.234	1	4
Willie Bloomquist	12	33	15	.455	0	7
Chris Snelling	8	27	4	.148	1	3
Luis Ugueto	62	23	5	.217	1	1
Scott Podsednik	14	20	4	.200	1	5
Pat Borders	4	4	2	.500	0	1
Gene Kingsale	2	3	2	.667	0	0
Ron Wright	1	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jamie Moyer	34	230.2	13	8	3.32	147
Freddy García	34	223.2	16	10	4.39	181
Joel Piñeiro	37	194.1	14	7	3.24	136
James Baldwin	30	150.0	7	10	5.28	88
Ismael Valdéz	8	49.1	2	3	4.93	27
Rafael Soriano	10	47.1	0	3	4.56	32

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ryan Franklin	41	118.2	7	5	4.02	65
John Halama	31	101.0	6	5	3.56	70
Paul Abbott	7	26.1	1	3	11.96	22

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Kazuhiro Sasaki	61	4	5	37	2.52	73
Arthur Rhodes	66	10	4	2	2.33	81
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	53	8	3	1	3.20	39
Jeff Nelson	41	3	2	2	3.94	55
Doug Creek	23	1	1	0	4.91	19
Julio Mateo	12	0	0	0	4.29	15
Brian Fitzgerald	6	0	0	0	8.53	3
Aaron Taylor	5	0	0	0	9.00	6
Mark Watson	3	1	0	0	18.00	1
Justin Kaye	3	0	0	0	12.00	3

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio

Major League Baseball draft

The following is a list of 2002 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The Mariners took part in the June regular draft, also known as the Rule 4 draft. The Mariners made 50 selections in the 2002 draft, the first being outfielder John Mayberry, Jr. in the first round. In all, the Mariners selected 23 pitchers, 12 outfielders, 5 catchers, 3 second basemen, 3 shortstops, 3 third basemen, 3 second basemen, and 1 first baseman.