Seattle Mariners C Jose Godoy becomes 20,000th player to make MLB debut

SAN DIEGO -- There was a big number reached in Major League Baseball during the San Diego Padres' 16-1 blowout win over Seattle, and it had nothing to do with runs.

When Mariners backup catcher Jose Godoy made his big league debut Friday night, he became the 20,000th player in MLB history.

There was no fanfare at Petco Park when Godoy came in to catch in the sixth inning with the Mariners trailing 12-1. The 26-year-old from Venezuela who signed with St. Louis in 2011 and joined the Seattle system last winter grounded out and walked in his two plate appearances.

But to fans who had been tracking the procession to 20,000 on the Twitter postings by the website Céspedes Family BBQ, it was a big…