People talk a lot about the Three True Outcomes. And the Mariners offense has a pretty impressive history with them:
- In 1997, they broke the MLB record for most home runs in a season, a record that stood for more than 20 years, through the steroid era and the pre-humidor Coors Field, all the way until Rob Manfred started messing with the baseballs.
- In 2000, they drew 775 walks, the most since 1949, and no team has gotten more free passes since.
- They’re the only franchise with three appearances in the top 10 for most strikeouts in a season (1,603 in 2023 (2nd), 1,581 in 2019 (T-6th), and their seven today move this year’s squad into ninth place all time with 1,573).