Mariner Talk Chat Forum

So I guess they're going to present the top 50 before an upcoming game soon. I'm thinking the top five should be:

1. Junior
2. Gar
3. Ichiro
4. A-Rod
5. Randy

Felix just misses the top five, although my guess is that the organization puts him there instead of A-Rod.

I wonder if anyone from the '70s will make the top 50? Julio Cruz and Floyd Bannister have a decent shot. Ruppert Jones only had two good seasons so I'd be shocked if he made it.

Anyone got a dark horse pick that most of us may have forgotten? I'm going to go with Phil Bradley as my pick.

Dave Niehaus will be in the top 5.

Didn't we already have this thread when they first announced it last year?

Maybe some of you human search engine guys that can pull obscure gotcha posts from YEARS ago can find it. lol

D-train wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 03, 2026 2:26 pm

Didn't we already have this thread when they first announced it last year?

I have no memory of it. Also, I tried not to do my usual thing where everyone reads in quiet awe and thinks man, there is nothing I can add to this brilliance.

The owner of Nintendo (back in the 1990's) will also be in the top 50 since he is the one that purchased the team and spearheaded the new stadium.

Walla Walla Dawg II wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 03, 2026 4:38 pm

The owner of Nintendo (back in the 1990's) will also be in the top 50 since he is the one that purchased the team and spearheaded the new stadium.

I didn't think of non-playing personnel being on the list. If so, I doubt that any owners will make the list, and the only management I can see making it is Lou Piniella (although you could certainly argue that Pat Gillick would be more deserving).

My personal top 5...

Jack Perconte
Scott Spiezio
Al Martin
Eric Bedard
Carl Everett

I really couldn't care less about the Top 50 Mariners of all time. For one thing, I think the bottom half of that list is probably pretty sketchy. There just haven't been that many significant Mariners careers. It also doesn't help that some of your better farm system products were traded away early on, like Ketel Marte, Adam Jones, and Shin Soo-Choo.

Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 03, 2026 5:40 pm

My personal top 5...

Jack Perconte
Scott Spiezio
Al Martin
Eric Bedard
Carl Everett

My Mount Rushmore for those kind of Mariners:

Mario Mendoza (the George Washington of this Mount Rushmore; how do you NOT include the guy that the line is named after?)
Byron McLaughlin (lowest season bWAR in Mariner history in 1980, AND he's on the run from the law)
Chone Figgins (the most disappointing Mariner ever)
Bobby Ayala (who's far from the worst pitcher in Mariner history but his postseason ERA of 17.47 and WHIP of 3.529 are the chokiest stats in franchise if not all of MLB history)