2001 Seattle Mariners season

Uncommon card · No. 161955

The Seattle Mariners' 2001 season was the 25th since the franchise's inception. Widely considered one of the greatest baseball teams of all time, they finished with a 116–46 record (.71605 win %), tying the major league record for wins in the modern era since 1901, set by the 1906 Chicago Cubs, and setting the record for wins by an American League team. Of the 116 wins, 59 were by four or more runs, setting a record that was later broken by the 2022 and 2023 Los Angeles Dodgers, each with 60 such wins. They also led the majors in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed. The 2001 Mariners hold the record for the most Wins Above Replacement (WAR) by a team in a season in MLB history, with 50.4. Even the 1927 New York Yankees, often considered the greatest team of all time due to their elite "Murderers’ Row" lineup, fell short of the Mariners; they recorded 48.7 WAR, 1.7 less than the Mariners, the second-highest single-season total in MLB history. On August 5, 2001, the Cleveland Indians...

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