Editing Seattle Mariners (section)

==Retired numbers==
{{Retired number list|
{{Retired number|image=Martinez-11.jpg|alt=11|name=[[Edgar Martínez|Edgar<br />Martínez]]|pos=DH, 3B, Coach|date=August 12, 2017}}
{{Retired number|image=Griffey-24.jpg|alt=24|name=[[Ken Griffey Jr.|Ken<br />Griffey Jr.]]|pos=OF|date=August 6, 2016}}
{{Retired number|image=Robinson-42.jpg|alt=42|name=[[Jackie Robinson|Jackie<br />Robinson]]|pos=All MLB|honored=April 15, 1997}}
}}

The Mariners criteria for retiring a uniform number is more selective than the standards for the Mariners Hall of Fame. To be eligible to have one's number retired, in addition to the criteria outlined for the Mariners' Hall of Fame, the former Mariners should have either:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a) been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and been in a Mariners uniform for at least five years, or <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b) come close to such election and have spent substantially his entire career with the Mariners. <br />Eligibility shall not commence until after the former player has been voted on once for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which for effectively means six years after retirement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mariners Hall of Fame Guidelines |url=http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/sea/history/hof_guidelines.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123014625/http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/sea/history/hof_guidelines.jsp |archive-date=January 23, 2012 |access-date=June 27, 2017 |publisher=Major League Baseball}}</ref>

[[Ken Griffey Jr.]]'s No. '''24''' was retired at the beginning of the 2016 season, with the retirement ceremony taking place on August 6, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johns |first=Greg |date=January 8, 2016 |title=Mariners to retire Griffey's No. 24 |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mariners-to-retire-ken-griffey-jr-number-c161473776 |access-date=April 29, 2017 |work=MLB.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Axisa |first=Mike |date=August 7, 2016 |title=Mariners retire Junior's number, and a statue for Griffey is also on the way |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mariners-retire-juniors-number-and-a-statue-for-griffey-is-also-on-the-way/ |access-date=April 29, 2017 |work=[[CBS Sports]]}}</ref> Griffey was elected to the Hall of Fame in January of that year.

[[Edgar Martínez]]'s No. '''11''' was retired during the 2017 season, with the retirement ceremony taking place on August 12, 2017. Martínez played his entire career with the Mariners and first appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot in {{bhofy|2010}}. His No. 11 was retired in 2017, predating his 2019 election to the Hall of Fame and seemingly establishing the 58.6% of the vote he received that year as sufficiently "close" to election to satisfy the criteria.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johns |first=Greg |date=January 24, 2017 |title=Mariners to retire Edgar Martínez's No. 11 |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mariners-to-retire-edgar-martinez-s-no-11-c214293704 |access-date=April 29, 2017 |work=MLB.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Cotterill |first=Katie G. |last2=Quinton |first2=Sean |date=January 24, 2017 |title=Here's a look back at Edgar Martínez's legendary Mariners career |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-great-edgar-martinez-through-the-years/ |access-date=April 29, 2017 |work=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> The number 11 was not issued to anyone after Martínez's retirement as a player in 2004 until his return to the Mariners as hitting coach in 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Seattle Mariners Uniform Numbers |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/uniform-numbers.shtml |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

[[Jackie Robinson]]'s No. '''42''' was retired throughout MLB on April 15, 1997, the 50th anniversary of him breaking MLB's racially exclusionist [[Baseball color line|color line]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nightengale |first=Bob |author-link=Bob Nightengale |date=1997-04-16 |title=Here's to You, Jackie: No. 42 Retired |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-16-sp-49237-story.html |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

[[Ichiro Suzuki]]'s No. '''51''' will be retired by the Mariners in a pregame ceremony on August 9, 2025, days after his induction into the Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PR |first=Mariners |date=2025-01-22 |title=Mariners To Retire Ichiro Suzuki's Number 51 |url=https://marinersblog.mlblogs.com/mariners-to-retire-ichiro-suzukis-number-51-5138791e310b |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref> He has continued to wear the number after retiring, including during spring training in 2020 and 2022 as well as when throwing out a ceremonial first pitch in 2022.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MJKpuZWCFM |title=VIDEO: Ichiro pitches in simulated game during Spring Training workouts |date=2020-02-21 |type=Television production |publisher=KIRO 7 News |access-date=2024-10-08 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkJ1NFV4XUU |title=2021 Spring Training: Ichiro Gets An At-Bat |date=2021-03-07 |last=Seattle Mariners |access-date=2024-10-08 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 16, 2022 |title=Ichiro delivers 1st pitch in full uni -- AND full windup! |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/ichiro-suzuki-first-pitch-seattle-2022 |access-date=April 22, 2022 |work=MLB.com}}</ref>

=== Potential retired numbers ===
Currently, two other players have definitively met the requirements to have their number retired but not yet had the team retire or announce its plans to retire their numbers, Randy Johnson and [[Adrián Beltré]].

Johnson played 10 seasons with the Mariners, from 1989 until mid-1998, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2015. His number '''51''' was withheld until 2001, when it was issued to [[Ichiro Suzuki]] upon his request. Suzuki wore that number for his entire career in [[Nippon Professional Baseball|Japan]]. No other player wore the number following Suzuki's 2012 trade to the Yankees. Suzuki once again wore number 51 when he rejoined the Mariners in 2018 until he retired the following year.

[[Adrián Beltré|Beltré]], a Mariner for five seasons (2005–2009), was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2024. He wore number '''5''' in 2005, then number '''29''' during his last four years in Seattle. Both numbers have been reissued several times since Beltré left Seattle, with [[Cal Raleigh]] currently wearing number 29 and [[Cade Marlowe]] most recently wearing number 5.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2025 Seattle Mariners Roster (40-man) |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/2025-roster.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The Mariners have not indicated any plans to retire Beltré's number.

[[Lou Piniella]]'s number '''14''' was not given to any uniformed personnel after his 2002 departure until it was issued to third base coach [[Manny Acta]] in 2016. [[Lou Piniella#Hall of Fame consideration|Piniella has been on the Hall of Fame ballot]] three times (2016, 2018, and 2023), and he was one vote short in the latter two ballots from being inducted.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ackert |first=Kristie |date=December 9, 2018 |title=George Steinbrenner, Lou Piniella both fall short in Hall of Fame bids |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-sports-steinbrenner-rejected-hall-of-fame-20181209-story.html |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=New York Daily News}}</ref>

The Mariners have not reissued number '''19''' since [[Jay Buhner]] left the team after 2001.<ref name=":0" />

Number '''00''' is presumed off-limits, because the [[Mariner Moose]] has worn it<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kramer |first=Daniel |date=January 28, 2021 |title=The backstory of the Mariner Moose |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mariners-moose-mascot-backstory |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> since 1997. Outfielder [[Jeffrey Leonard]] was the only Mariners player to wear 00, in 1989 and 1990.<ref name=":0" /> From 1990 to 1996, the Moose wore the last two digits of the year of the current year. The Moose switched to 00 after pitcher [[Mac Suzuki]] also wore the number 96 in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LaRue |first=Larry |date=February 18, 1997 |title=Spring Training Report |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/739822167/?match=1&clipping_id=170354563 |access-date=2025-04-15 |publisher=The News Tribune |page=23 |language=en |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mac Suzuki's first big league strikeout {{!}} 07/07/1996 |url=https://www.mlb.com/mariners/video/mac-suzuki-s-first-big-league-k |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 1, 1997 |title=This year, it's 'Raise the Roof' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-this-year-its-raise/170354657/ |work=The News Tribune |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>