No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun and debate purposes only.
1. Raul Ibanez, 1996-2000, 2004-08, 2013
Key fact: Among top 10 all-time Mariners in games, hits, homers, RBIs and runs
Left field has traditionally been a revolving door for the Mariners, but Ibanez provided some stability and a quality bat during his various times with the team. The smooth-swinging lefty was a 36th-round Draft pick of the Mariners in ’92 and played sparingly in the Majors in his first stint with Seattle, but was re-signed as a free agent in ’04 after flourishing with the Royals and then was brought back again for one final run at age 41 in ’13.
Ibanez joins Mike Blowers, Norm Charlton and Jeff Nelson as the only players with three separate stints with the Mariners.
Ibanez delivered five strong seasons in his middle stint in Seattle, batting .291/.354/.477 with 113 home runs and 489 RBIs in 755 games, with a 120 OPS+. His best season came in 2006 when he hit .289 with 33 homers and 123 RBIs and he racked up 105 or more RBIs in each of his last three seasons in that span.
Despite the slow start to his career, Ibanez wound up first among all Mariners left fielders and top 10 among Mariners players at all positions in games (1,110), hits (1,077), homers (156), doubles (216), extra-base hits (392), RBIs (612), runs (540), walks (367) and slugging percentage (.466).
Additionally, Ibanez was regarded as an excellent leader in the clubhouse and a strong community presence. He was honored with the prestigious Fred Hutch Award in 2013 for his charitable work.
“Raul was the ultimate professional, both on and off the field,” said Eric Wedge, who was the Mariners manager during Ibanez’s final season.
2. Phil Bradley, 1983-87
Key fact: Hit .301 over five seasons with Seattle
Bradley was a third-round Draft pick by the Mariners in 1981 and spent his first five Major League seasons with Seattle, including a career-best ’85 when he earned an American League All-Star berth while batting .300/.365/.498 with 26 home runs and 88 RBIs in 159 games. His 4.8 bWAR that season is the best ever by a Mariners left fielder.
A talented athlete who started for three years at quarterback for Missouri and led the Tigers to three bowl games, Bradley stole 40 bases in his final season in Seattle before being traded to the Phillies.
He ranks second to Ibanez in nearly every major offensive category among Mariners left fielders while posting a .301/.382/.449 line with 52 homers and 234 RBIs in 607 games and is first in triples (26) and stolen bases (107).
3. Randy Arozarena, 2024-26
Key fact: Was an All-Star in each of his two full seasons in Seattle
The acquisition of Arozarena at the 2024 Trade Deadline was arguably the sport’s splashiest for a hitter that year, and Arozarena made an immediate impact upon coming over from Tampa Bay. Over his ensuing two-plus years in Seattle, no one played in more games (368) than the big slugger, who also swatted 58 homers with 178 RBIs that correlated to an .800 OPS. He also secured a 25-25 season in each of his two full years here, each of which led to him being selected to the Midsummer Classic. Arozarena also might’ve had the best all-around game of any Mariners player during that stretch, when he homered on the first and last pitch and robbed one in between during a win over the Cubs on Aug. 22, 2026.
4. Randy Winn, 2003-05
Key fact: Was acquired from Rays in trade for Lou Piniella
Winn has the unique distinction of arriving from Tampa Bay as part of a deal to allow Piniella out of the final year of his contract with Seattle so he could take over the rebuilding Rays. He wound up delivering three solid seasons in left field before being traded to the Giants.
Winn posted a .287/.345/.417 line with 31 homers, 193 RBIs and 56 stolen bases in 416 games during his Seattle tenure and hit .295 and scored 103 runs in ’03 while batting second behind Ichiro Suzuki on a team that won 93 games.
5. Tom Paciorek, 1978-81
Key fact: Hit .326 in AL All-Star season in ‘81
Though he spent most of his 18-year MLB career as a platoon player, Paciorek put together an All-Star campaign in his best season in 1981 with Seattle when he posted a .326/.379/.509 line with 14 homers, 66 RBIs and a 151 OPS+ in 104 games.
Although the man known as “Wimpy” finished 10th in AL MVP voting that year, the Mariners traded him to the White Sox the following offseason, leaving him with four-season totals of .296/.343/.460 with 39 homers and 197 RBIs in 403 games in Seattle.