Moyer set to enter Mariners Hall of Fame
With most wins in club history, pitcher will be ninth inductee
SEATTLE -- Jamie Moyer, who has won more games than any pitcher in Mariners history, will become the ninth inductee into the team's Hall of Fame prior to Saturday's 1:10 p.m. PT contest against the Rangers at Safeco Field.
The ceremony will begin at 12:30 p.m. PT, and it can be seen live on Mariners.com and ROOT-TV. The first 20,000 fans at Saturday's game will receive a Moyer Hall of Fame bobblehead.
Moyer will join previous Mariners Hall of Fame inductees Alvin Davis, Jay Buhner, Edgar Martinez, Dan Wilson, Randy Johnson, Ken Griffey Jr., Lou Piniella and Dave Niehaus.
Davis, Buhner, Martinez, Wilson, Griffey and Piniella will all be present at the ceremony, as well as a Friday luncheon honoring Moyer at Safeco Field. Niehaus, who passed away in November 2010, will be represented by his wife, Marilyn. The only member not in attendance will be Johnson, who was just inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and is having his number retired Saturday in a ceremony by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Video: Jamie Moyer's illustrious Mariners career
During 11 seasons with Seattle from 1996-2006, Moyer compiled a record of 145-87. He still leads the franchise in wins, is second in innings pitched (2,093), starts (323) and quality starts (188) and is third in strikeouts (1,239). Moyer was the Mariners' Opening Day starting pitcher four times, in 2000 and from 2004-06, and he also started the first game in Safeco Field history on July 15, 1999.
Moyer is the only pitcher to have won 20 games for Seattle more than once, going 20-6 in 2001 and 21-7 in '03. He was an All-Star in 2003 and was named Mariners Pitcher of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association of America Seattle Chapter three times (1998, '99, 2003).
Moyer played with eight teams over his 25-year Major League career before retiring with the Rockies in 2012 at the age of 49.
Moyer also was extremely active with charitable work, and in 2003, he received the Roberto Clemente Award, Major League Baseball's top honor for community service. He was also recognized for his "character and integrity" with the Hutch Award (2003), Lou Gehrig Award ('03) and Branch Rickey Award ('04).