Seattle Mariners: Top 10 individual pitching seasons in team history
Ed Stein
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Marco Gonzales, Seattle Mariners.
9. Marco Gonzales – 2020
This might be a stretch for some long-time fans but stick with it for a sec. The Seattle Mariners were in contention for the playoffs up to the last week of the season. Marco Gonzales was the one constant on an otherwise shaky pitching staff in 2020.
His seven wins in the shortened season were second in the league despite the fact Seattle used a six-man rotation. It’s a shame Gonzales didn’t get one Cy Young vote. He earned it.
- 7-2 record, 3.10 ERA (8th).
- 1st – 0.90 walks per nine innings.
- 1st – 9.14 strikeout to walk ratio.
8. Mark Langston – 1987
On a team that won 78 games, Mark Langston had 19 wins (24.4 percent). The Seattle Mariners needed every one of those wins because number two starter Mike Moore lost 19. Langston claimed his third A.L. strikeout total in 1987 and picked up the first of seven Gold Gloves for good measure.
- 19-8 Record, 3.84 ERA.
- 1st – 262 strikeouts
- 1st – 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings (K/9).
- 5th in Cy Young voting.
7. Hisashi Iwakuma – 2013
Seattle Mariners Manager Eric Wedge had a nice one-two punch with Hisashi Iwakuma, and Felix Hernandez, too bad no one else on the team could pitch. After a so-so rookie year, the Japanese import stepped it up in his sophomore season. His nasty 1.004 WHIP would have led the league in four of the previous six seasons.
- 14-6 record, 2.66 ERA (3rd).
- 1st – 7.0 pitchers WAR
- 3rd in Cy Young voting.