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Seattle Mariners legend Edgar Martinez by the numbers

Published 1:18 pm Friday, August 11, 2017

By Nick Patterson

Seattle Mariners legend Edgar Martinez is having his number retired by the team during a ceremony Saturday at Safeco Field. His No. 11 will be just the third number ever retired by the Mariners, joining Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 (retired by every team in the majors) and Ken Griffey Jr.’s No. 24.

So it seems appropriate to catalog where Martinez ranks statistically in Mariners history. Here’s Seattle’s offensive career leaders, courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com:

GAMES

1) Edgar Martinez, 2,055

2) Ichiro Suzuki, 1,844

3) Ken Griffey Jr., 1,685

4) Jay Buhner, 1,440

5), Dan Wilson, 1,251

BATTING AVERAGE

1) Ichiro Suzuki, .322

2) Edgar Martinez, .312

3) Alex Rodriguez, .309

4) Phil Bradley, .301

5) Tom Paciorek, .296

RUNS

1) Edgar Martinez, 1,219

2) Ichiro Suzuki, 1,176

3) Ken Griffey Jr., 1,113

4) Jay Buhner, 789

5) Alex Rodriguez, 627

HOME RUNS

1) Ken Griffey Jr., 417

2) Edgar Martinez, 309

3) Jay Buhner, 307

4) Alex Rodriguez, 189

5) Alvin Davis, 160

RBI

1) Edgar Martinez, 1,261

2) Ken Griffey Jr., 1,216

3) Jay Buhner, 951

4) Alvin Davis, 667

5), Ichiro Suzuki, 633

ON BASE PERCENTAGE

1) Edgar Martinez, .418

2) Ken Phelps, .392

3) John Olerud, .388

4) Phil Bradley, .382

5) Alvin Davis, .381

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE

1) Alex Rodriguez, .561

2) Nelson Cruz, .555

3) Ken Griffey Jr., .553

4) Ken Phelps, .521

5) Edgar Martinez, .515

OPS

1) Alex Rodriguez, .934

2) Edgar Martinez, .933

3) Ken Griffey Jr., .927

4) Nelson Cruz, .920

5) Ken Phelps, .913

OFFENSIVE WAR

1) Edgar Martinez, 66.4

2) Ken Griffey Jr., 63.5

3) Ichiro Suzuki, 46.2

4) Alex Rodriguez, 36.2

5) Jay Buhner, 30.7

These numbers suggest Martinez is the best hitter in franchise history. And these are just the standard statistics. If we look at more advanced numbers the contrast becomes even more striking. In adjusted batting runs Martinez is first with 569 and Griffey is a distant second at 399. In adjusted batting wins Martinez is at 52.3 with Griffey again a distant second at 37.1. In adjusted OPS+ Martinez’s 147 is second to Cruz’s 150, but Cruz’s contributions are over three seasons while Martinez’s came over 18. So the numbers bear out that no player contributed more with the bat to the Mariners’ cause than Edgar.

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