July Review (15-11)
Record Breakdown
Overall ............................................15-11Home ..................................................9-7 Away ...................................................6-4Day .....................................................4-5Night .................................................11-61-Run / 2-Run .............................4-6 / 1-1 AL West ..............................................2-4 AL Central ...........................................7-1 AL East ...............................................6-6Extra Innings .......................................0-4
AL West Standings
(thru July)
Tea W L GB
TEX 59 43 --LAA 57 47 3.0OAK 56 47 3.5
SEA 49 57 12.0
Days by Place in AL West
1st ...........................................................02nd .........................................................03rd ..........................................................04th ........................................................31
Batting Leaders
Games .........................Seager/Wells - 26Batting Average .......Jaso/Montero - .300Hits ..............................Seager/Wells - 24Runs .......................................Ackley - 172B ........................................Saunders - 63B ..............................................Ichiro - 2HR ..............................................Wells - 4RBI .........................................Seager - 17BB ..........................................Seager - 12SO ............................................Wells - 31OBP ........................................Jaso - .422SLG ........................................Jaso - .500OPS ........................................Jaso - .922 XBH ............................................Wells - 9SB .............................................Ackley - 5CS ............................................Seager - 3TB .............................................Wells - 42Multi-Hit ....................Seager/Montero - 7
Pitching Leaders
W (starter) ................................Vargas - 5W (reliever) ....................Delabar/Perez - 1L (starter) ..............................Millwood - 2L (reliever) ..................................Perez - 2Saves ................................Wilhelmsen - 8GS .........................Hernandez/Vargas - 6G ............................................Luetge - 13IP ..................................Hernandez - 44.1CG .........................Hernandez/Vargas - 1BB ...........................Iwakuma/Vargas - 13SO ...................................Hernandez - 39ERA (starter) .......................Vargas - 1.64ERA (reliever) ..........Kinney/Luetge - 2.08Quality Starts ...........................Vargas - 6
Best July Records
18-9 (.667) ........................................2001
15-11 (.576)
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2012
16-12 (.571) ......................................199616-12 (.571) ......................................200014-11 (.560) ......................................199815-12 (.556) ......................................199015-12 (.556) ......................................199115-12 (.556) ......................................2002
Other +.500 July:
1986 (13-12), 1989 (13-12), 2009 (14-13), 1993 (13-13), 1997 (13-13), 2007 (14-14)
TEAm NOTES
…Mariners fnished July going 15-11, recordingthe frst winning month since also going 15-11 in May 2011…ended the month with a 6-game win streak, won 12 o last 16games beore heading into August and 13-6 ollowing the All-Star break…went 9-7 at Saeco Field and 6-4 on the road…12o 26 games were decided by 2 or ewer runs, going 4-6 in 1-rungames and 1-1 in 2-run games…went 0-4 in extra innings with 4walk-o losses…lost back-to-back games only one time duringthe month as part o a three-game losing streak July 3-6…had a+30 run dierential during the month (108-78).
VIVA LAS VARGAS
…
Jason Vargas
went 5-0 with a 1.64 ERA (8ER, 44.0 IP) in 6 starts in July…recorded a quality start in eachappearance during the month…he led the American Leaguewith a 1.64 ERA and 5 wins ranked 2nd in Majors behind ormercollege teammate Jered Weaver (6)…Vargas tied the Marinersmonthly club record or wins (20th time), and is the 14th pitcherin club history to go 5-0 in any month (last: Felix Hernandez,September 2009).
PERFECT TRIO
…
Jason Vargas
(5-0, 1.64),
Felix Hernandez
(3-0, 2.03) and
Blake Beavan
(3-0, 3.05) combined to go 11-0 in15 starts in the month o July to become the frst Mariners trio ostarters to combine or at least 10 wins without recording a losssince Jamie Moyer (4-0, 3.86), Aaron Sele (4-0, 2.61) and FreddyGarcia (3-0, 3.43) in April 2001.
START IT UP
…Mariners starting pitchers set a monthly clubrecord with a 2.73 ERA (53 ER, 175.0 IP)…also led the Majorswith the 2.73 mark, with the next closest team at 2.90 (St. Louis)and next closest AL team at 3.56 (Tampa Bay)…was the loweststarters ERA in any month by an AL team since the Angels turnedin a 2.72 mark in September 2010…turned in a quality start in 18o 26 games, including 12 o last 13 games.
JULY TURNAROUND
…at 15-11 (.576), recorded the 2nd-best winning percentage in the montho July in club history…trailed only the .667 (18-9) mark rom the 2001 squad…put an end to atwo-season stretch where July saw only 6 wins in each 2010 (6-22) and 2011 (6-20).
KING FELIX
…
Felix Hernandez
turned in another King Felix type perormance going 3-0 with a2.03 ERA (10 ER, 44.1 IP) in 6 starts…ranked 5th among AL starters with 39 strikeouts, including12 in a shutout July 14 vs. Texas…also ranked among AL starters during the month in ERA (3rd),innings pitched (1st), shutouts (T1st) and starts (T1st)…ERA was the 8th-lowest monthly mark ohis career (lowest was 0.82 in 6 GS in August 2010).
SCORE EARLY, SCORE OFTEN
…scored 56 o 108 runs (51.8%) during the month in the frstthree innings, including 29 frst-inning runs…scored in the frst inning in 14 o 26 games, and putat least one run on the board in the frst or second inning 17 times…averaged 4.2 runs per game(108 R), ater averaging 3.9 runs per game in previous three months (3.6 RPG in June).
JASO’S BIG mONTH
…
John Jaso
led the team in slugging percentage (.500), on-base percentage(.422) and OPS (.922), and tied or the lead with a .300 (15x50) batting average (with Montero).
ODDS AND ENDS
…
•
SS
Brendan Ryan
hit .288 (21x73) during the month to raise his season avg rom .176 to .205.
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RHP
To Wilhelsen
was T2nd in the AL with 8 saves…posted a 2.13 ERA (3 ER, 12.2 IP) during themonth…had his string o 24.0 consecutive scoreless innings snapped July 20; T2nd-longest scorelessstreak by a Mariners reliever all-time and T5th overall in club history (starter or reliever).
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RHP
Josh Kinney
struck out 14 o 36 batters aced (39%, 14.54 K/9.0 IP).
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Recorded a .993 felding percentage during the month (7 E, 989 TC), including a club-record streak o12 consecutive games without recording an error July 4-20…played errorree in 19 o 26 games, anddid not have a multi-error game.
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Turned 32 double plays during the month, including at least one in all but 7 games.
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Bullpen had the 5th-lowest ERA in the AL during the month (3.06) and averaged 9.94 K/9.0 IP.
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29 players made an appearance during the month, including 15 position players and 14 pitchers.
TRADE DEADLINE
…the Mariners made three trades leading up to the July 31 Trade Deadline:
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July 23 --
OF
Ichiro Suzuki
was traded to the New York Yankees in exchange or minor league right-handed pitchers
D.J. mitchell
and
Danny Farquhar
.
•
July 30 --
RHP
Brandon League
traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange or minor league OF
Leon Landry
and RHP
Logan Bawco
.
•
July 30 --
RHP
Steve Delabar
traded to Toronto or OF
Eric Thaes
.
LOWEST mONTHLY ERA IN CLUB HISTORY
Year ERA IP / ER
July 1991 2.80 76 ER, 244.0 IP
July 2012 2.82 76 ER, 242.2 IP
May 2011 2.82 76 ER, 242.1 IPJune 2011 2.98 79 ER, 238.1 IPJune 2009 2.98 73 ER, 220.0 IP
LOWEST STARTERS ERA IN CLUB HISTORY
month / Year ERA July 2012
...................................
2.73
Sept 1993 ..................................2.82June 2003 ..................................2.85May 2011 ...................................2.93July 1991 ...................................2.94 August 1990 ..............................2.94June 2011 ..................................3.01
mLB JULY PITCHING (Overall)
Tea ERA
St. Louis ....................................2.70
Seattle
.......................................
2.82
Cincinnati ...................................3.03Tampa Bay .................................3.03Oakland .....................................3.14
mLB JULY PITCHING (Starters)
Tea ERA Seattle
.......................................
2.73
St. Louis ....................................2.90Washington ................................3.10Cincinnati ...................................3.29Tampa Bay .................................3.56