List of Seattle Mariners owners and executives

This is a list of owners and executives of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball club since its inception as an expansion team in 1977.

Owners

Name	Years
Stanley Golub, Danny Kaye, Walter Schoenfeld, Lester Smith, James Stillwell Jr. and James A Walsh	1976–1981
George Argyros	1981–1989
Jeff Smulyan, Emmis Broadcasting, Michael Browning and the Morgan Stanley Group, Inc., with Smulyan as chairman	1989–1992
Nintendo of America, represented by CEO Howard Lincoln	1992–2016
Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO John Stanton	2016–present

President of Baseball Operations

Name	Years
Jerry Dipoto	2021—

General managers

Name	Years
Dick Vertlieb	1977—1978
Lou Gorman	1979—1980
Dan O'Brien Sr.	1981—1982
Hal Keller	1983—1985
Dick Balderson	1986—1988
Woody Woodward	1989—1999
Pat Gillick	2000—2003
Bill Bavasi	2003—2008
Lee Pelekoudas (Interim)	2008
Jack Zduriencik	2008—2015
Jerry Dipoto	2015—2021
Justin Hollander	2022—

Other executives

References

"Mariners All-Time Owners". Seattle Mariners. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
Thiel, Art (November 25, 2004). "Yamauchi sells M's shares but retains position with club". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
Johns, Greg (April 27, 2016). "Nintendo selling Mariners to minority owners". Seattle Mariners. Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.

External links

Baseball America: Executive Database

Major League Baseball owners

American League

East	David Rubenstein (Baltimore Orioles) John W. Henry (Boston Red Sox) Hal Steinbrenner (New York Yankees) Stuart Sternberg (Tampa Bay Rays) Rogers Communications (Toronto Blue Jays)
Central	Jerry Reinsdorf (Chicago White Sox) Larry Dolan (Cleveland Guardians) Ilitch Holdings (Detroit Tigers) John Sherman (Kansas City Royals) Jim Pohlad (Minnesota Twins)
West	Jim Crane (Houston Astros) Arte Moreno (Los Angeles Angels) John Fisher (Oakland Athletics) John W. Stanton (Seattle Mariners) Ray Davis and Bob R. Simpson (Texas Rangers)

National League

East	Liberty Media (Atlanta Braves) Bruce Sherman (Miami Marlins) Steve Cohen (New York Mets) John S. Middleton (Philadelphia Phillies) Mark Lerner (Washington Nationals)
Central	Thomas S. Ricketts (Chicago Cubs) Bob Castellini (Cincinnati Reds) Mark Attanasio (Milwaukee Brewers) Robert Nutting (Pittsburgh Pirates) William DeWitt Jr. (St. Louis Cardinals)
West	Ken Kendrick (Arizona Diamondbacks) Monfort brothers (Colorado Rockies) Guggenheim Baseball Management (Los Angeles Dodgers) Peter Seidler (San Diego Padres) Larry Baer (San Francisco Giants)

Major League Baseball general managers by team

East	Mike Elias (Baltimore Orioles) Vacant (Boston Red Sox) Brian Cashman (New York Yankees) Vacant (Tampa Bay Rays) Ross Atkins (Toronto Blue Jays)
Central	Chris Getz (Chicago White Sox) Mike Chernoff (Cleveland Guardians) Jeff Greenberg (Detroit Tigers) J. J. Picollo (Kansas City Royals) Jeremy Zoll (Minnesota Twins)
West	Dana Brown (Houston Astros) Perry Minasian (Los Angeles Angels) David Forst (Oakland Athletics) Justin Hollander (Seattle Mariners) Chris Young (Texas Rangers)

East	Alex Anthopoulos (Atlanta Braves) Vacant (Miami Marlins) Vacant (New York Mets) Preston Mattingly (Philadelphia Phillies) Mike Rizzo (Washington Nationals)
Central	Carter Hawkins (Chicago Cubs) Brad Meador (Cincinnati Reds) Matt Arnold (Milwaukee Brewers) Ben Cherington (Pittsburgh Pirates) Mike Girsch (St. Louis Cardinals)
West	Mike Hazen (Arizona Diamondbacks) Bill Schmidt (Colorado Rockies) Brandon Gomes (Los Angeles Dodgers) A. J. Preller (San Diego Padres) Zack Minasian (San Francisco Giants)

Note: Those listed here hold the title of General Manager for their team. Not all MLB teams have a person designated as such.

Seattle Mariners

Established in 1977
Based in Seattle, Washington

Franchise

Ballparks

Kingdome T-Mobile Park
Spring training:	Tempe Diablo Stadium Peoria Sports Complex

Culture

Mariner Moose MS Relief "Refuse to Lose" "Sodo Mojo" Home run trident The Mitt
People	Dave Niehaus Mr. Mariner Tuba Man Peanut Man
Promotions	Buhner Buzz Night Turn Back the Clock Turn Ahead the Clock King's Court
Songs	"Louie Louie" "Kernkraft 400" "Can't Hold Us"
Film & TV	The Naked Gun Little Big League The Comrades of Summer

Lore

Key personnel

Owner: Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO John Stanton
President: John Stanton
President of baseball operations: Jerry Dipoto
General manager: Justin Hollander
Manager: Scott Servais

Retired numbers

All-Star Games hosted (3)

American League
West Division titles (3)

Wild card berths (2)

2000
2022

Minor league affiliates

Tacoma Rainiers (Triple-A)
Arkansas Travelers (Double-A)
Everett AquaSox (High-A)
Modesto Nuts (Single-A)
ACL Mariners (Rookie)
DSL Mariners (Rookie)

Broadcasting

Television	Root Sports Northwest
Radio	ESPN-710 Radio network affiliates
Broadcasters	Rick Rizzs Dave Sims Mike Blowers Aaron Goldsmith Alex Rivera (Spanish)

Seattle Mariners seasons
1970s	1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e Seattle Mariners general managers
Dick Vertlieb (1977–1978) Lou Gorman (1979–1980) Dan O'Brien Sr. (1981–1982) Hal Keller (1983–1985) Dick Balderson (1986–1988) Woody Woodward (1989–1999) Pat Gillick (2000–2003) Bill Bavasi (2003–2008) Lee Pelekoudas (2008) Jack Zduriencik (2008–2015) Jerry Dipoto (2015–2022) Justin Hollander (2022–present)

v t e Presidents of the Seattle Mariners franchise
Dan O'Brien Sr. Chuck Armstrong Gary Kaseff Kevin Mather

v t e Principal owners of the Seattle Mariners franchise
Danny Kaye George Argyros Jeff Smulyan Hiroshi Yamauchi Nintendo of America (represented by CEO Howard Lincoln) John Stanton

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