The Seattle Mariners are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Seattle, Washington. They play in the American League West division. Since the franchise entered the league as an expansion team in 1977, they have selected 47 players in the first round. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft", the Rule 4 Draft is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick. In addition, teams that lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks. The First-Year Player Draft is unrelated to the 1976 expansion draft through which the Mariners filled their roster.

Of the 47 players selected in the first round by the Mariners, 18 have been pitchers, the most of any position; of whom 13 were right-handed and five left-handed. They have also drafted nine outfielders, eight shortstops, seven catchers, three first basemen and two third baseman. Seattle has never drafted a second baseman in the first round. The Mariners have drafted 22 players out of high school, and 24 out of college. All of the college selections came from four-year institutions; the team has never selected a junior college player in the first round. The Mariners have drafted 11 players from high schools or colleges in California, four players from Florida, and a single player from their home state of Washington. One of the Mariners' 2007 picks—Canadian Phillippe Aumont—is the only selection from outside the United States.

One Mariners first-round selection is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ken Griffey Jr. was inducted in , having received an all-time record of 99.3% of the possible votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Two of the Mariners' first-round selections, Alex Rodriguez and Griffey, are members of the 500 home run club. Rodriguez won a World Series title with the New York Yankees, four Hank Aaron Awards, three American League MVP awards, and was named to 13 All-Star teams. The Mariners have held the first overall pick four times, most recently in 1993. The Mariners have made eight selections in the supplemental round of the draft and 11 compensatory picks over their history. These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the previous off-season, or, more recently, if a team fails to sign a draft pick from the previous year. The Mariners have failed to sign two of their picks, Scott Burrell in 1989 and John Mayberry, Jr. in 2002. For failing to sign these picks, the team received the 38th pick in the 1990 draft and the 37th pick in the 2003 draft, respectively.

Key Year Each year links to an article about that year's Major League Baseball draft. Position Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play Pick Indicates the number of the pick within the first round * Player did not sign with the Mariners § Indicates a supplemental pick† Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame 500 Indicates a member of the 500 home run club

Picks

YearNamePosition School (location)Pick Ref 1977 Outfielder Dos Palos High School(Dos Palos, California) 1978 Outfielder Chestnut Hill Academy(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 1979 Outfielder John Harris High School(Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) 1980 Shortstop Eisenhower High School(Rialto, California) 1981 Right-handed pitcher Oral Roberts University(Tulsa, Oklahoma) 1982 Shortstop University of Texas at Austin(Austin, Texas) 1983 Right-handed pitcher Mesa State College(Grand Junction, Colorado) Catcher Old Dominion University(Norfolk, Virginia) § 1984 Right-handed pitcher University of Maine(Orono, Maine) 1985 Right-handed pitcher University of Hawaii at Mānoa(Honolulu, Hawaii) Catcher University of Nebraska–Lincoln(Lincoln, Nebraska) § 1986 Shortstop Whiteville High School(Whiteville, North Carolina) 1987 †500 Outfielder Moeller High School(Cincinnati, Ohio) 1988 First baseman University of Tampa(Tampa, Florida) 1989 Right-handed pitcher Saugus High School(Santa Clarita, California) * Right-handed pitcher Hamden High School(Hamden, Connecticut) § 1990 First baseman Marina High School(Huntington Beach, California) Shortstop Arizona State University(Tempe, Arizona) § 1991 Left-handed pitcher Douglas High School(Gardnerville, Nevada) 1992 Left-handed pitcher University of Massachusetts Amherst(Amherst, Massachusetts) 1993 500 Shortstop Westminster Christian High School(Miami, Florida) 1994 Catcher Georgia Tech(Atlanta, Georgia) 1995 Outfielder Rice University(Houston, Texas) 1996 Right-handed pitcher Acadiana High School(Lafayette, Louisiana) 1997 Left-handed pitcher Divine Child High School(Dearborn, Michigan) 1998 Left-handed pitcher Grand Valley State University(Allendale, Michigan) 1999 Catcher Arlington High School(Riverside, California) Right-handed pitcher University of Washington(Seattle, Washington) § 2000 2001 Shortstop Don Bosco High School(La Habra Heights, California) § 2002* Outfielder Rockhurst High School(Kansas City, Missouri) 2003 Shortstop Samuel F. B. Morse High School(San Diego, California) § 2004 2005 Catcher University of Southern California(Los Angeles, California) 2006 Right-handed pitcher University of California, Berkeley(Berkeley, California) 2007 Right-handed pitcher École secondaire du Versant(Gatineau, Quebec) Third baseman Oklahoma State University–Stillwater(Stillwater, Oklahoma) § 2008 Right-handed pitcher University of Georgia(Athens, Georgia) 2009 Outfielder University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill(Chapel Hill, North Carolina) Shortstop Lake Brantley High School(Altamonte Springs, Florida) Catcher John A. Ferguson High School(Miami, Florida) § 2010 Right-handed pitcher Yucaipa High School(Yucaipa, California) § 2011 Left-handed pitcher University of Virginia(Charlottesville, Virginia) 2012 Catcher University of Florida(Gainesville, Florida) 2013 Third baseman University of New Mexico(Albuquerque, New Mexico) 2014 Outfielder Rancho Bernardo High School(San Diego County, California) 2015 2016 Outfielder Mercer University(Macon, Georgia) 2017 First baseman University of Kentucky(Lexington, Kentucky) 2018 Right-handed pitcher Stetson University(DeLand, Florida) 2019 Right-handed pitcher Elon University(Elon, North Carolina) 2020 Right-handed pitcher University of Georgia(Athens, Georgia) 2021 Catcher North Cobb High School(Kennesaw, Georgia) 2022ShortstopNorth Allegheny High School (Wexford, Pennsylvania)21 2023ShortstopJohn Glenn High School (New Concord, Ohio)OutfielderWestfield High School (Chantilly, Virginia) §ShortstopTrinity Christian School (Sharpsburg, Georgia) § 2024 Switch-handed pitcher Mississippi State University(Starkville, Mississippi) 2025 Left-handed pitcher Louisiana State University(Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Catcher University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) § 2026 Third baseman Mississippi State University(Starkville, Mississippi)

See also Seattle Mariners minor league players

Footnotes Through the 2012 draft, free agents were evaluated by the Elias Sports Bureau and rated "Type A", "Type B", or not compensation-eligible. If a team offered arbitration to a player but that player refused and subsequently signed with another team, the original team was able to receive additional draft picks. If a "Type A" free agent left in this way, his previous team received a supplemental pick and a compensatory pick from the team with which he signed. If a "Type B" free agent left in this way, his previous team received only a supplemental pick. Since the 2013 draft, free agents are no longer classified by type; instead, compensatory picks are only awarded if the team offered its free agent a contract worth at least the average of the 125 current richest MLB contracts. However, if the free agent's last team acquired the player in a trade during the last year of his contract, it is ineligible to receive compensatory picks for that player. The Mariners gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1983 as compensation for losing free agent Floyd Bannister. The Mariners gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1985 as compensation for losing free agent Steve Henderson. The Mariners gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1989 as compensation for losing free agent Mike Moore. The Mariners gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1990 as compensation for not signing first-round draft pick Scott Burrell. The Mariners gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1999 as compensation for losing free agent Mike Timlin. The Mariners lost their first-round pick in 2000 to the New York Mets as compensation for signing free agent John Olerud. The Mariners gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2001 as compensation for losing free agent Alex Rodriguez. The Mariners gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2003 as compensation for not signing first-round draft pick John Mayberry, Jr. The Mariners lost their first-round pick in 2004 to the Minnesota Twins as compensation for signing free agent Eddie Guardado. The Mariners gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 as compensation for losing free agent Gil Meche. The Mariners received a compensatory first-round pick in 2009 from the Philadelphia Phillies as compensation for free agent Raúl Ibañez. The Mariners gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2009 as compensation for losing free agent Raúl Ibañez. The Mariners gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2010 as compensation for losing free agent Adrián Beltré. The Mariners lost their first-round pick in 2015 for signing free agent Nelson Cruz. The Mariners gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2023 for Julio Rodriguez winning Rookie of the Year.

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External links Draft results at The Baseball Cube and The Official Website of the Seattle Mariners.