The Mariners on Saturday retired Baseball HOFer Randy Johnson‘s No. 51. The ceremony at T-Mobile Park came 28 years after Johnson played his last game for the club. Johnson was the “most dominant pitcher in franchise history” and the “linchpin to the most improbable and important season” in Mariners history in 1995. Among those in attendance Saturday were former MLBers Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Ichiro Suzuki, Jay Buhner and Felix Hernández (SEATTLE TIMES, 5/3). Mariners Chair John Stanton announced Saturday evening that a new statue of Johnson will be “unveiled outside the ballpark in 2027” (SEATTLE TIMES, 5/2).
Mariners retire Randy Johnson’s number
