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838:Sal Rende
553:Bob Didier
495:Affiliate
297:Bellingham
1093:Mike Goff
1040:Defeated
831:Defeated
510:Defeated
230:Team data
1253:See also
1085:Lost to
727:Lost to
656:Lost to
512:Portland
472:Manager
447:Division
409:Ballpark
351:Mariners
1130:71,256
1097:74,900
1050:68,928
1012:60,484
977:52,461
944:31,685
911:15,015
876:22,183
841:14,916
803:18,343
770:15,812
737:12,944
729:Medford
699:17,211
666:21,390
658:Medford
628:42,292
590:31,741
557:29,739
522:36,730
451:Finish
440:Season
353:of the
347:Seattle
341:History
318:were a
93:–
1110:North
1070:North
1025:North
990:North
957:North
924:North
889:North
854:South
833:Eugene
679:North
641:North
620:Eugene
603:North
570:North
535:North
460:Losses
260:
257:
254:
248:Colors
129:League
1122:.553
1102:1994
1087:Boise
1082:.579
1062:1993
1037:.566
1017:1992
1002:.487
982:1991
969:.421
949:1990
936:.427
916:1989
901:.329
881:1988
866:.395
846:1987
828:.608
808:1986
795:.541
775:1985
762:.568
742:1984
724:.588
704:1983
691:.471
671:1982
653:.557
633:1981
618:Tied
615:.643
595:1980
582:.569
562:1979
547:.577
527:1978
507:.618
487:1977
119:Class
1590:2008
1564:2014
1538:2022
1511:2022
1484:2022
1458:2008
1409:2022
1382:2022
1354:2022
1328:2022
1295:2022
1113:2nd
1073:1st
1042:Bend
1028:1st
993:2nd
960:3rd
927:3rd
892:4th
857:4th
819:1st
786:2nd
753:2nd
715:1st
682:2nd
644:1st
606:1st
573:2nd
538:3rd
498:1st
465:Win%
455:Wins
443:PDC
314:The
222:1993
219:1992
216:1986
213:1983
210:1981
207:1980
204:1977
185:1992
182:1986
179:1980
176:1977
97:1994
89:1977
1119:34
1116:42
1106:SEA
1079:32
1076:44
1066:SEA
1034:33
1031:43
1021:SEA
999:39
996:37
986:SEA
966:44
963:32
953:SEA
933:43
930:32
920:SEA
898:51
895:25
885:SEA
863:46
860:30
850:SEA
825:29
822:45
812:SEA
792:35
789:39
779:SEA
759:35
756:39
746:SEA
721:28
718:40
708:SEA
688:37
685:33
675:SEA
650:31
647:39
637:SEA
612:25
609:45
599:SEA
579:31
576:41
566:SEA
544:30
541:41
531:SEA
504:26
501:42
491:SEA
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168:(4)
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