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Mitch Haniger Passes Seattle Mariners' Legends on All-Time Leaderboard with Home Run

By hitting his 55th career home run at T-Mobile Park on Tuesday night, Seattle Mariners' slugger Mitch Haniger passed team Hall of Famers Edgar Martinez and Ichiro Suzuki on the all-time ballpark leaderboard.

Brady Farkas

May 14, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Mariners right fielder Mitch Haniger (17).
May 14, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Mariners right fielder Mitch Haniger (17). / Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports
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The Seattle Mariners lost to the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night, 4-2, at T-Mobile Park, but the game was a breakout one for Mariners' slugger Mitch Haniger.

After a dismal last month at the plate, Haniger went 3-for-3 with a homer and an RBI. His home run was his sixth of the year while the RBI was his 21st. Re-acquired this offseason in a trade with the San Francisco Giants, he is now hitting .214.

The blast, which came in the ninth inning, also helped pass him a few legends in T-Mobile Park history.

Per @MarinersPR:

Mitch Haniger's 55 home runs at @TMobilePark surpasses Edgar Martinez (54 HR) & Ichiro Suzuki (54) for 7th-most in ballpark history.

The now 33-year-old Haniger has been slowed by injuries at multiple points of his career, but when healthy, he still has pop and can impact a lineup. And any time that you pass team Hall of Famer's on any list, that's a good accomplishment.

The former No. 38 pick in the Major League Baseball draft, Haniger hit a career-high 39 homers with the Mariners back in 2021. He also hit 26 for them in 2018. He signed with the Giants before the 2023 season and was part of the deal that sent Robbie Ray to San Francisco this past offseason.

A lifetime .254 hitter, Haniger has 124 homers and 372 RBI in his career, which now spans eight years with the Diamondbacks, Mariners and Giants.

The Mariners are now 23-20 and will take on the Royals again on Wednesday night. First pitch at T-Mobile Park is set for 9:40 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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