Seattle Mariners: Top 50 players of all time
By Nick Lee
46. Mike Blowers (1992-1995, 1997, 1999)
Current Mariners fans know Blowers’ name as one of the voices of Seattle as a broadcaster. He played six seasons with the Mariners in the 90s, as a corner infielder.
His best Mariners season came in 1995, when he slugged a career-high 23 home runs with 96 RBI. He was part of the famous 1995 postseason run for the M’s. He had seven hits including a home run in those playoffs.
The Spanaway, Washington native finished his Mariners career with 55 home runs, 69 doubles and a .270 average in 464 games.
45. Joey Cora (1995-1998)
Cora was also an intricate part in the Mariners’ 1995 run to the ALCS. In fact, he scored the tying run on perhaps the most famous play in Mariners’ history – the Edgar Martinez double in the bottom of the 11th in Game 5 of the Division Series.
The 5 foot 7 inch Puerto Rican was Seattle’s everyday second basemen for a better part of four seasons. His best year came in 1997, with his lone All Star appearance. He had 11 home runs, 40 doubles, hit .300 and walked more than he struck out.
He was traded to the Indians in the summer of 1998. He totaled 600 hits and batted .293 in his 544 career games in a Mariners uniform.