After posting 91 wins in 2000, the reward for the Mariners was a Wild Card berth and a trip to Chicago to play the opening two games of the best-of-5 American League Division Series against the White Sox.
Two Mariners finished among the top-6 vote-getters in the 2000 AL MVP balloting: Alex Rodriguez (3rd) and Edgar Martinez (6th). Martinez, Rodriguez and Game 3 starting pitcher Aaron Sele were the Mariners All-Star representatives in 2000.
Martinez led the American League with 145 RBI in 2000, setting a single-season Major League record for RBI by any player age 37 or older.