Everett AquaSox

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The Everett AquaSox are a Minor League Baseball team in Everett, Washington. The team is a member of the Northwest League and is the High-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. The AquaSox play their home games at Funko Field, which has a seating capacity of 3,682. Everett has won three division titles and one Northwest League championship.

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History Following the 1983 season, Bob and Margaret Bavasi purchased the struggling Walla Walla, Washington, based Blue Mountain Bears. Antiquated facilities compounded by dwindling attendance in Walla Walla prompted the new owners to move the franchise. The Bavasis, who had secured affiliation with the San Francisco Giants, ultimately selected Everett as the relocation destination. Playing as the Everett Giants, the club was affiliated with San Francisco for eleven years until 1994.

On September 12, 1994, Everett signed a player development contract with the Seattle Mariners as their Class A Short Season affiliate to replace San Francisco. They adopted their current name, the AquaSox, prior to the 1995 season. Since the 2021 season, the team has played at the High-A classification as a Mariners affiliate, initially in the High-A West. In March 2022, the High-A West was rebranded back to the Northwest League, as MLB moved to revert all of its Minor Leagues to their historical names.

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Stadium Due to the Northwest League's reclassification in 2021 as a High-A league, which included an expanded schedule and new venue requirements, the AquaSox began exploring a replacement for Funko Field. In September 2022, the City of Everett and Snohomish County approved funds to study a new stadium, which is estimated to cost $80 million and seat 3,500 spectators. A site adjacent to Angel of the Winds Arena in downtown Everett was selected for the study; other proposed sites included the Everett Mall, Kasch Park, and a city-owned lot near Interstate 5.

On December 18, 2024, the Everett City Council voted to select the downtown Everett site for a new baseball stadium that meets the updated MLB standards and could host a United Soccer League team. The site is between Pacific and Hewitt avenues on the east side of Broadway. The stadium is estimated to cost a minimum of $102 million, of which the AquaSox would pay $10 million. The study identified up to $95 million in public funding sources, including state grants and municipal bonds. The stadium's design is scheduled to be completed in 2025 or 2026, with plans to open in time for the 2027 Northwest League season.

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Identity The AquaSox name was announced in November 1994 after the team had signed an affiliation agreement with the Seattle Mariners. They had declined to use the Mariners to create an independent identity. The AquaSox combined imagery of local waterways inhabited by frogs as well as the traditional baseball name "Sox" used by several professional franchises. One of the team logos, used on road caps and jerseys, is based on the trident logo used by the Mariners from 1981 to 1986, rotated to look like the letter "E" for Everett, instead of "M" for Mariners. This logo was introduced in 2010 alongside a secondary logo with two socks.

The team's primary mascot is Webbly, a frog. According to team radio broadcaster Pat Dillon, "The frog is a cross between a Pacific tree frog and a Central American red-eyed tree frog—and Brooks Robinson." Secondary mascots include a giant hot dog named Frank N. Furter, who had been a mascot for the Everett Giants, and Pop Fly, a puppet in a moving puppet house.

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Season-by-season record

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Northwest League (1995–present)

Everett AquaSox
1995	Seattle Mariners	North	2nd	37	39	.487		Orlando Gómez	89,950
1996	Seattle Mariners	North	4th	33	42	.440		Roger Hansen	87,846
1997	Seattle Mariners	North	3rd	29	47	.382		Orlando Gómez	79,918
1998	Seattle Mariners	North	3rd	34	42	.447		Terry Pollreisz	119,396
1999	Seattle Mariners	North	3rd	41	35	.540		Terry Pollreisz	103,455
2000	Seattle Mariners	East	4th	37	39	.487		Terry Pollreisz	114,024
2001	Seattle Mariners	West	3rd	36	39	.480		Terry Pollreisz	114,727
2002	Seattle Mariners	West	1st	44	32	.579	Lost to Boise Hawks in championship series 0–3	Roger Hansen	110,373
2003	Seattle Mariners	West	4th	32	44	.421		Pedro Grifol	110,043
2004	Seattle Mariners	West	2nd	41	35	.539		Pedro Grifol	104,010
2005	Seattle Mariners	West	3rd	42	34	.553		Pedro Grifol	108,884
2006	Seattle Mariners	West	4th	31	45	.408		Dave Myers	106,675
2007	Seattle Mariners	West	3rd	35	41	.461		Mike Tosar	106,683
2008	Seattle Mariners	West	4th	32	44	.421		Jose Moreno	95,294
2009	Seattle Mariners	West	2nd	39	37	.513		John Tamargo	89,929
2010	Seattle Mariners	West	1st	48	27	.640	Defeated Vancouver in division series 2–1 Defeated Spokane Indians in championship series 2–1	Jose Moreno	89,929
2011	Seattle Mariners	West	3rd	37	39	.487		Scott Steinmann	96,345
2012	Seattle Mariners	West	3rd	46	30	.605	Lost to Vancouver in division series 0–2	Rob Mummau	95,929
2013	Seattle Mariners	North	1st	44	32	.579	Lost to Vancouver in division series 0–2	Rob Mammau	92,489
2014	Seattle Mariners	North	4th	28	48	.368		Dave Valle	92,642
2015	Seattle Mariners	North	1st	42	34	.553	Lost to Tri-City in division series 0–2	Rob Mammau	100,613
2016	Seattle Mariners	North	1st	45	31	.592	Defeated Spokane Indians in division series 2–0 Lost to Eugene Emeralds in championship series 1–2	Rob Mammau	104,162
2017	Seattle Mariners	North	4th	36	40	.474		Jose Moreno	110,161
2018	Seattle Mariners	North	2nd	38	38	.500	Lost to Spokane Indians in division series 1–2	Jose Moreno	111,599
2019	Seattle Mariners	North	3rd	37	39	.487		Louis Boyd	116,630
2020	Seattle Mariners	Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Seattle Mariners		3rd	61	56	.521		Louis Boyd	102,423
2022	Seattle Mariners		5th	59	72	.450		Eric Farris	128,836
2023	Seattle Mariners		2nd	74	58	.561	Lost to Vancouver in championship series 1–3	Ryan Scott	140,937
2024	Seattle Mariners		4th	64	68	.485		Ryan Scott	135,695
2025	Seattle Mariners							Zach Vincej

Division winner	League champions

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Roster

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Retired numbers

The AquaSox have retired four uniform numbers, including one former AquaSox player, one long-time uniformed staff member, one player whose number was retired by the Mariners organization, and one player retired by all affiliated baseball teams. The team does not state criteria for retiring its numbers.

• Greg Halman's no. 26 was retired by the AquaSox on June 23, 2012. He played for the AquaSox in 2005 and 2006 and was named the Short-Season A Player of the Year in 2006. He was killed by his brother in November 2011, shortly after his second season in the major leagues.
• Ken Griffey Jr.'s no. 24 was retired by the Mariners in January 2016, shortly after he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
• Jackie Robinson's no. 42 was retired throughout MLB on April 15, 1997, the 50th anniversary of him breaking MLB's racially exclusionist color line.
• The number 35 was retired in honor of athletic trainer Marion "Spyder" Webb, who worked for the Mariners organization for 35 years, including for the AquaSox since their inception in 1995, until retiring in 2013.

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Notes

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External links

Categories: Official Website, San Francisco Giants Minor League Affiliates, Seattle Mariners Minor League Affiliates, Northwest League Teams, Baseball Teams Established In 1995, 1995 Establishments In Washington, Professional Baseball Teams In Washington, Sports In Everett, Washington, High-a West Teams, Sports Clubs And Teams In Seattle

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