Miami Marlins

The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. Their home park is Marlins Park.

Miami Marlins
2021 Miami Marlins season
Established in 1993
Team logo
Major league affiliations


Current uniform
Retired numbers42 (Retired by MLB)
Colors
  • Midnight black, Miami blue, Caliente red, Slate grey[1][2][3]
           
Name
  • Miami Marlins (2012–present)
  • Florida Marlins (19932011)
Other nicknames
  • The Fish
Ballpark
Major league titles
World Series titles (2)
NL Pennants (2)
East Division titles (0)None
Wild card berths (3)
Front office
Principal owner(s)Bruce Sherman
PresidentDerek Jeter (CEO)
General managerKim Ng
ManagerDon Mattingly

The franchise began play as an expansion team in the 1993 season as the Florida Marlins. The Marlins originally played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium, which they shared with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). In 2012, the team moved to Marlins Park, their first exclusive home and the first to be designed as a baseball park.[4][5] As part of an agreement with park owner Miami-Dade County to use the stadium, the franchise also changed their name to the Miami Marlins prior to the 2012 season.[6]

The Marlins have qualified for the postseason only three times, but won the World Series during their first two postseason runs in 1997 and 2003. Their three playoff appearances came as wild card teams, making them one of two MLB franchises (along with the Colorado Rockies) to have never won a division title. The Marlins are also the first team to win the World Series as a wild card.

Franchise history

Wayne Huizenga, CEO of Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation, was awarded an expansion franchise in the National League (NL) for a $95 million expansion fee and the team began operations in 1993 as the Florida Marlins. In 2012, the team moved from the football-oriented Sun Life Stadium to Marlins Park in downtown Miami.[7] As a condition of the move, the team was renamed the Miami Marlins, and adopted a new logo and colors.

The Marlins won the World Series in 1997 and 2003, but both titles were followed by controversial periods where the team sold off all the high-priced players and rebuilt. Between 2003 and 2019, the team's two World Series runs also marked their sole postseason appearances. Their three playoff qualifications and seven winning seasons are the fewest among MLB franchises.

Through 2020, the Marlins all-time record is 2,021-2,343 (.463)[8]

On November 13, 2020, the Marlins became the first club in any American major-level sports league to hire a woman to an executive position when Kim Ng was announced as the team's general manager. In addition, she will also be MLB's first Asian American general manager.[9]

World Series championships

The Marlins are the only team to win a World Series in their first two winning seasons (1997 and 2003); in fact, they are the only team to even make the playoffs in their first two winning seasons. In those two seasons, they managed to make a surprise run to the World Series, both times as heavy underdogs.

Season Manager Opponent Series Score Record
1997Jim LeylandCleveland Indians4–392–70
2003Jack McKeonNew York Yankees4–291–71
Total World Series championships: 2

Roster

Roster

Miami Marlins 2021 spring training roster
40-man roster Non-roster invitees Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches



40 active, 0 inactive, 0 non-roster invitees

7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
* Not on active roster
Suspended list
Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated January 28, 2021
Transactions Depth Chart
All MLB rosters

All-time roster

Achievements

Awards

Pitcher Date Team Result Site
Al Leiter May 11, 1996 Rockies 11–0 Pro Player Stadium
Kevin Brown June 10, 1997 Giants 9–0 Candlestick Park
A. J. Burnett May 12, 2001 Padres 3–0 Qualcomm Stadium
Aníbal Sánchez September 6, 2006 Diamondbacks 2–0 Dolphin Stadium
Henderson Álvarez September 29, 2013 Tigers 1–0 Marlins Park
Edinson Vólquez June 3, 2017 Diamondbacks 3–0 Marlins Park
  • Hitting for the cycle: No Marlins player has ever hit for the cycle in franchise history.[12]

Retired numbers

Jackie
Robinson

All MLB
Honored April 15, 1997

From 1993 until 2011, the Marlins had retired the number 5 in honor of Carl Barger, the first president of the Florida Marlins, who had died prior to the team's inaugural season. Barger's favorite player was Joe DiMaggio, thus the selection of number 5. With the move to the new ballpark, the team opted to honor Barger with a plaque instead, and opened number 5 to circulation. Logan Morrison, a Kansas City native and fan of Royals Hall-of-Famer George Brett (who wore that number with the Royals), became the first Marlins player to wear the number.[13]

After José Fernández's death as a result of a boating accident on September 25, 2016, the Miami Marlins announced plans to build a memorial at Marlins Park in his honor. However, Fernández's number 16 has yet to be officially retired.[14][15]

Baseball Hall of Famers

Miami Marlins Hall of Famers
Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Florida Marlins

Andre Dawson

Trevor Hoffman
Tony Pérez

Mike Piazza
Tim Raines

Iván Rodríguez

  • Players and managers listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Marlins cap insignia.
  • * Miami Marlins listed as primary team according to the Hall of Fame

Ford C. Frick Award recipients

Miami Marlins Ford C. Frick Award recipients
Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Felo Ramírez

Dave Van Horne

  • Names in bold received the award based primarily on their work as broadcasters for the Marlins.

Florida Sports Hall of Fame

Marlins in the Florida Sports Hall of Fame
No. Name Position Tenure Notes
Wayne HuizengaOwner1993–1998
10Gary SheffieldOF/3B1993–1998Born in Tampa
18, 19Jeff Conine1B/LF1993–1997
2003–2005
Known as "Mr. Marlin" for his significant history with the club
30, 32Tim RainesLF2002Elected mainly on his performance with Montreal Expos, Born in Sanford
8Andre DawsonOF1995-1996Elected mainly on his performance with Montreal Expos, Born in Miami
22, 25Al LeiterP1996–1997, 2005

Minor league affiliations

The Miami Marlins farm system consists of six minor league affiliates.[16]

Level Team League Location
Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp TBD Jacksonville, Florida
Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos Southern League Pensacola, Florida
Class A-Advanced Beloit Snappers Midwest League Beloit, Wisconsin
Class A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Jupiter, Florida
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jupiter, Florida
DSL Marlins Dominican Summer League Boca Chica, Santo Domingo

Radio and television

The Marlins' flagship radio station from their inception in 1993 through 2007 was WQAM 560 AM. Although the Marlins had plans to leave WQAM after 2006, they remained with WQAM for the 2007 season. On October 11, 2007, the Marlins announced an agreement with WAXY 790 AM to broadcast all games for the 2008 season. Longtime Montreal Expo and current Marlins play-by-play radio announcer Dave Van Horne won the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting in 2010.[17] He shares the play-by-play duties with Glenn Geffner.

Games are also broadcast in Spanish on Radio Mambi 710 AM. Felo Ramírez, who calls play-by-play on that station along with Luis Quintana, won the Ford C. Frick Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.

Marlins games are televised by Fox Sports Florida. The last "free TV" broadcast of a game was on WPXM-TV in 2005.

Culture

Marlins Mermaids on June 19, 2009

In 1989, Back to the Future Part II had a reference to the Chicago Cubs defeating a baseball team from Miami in the 2015 World Series, ending the longest championship drought in all four of the major North American professional sports leagues.[18] In actuality, the Cubs would end up getting swept in four games by the New York Mets in the NLCS, the Marlins failed to make the postseason, and the 2015 World Series was between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Mets, with the Royals winning in five games. Also, both the Cubs and Marlins are part of the National League, rendering a World Series matchup between the two teams impossible.

The Marlins were the first team in Major League Baseball to have a dance/cheer team. Debuting in 2003,[19] the "Marlins Mermaids" influenced other MLB teams to develop their own cheer/dance squads; this was inspired in part by similar squads from the NFL and NBA. In 2008, the Florida Marlins debuted "The Marlins Manatees", Major League Baseball's first all-male dance/energy squad, to star alongside the Mermaids.[20] As of 2012, the Marlins have abandoned the "Mermaids" and "Manatees" for in-game entertainment instead using an "energy squad", a co-ed group of dancers.[21] In 2019, the Marlins brought back the Mermaids for the first time since 2012.

The Marlins have had many official anthems over the years, performed by such artists as Pitbull, DJ Khaled, Poo Bear and Creed frontman Scott Stapp. Stapp penned their 2010 anthem Marlins Will Soar.[22]

Finishes

Best finishes in franchise history

The following are the five best seasons in Marlins history:

MLB
season
Team
season
Regular season Post-season Awards
Finish[a] Wins[b] Losses Win% GB[c]
1997 1997 2nd 92 70 .568 9 Wild card winner, World Series Champions, Liván Hernández (World Series MVP)
2003 2003 2nd 91 71 .562 10 Wild card winner, World Series Champions Jack McKeon (MOY);[23] Dontrelle Willis (ROY);,[24] Mike Lowell (Silver Slugger), Josh Beckett (World Series MVP)
2009 2009 2nd 87 75 .537 6 Hanley Ramírez (Silver Slugger/NL Batting Title); Chris Coghlan (NL Rookie of The Year)
2008 2008 3rd 84 77 .522 Hanley Ramírez (Silver Slugger)
2020 2020 2nd 31 29 .517 4 Division 2nd place finisher; TBD TBD

Worst finishes in franchise history

The following are the five worst seasons in Marlins' history:

MLB
season
Team
season
Regular season Notes
Finish[a] Wins[b] Losses Win% GB[c] Awards and Honors
1998 1998 5th 54 108 .333 52 Worst Record in MLB History for defending WS Champion
2019 2019 5th 57 105 .352 40 Second season under Jeter- Sherman group ownership
2013 2013 5th 62 100 .383 34 First season under manager Mike Redmond
1999 1999 5th 64 98 .395 39
1993 1993 6th 64 98 .395 33 Inaugural (first) season

Opening Day starting pitchers

Opening Day lineups

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2020 Jonathan Villar CF Jesús Aguilar 1B Corey Dickerson LF Harold Ramírez RF Brian Anderson 3B Garrett Cooper DH Isan Díaz 2B Francisco Cervelli C Miguel Rojas SS
2019 Lewis Brinson CF Brian Anderson 3B Starlin Castro 2B Garrett Cooper RF Martín Prado 1B Jorge Alfaro C Miguel Rojas SS Rosell Herrera LF José Ureña P
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2018 Lewis Brinson CF Derek Dietrich LF Starlin Castro 2B Justin Bour 1B Brian Anderson 3B Garrett Cooper RF Miguel Rojas SS Chad Wallach C José Ureña P
2017 Dee Gordon 2B J.T. Realmuto C Christian Yelich CF Giancarlo Stanton RF Justin Bour 1B Marcell Ozuna LF Derek Dietrich 3B Adeiny Hechavarria SS Edinson Vólquez P
2016 Dee Gordon 2B Marcell Ozuna CF Christian Yelich LF Giancarlo Stanton RF Martín Prado 3B Justin Bour 1B J.T. Realmuto C Adeiny Hechavarria SS Wei-Yin Chen P
2015 Dee Gordon 2B Christian Yelich LF Giancarlo Stanton RF Michael Morse 1B Martín Prado 3B Marcell Ozuna CF Jarrod Saltalamacchia C Adeiny Hechavarria SS Henderson Álvarez P
2014 Christian Yelich LF Jeff Baker 2B Giancarlo Stanton RF Casey McGehee 3B Garrett Jones 1B Jarrod Saltalamacchia C Marcell Ozuna CF Adeiny Hechavarria SS José Fernández P
2013 Juan Pierre LF Chris Coghlan CF Giancarlo Stanton RF Plácido Polanco 3B Rob Brantly C Donovan Solano 2B Casey Kotchman 1B Adeiny Hechavarria SS Ricky Nolasco P
2012 Jose Reyes SS Emilio Bonifacio CF Hanley Ramírez 3B Giancarlo Stanton RF Logan Morrison LF Gaby Sánchez 1B Omar Infante 2B John Buck C Josh Johnson P
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2011 Chris Coghlan CF Omar Infante 2B Hanley Ramírez SS Giancarlo Stanton RF Gaby Sánchez 1B Logan Morrison LF John Buck C Donnie Murphy 3B Josh Johnson P
2010 Chris Coghlan LF Cameron Maybin CF Hanley Ramírez SS Jorge Cantú 3B Dan Uggla 2B Ronny Paulino C Cody Ross RF Gaby Sánchez 1B Josh Johnson P
2009 Emilio Bonifacio 3B John Baker C Hanley Ramírez SS Jorge Cantú 1B Dan Uggla 2B Jeremy Hermida LF Cody Ross RF Cameron Maybin CF Ricky Nolasco P
2008 Hanley Ramírez SS Dan Uggla 2B Mike Jacobs 1B Josh Willingham LF Jorge Cantú 3B Cody Ross CF Luis Gonzalez RF Matt Treanor C Mark Hendrickson P
2007 Hanley Ramírez SS Dan Uggla 2B Miguel Cabrera 3B Mike Jacobs 1B Josh Willingham LF Joe Borchard RF Miguel Olivo C Alejandro De Aza CF Dontrelle Willis P
2006 Hanley Ramírez SS Jeremy Hermida RF Miguel Cabrera 3B Mike Jacobs 1B Josh Willingham LF Dan Uggla 2B Miguel Olivo C Eric Reed CF Dontrelle Willis P
2005 Juan Pierre CF Luis Castillo 2B Miguel Cabrera LF Carlos Delgado 1B Mike Lowell 3B Paul Lo Duca C Juan Encarnación RF Álex González SS Josh Beckett P
2004 Juan Pierre CF Luis Castillo 2B Miguel Cabrera RF Mike Lowell 3B Jeff Conine LF Hee-Seop Choi 1B Ramón Castro C Alex González SS Josh Beckett P
2003 Luis Castillo 2B Juan Pierre CF Iván Rodríguez C Derrek Lee 1B Mike Lowell 3B Juan Encarnación RF Todd Hollandsworth LF Alex González SS Josh Beckett P
2002 Luis Castillo 2B Preston Wilson CF Cliff Floyd LF Kevin Millar RF Mike Lowell 3B Derrek Lee 1B Alex González SS Mike Redmond C Ryan Dempster P
2001 Luis Castillo 2B Eric Owens RF Cliff Floyd LF Preston Wilson CF Mike Lowell 3B Charles Johnson C Derrek Lee 1B Alex González SS Ryan Dempster P
2000 Luis Castillo 2B Alex González SS Cliff Floyd LF Preston Wilson CF Mike Lowell 3B Kevin Millar 1B Brant Brown RF Mike Redmond C Alex Fernandez P
1999 Luis Castillo 2B Alex González SS Mark Kotsay CF Derrek Lee 1B Todd Dunwoody CF Preston Wilson LF Kevin Orie 3B Mike Redmond C Alex Fernandez P
1998 Cliff Floyd LF Édgar Rentería SS Ryan Jackson 1B Gary Sheffield RF Mark Kotsay CF Charles Johnson C Craig Counsell 2B Josh Booty 3B Liván Hernández P
1997 Luis Castillo 2B Édgar Rentería SS Gary Sheffield RF Bobby Bonilla 3B Moisés Alou LF Devon White CF Jeff Conine 1B Charles Johnson C Kevin Brown P
1996 Quilvio Veras 2B Devon White CF Gary Sheffield RF Jeff Conine LF Terry Pendleton 3B Greg Colbrunn 1B Charles Johnson C Kurt Abbott SS Kevin Brown P
1995 Quilvio Veras 2B Alex Arias SS Gary Sheffield RF Jeff Conine LF Terry Pendleton 3B Greg Colbrunn 1B Charles Johnson C Chuck Carr CF John Burkett P
1994 Chuck Carr CF Jerry Browne 3B Gary Sheffield RF Orestes Destrade 1B Jeff Conine LF Bret Barberie 2B Benito Santiago C Kurt Abbott SS Charlie Hough P
1993 Scott Pose CF Bret Barberie 2B Junior Felix RF Orestes Destrade 1B Dave Magadan 3B Benito Santiago C Jeff Conine LF Walt Weiss SS Charlie Hough P

Home attendance

Other than their first few years as a franchise in the 1990s, the Marlins have consistently ranked as one of lowest attendance teams in the league, coming in last place (30th) several of the past 20 years. Even when Marlins Park was completed for the 2012 season, attendance was only average for the first year, dropping down to second to last by 2013.

Home Attendance at Hard Rock Stadium
YearTotal AttendanceGame AverageLeague Rank
1993 3,064,847 37,838 7th
1994 1,937,467 33,695 9th
1995 1,700,466 23,950 13th
1996 1,746,767 21,565 18th
1997 2,364,387 29,190 11th
1998 1,730,384 21,363 22nd
1999 1,369,421 16,906 28th
2000 1,218,326 15,041 15th
2001 1,261,226 15,765 29th
2002 813,118 10,038 29th
2003 1,303,215 16,089 28th
2004 1,723,105 21,539 26th
2005 1,852,608 22,871 28th
2006 1,164,134 14,372 30th
2007 1,370,511 16,919 30th
2008 1,335,076 16,482 30th
2009 1,464,109 18,075 29th
2010 1,524,894 18,826 28th
2011 1,520,562 19,007 29th
Home Attendance at Marlins Park
YearTotal AttendanceGame AverageLeague Rank
2012 2,219,444 27,401 18th
2013 1,586,322 19,584 29th
2014 1,732,283 21,386 27th
2015 1,752,235 21,632 28th
2016 1,712,417 21,405 27th
2017 1,583,014 20,295 28th
2018 811,104 10,014 30th

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Finance

Opening Day salaries

Opening Day payrolls for 25-man roster (since 1993):[27]

Opening Day Salary
YearSalaryMajor League Rank
1993 $18,196,545 25th (of 28)
1994 $20,275,500 25th
1995 $23,670,000 25th
1996 $30,079,500 15th
1997 $47,753,000 7th
1998 $41,864,667 20th (of 30)
1999 $32,360,000 28th
2000 $19,900,000 29th
2001 $35,762,500 26th
2002 $41,979,917 25th
2003 $45,050,000 25th
2004 $42,143,042 25th
2005 $60,408,834 19th
2006 $14,998,500 30th
2007 $30,507,000 29th
2008 $21,811,500 30th
2009 $36,834,000 30th
2010 $47,429,719 26th
2011 $57,695,000 24th
2012 $118,078,000 7th
2013 $39,621,900 29th
2014 $46,440,400 29th
2015 $67,479,000 30th
2016 $84,637,500 26th

Annual financial records

The annual financial records of the Marlins according to Forbes since 2001.[28]

Annual Snapshot of Miami Marlins finance
YearFranchise Value (millions)Revenue (millions)Operating Income (millions)Player Expenses (millions)Wins-to-player cost ratio
2001 $128 $67 $7 $34 161
2002 $137 $81 $1 $46 137
2003 $136 $76 $ -14 $53 134
2004 $172 $101 $ -12 $66 162
2005 $206 $103 $3 $58 131
2006 $226 $119 $ -12 $91 91
2007 $244 $122 $43 $31 255
2008 $256 $128 $36 $44 182
2009 $277 $139 $44 $45 227
2010 $317 $144 $46 $48 219
2011 $360 $143 $20.2 $58 167

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Achievements
Preceded by
New York Yankees
Anaheim Angels
World Series champions
1997
2003
Succeeded by
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Preceded by
Atlanta Braves
San Francisco Giants
National League champions
1997
2003
Succeeded by
San Diego Padres
St. Louis Cardinals
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