How the Seattle Mariners history timeline game works

For the Mariners, the deck is a set of franchise milestones, each with a brief description below the title, and you put them in the order they happened. One milestone begins on the timeline with its year visible. As each card comes, pick a gap among the ones already placed. A correct pick reveals the year; a wrong pick still moves the card into place but costs you one of three lives.

Seattle took a long time to find its feet after expansion, then had a golden stretch built around a few homegrown stars before a long playoff drought. One superstar's career is spread across several cards, and those are easy to jumble. Trades of big names also come up more than once, so check who is leaving in each description.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 24 of the 24 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

The expansion Mariners debut First pitch in the Kingdome as the American League adds two clubs
Hosting the All-Star Game The Kingdome welcomes the Midsummer Classic in only the club's third season
Gaylord Perry's 300th win The veteran spitballer reaches the milestone in a Mariners uniform
Alvin Davis, Rookie of the Year 'Mr. Mariner' bursts onto the scene at first base
Drafting Ken Griffey Jr. The club takes the sweet-swinging high schooler first overall
Griffey Jr. debuts The 19-year-old phenom reaches the majors
The Griffeys go back-to-back Father and son homer in consecutive at-bats
First winning season The franchise finishes above .500 for the first time
Drafting Alex Rodriguez The club takes the shortstop first overall
Refuse to Lose and The Double A first playoff berth and Edgar Martinez's series-winning hit against the Yankees
A-Rod's batting title The young shortstop hits .358 to lead the league
Griffey's MVP, division title A 56-homer season carries the club to the AL West
Trading Randy Johnson The Big Unit is dealt to Houston at the deadline
Safeco Field opens The team leaves the Kingdome for a retractable-roof ballpark
Trading Griffey, reaching the ALCS The star is sent to Cincinnati, and the club still advances to the championship series
A record 116 wins Ichiro arrives to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in a historic season
Ichiro's 262 hits The single-season hits record falls
Signing Robinson Cano A blockbuster free-agent deal lures the second baseman away from New York
Griffey comes home The Kid returns to Seattle to finish his playing days
Felix wins the Cy Young King Felix takes the award despite a modest win total
Felix's perfect game The ace retires all 27 hitters in a Safeco masterpiece
Griffey enters the Hall of Fame Elected with a record vote as the first player wearing a Mariners cap
An 89-win near miss One of the best records ever to miss the playoffs, extending the drought
Ending the playoff drought The majors' longest postseason absence ends as Julio Rodriguez wins Rookie of the Year