Tacoma Rainiers

• Location: Tacoma, WA
• League: Pacific Coast League 1995-present
• Affiliation: Seattle Mariners 1995-present
• Ballpark: Cheney Stadium

Team History

The Tacoma Rainiers have been the AAA affiliate of the Seattle Mariners since 1995. In 2001, they were Pacific Coast League co-champion.

Prior to 1995, the Rainiers were known as the Tacoma Tigers and were an Oakland Athletics farm team. Tacoma teams have played in every PCL season since 1960, under various names.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching	Coach
1995	68-76	6th (t)	Steve Smith		Terry Kennedy	Jeff Andrews
1996	69-73	7th	Dave Myers		Terry Kennedy	Jeff Andrews
1997	75-66	4th	Dave Myers		Henry Cotto	Jeff Andrews
1998	77-67	7th	Dave Myers		Dave Brundage	Ron Romanick
1999	69-70	8th	Dave Myers		Dave Brundage	Jim Slaton
2000	76-67	5th	Dave Myers		Dave Brundage	Jim Slaton
2001	85-59	1st	Dan Rohn	League Co-Champs	Henry Cotto	Jim Slaton & Chris Bosio
2002	65-76	13th	Dan Rohn		Orlando Gomez	Jim Slaton
2003	66-78	14th	Dan Rohn		Gary Thurman	Jim Slaton
2004	79-63	3rd	Dan Rohn		Terry Pollreisz	Rafael Chaves
2005	80-64	2nd (t)	Dan Rohn	Lost League Finals	Terry Pollreisz	Rafael Chaves
2006	74-70	7th	Dave Brundage		Terry Pollreisz	Dwight Bernard
2007	68-76	12th	Daren Brown		Terry Pollreisz	Dwight Bernard
2008	80-64	4th	Daren Brown		Alonzo Powell	Dwight Bernard
2009	74-70	6th	Daren Brown	Lost in 1st round	Alonzo Powell	Dwight Bernard
2010	74-69	7th	Daren Brown (61-54) / Jose Castro (13-15)	League Champs	Powell/Castro	Jaime Navarro
2011	70-74	8th (t)	Daren Brown		Alonzo Powell	Dwight Bernard
2012	63-81	13th	Daren Brown		Jeff Pentland	Dwight Bernard
2013	76-68	6th (t)	Daren Brown (17-10) / John Stearns (59-58)		Howard Johnson	Dwight Bernard	Scott Steinmann
2014	74-70	7th (t)	Roy Howell		Cory Snyder	Jaime Navarro
2015	68-76	11th	Pat Listach		Cory Snyder	Jaime Navarro
2016	81-62	3rd	Pat Listach	Lost in 1st round	Scott Brosius	Lance Painter
2017	66-76	13th	Pat Listach		Dave Berg	Lance Painter	Denny Hocking
2018	66-73	11th	Pat Listach		Dave Berg	Lance Painter	Alexander Capriata

Further Reading

• Jim Price: "You want stars, titles, nicknames? Tacoma's got 'em", in Mark Armour, ed.: Rain Check: Baseball in the Pacific Northwest, Society for American Baseball Research, Cleveland, OH, 2006, pp. 76-81.

Related Sites

• TacomaRainiers.com
• Interview about the Rainiers' first season