Stats all! Mariners’ 2016 by the numbers

SEATTLE — Here’s a look back at the Mariners’ 2016 season through some interesting numbers.

493: The longest recorded home run, in feet, hit by Nelson Cruz this season, according to Statcast™ measurements. And that blast — off Tyler Duffey of the Twins at Target Field on Sept. 24 — stood as the second-longest in MLB this year, trailing only a 504-footer by the Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton off the Rockies’ Chad Bettis on Aug. 6 at Coors Field. Franklin Gutierrez had the eighth-longest recorded homer, a 473-foot smash off the Reds’ John Lamb in Cincinnati on May 21.

96.2: Average exit velocity, in mph, of 375 balls hit by Cruz this season, which was the highest mark of any MLB player with 40 or more balls in play. The Marlins’ Stanton was second at 95.9 with 239 balls in play. Gutierrez had the second-highest mark among Mariners at 93.2 on 146 balls, with Adam Lind third at 92.8 on 266 balls.

.326: The Mariners’ on-base percentage for the season, which ranked fifth in the AL and was the club’s highest since 2007. Seattle was 11th in the league in 2015 at .311, and raising that figure was a prime focus of Jerry Dipoto’s first offseason.

4.00: Mariners’ ERA as a team, which tied for third in the AL. Seattle finished 12th in the AL in 2015 at 4.16.

2: The number of Mariners managers — out of 17 — who have had a better first-year record than Scott Servais after Seattle …

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