The Mariners were not Seattle's first major league baseball team. In 1937, Seattle businessman Emil Sick bought the city's failing Pacific Coast League team, the Indians, renamed them the Rainiers and constructed a new, state-of-the-art stadium.
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The 1969 Seattle Pilots: Major League Baseball's One-Year Team by Kenneth Hogan
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No Longer Sleepless In Seattle, Young Mariners On Mission To Win First Pennant In Team History
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Lot Detail - 1969 Dick Bates Seattle Pilots Game-Used Jersey Completely Original and Unaltered
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1969 Topps # 394 Pilots Rookies Lou Piniella/Marv Staehle Seattle Pilots (Baseball Card) EX Pilots : Collectibles & Fine Art
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Former Seattle Pilot Ray Peters Visits Hall of Fame
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Remembering the Seattle Pilots: Seattle's first MLB team lasted only one season
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April 8, 1969: Mike Hegan homers, sacrifices body for win in Seattle Pilots' inaugural game – Society for American Baseball Research
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Allen's book recounts Pilots' change-up to Brewers 50 years ago
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Inside Pitch: Insiders Reveal How the Ill-Fated Seattle Pilots Got Played into Bankruptcy in One Year on Apple Books
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The cover of the 1969 Seattle Pilots baseball team yearbook for their inaugural season as a newly formed expansion team in the American League Stock Photo - Alamy
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