Miami Marlins

"Florida Marlins" redirects here. For the Florida Marlins' history, see History of the Miami Marlins. For other uses, see Miami Marlins (disambiguation).

Miami Marlins
2024 Miami Marlins season
LogoCap insignia
Major league affiliations
Current uniform
Retired numbers42 (Retired by MLB)[1]
Colors
  • Midnight black, Miami blue, Caliente red, Slate grey[2][3][4]
           
Name
  • Miami Marlins (2012–present)
  • Florida Marlins (1993–2011)
Other nicknames
  • The Fish
Ballpark
Major league titles
World Series titles (2)
NL Pennants (2)
East Division titles (0)None
Wild card berths (4)
Front office
Principal owner(s)Bruce Sherman
PresidentCaroline O'Connor (President of Business Operations)
President of baseball operationsPeter Bendix
General managerPeter Bendix
ManagerClayton McCullough
Websitemlb.com/marlins

The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East Division. The club's home is LoanDepot Park.

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 LoanDepot Park (then known as Marlins Park), their first exclusive home and the first to be designed as a baseball park.[5][6] 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.[7]

With a record of 2,303–2,709 (.459), the Marlins have the lowest winning percentage and fewest postseason appearances (four) among active MLB franchises.[8] Despite this, the Marlins won the World Series during their first two playoff runs in 1997 and 2003. Only three players were on both World Series teams with the Marlins: Jeff Conine, Luis Castillo, and Rick Helling (both Conine and Castillo are the only Marlins to play a thousand games with the team).[9] All four of their 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, as well as the only franchise to have never appeared in back-to-back postseasons. The Marlins were also the first team to win the World Series as a wild card. The Marlins have no retired numbers, with the exception of Jackie Robinson's universally retired #42 in 1997.[a]

  1. ^ Frisaro, Joe (December 1, 2021). "Marlins' all-time retired numbers". Marlins.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  2. ^ Frisaro, Joe (November 15, 2018). "Marlins unveil club's new logo, colors". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "A new look, a new style, a new vision: introducing our colores -- the next-generation identity of the Miami Marlins". Marlins.com (Press release). MLB Advanced Media. November 15, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  4. ^ "Marlins 2019 Uniforms". Marlins.com. MLB Advanced Media. November 16, 2018. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  5. ^ Frisaro, Joe (September 27, 2011). "Sun to set on Sun Life Stadium". MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  6. ^ Tompkins, Wayne (May 24, 2007). "Commissioners OK plan to have Marlins change name, spring-training site". Miami Today. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  7. ^ Frisaro, Joe (November 10, 2011). "New name, but deep-rooted tradition in Miami". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  8. ^ "Miami Marlins Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  9. ^ Navarro, Manny; Fernandez, Andre. "Which Florida Marlins World Series-championship team is better: 1997 or 2003?".


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