sentences:  However, after Seattle won its division and a playoff berth for the first time in , they have enjoyed sporadic success, making the playoffs three more times but never advancing beyond the American League Championship Series (ALCS); the team has not been to the playoffs since 2001, when they tied an MLB record winning 116 games; this is the longest current drought in MLB and in all of the major league North American sports.The following table describes the Mariners' MLB win–loss record by decade.These statistics are from Baseball-Reference.com's "Seattle Mariners History & Encyclopedia", and are current as of October 3, 2019