sentences:  1996 Seattle Mariners season
  
  The Seattle Mariners 1996 season was their 20th season, and the team was the runner-up in American League West, with a record of 4½ games behind the champion Texas Rangers.The Mariners led the majors in runs (993), doubles (335), runs batted in (954), and slugging percentage (.484), but the pitching staff had the highest earned run average (5.21) in team history.