After playing a decade in Japan with Yokohama, Kazuhiro Sasaki was a 32-year old rookie in Seattle, and with a decade of real experience, he easily won the 2000 American League Rookie of the Year Award.  The former Central League MVP would finish third in the AL with 37 Saves.

Mitch Haniger played five seasons in the Majors with Seattle, the team that he will likely be forever most associated with.

Tino Martinez was an excellent college baseball player at the University of Tampa and a Gold Medalist at the Seoul Olympics.  Martinez was a first round pick (14^th Overall) in 1988, and he would debut with Seattle in 1990. 

Ken Phelps never really got the chance to be an everyday player in his career, mostly used in platooning situations, but that makes his days in baseball sound so basic.