The Beginning The Marlins joined the National League as part of a two team expansion with the Colorado Rockies in 1993. The Marlins won their first ever game over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Success without Dynasty The Marlins won two World Series in seven years, both times doing so from the Wild Card. During that span, the Yankees and the Braves each won their division each year, while the Marlins followed up their World Series win in 1997 with a dismal last place finish, and didn't finish with a winning record again until '03, their second World Series season.
Best Trade in Team History Right at the end of Spring Training '02, the Marlins sent Matt Clement and Antonio Alfonseca to the Cubs in exchange for Julian Tavarez, Jose Cueto, Ryan Jorgensen, and a minor league pitcher. That minor league pitcher turned out to be Dontrelle Willis, who won the NL Rookie of the Year in 2003 and finished second in the Cy Young voting in 2005. Meanwhile Alfonseca alfon-sucked for the Cubs, and Matt Clement moved on to the Red Sox after two seasons.
Worst Trade in Team History In 2003, the Marlins traded Derrek Lee to the Cubs for Hee Seop Choi and Mike Nannini. Choi's stay with the Marlins was short lived, while Lee chased the Triple Crown with the Cubs in 2005.
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2008 Florida Marlins Preview Dan Uggla's one of the few players left on this team whose 2008 prospects aren't ugly.
2007 Florida Marlins Preview The Marlins have won between 76 and 83 games in six of the past seven seasons. Will this trend continue?
Not a Good Fit There's no conspiracy; Joe Girardi simply isn't a good manager for a young ballclub.
Bad Fish? Blame Girardi The Marlins are floundering, and we need look no further than the Head Fish to figure out why.
2006 Florida Marlins Preview They may have had a fire sale, but these Fish are feistier than you think they are.
Marlins Keep Dealing, Shed Castillo 12/2/05
Asher wonders whether the Marlins will be all that bad off after their
fire sale.
Thankful for November Trades 11/23/05 Asher examines the feast of November deals.
Alex Gonzalez of the Marlins Award/ 11/22/05
The Alex Gonzalez of the Marlins Award goes to the player in each league who begins the year on an uncharacteristic tear, and finished the year with a disappointing performance. Who better than Alex Gonzalez of the Marlins to illustrate how this award works with his baffling 2003 performance?
Trader Jack McKeon
A fan writes, "As I've mentioned before, I certainly don't consider myself smart enough to question managers, or to the extent that I am, I'm not going to let it affect my pick, but still, let's talk about learning from mistakes.
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Jim Leyland
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1128 - Luis Castillo
4347 - Luis Castillo
675 - Luis Castillo
1273 - Luis Castillo
241 - Mike Lowell
42 - Luis Castillo
143 - Mike Lowell
578 - Mike Lowell
281 - Luis Castillo
1645 - Mike Lowell
.296 - Kevin Millar
.370 - Luis Castillo
.498 - Derrek Lee
Derrek Lee
368 - Braden Looper
853.7 - A.J. Burnett
49 - A.J. Burnett
48 - Brad Penny
50 - A.J. Burnett
753 - A.J. Burnett
395 - Ryan Dempster
2.30 - Kevin Brown
3.27 - Dontrelle Willis
8 - A.J. Burnett
108 - Robb Nen
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678 - Juan Pierre, 2004
123 - Cliff Floyd, 2001
221 - Juan Pierre, 2004
45 - Cliff Floyd, 1998
12 - Juan Pierre, 2004
42 - Gary Sheffield, 1996
121 - Preston Wilson, 2000
65 - Juan Pierre, 2003
344 - Miguel Cabrera, 2005
.334 - Luis Castillo, 2000
.624 - Gary Sheffield, 1996
78 - Braden Looper, 2002
237.1 - Kevin Brown, 1997
22 - Dontrelle Willis, 2005
17 - Jack Armstrong, 1993
209 - Ryan Dempster, 2000
119 - Al Leiter, 1996
1.89 - Kevin Brown, 1996
5 - A.J. Burnett, 2002
5 - Dontrelle Willis, 2005
47 - Armando Benitez, 2004
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Dontrelle Willis - 2003
Hanley Ramirez - 2006
Firemen of the Year
Antonio Alfonseca - 2000
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Alex Gonzalez of the Marlins
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Mark Redman Award
Chris Volstad - 2009
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500 Outs Club
Juan Pierre - 2003
Juan Pierre - 2004
Juan Pierre - 2005
Dan Uggla - 2007
50 Home Run Club
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30-30 Club Members
Preston Wilson (31/36) 2000
Sub-2.00 ERA
Kevin Brown (1.89) 1996
Four Home Run Club
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