Seattle Mariners fans will be seeing double 51s next season.

The team announced Monday it will retire the No. 51 worn by Baseball Hall of Fame member Randy Johnson during his nine-plus seasons with the club in 2026. The news came on the 35th anniversary of the day Johnson threw the first no-hitter in Mariners history.

The Mariners traded Johnson to the Houston Astros at the 1998 trade deadline, and when Japanese star Ichiro Suzuki joined the team in 2001, he took No. 51.

The Ichiro version of No. 51 will be retired by the franchise on Aug. 9, just after his Hall of Fame induction this summer.

“Randy is both one of the greatest pitchers in Major League Baseball history, and one of the most important figures in our organization’s history,” said John Stanton, the Mariners’ chairman and ma

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