Fly Away! Seattle Mariners Will Travel Most Miles of Any MLB Team in 2026
Four NL Central clubs will do the least travel according to a statistical analysis
Posted On: March 24, 2026 By :The Seattle Mariners are back on top.
For the first time in four years, the Mariners will go farther than any team in Major League Baseball this season — at least in the air. According to an analysis by statistical website Baseball Savant, the M’s will log 50,308 miles flying around North America this season, roughly 2,000 more than the Athletics, who will again be based in Sacramento while they await their new ballpark in Las Vegas and will run up 48.225 miles this season.
Not surprisingly, the top six teams are all based on the West Coast. The Giants are No. 3 (46,764), followed by the Padres (45,018), Dodgers (43,345) and Angels (42,876). The top East Coast team is the Miami Marlins, at 39,638.
The four teams that will do the least amount of travel this year all come from the same division, the NL Central. The Milwaukee Brewers will accumulate 28,838 miles (just 10 fewer than the Baltimore Orioles), followed by the Cubs (28,480) and their archrivals from St. Louis, the Cardinals (27,189) and finally the Pittsburgh Pirates (26,839).
Baseball Savant’s database includes information for every season since 1974, and this will be the 24th time the Mariners — who didn’t even debut until 1977 — have been the most well-traveled team in baseball. They also have the record for most miles traveled in a single season, with 54,599 in 2008. It’s a fitting spot at the top for a ballclub whose longtime announcer, Dave Niehaus, would shout, “That ball will fly away!” whenever a Mariner hit a home run (and for a team whose star slugger, Cal Raleigh, last season became the first catcher ever to hit 60 home in one year).
Other than Seattle, the Giants (13 times) and the A’s (nine times) have topped these rankings the most often. The Giants did so the first nine seasons for which data is available, but haven’t done so since 1992.
As part of the balanced schedule MLB adopted before the 2023 season, teams face their division opponents 14 times each year, half at home and half on the road. Every team also plays the other 10 teams in their respective league six times each, with three at home and three on the road.
That could change as part of a new CBA — whenever one is agreed to. MLB owners are expected to lock out the players when the current CBA expires on December 1, which could impact games and would, among other things, put a dent in how much travel teams are doing next season.
Last year the Dodgers made history: Not only did they lead the majors in air travel for the first time, they became the first team in the 52 seasons for which data is available to travel the most miles (48,649) and go on to win the World Series.
No team would be more interested in duplicating that feat than the Mariners, who lost in the ALCS last year to the Toronto Blue Jays and are the only MLB team to never reach the Fall Classic, much less win it.
In other words, they’re hoping to go the distance.
Miles Traveled By Each Team in 2026
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- Mariners: 50,308
- Athletics: 48,225
- Giants: 46,764
- Padres: 45,018
- Dodgers: 43,345
- Angels: 42,876
- Marlins: 39,638
- Astros: 39,531
- Mets: 38,849
- Red Sox: 37,903
- Diamondbacks: 37,246
- Rockies: 36,595
- Twins: 32,170
- Blue Jays: 32,602
- Rangers: 31,879
- Rays: 31,863
- Yankees: 31,162
- Braves: 31,132
- Nationals: 30,751
- Phillies: 30,598
- White Sox: 29,854
- Reds: 29,463
- Royals: 29,269
- Tigers: 29,057
- Guardians: 29,012
- Orioles: 28,848
- Brewers: 28,838
- Cubs: 28480
- Cardinals: 27,189
- Pirates: 26,839