Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak may be baseball's most unbreakable record, but Luis Castillo made a run at. The Marlins second baseman began a streak of his own on May 8, 2002 that lasted for 35 straight contests. It was the longest hitting streak that Major League Baseball had seen since Hall of Famer Paul Molitor hit in 39 straight games for Milwaukee in 1987.

Giancarlo Stanton finished the 2017 season with 59 home runs and 132 RBI, hitting the ball with the highest exit velocity in MLB at 120.1 miles per hour.

In the 2003 season, manager Jeff Torborg was fired after 38 games. The Marlins were in last place in the NL East with a 16-22 record at the time. Torborg's successor, 72-year-old Jack McKeon, led them to the NL wild card berth in the postseason, and they went on to defeat the New York Yankees four games to two in the 2003 World Series.

In 2012, the team moved to Marlins Park in downtown Miami, replacing the football-oriented Sun Life Stadium. As a condition of the move, the team was renamed the Miami Marlins, and adopted a new logo and colors.

Beckett's complete game shutout in the final game of the 2003 World Series made him the first to accomplish the feat since Jack Morris of the Minnesota Twins in 1991.

Called up from the Double-A Carolina Mudcats, Jeremy Hermida made his major league debut with the Marlins on August 31, 2005, becoming the first player to hit a grand slam in his first major league at-bat since pitcher Bill Duggleby more than a century earlier in 1898.

The 2006 Marlins made MLB history when they started six rookies in their Opening Day lineup. Analysts predicted the league's youngest team would lose more than 100 games, but the youthful Marlins exceeded expectations. After getting off to a rocky 11-31 start, they finished with a record of 78-84.

At the end of his MVP season, Stanton was the holder of 10 Marlins records including most career home runs (267), RBIs (672), slugging percentage (.554), total bases (1,983), strikeouts (1,140), and single-season records for home runs (59), RBIs (132), slugging percentage (.631), extra-base hits (91), and total bases (377).

In 2005, Dontrelle Willis started the season by pitching shutouts against the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies, then went on to post a 22-10 record with a 2.63 ERA. His 22 wins was the most in baseball, and he won the Warren Spahn Award, given to the best left-handed pitcher in each league.

Second baseman Dan Uggla was left off the Diamondbacks 40-man roster in 2005, and the Marlins selected him in the Rule 5 draft. Uggla was named to the 2006 MLB All-Star Game on July 2, 2006, as a reserve. He finished his rookie season with 27 homers and 90 runs batted in, winning numerous awards, including the Players' Choice NL Rookie of the Year award and Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award.