1992 Seattle Mariners season

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1992 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place7th
Other information
Owner(s)Jeff Smulyan, purchased by
Hiroshi Yamauchi in July
General manager(s)Woody Woodward
Manager(s)Bill Plummer
Local televisionKSTW-TV 11
Local radioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Levine,
Billy Sample)
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The Seattle Mariners 1992 season was their 16th since the franchise creation, and finished seventh (last) in the American League West with a record of 64–98 (.395).[1][2]

After a franchise-best 83 wins the previous season, the Mariners finished with nineteen less, the largest one-year decline in team history.[3] Ownership changed in July,[4][5][6][7] and first-year manager Bill Plummer was fired after the season,[8][9] succeeded by Lou Piniella in November for 1993.[10][11]

Lefthanded starter Randy Johnson won the first of four consecutive strikeout titles with 241.[12] In his third full season in the majors, 29-year-old third baseman Edgar Martínez batted .343 to lead the majors and win the first of his two American League batting titles.[13] He hit .388 in July and .395 in August and was the league's player of the month for both.[2]

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 96 66 0.593 — 51–30 45–36
Minnesota Twins 90 72 0.556 6 48–33 42–39
Chicago White Sox 86 76 0.531 10 50–32 36–44
Texas Rangers 77 85 0.475 19 36–45 41–40
California Angels 72 90 0.444 24 41–40 31–50
Kansas City Royals 72 90 0.444 24 44–37 28–53
Seattle Mariners 64 98 0.395 32 38–43 26–55

Record vs. opponents[]

1992 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 8–5 8–4 6–6 7–6 10–3 8–4 6–7 6–6 5–8 6–6 7–5 7–5 5–8
Boston 5–8 — 8–4 6–6 6–7 4–9 7–5 5–8 3–9 7–6 5–7 6–6 4–8 7–6
California 4–8 4–8 — 3–10 6–6 7–5 8–5 5–7 2–11 7–5 5–8 7–6 9–4 5–7
Chicago 6–6 6–6 10–3 — 7–5 10–2 7–6 5–7 8–5 8–4 5–8 4–9 5–8 5–7
Cleveland 6–7 7–6 6–6 5–7 — 5–8 5–7 5–8 6–6 7–6 6–6 7–5 5–7 6–7
Detroit 3–10 9–4 5–7 2–10 8–5 — 7–5 5–8 3–9 5–8 6–6 9–3 8–4 5–8
Kansas City 4–8 5–7 5–8 6–7 7–5 5–7 — 7–5 6–7 5–7 4–9 7–6 6–7 5–7
Milwaukee 7–6 8–5 7–5 7–5 8–5 8–5 5–7 — 6–6 6–7 7–5 8–4 7–5 8–5
Minnesota 6–6 9–3 11–2 5–8 6–6 9–3 7–6 6–6 — 7–5 5–8 8–5 6–7 5–7
New York 8–5 6–7 5–7 4–8 6–7 8–5 7–5 7–6 5–7 — 6–6 6–6 6–6 2–11
Oakland 6–6 7–5 8–5 8–5 6–6 6–6 9–4 5–7 8–5 6–6 — 12–1 9–4 6–6
Seattle 5–7 6–6 6–7 9–4 5–7 3–9 6–7 4–8 5–8 6–6 1–12 — 4–9 4–8
Texas 5–7 8–4 4–9 8–5 7–5 4–8 7–6 5–7 7–6 6–6 4–9 9–4 — 3–9
Toronto 8–5 6–7 7–5 7–5 7–6 8–5 7–5 5–8 7–5 11–2 6–6 8–4 9–3 —


Notable transactions[]

  • April 4: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[17]
  • May 29: Mario Díaz was released by the Mariners.[17]
  • May 29: Bill Haselman was selected off waivers by the Mariners from the Texas Rangers.[18]
  • August 22: Sean Twitty (minors) was traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for Tim Leary and cash.[19]

Roster[]

1992 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats[]

= Indicates team leader

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Dave Valle 124 367 88 .240 9 30
1B Tino Martinez 136 460 118 .257 16 66
2B Harold Reynolds 140 458 113 .247 3 33
3B Edgar Martínez 135 528 181 .343 18 73
SS Omar Vizquel 136 483 142 .294 0 21
LF Kevin Mitchell 99 360 103 .286 9 67
CF Ken Griffey, Jr. 142 565 174 .308 27 103
RF Jay Buhner 152 543 132 .243 25 79
DH Pete O'Brien 134 396 88 .222 14 52

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Henry Cotto 108 294 76 .259 5 27
Shane Turner 34 74 20 .270 0 5
Jeff Schaefer 65 70 8 .114 1 3
John Moses 21 22 3 .136 0 1
Bill Haselman 8 19 5 .263 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Fleming 33 228⅓ 17 10 3.39 112
Randy Johnson 31 210⅓ 12 14 3.77 241
Erik Hanson 31 186⅔ 8 17 4.82 112
Tim Leary 8 44 3 4 4.91 12

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Awards and honors[]

  • Randy Johnson, American League leader, Strikeouts
  • Edgar Martínez, Major League leader, Batting average

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Bob Hartsfield
A San Bernardino Spirit California League Iván DeJesús
A Peninsula Pilots Carolina League Marc Hill
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Dave Myers
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Carlos Lezcano

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Peninsula[20]

References[]

  1. ^ "Baseball: American League". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (standings). October 5, 1992. p. C4.
  2. ^ a b LaRue, Larry (October 6, 1992). "M's had their highs and lows". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). McClatchy News Service. p. C3.
  3. ^ Cour, Jim (October 5, 1992). "M's beat McDowell in season finale". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C3.
  4. ^ Carson, Rob (June 12, 1992). "M's still financial concern". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). McClatchy News Service. p. C1.
  5. ^ "Mariners' sale gains approval of the owners". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 12, 1992. p. 1C.
  6. ^ "M's owners expect city to produce". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 13, 1992. p. C2.
  7. ^ "Mariners have new owner as sale completed". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 2, 1992. p. C3.
  8. ^ "New owners figure one year is enough". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 14, 1992. p. 1B.
  9. ^ "Plummer, all coaches fired by M's". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 14, 1992. p. C1.
  10. ^ Finnigan, Bob (November 10, 1992). "Piniella takes Mariners' helm". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Seattle Times). p. C1.
  11. ^ "Piniella assumes Mariners' helm". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 10, 1992. p. 3F.
  12. ^ "The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson | BaseballLibrary.com". Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  13. ^ "Martinez wins first batting title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 5, 1992. p. C1.
  14. ^ Kevin Mitchell page at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ Shane Turner page at Baseball Reference
  16. ^ John Moses page at Baseball Reference
  17. ^ a b "Mario Diaz Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  18. ^ Bill Haselman page at Baseball Reference
  19. ^ Tim Leary page at Baseball Reference
  20. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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