1993 Seattle Mariners season
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Record | 82–80 (.506) |
Divisional place | 4th |
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Owner(s) | Hiroshi Yamauchi (represented by John Ellis) |
General manager(s) | Woody Woodward |
Manager(s) | Lou Piniella |
Local television | KSTW |
Local radio | KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Ken Levine, Chip Caray, Ron Fairly) |
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The 1993 Seattle Mariners season was their 17th since the franchise creation. The team ended the season finishing 4th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 82–80 (.506). It was the franchise's first full season under the ownership of Hiroshi Yamauchi. During the 1993 season, Randy Johnson set a club record with 308 strikeouts. It was also the first season he walked less than 100 batters.[1]
The previous fall, the team also introduced a new logo, team colors and uniform set for this season that remain the team's current look to this day (with slight adjustments made in 2015).
Offseason[]
- October 5, 1992: John Moses was released by the Seattle Mariners.[2]
- November 17, 1992: Kevin Mitchell was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Cincinnati Reds for Norm Charlton.[3]
- November 28, 1992: David Ortiz was signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.[4]
- December 23, 1992: Mackey Sasser was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.[5]
- February 2, 1993: Henry Cotto was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.[6]
- March 16, 1993: Mike Schooler was released by the Seattle Mariners.[7]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 94 | 68 | 0.580 | — | 45–36 | 49–32 |
Texas Rangers | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 8 | 50–31 | 36–45 |
Kansas City Royals | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 10 | 43–38 | 41–40 |
Seattle Mariners | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 12 | 46–35 | 36–45 |
California Angels | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 23 | 44–37 | 27–54 |
Minnesota Twins | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 23 | 36–45 | 35–46 |
Oakland Athletics | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 26 | 38–43 | 30–51 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 |
Boston | 7–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–10 |
California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 7–6 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
Chicago | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 10–3 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 6–6 |
Cleveland | 5–8 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–9 | — | 6–7 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
Detroit | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–7 |
Kansas City | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
Milwaukee | 5–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–8 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 3–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 2–10 |
New York | 7–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–8 |
Oakland | 2–10 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
Seattle | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 5–7 | 4–9 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Texas | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 |
Toronto | 8–5 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 10–2 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- May 14, 1993: Randy St. Claire was signed as a free agent with the Mariners.[8]
- June 3, 1993: Alex Rodriguez was drafted by the Mariners with the first overall pick of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed August 30, 1993.
- June 3, 1993: Matt Wise was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 54th round of the 1993 amateur draft, but did not sign. [9]
- June 27, 1993: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent.[10]
- June 27, 1993: Henry Cotto was traded with Jeff Darwin to the Florida Marlins for Dave Magadan.[6]
- July 21, 1993: Pete O'Brien was released to make room on the roster for Edgar Martínez.[11]
- August 5, 1993: Randy St. Claire was released by the Mariners.[8]
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
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 |
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C | Dave Valle | 135 | 423 | 109 | .258 | 13 | 63 |
1B | Tino Martinez | 109 | 408 | 108 | .265 | 17 | 60 |
2B | Brett Boone | 76 | 271 | 68 | .251 | 12 | 38 |
SS | Omar Vizquel | 158 | 560 | 143 | .255 | 2 | 31 |
3B | Mike Blowers | 127 | 379 | 106 | .280 | 15 | 57 |
LF | Mike Felder | 109 | 342 | 72 | .211 | 1 | 20 |
CF | Ken Griffey Jr. | 156 | 582 | 180 | .309 | 45 | 109 |
RF | Jay Buhner | 158 | 563 | 153 | .272 | 27 | 98 |
DH | Pete O'Brien | 72 | 210 | 54 | .257 | 7 | 27 |
Other batters[]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Rich Amaral | 110 | 373 | 108 | .290 | 1 | 44 |
Dave Magadan | 71 | 228 | 59 | .259 | 1 | 21 |
Mackey Sasser | 83 | 188 | 41 | .218 | 1 | 21 |
Greg Litton | 72 | 174 | 52 | .299 | 3 | 25 |
Brian Turang | 40 | 140 | 35 | .250 | 0 | 7 |
Bill Haselman | 58 | 137 | 35 | .255 | 5 | 16 |
Edgar Martínez | 42 | 135 | 32 | .237 | 4 | 13 |
Henry Cotto | 54 | 105 | 20 | .190 | 2 | 7 |
Dann Howitt | 32 | 76 | 16 | .211 | 2 | 8 |
Marc Newfield | 22 | 66 | 15 | .227 | 1 | 7 |
Fernando Viña | 24 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Wally Backman | 10 | 29 | 4 | .138 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Pirkl | 7 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 1 | 4 |
Lee Tinsley | 11 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 1 | 2 |
Larry Sheets | 11 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Howard | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Randy Johnson | 35 | 255.1 | 19 | 8 | 3.24 | 308 |
Erik Hanson | 31 | 215 | 11 | 12 | 3.47 | 163 |
Tim Leary | 33 | 169.1 | 11 | 9 | 5.05 | 68 |
Dave Fleming | 26 | 167.1 | 12 | 5 | 4.36 | 75 |
Chris Bosio | 29 | 164.1 | 9 | 9 | 3.45 | 119 |
John Cummings | 10 | 46.1 | 0 | 6 | 6.02 | 19 |
Jim Converse | 4 | 20.1 | 1 | 3 | 5.31 | 10 |
Other pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike Hampton | 13 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 9.53 | 8 |
Roger Salkeld | 3 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.51 | 13 |
Relief pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jeff Nelson | 71 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4.35 | 61 |
Norm Charlton | 34 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2.34 | 48 |
Dennis Powell | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 32 |
Dwayne Henry | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6.67 | 35 |
Rich DeLucia | 30 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4.64 | 48 |
Ted Power | 25 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 3.91 | 16 |
Russ Swan | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9.15 | 10 |
Erik Plantenberg | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.52 | 3 |
Brad Holman | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.72 | 17 |
Bob Ayrault | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.20 | 7 |
Steve Ontiveros | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 13 |
Kevin King | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.17 | 8 |
Dave Wainhouse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 |
Zak Shinall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 0 |
Awards and honors[]
- Randy Johnson, American League leader, Strikeouts
- Randy Johnson, Franchise Record, Most Strikeouts in one season[1]
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Calgary Cannons | Pacific Coast League | |
AA | Jacksonville Suns | Southern League | Marc Hill |
A | Riverside Pilots | California League | Dave Myers |
A | Appleton Foxes | Midwest League | Carlos Lezcano |
A-Short Season | Bellingham Mariners | Northwest League | Mike Goff |
Rookie | AZL Mariners | Arizona League | Marty Martínez |
References[]
- ^ a b "The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson | BaseballLibrary.com". Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
- ^ "John Moses Stats".
- ^ Kevin Mitchell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ David Ortiz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Mackey Sasser Stats".
- ^ a b "Henry Cotto Stats".
- ^ Mike Schooler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b "Randy St. Claire Stats".
- ^ "Matt Wise: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "Dale Sveum Stats".
- ^ "O'Brien takes bad news in stride". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). McClatchy News Service. July 22, 1993. p. C5.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links[]
- Seattle Mariners seasons
- 1993 Major League Baseball season
- 1993 in sports in Washington (state)