1993 Seattle Mariners season

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1993 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place4th
OwnersHiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General managersWoody Woodward
ManagersLou Piniella
TelevisionKSTW
RadioKIRO 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 fourth 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 Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, with team chairman John Ellis representing him. 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]
  • October 14, 1992: The Mariners dismissed manager Bill Plummer, along with the entire coaching staff.
  • November 10, 1992: The Mariners hire Lou Piniella as the team's new manager.
  • 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
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


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 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

1993 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1993 regular season game log: 82–80 (Home: 46–35; Away: 36–45)
April: 11–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 2–6)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
1 April 6 Blue Jays
2 April 7 Blue Jays
3 April 9 Orioles
4 April 10 Orioles
5 April 11 Orioles
6 April 13 @ Blue Jays
7 April 14 @ Blue Jays
8 April 15 @ Blue Jays
9 April 16 @ Tigers
10 April 17 @ Tigers
11 April 18 @ Tigers
12 April 19 @ Tigers
13 April 20 Red Sox
14 April 21 Red Sox
15 April 22 Red Sox
16 April 23 Yankees
17 April 24 Yankees
18 April 25 Yankees
19 April 26 Indians
20 April 27 Indians
21 April 28 Indians
22 April 30 @ Yankees
May: 14–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–9)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
23 May 1 @ Yankees
24 May 2 @ Yankees
25 May 3 @ Red Sox
26 May 4 @ Red Sox
27 May 5 @ Indians
28 May 6 @ Indians
29 May 7 Twins
30 May 8 Twins
31 May 9 Twins
32 May 10 7:05 p.m. PDT White Sox L 2–13 Fernandez (4–2) Hampton (1–2) 2:40 14,961 16–16 L1
33 May 11 7:35 p.m. PDT White Sox W 4–3 Johnson (5–2) Stieb (1–1) Charlton (7) 2:27 16,857 17–16 W1
34 May 12 12:36 p.m. PDT White Sox L 5–6 Álvarez (4–0) Cummings (0–6) Hernández (7) 2:58 19,440 17–17 L1
38 May 17 @ Rangers
39 May 18 @ Rangers
40 May 19 @ Rangers
41 May 20 @ Rangers
42 May 21 @ Royals
43 May 22 @ Royals
44 May 23 @ Royals
45 May 24 Angels
46 May 25 Angels
47 May 26 Angels
48 May 27 Angels
49 May 28 Tigers
50 May 29 Tigers
51 May 30 Tigers
June: 13–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–9)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
54 June 4 @ Orioles
55 June 5 @ Orioles
56 June 6 @ Orioles
60 June 11 @ Angels
61 June 12 @ Angels
62 June 13 @ Angels
63 June 14 Royals
64 June 15 Royals
65 June 16 Royals
66 June 18 Rangers
67 June 19 Rangers
68 June 20 Rangers
73 June 25 5:07 p.m. PDT @ White Sox W 3–2 Leary (6–3) Álvarez (7–3) Charlton (14) 2:37 30,196 36–37 W1
74 June 26 5:05 p.m. PDT @ White Sox L 4–7 McDowell (12–4) Hanson (5–6) Hernández (13) 2:50 43,559 36–38 L1
75 June 27 11:37 a.m. PDT @ White Sox L 4–6 Fernandez (8–4) DeLucia (2–5) Hernández (14) 2:49 38,245 36–39 L2
76 June 28 @ Twins
77 June 29 @ Twins
78 June 30 @ Twins
July: 13–13 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–6)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
79 July 1 @ Twins
80 July 2 Red Sox
81 July 3 Red Sox
82 July 4 Red Sox
83 July 5 Yankees
84 July 6 Yankees
85 July 7 Yankees
86 July 9 Indians
87 July 10 Indians
88 July 11 Indians
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
89 July 15 @ Red Sox
90 July 16 @ Red Sox
91 July 17 @ Red Sox
92 July 18 @ Red Sox
93 July 19 @ Yankees
94 July 20 @ Yankees
95 July 21 @ Yankees
96 July 22 @ Indians
97 July 23 @ Indians
98 July 24 @ Indians
99 July 25 @ Indians
100 July 27 Twins
101 July 28 Twins
102 July 29 Twins
103 July 30 12:36 p.m. PDT White Sox L 4–6 (10) Radinsky (6–0) DeLucia (3–6) Hernández (22) 3:16 33,730 51–52 L1
104 July 31 7:08 p.m. PDT White Sox L 10–13 Bolton (2–6) Hanson (8–8) Radinsky (3) 3:32 39,860 51–53 L2
August: 14–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–8)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
105 August 1 5:38 p.m. PDT White Sox L 0–4 McDowell (17–6) Bosio (4–6) 2:02 28,659 51–54 L3
109 August 6 @ Rangers
110 August 7 @ Rangers
111 August 8 @ Rangers
112 August 9 @ Royals
113 August 10 @ Royals
114 August 11 @ Royals
115 August 13 Angels
116 August 14 Angels
117 August 15 Angels
118 August 16 Orioles
119 August 17 Orioles
120 August 18 Orioles
121 August 20 @ Blue Jays
122 August 21 @ Blue Jays
123 August 22 @ Blue Jays
124 August 24 @ Tigers
125 August 25 @ Tigers
126 August 26 Blue Jays
127 August 27 Blue Jays
128 August 28 Blue Jays
129 August 29 Blue Jays
130 August 30 Tigers
131 August 31 Tigers
September: 15–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–6)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
132 September 1 Tigers
137 September 6 @ Orioles
138 September 7 @ Orioles
139 September 8 @ Orioles
143 September 13 @ Angels
144 September 14 @ Angels
145 September 15 @ Angels
146 September 16 Royals
147 September 17 Royals
148 September 18 Royals
149 September 19 Royals
150 September 20 Rangers
151 September 21 Rangers
152 September 22 Rangers
156 September 27 5:07 p.m. PDT @ White Sox L 2–4 Álvarez (15–8) Fleming (11–5) McCaskill (2) 2:41 42,116 78–78 L4
157 September 28 5:07 p.m. PDT @ White Sox W 5–2 Leary (11–8) Ruffcorn (0–2) Power (13) 2:40 34,813 79–78 W1
158 September 29 5:07 p.m. PDT @ White Sox L 2–3 (12) Radinsky (8–2) Holman (1–3) 3:28 29,752 79–79 L1
159 September 30 5:07 p.m. PDT @ White Sox W 2–1 (11) Power (2–4) McCaskill (4–8) 3:13 32,586 80–79 W1
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
160 October 1 @ Twins
161 October 2 @ Twins
162 October 3 @ Twins
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Mariners team member

Detailed records

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
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
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
Randy Johnson 35 255.1 19 8 3.24 308
Erik Hanson 31 215.0 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
Mike Hampton 13 17.0 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
Norm Charlton 34 1 3 18 2.34 48
Jeff Nelson 71 5 3 1 4.35 61
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
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Keith Bodie
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

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References

  1. ^ a b "The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson | baseballbiography.com". Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  2. ^ "John Moses Stats".
  3. ^ Kevin Mitchell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ David Ortiz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Mackey Sasser Stats".
  6. ^ a b "Henry Cotto Stats".
  7. ^ Mike Schooler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ a b "Randy St. Claire Stats".
  9. ^ "Matt Wise: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  10. ^ "Dale Sveum Stats".
  11. ^ "O'Brien takes bad news in stride". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). McClatchy News Service. July 22, 1993. p. C5.
  12. ^ 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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