1993 Seattle Mariners season

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]

1993 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Hiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General manager(s)Woody Woodward
Manager(s)Lou Piniella
Local televisionKSTW
Local radioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Levine,
Chip Caray, Ron Fairly)
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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
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 — 45–36 49–32
Texas Rangers 8676 0.531 8 50–31 36–45
Kansas City Royals 8478 0.519 10 43–38 41–40
Seattle Mariners 8280 0.506 12 46–35 36–45
California Angels 7191 0.438 23 44–37 27–54
Minnesota Twins 7191 0.438 23 36–45 35–46
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 26 38–43 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1993 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–77–54–88–55–87–58–58–46–710–27–54–85–8
Boston 7–6—7–57–55–86–75–75–87–56–79–37–56–63–10
California 5–75–7—7–65–74–86–77–54–96–66–76–76–74–8
Chicago 8–45–76–7—9–37–56–79–310–34–87–69–48–56–6
Cleveland 5–88–57–53–9—6–77–58–54–86–78–43–97–54–9
Detroit 8–57–68–45–77–6—5–78–56–64–98–47–56–66–7
Kansas City 5–77–57–67–65–77–5—5–77–66–66–77–67–68–4
Milwaukee 5–88–55–73–95–85–87–5—7–54–97–54–84–85–8
Minnesota 4–85–79–43–108–46–66–75–7—4–88–54–97–62–10
New York 7–67–66–68–47–69–46–69–48–4—6–67–53–95–8
Oakland 2–103–97–66–74–84–87–65–75–86–6—9–45–85–7
Seattle 5–75–77–64–99–35–76–78–49–45–74–9—8–57–5
Texas 8–46–67–65–85–76–66–78–46–79–38–55–8—7–5
Toronto 8–510–38–46–69–47–64–88–510–28–57–55–75–7—

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

Player stats

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
CDave Valle135423109.2581363
1BTino Martinez109408108.2651760
2BBrett Boone7627168.2511238
SSOmar Vizquel158560143.255231
3BMike Blowers127379106.2801557
LFMike Felder10934272.211120
CFKen Griffey Jr.156582180.30945109
RFJay Buhner158563153.2722798
DHPete O'Brien7221054.257727

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 Amaral110373108.290144
Dave Magadan7122859.259121
Mackey Sasser8318841.218121
Greg Litton7217452.299325
Brian Turang4014035.25007
Bill Haselman5813735.255516
Edgar Martínez4213532.237413
Henry Cotto5410520.19027
Dann Howitt327616.21128
Marc Newfield226615.22717
Fernando Viña244510.22202
Wally Backman10294.13800
Greg Pirkl7234.17414
Lee Tinsley11193.15812
Larry Sheets11172.11801
Chris Howard410.00000

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 Johnson35255.11983.24308
Erik Hanson31215.011123.47163
Tim Leary33169.11195.0568
Dave Fleming26167.11254.3675
Chris Bosio29164.1993.45119
John Cummings1046.1066.0219
Jim Converse420.1135.3110

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 Hampton1317.0139.538
Roger Salkeld314.1002.5113

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
Jeff Nelson715314.3561
Norm Charlton3413182.3448
Dennis Powell330004.1532
Dwayne Henry312126.6735
Rich DeLucia303604.6448
Ted Power2522133.9116
Russ Swan233309.1510
Erik Plantenberg200016.523
Brad Holman191333.7217
Bob Ayrault141103.207
Steve Ontiveros140201.0013
Kevin King130106.178
Dave Wainhouse300027.002
Zak Shinall10003.380

Awards and honors
  • Randy Johnson, American League leader, Strikeouts
  • Randy Johnson, Franchise Record, Most Strikeouts in one season[1]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

[12]

References
  1. "The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson | BaseballLibrary.com". Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. 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. "Henry Cotto Stats".
  7. Mike Schooler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. "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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