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 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]

1993 Seattle Mariners
Lou Piniella's first season as Mariners manager
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record82–80 (.506)
Divisional place4th
Other information
OwnersHiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General managersWoody Woodward
ManagersLou 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]
  • 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 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 record

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

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)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
1April 6Blue Jays
2April 7Blue Jays
3April 9Orioles
4April 10Orioles
5April 11Orioles
6April 13@ Blue Jays
7April 14@ Blue Jays
8April 15@ Blue Jays
9April 16@ Tigers
10April 17@ Tigers
11April 18@ Tigers
12April 19@ Tigers
13April 20Red Sox
14April 21Red Sox
15April 22Red Sox
16April 23Yankees
17April 24Yankees
18April 25Yankees
19April 26Indians
20April 27Indians
21April 28Indians
22April 30@ Yankees
May: 14–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–9)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
23May 1@ Yankees
24May 2@ Yankees
25May 3@ Red Sox
26May 4@ Red Sox
27May 5@ Indians
28May 6@ Indians
29May 7Twins
30May 8Twins
31May 9Twins
32May 107:05 p.m. PDTWhite SoxL 2–13Fernandez (4–2)Hampton (1–2)–2:4014,96116–16L1
33May 117:35 p.m. PDTWhite SoxW 4–3Johnson (5–2)Stieb (1–1)Charlton (7)2:2716,85717–16W1
34May 1212:36 p.m. PDTWhite SoxL 5–6Álvarez (4–0)Cummings (0–6)Hernández (7)2:5819,44017–17L1
38May 17@ Rangers
39May 18@ Rangers
40May 19@ Rangers
41May 20@ Rangers
42May 21@ Royals
43May 22@ Royals
44May 23@ Royals
45May 24Angels
46May 25Angels
47May 26Angels
48May 27Angels
49May 28Tigers
50May 29Tigers
51May 30Tigers
June: 13–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–9)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
54June 4@ Orioles
55June 5@ Orioles
56June 6@ Orioles
60June 11@ Angels
61June 12@ Angels
62June 13@ Angels
63June 14Royals
64June 15Royals
65June 16Royals
66June 18Rangers
67June 19Rangers
68June 20Rangers
73June 255:07 p.m. PDT@ White SoxW 3–2Leary (6–3)Álvarez (7–3)Charlton (14)2:3730,19636–37W1
74June 265:05 p.m. PDT@ White SoxL 4–7McDowell (12–4)Hanson (5–6)Hernández (13)2:5043,55936–38L1
75June 2711:37 a.m. PDT@ White SoxL 4–6Fernandez (8–4)DeLucia (2–5)Hernández (14)2:4938,24536–39L2
76June 28@ Twins
77June 29@ Twins
78June 30@ Twins
July: 13–13 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–6)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
79July 1@ Twins
80July 2Red Sox
81July 3Red Sox
82July 4Red Sox
83July 5Yankees
84July 6Yankees
85July 7Yankees
86July 9Indians
87July 10Indians
88July 11Indians
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
89July 15@ Red Sox
90July 16@ Red Sox
91July 17@ Red Sox
92July 18@ Red Sox
93July 19@ Yankees
94July 20@ Yankees
95July 21@ Yankees
96July 22@ Indians
97July 23@ Indians
98July 24@ Indians
99July 25@ Indians
100July 27Twins
101July 28Twins
102July 29Twins
103July 3012:36 p.m. PDTWhite SoxL 4–6 (10)Radinsky (6–0)DeLucia (3–6)Hernández (22)3:1633,73051–52L1
104July 317:08 p.m. PDTWhite SoxL 10–13Bolton (2–6)Hanson (8–8)Radinsky (3)3:3239,86051–53L2
August: 14–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–8)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
105August 15:38 p.m. PDTWhite SoxL 0–4McDowell (17–6)Bosio (4–6)–2:0228,65951–54L3
109August 6@ Rangers
110August 7@ Rangers
111August 8@ Rangers
112August 9@ Royals
113August 10@ Royals
114August 11@ Royals
115August 13Angels
116August 14Angels
117August 15Angels
118August 16Orioles
119August 17Orioles
120August 18Orioles
121August 20@ Blue Jays
122August 21@ Blue Jays
123August 22@ Blue Jays
124August 24@ Tigers
125August 25@ Tigers
126August 26Blue Jays
127August 27Blue Jays
128August 28Blue Jays
129August 29Blue Jays
130August 30Tigers
131August 31Tigers
September: 15–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–6)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
132September 1Tigers
137September 6@ Orioles
138September 7@ Orioles
139September 8@ Orioles
143September 13@ Angels
144September 14@ Angels
145September 15@ Angels
146September 16Royals
147September 17Royals
148September 18Royals
149September 19Royals
150September 20Rangers
151September 21Rangers
152September 22Rangers
156September 275:07 p.m. PDT@ White SoxL 2–4Álvarez (15–8)Fleming (11–5)McCaskill (2)2:4142,11678–78L4
157September 285:07 p.m. PDT@ White SoxW 5–2Leary (11–8)Ruffcorn (0–2)Power (13)2:4034,81379–78W1
158September 295:07 p.m. PDT@ White SoxL 2–3 (12)Radinsky (8–2)Holman (1–3)–3:2829,75279–79L1
159September 305:07 p.m. PDT@ White SoxW 2–1 (11)Power (2–4)McCaskill (4–8)–3:1332,58680–79W1
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
160October 1@ Twins
161October 2@ Twins
162October 3@ Twins
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Mariners team member

Detailed records

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
Norm Charlton3413182.3448
Jeff Nelson715314.3561
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 | 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. "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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