1993 Seattle Mariners season

1993 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Kingdome
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	82–80 (.506)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Hiroshi Yamauchi (represented by John Ellis)
General managers	Woody Woodward
Managers	Lou Piniella
Television	KSTW
Radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Ken Levine, Chip Caray, Ron Fairly)
Seasons

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

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	—	45‍–‍36	49‍–‍32
Texas Rangers	86	76	.531	8	50‍–‍31	36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	.519	10	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	.506	12	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
California Angels	71	91	.438	23	44‍–‍37	27‍–‍54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	.438	23	36‍–‍45	35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	26	38‍–‍43	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record v t e 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 50 Bob Ayrault 29 Chris Bosio 37 Norm Charlton 41 Jim Converse 47 John Cummings 55 Rich DeLucia 35 Dave Fleming 46 Mike Hampton 39 Erik Hanson 22,48 Dwayne Henry 38 Brad Holman 34,51 Randy Johnson 50 Kevin King 54 Tim Leary 40 Jeff Nelson 52 Steve Ontiveros 34 Erik Plantenberg 48 Dennis Powell 42,48 Ted Power 42 Roger Salkeld 40 Zak Shinall 17 Russ Swan 26 Dave Wainhouse		Catchers 33 Bill Haselman 45 Chris Howard 10 Dave Valle Infielders  8 Rich Amaral 22 Wally Backman 16 Mike Blowers  5 Bret Boone 18 Dave Magadan 11 Edgar Martínez 23 Tino Martinez 9,12 Pete O'Brien 20 Greg Pirkl  6 Fernando Viña 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders 19 Jay Buhner 28 Henry Cotto 25 Mike Felder 24 Ken Griffey Jr. 44 Dann Howitt 15 Greg Litton 28 Marc Newfield  4 Mackey Sasser 40 Larry Sheets 27 Lee Tinsley  1 Brian Turang		Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches  3 Lee Elia 32 Sammy Ellis 30 Ken Griffey  7 John McLaren 16 Sam Mejías  2 Sam Perlozzo

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

American League Opponent W L WP RS RA AL East Baltimore Orioles 5 7 0.417 47 57 Boston Red Sox 5 7 0.417 51 50 Cleveland Indians 9 3 0.750 65 52 Detroit Tigers 5 7 0.417 56 81 Milwaukee Brewers 8 4 0.667 59 42 New York Yankees 5 7 0.417 61 57 Toronto Blue Jays 7 5 0.583 57 52 Total 44 40 0.524 396 391 AL West California Angels 7 6 0.538 49 71 Chicago White Sox 4 9 0.308 47 70 Kansas City Royals 6 7 0.462 57 45 Minnesota Twins 9 4 0.692 59 42 Oakland Athletics 4 9 0.308 44 55 Seattle Mariners Texas Rangers 8 5 0.615 72 48 Total 38 40 0.487 328 331 Season Total 82 80 0.506 734 731

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 22 11 11 0.500 103 96 May 29 14 15 0.483 125 118 June 27 13 14 0.481 118 121 July 26 13 13 0.500 145 147 August 27 14 13 0.519 99 135 September 28 15 13 0.536 127 102 October 3 2 1 0.667 17 12 Total 162 82 80 0.506 734 631 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 81 46 35 0.568 380 350 Away 81 36 45 0.444 354 381 Total 162 82 80 0.506 734 731

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

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

External links

• 1993 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
• 1993 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com