1993 Seattle Mariners season

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]

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)
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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 9, 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:
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

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

= Indicates league leader

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

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