1991 Seattle Mariners season

1991 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (since 1977)
Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jeff Smulyan
General manager(s)	Woody Woodward
Manager(s)	Jim Lefebvre
Local television	KSTW-TV 11 (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson) KIRO-TV 7 (Greg Gumbel, Joe Simpson)
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson)
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The Seattle Mariners 1991 season was their 15th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 5th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 83-79. It was the first above-.500 season in franchise history.

Offseason

• November 25, 1990: Rich Amaral was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[1]

Regular season

• July 18, 1991: Ken Griffey, Jr. had 5 hits in one game versus the Milwaukee Brewers.
• September 30, 1991: Nolan Ryan struck out Tino Martinez of the Mariners for the 5500th strikeout in his career.^[2]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
Chicago White Sox	87	75	0.537	8	46–35	41–40
Texas Rangers	85	77	0.525	10	46–35	39–42
Oakland Athletics	84	78	0.519	11	47–34	37–44
Seattle Mariners	83	79	0.512	12	45–36	38–43
Kansas City Royals	82	80	0.506	13	40–41	42–39
California Angels	81	81	0.500	14	40–41	41–40

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	4–8	3–10	4–8	5–8	3–9	4–8	9–3	5–8
Boston	5–8	—	4–8	7–5	9–4	5–8	7–5	7–6	3–9	6–7	8–4	9–3	5–7	9–4
California	6–6	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	5–7	9–4	6–6	8–5	6–6	1–12	6–7	5–8	6–6
Chicago	8–4	5–7	5–8	—	6–6	4–8	7–6	7–5	8–5	8–4	7–6	7–6	8–5	7–5
Cleveland	6–7	4–9	5–7	6–6	—	7–6	4–8	5–8	2–10	6–7	5–7	2–10	4–8	1–12
Detroit	8–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	6–7	—	8–4	4–9	4–8	8–5	4–8	8–4	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	8–4	5–7	4–9	6–7	8–4	4–8	—	9–3	6–7	7–5	6–7	7–6	7–6	5–7
Milwaukee	10–3	6–7	6–6	5–7	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	6–6	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	6–7
Minnesota	8–4	9–3	5–8	5–8	10–2	8–4	7–6	6–6	—	10–2	8–5	9–4	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	7–6	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	5–7	7–6	2–10	—	6–6	3–9	5–7	6–7
Oakland	9–3	4–8	12–1	6–7	7–5	8–4	7–6	4–8	5–8	6–6	—	6–7	4–9	6–6
Seattle	8–4	3–9	7–6	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	9–3	4–9	9–3	7–6	—	5–8	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	—	6–6
Toronto	8–5	4–9	6–6	5–7	12–1	8–5	7–5	7–6	8–4	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	—

Notable transactions

• May 17, 1991: The Seattle Mariners traded cash and a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Mike Blowers. The Mariners completed the deal by sending Jim Blueberg (minors) to the Yankees on June 22.^[3]
• June 22, 1991: Randy Kramer was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.^[4]

Roster

1991 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 15 Scott Bankhead 34 Dave Burba 32 Keith Comstock 55 Rich DeLucia 56 Dave Fleming 39 Erik Hanson 47 Gene Harris 36 Brian Holman 38 Mike Jackson 51 Randy Johnson 52 Calvin Jones 44 Bill Krueger 46 Rob Murphy 23 Pat Rice 40 Mike Schooler 37 Russ Swan 18 Bill Swift		Catchers  9 Scott Bradley 45 Chris Howard 17 Matt Sinatro 10 Dave Valle Infielders  8 Rich Amaral 21 Alvin Davis 11 Edgar Martínez 14 Tino Martinez 12 Pete O'Brien  4 Harold Reynolds  2 Jeff Schaefer 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders  1 Greg Briley 19 Jay Buhner 43 Dave Cochrane 28 Henry Cotto 30 Ken Griffey 24 Ken Griffey, Jr. 25 Tracy Jones 26 Patrick Lennon  7 Alonzo Powell		Manager  5 Jim Lefebvre Coaches  6 Ron Clark (bench) 16 Gene Clines (hitting) 22 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 20 Mike Paul (pitching)  3 Bill Plummer (third base) 49 Dan Warthen (bullpen)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	132	324	63	.194	8	32
1B	Pete O'Brien	152	560	139	.248	17	88
2B	Harold Reynolds	161	631	160	.254	3	57
3B	Edgar Martínez	150	544	167	.307	14	52
SS	Omar Vizquel	142	426	98	.230	1	41
LF	Greg Briley	139	381	99	.260	2	26
CF	Ken Griffey, Jr.	154	548	179	.327	22	100
RF	Jay Buhner	137	406	99	.244	27	77
DH	Alvin Davis	145	462	102	.221	12	69

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
Jeff Schaefer	84	164	41	.250	1	11
Rich Amaral	14	16	1	.063	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Randy Johnson	33	201⅓	13	10	3.98	228
Rich DeLucia	32	182	12	13	5.09	98
Brian Holman	30	195⅓	13	14	3.69	108
Erik Hanson	27	174⅔	8	8	3.81	143
Bill Krueger	35	175	11	8	3.60	91
Scott Bankhead	17	60⅔	3	6	4.90	28

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bill Swift	71	1	2	17	1.99	48
Mike Jackson	72	7	7	14	3.25	74
Russ Swan	63	6	2	2	3.43	33
Rob Murphy	57	0	1	4	3.00	34
Mike Schooler	34	3	3	7	3.67	31

Awards and honors

• Harold Reynolds, Second Baseman, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Keith Bodie
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Jim Nettles
A	San Bernardino Spirit	California League	Tommy Jones
A	Peninsula Pilots	Carolina League	Steve Smith
A-Short Season	Bellingham Mariners	Northwest League	Dave Myers
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Myron Pines

^[5]

References

1. Rich Amaral page at Baseball Reference
2. The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan
3. Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
4. Randy Kramer page at Baseball Reference
5. 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

• 1991 Seattle Mariners
• 1991 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com