1993 Seattle Mariners season

1993 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)	Hiroshi Yamauchi (represented by John Ellis)
General manager(s)	Woody Woodward
Manager(s)	Lou Piniella
Local television	KSTW
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Ken Levine, Chip Caray, Ron Fairly)
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The Seattle Mariners 1993 season was their 17th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 4th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 82-80. 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 team also introduced a new logo and uniform set (the previous fall) that remain the team's current look to this day.

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	94	68	0.580	—	45–36	49–32
Texas Rangers	86	76	0.531	8	50–31	36–45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	0.519	10	43–38	41–40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	0.506	12	46–35	36–45
California Angels	71	91	0.438	23	44–37	27–54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	0.438	23	36–45	35–46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	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	—	6–7	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 Seattle Mariners.^[8]
June 3, 1993: Alex Rodriguez was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed August 30, 1993.
June 27, 1993: Dale Sveum was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[9]
June 27, 1993: Henry Cotto was sraded by the Seattle Mariners with Jeff Darwin to the Florida Marlins for Dave Magadan.^[6]
August 5, 1993: Randy St. Claire was released by the Seattle 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

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

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

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

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
Ontiveros, SteveSteve Ontiveros	14	0	2	0	1.00	13

Awards and honors

Randy Johnson, American League leader, Strikeouts
Randy Johnson, Franchise Record, Most Strikeouts in one season^[1]

Farm system

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

References

1 2 The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson | BaseballLibrary.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mosesjo01.shtml
↑ Kevin Mitchell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ David Ortiz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sassema01.shtml
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cottohe01.shtml
↑ Mike Schooler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/st.clra01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml
↑ 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 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Colorado Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1993 MLB draft 1993 All-Star Game 1993 World Series

Seattle Mariners

Based in Seattle, Washington

The franchise

Ballparks

Kingdome Safeco Field

Spring training:	Tempe Diablo Stadium Peoria Sports Complex

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Nintendo of America, represented by Howard Lincoln
President: Kevin Mather
General Manager: Jerry Dipoto
Manager: Scott Servais

Retired numbers

All-Star Games hosted (2)

1979
2001

American League
West Division titles (3)

Wild card berths (1)

2000

Minor league affiliates

Broadcasting

Television	Root Sports Northwest

Radio	ESPN-710 Seattle Mariners radio network affiliates

Broadcasters	Rick Rizzs Dave Sims Mike Blowers Aaron Goldsmith Julio Cruz (Spanish) Alex Rivera (Spanish)

Seasons (40)

1970s	1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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