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1991 Seattle Mariners season

Field	Value
name	Seattle Mariners
season	1991
<!--	logo	SeattleMariners 100.png --
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Kingdome
city	Seattle, Washington
record
divisional_place	5th
owners	Jeff Smulyan
general_managers	Woody Woodward
managers	Jim Lefebvre
television	KSTW-TV 11
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
KIRO-TV 7
(Greg Gumbel, Joe Simpson)
radio	KIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)

(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson) KIRO-TV 7 (Greg Gumbel, Joe Simpson) (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson) |}} The 1991 Seattle Mariners season was the 15th since the franchise's creation. It was the first winning season in franchise history, as the Mariners finished fifth in the American League West with a record of . Home attendance at the Kingdome was the highest to date, exceeding 2.1 million.

After the season, the contract of third-year manager Jim Lefebvre was not renewed despite his performance, and he was succeeded by third-base coach Bill Plummer in 1992.

This was the last full season under the ownership of Jeff Smulyan; the club was sold the following July.

Offseason

November 25, 1990: Rich Amaral was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.

Regular season

July 18: Ken Griffey Jr. and Omar Vizquel each had five hits in one game at Milwaukee.
September 30: Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers struck out Tino Martinez of the M's for the 5,500th strikeout in his career. Griffey, age 21, became the youngest player in 35 years to reach 100 RBI in a season.
October 4, The Mariners won their 82nd game over the Chicago White Sox, to finish with their first winning season in franchise history.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 17: The Mariners traded cash and a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Mike Blowers; Jim Blueberg (minors) was sent to the Yankees on June 22.
June 22: Randy Kramer was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.

Roster

1991 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

Regular season

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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Mariners team member

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
Dave Cochrane	65	178	44	.247	2	22
Henry Cotto	66	177	54	.305	6	23
Tracy Jones	79	175	44	.251	3	24
Scott Bradley	83	172	35	.203	0	11
Jeff Schaefer	84	164	41	.250	1	11
Tino Martinez	36	112	23	.205	4	9
Alonzo Powell	57	111	24	.216	3	12
Ken Griffey Sr.	30	85	24	.282	1	9
Rich Amaral	14	16	1	.063	0	0
Patrick Lennon	9	8	1	.125	0	1
Matt Sinatro	5	8	2	.250	0	1
Chris Howard	9	6	1	.167	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	33	201.1	13	10	3.98	228
Brian Holman	30	195.1	13	14	3.69	108
Rich DeLucia	32	182.0	12	13	5.09	98
Bill Krueger	35	175.0	11	8	3.60	91
Erik Hanson	27	174.2	8	8	3.81	143

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
Scott Bankhead	17	60.2	3	6	4.90	28
Pat Rice	7	21.0	1	1	3.00	12
Dave Fleming	9	17.2	1	0	6.62	11

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
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
Calvin Jones	27	2	2	2	2.53	42
Dave Burba	22	2	2	1	3.68	16
Gene Harris	8	0	0	1	4.05	6
Keith Comstock	1	0	0	0	54.00	0

Awards and honors

Harold Reynolds, second baseman, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

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References

(October 8, 1991). "Lefebvre's happy but job unsure". Spokane Chronicle.
(October 7, 1991). "Major League standings". Eugene Register-Guard.
(October 7, 1991). "Mariners lose final; Lefebvre awaits destiny". Spokane Chronicle.
LaRue, Larry. (October 1, 1991). "There will be few tears when Lefebvre leaves". Spokane Chronicle.
LaRue, Larry. (October 11, 1991). "Lefebvre gone as M's skipper". Spokane Chronicle.
LaRue, Larry. (October 29, 1991). "Plummer named Mariners skipper". Spokane Chronicle.
(October 30, 1991). "Mariners, Yanks name managers". Eugene Register-Guard.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amarari01.shtml Rich Amaral page at Baseball Reference]
LaRue, Larry. (July 19, 1991). "My, oh my! M's go wild in 12-0 rout". Spokane Chronicle.
(July 19, 1991). "Mariners wallop Milwaukee 12-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
(October 1, 1991). "Mariners split with Texas; Griffey gets 100th RBI". Spokane Chronicle.
"The Nolan Ryan Express {{!}} The Strikeout King".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blowemi01.shtml Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kramera01.shtml Randy Kramer page at Baseball Reference]
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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