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1993 Seattle Mariners season

Field	Value
name	Seattle Mariners
season	1993
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Kingdome
city	Seattle, Washington
record
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)

(represented by John Ellis) (Dave Niehaus, Ken Levine, Chip Caray, Ron Fairly) |}} 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 . 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.

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.
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.
November 28, 1992: David Ortiz was signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.
December 23, 1992: Mackey Sasser was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.
February 2, 1993: Henry Cotto was signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.
March 16, 1993: Mike Schooler was released by the Seattle Mariners.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 14, 1993: Randy St. Claire was signed as a free agent with the Mariners.
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.
June 27, 1993: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent.
June 27, 1993: Henry Cotto was traded with Jeff Darwin to the Florida Marlins for Dave Magadan.
July 21, 1993: Pete O'Brien was released to make room on the roster for Edgar Martínez.
August 5, 1993: Randy St. Claire was released by the Mariners.

Roster

1993 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers

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	Bret 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
	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

Farm system

References

"The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson | baseballbiography.com".
"John Moses Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mitchke01.shtml Kevin Mitchell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortizda01.shtml David Ortiz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
"Mackey Sasser Stats".
"Henry Cotto Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schoomi01.shtml Mike Schooler Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
"Randy St. Claire Stats".
"Matt Wise: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference.
"Dale Sveum Stats".
(July 22, 1993). "O'Brien takes bad news in stride". Spokesman-Review.
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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