1992 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1992 season was their 16th since the franchise creation, and finished seventh (last) in the American League West with a record of 64–98 (.395).[1][2]

1992 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place7th
Other information
Owner(s)Jeff Smulyan, purchased by
Hiroshi Yamauchi in July
General manager(s)Woody Woodward
Manager(s)Bill Plummer
Local televisionKSTW-TV 11
Local radioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Ken Levine,
Billy Sample)
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After a franchise-best 83 wins the previous season, the Mariners finished with nineteen less, the largest one-year decline in team history.[3] Ownership changed in July,[4][5][6][7] and first-year manager Bill Plummer was fired after the season,[8][9] succeeded by Lou Piniella in November for 1993.[10][11]

Lefthanded starter Randy Johnson won the first of four consecutive strikeout titles with 241.[12] In his third full season in the majors, 29-year-old third baseman Edgar Martínez batted .343 to lead the majors and win the first of his two American League batting titles.[13] He hit .388 in July and .395 in August and was the league's player of the month for both.[2]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9666 0.593 — 51–30 45–36
Minnesota Twins 9072 0.556 6 48–33 42–39
Chicago White Sox 8676 0.531 10 50–32 36–44
Texas Rangers 7785 0.475 19 36–45 41–40
California Angels 7290 0.444 24 41–40 31–50
Kansas City Royals 7290 0.444 24 44–37 28–53
Seattle Mariners 6498 0.395 32 38–43 26–55

Record vs. opponents
1992 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–58–46–67–610–38–46–76–65–86–67–57–55–8
Boston 5–8—8–46–66–74–97–55–83–97–65–76–64–87–6
California 4–84–8—3–106–67–58–55–72–117–55–87–69–45–7
Chicago 6–66–610–3—7–510–27–65–78–58–45–84–95–85–7
Cleveland 6–77–66–65–7—5–85–75–86–67–66–67–55–76–7
Detroit 3–109–45–72–108–5—7–55–83–95–86–69–38–45–8
Kansas City 4–85–75–86–77–55–7—7–56–75–74–97–66–75–7
Milwaukee 7–68–57–57–58–58–55–7—6–66–77–58–47–58–5
Minnesota 6–69–311–25–86–69–37–66–6—7–55–88–56–75–7
New York 8–56–75–74–86–78–57–57–65–7—6–66–66–62–11
Oakland 6–67–58–58–56–66–69–45–78–56–6—12–19–46–6
Seattle 5–76–66–79–45–73–96–74–85–86–61–12—4–94–8
Texas 5–78–44–98–57–54–87–65–77–66–64–99–4—3–9
Toronto 8–56–77–57–57–68–57–55–87–511–26–68–49–3—

Notable transactions
  • April 4: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[17]
  • May 29: Mario Díaz was released by the Mariners.[17]
  • May 29: Bill Haselman was selected off waivers by the Mariners from the Texas Rangers.[18]
  • August 22: Sean Twitty (minors) was traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for Tim Leary and cash.[19]

Roster
1992 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers
  • 50 Mark Grant
  • 54 Tim Leary
  • 40 Jeff Nelson
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
 Manager

Coaches

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
CDave Valle12436788.240930
1BTino Martinez136460118.2571666
2BHarold Reynolds140458113.247333
3BEdgar Martínez135528181.3431873
SSOmar Vizquel136483142.294021
LFKevin Mitchell99360103.286967
CFKen Griffey, Jr.142565174.30827103
RFJay Buhner152543132.2432579
DHPete O'Brien13439688.2221452

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Henry Cotto10829476.259527
Shane Turner347420.27005
Jeff Schaefer65708.11413
John Moses21223.13601
Bill Haselman8195.26300

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Fleming33228⅓17103.39112
Randy Johnson31210⅓12143.77241
Erik Hanson31186⅔8174.82112
Tim Leary844344.9112

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Keith Bodie
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Bob Hartsfield
A San Bernardino Spirit California League Iván DeJesús
A Peninsula Pilots Carolina League Marc Hill
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Dave Myers
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Carlos Lezcano

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Peninsula[20]

References
  1. "Baseball: American League". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (standings). October 5, 1992. p. C4.
  2. LaRue, Larry (October 6, 1992). "M's had their highs and lows". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). McClatchy News Service. p. C3.
  3. Cour, Jim (October 5, 1992). "M's beat McDowell in season finale". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C3.
  4. Carson, Rob (June 12, 1992). "M's still financial concern". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). McClatchy News Service. p. C1.
  5. "Mariners' sale gains approval of the owners". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 12, 1992. p. 1C.
  6. "M's owners expect city to produce". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 13, 1992. p. C2.
  7. "Mariners have new owner as sale completed". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 2, 1992. p. C3.
  8. "New owners figure one year is enough". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 14, 1992. p. 1B.
  9. "Plummer, all coaches fired by M's". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 14, 1992. p. C1.
  10. Finnigan, Bob (November 10, 1992). "Piniella takes Mariners' helm". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Seattle Times). p. C1.
  11. "Piniella assumes Mariners' helm". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 10, 1992. p. 3F.
  12. "The Ballplayers - Randy Johnson | BaseballLibrary.com". Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  13. "Martinez wins first batting title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 5, 1992. p. C1.
  14. Kevin Mitchell page at Baseball Reference
  15. Shane Turner page at Baseball Reference
  16. John Moses page at Baseball Reference
  17. "Mario Diaz Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  18. Bill Haselman page at Baseball Reference
  19. Tim Leary page at Baseball Reference
  20. 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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