1991 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1991 season was their 15th since the franchise creation, and finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 83–79 (.512).[1] It was the first winning season in franchise history.[2] Home attendance at the Kingdome was the highest to date, exceeding 2.1 million.[3]

1991 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Jeff Smulyan
General manager(s)Woody Woodward
Manager(s)Jim Lefebvre
Local televisionKSTW-TV 11
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
KIRO-TV 7
(Greg Gumbel, Joe Simpson)
Local radioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
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After the season, the contract of third-year manager Jim Lefebvre was not renewed,[4][5] and he was succeeded by third-base coach Bill Plummer in 1992.[6][7]

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

Offseason
  • November 25, 1990: Rich Amaral was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[8]

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9567 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
Chicago White Sox 8775 0.537 8 46–35 41–40
Texas Rangers 8577 0.525 10 46–35 39–42
Oakland Athletics 8478 0.519 11 47–34 37–44
Seattle Mariners 8379 0.512 12 45–36 38–43
Kansas City Royals 8280 0.506 13 40–41 42–39
California Angels 8181 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 —8–56–64–87–65–84–83–104–85–83–94–89–35–8
Boston 5–8—4–87–59–45–87–57–63–96–78–49–35–79–4
California 6–68–4—8–57–55–79–46–68–56–61–126–75–86–6
Chicago 8–45–75–8—6–64–87–67–58–58–47–67–68–57–5
Cleveland 6–74–95–76–6—7–64–85–82–106–75–72–104–81–12
Detroit 8–58–57–58–46–7—8–44–94–88–54–88–46–65–8
Kansas City 8–45–74–96–78–44–8—9–36–77–56–77–67–65–7
Milwaukee 10–36–76–65–78–59–43–9—6–66–78–43–97–56–7
Minnesota 8–49–35–85–810–28–47–66–6—10–28–59–46–74–8
New York 8–57–66–64–87–65–85–77–62–10—6–63–95–76–7
Oakland 9–34–812–16–77–58–47–64–85–86–6—6–74–96–6
Seattle 8–43–97–66–710–24–86–79–34–99–37–6—5–85–7
Texas 3–97–58–55–88–46–66–75–77–67–59–48–5—6–6
Toronto 8–54–96–65–712–18–57–57–68–47–66–67–56–6—

Notable transactions

Roster
1991 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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 Valle13232463.194832
1BPete O'Brien152560139.2481788
2BHarold Reynolds161631160.254357
3BEdgar Martínez150544167.3071452
SSOmar Vizquel14242698.230141
LFGreg Briley13938199.260226
CFKen Griffey, Jr.154548179.32722100
RFJay Buhner13740699.2442777
DHAlvin Davis145462102.2211269

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 Schaefer8416441.250111
Rich Amaral14161.06300

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Randy Johnson33201⅓13103.98228
Rich DeLucia3218212135.0998
Brian Holman30195⅓13143.69108
Erik Hanson27174⅔883.81143
Bill Krueger351751183.6091
Scott Bankhead1760⅔364.9028

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill Swift7112171.9948
Mike Jackson7277143.2574
Russ Swan636223.4333
Rob Murphy570143.0034
Mike Schooler343373.6731

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 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
Source:[15]

References
  1. "Major League standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 7, 1991. p. 5D.
  2. "Lefebvre's happy but job unsure". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. October 8, 1991. p. C2.
  3. "Mariners lose final; Lefebvre awaits destiny". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. October 7, 1991. p. D1.
  4. LaRue, Larry (October 1, 1991). "There will be few tears when Lefebvre leaves". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). McClatchy News Service. p. C1.
  5. LaRue, Larry (October 11, 1991). "Lefebvre gone as M's skipper". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). McClatchy News Service. p. C1.
  6. LaRue, Larry (October 29, 1991). "Plummer named Mariners skipper". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). McClatchy News Service. p. C1.
  7. "Mariners, Yanks name managers". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 30, 1991. p. 3B.
  8. Rich Amaral page at Baseball Reference
  9. LaRue, Larry (July 19, 1991). "My, oh my! M's go wild in 12-0 rout". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). McClatchy News Service. p. C1.
  10. "Mariners wallop Milwaukee 12-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. July 19, 1991. p. 3B.
  11. "Mariners split with Texas; Griffey gets 100th RBI". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. October 1, 1991. p. C4.
  12. "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  13. Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
  14. Randy Kramer page at Baseball Reference
  15. 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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