1992 Seattle Mariners season

March 2026 November 2013 Seattle Mariners 1992 American League West 64 98 y 7th Kingdome Seattle, Washington Jeff Smulyan, purchased byHiroshi Yamauchi in July Woody Woodward Bill Plummer KSTW-TV 11 KIRO 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Ken Levine,Billy Sample) The 1992 Seattle Mariners season was their 16th since the franchise creation. The team finished seventh (last) in the American League (AL) West with a record of 64 98 y.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jlxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5947%2C4283291 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Baseball: American League (standings) October 5, 1992 C4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j1xWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6569%2C4502455 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington LaRue Larry McClatchy News Service M's had their highs and lows October 6, 1992 C3 After a then franchise-best 83 wins the previous season, the Mariners won 19 fewer games, the largest one-year decline in team history.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jlxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6890%2C4280799 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Cour Jim M's beat McDowell in season finale October 5, 1992 C3 Owner Jeff Smulyan sold the team in July to Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z1xWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6452%2C800094 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington McClatchy News Service Carson Rob M's still financial concern June 12, 1992 C1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eUJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2311%2C2422652 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Mariners' sale gains approval of the owners June 12, 1992 1Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0FxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4590%2C1207552 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press M's owners expect city to produce June 13, 1992 C2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SLkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2481%2C809038 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Mariners have new owner as sale completed July 2, 1992 C3 First-year manager Bill Plummer was fired after the season,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p7ReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5449%2C3805208 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press New owners figure one year is enough October 14, 1992 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HExXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6392%2C3263349 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Plummer, all coaches fired by M's October 14, 1992 C1 succeeded by Lou Piniella in November.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FNVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6247%2C9142733 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington (Seattle Times) Finnigan Bob Piniella takes Mariners' helm November 10, 1992 C1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4kFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fuoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6721%2C2278935 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Piniella assumes Mariners' helm November 10, 1992 3F Starting pitcher Randy Johnson won the first of four consecutive AL strikeout titles with 241.https://baseballbiography.com/randy-johnson-1963 Randy Johnson | baseballbiography.com July 19, 2008 mdy-all 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 AL batting titles.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jlxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4943%2C4270176 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Martinez wins first batting title October 5, 1992 C1 He hit .388 in July and .395 in August and was the AL Player of the Month for both. Offseason October 11, 1991: The Mariners decided not to retain manager Jim Lefebvre and pitching coach Mike Paul.Sherwin Bob October 11, 1991 M's End Lefebvre's Reign -- Team Silent About Why Manager, Coach Fired https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19911011/1310266/ms-end-lefebvres-reign----team-silent-about-why-manager-coach-fired 2026-03-13 The Seattle Times October 29: Third base coach Bill Plummer was promoted to manager.1991-10-30 Third-base coach Plummer named manager of Mariners https://www.baltimoresun.com/1991/10/30/third-base-coach-plummer-named-manager-of-mariners/ 2026-04-16 Baltimore Sun en-US December 11: Pitchers Bill Swift, Mike Jackson, and Dave Burba were traded to the San Francisco Giants for outfielder Kevin Mitchell and pitcher Mike Remlinger.Judd Ron M's Trade For Kevin Mitchell -- Deal Sends Swift, Jackson Burba To Giants https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19911211/1322302/ms-trade-for-kevin-mitchell----deal-sends-swift-jackson-burba-to-giants 2026-03-13 The Seattle TimesKevin Mitchell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mitchke01.shtml 2026-03-13 Baseball-Reference.com en January 27: Mark Grant signed as a minor league free agent with the Mariners.Trade Pays Off For Pitcher Swift -- Former Mariner Gets $7.95 Million In S.F. https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920128/1472552/trade-pays-off-for-pitcher-swift----former-mariner-gets-795-million-in-sf 2026-04-16 The Seattle Times February 19, 1992: Shane Turner signed as a free agent with the Mariners.Shane Turner Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/turnesh01.shtml 2026-04-16 Baseball-Reference.com en March 9: John Moses signed as a free agent with the Mariners.John Moses page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Seattle Mariners Record vs. opponents SEA Notable transactions April 4, 1992: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent by the Mariners. May 29: Díaz was released by the Mariners.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml Mario Diaz Statistics and History Baseball Reference June 14, 2012 May 29: Bill Haselman was selected off waivers from the Texas Rangers.Bill Haselman Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haselbi01.shtml Baseball Reference August 22: The Mariners acquired pitcher Tim Leary and cash from the New York Yankees for minor leaguer Sean Twitty.Tim Leary Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/learyti01.shtml Baseball Reference 1992 roster 1992 Seattle Mariners Roster Pitchers 34 Jim Acker 47 Juan Agosto 53 Shawn Barton 15 Kevin Brown 55 Rich DeLucia 46 Brian Fisher 35 Dave Fleming 50 Mark Grant 31 Eric Gunderson 39 Erik Hanson 47 Gene Harris 51 Randy Johnson 52 Calvin Jones 54 Randy Kramer 54 Tim Leary 40 Jeff Nelson 32 Clay Parker 48 Dennis Powell 20 Dave Schmidt 29 Mike Schooler 37 Russ Swan 44 Mike Walker 42 Kerry Woodson Catchers 6,9 Scott Bradley 15 Bill Haselman  6 Bert Heffernan  3 Lance Parrish 17 Matt Sinatro 10 Dave Valle Infielders  8 Rich Amaral 38 Mike Blowers 34 Bret Boone 33 Patrick Lennon 11 Edgar Martínez 23 Tino Martinez 12 Pete O'Brien  4 Harold Reynolds  2 Jeff Schaefer 20 Shane Turner 13 Omar Vizquel Outfielders  1 Greg Briley 19 Jay Buhner 43 Dave Cochrane 28 Henry Cotto 24 Ken Griffey Jr. 44 Dann Howitt 17,7 Kevin Mitchell  6 John Moses Manager  9 Bill Plummer Coaches 16 Gene Clines (hitting) 25 Roger Hansen (bullpen) 22 Rusty Kuntz (first base) 14 Marty Martínez (third base)  5 Russ Nixon (bench) 49 Dan Warthen (pitching) Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league 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 124 367 88 .240 9 30 1B Tino Martinez 136 460 118 .257 16 66 2B Harold Reynolds 140 458 113 .247 3 33 3B Edgar Martínez 135 528 181 .343 18 73 SS Omar Vizquel 136 483 142 .294 0 21 LF Kevin Mitchell 99 360 103 .286 9 67 CF Ken Griffey Jr. 142 565 174 .308 27 103 RF Jay Buhner 152 543 132 .243 25 79 DH Pete O'Brien 134 396 88 .222 14 52 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 Henry Cotto 108 294 76 .259 5 27 Greg Briley 86 200 55 .275 5 12 Lance Parrish 69 192 45 .234 8 21 Dave Cochrane 65 152 38 .250 2 12 Bret Boone 33 129 25 .194 4 15 Rich Amaral 35 100 24 .240 1 7 Shane Turner 34 74 20 .270 0 5 Mike Blowers 31 73 14 .192 1 2 Jeff Schaefer 65 70 8 .114 1 3 Dann Howitt 13 37 10 .270 1 8 Matt Sinatro 18 28 3 .107 0 0 John Moses 21 22 3 .136 0 1 Bill Haselman 8 19 5 .263 0 0 Bert Heffernan 8 11 1 .091 0 1 Patrick Lennon 1 2 0 .000 0 0 Scott Bradley 2 1 0 .000 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 Dave Fleming 33 228.1 17 10 3.39 112 Randy Johnson 31 210.1 12 14 3.77 241 Erik Hanson 31 186.2 8 17 4.82 112 Tim Leary 8 44.0 3 4 4.91 12 Randy Kramer 4 16.1 0 1 7.71 6 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 Brian Fisher 22 91.1 4 3 4.53 26 Rich DeLucia 30 83.2 3 6 5.49 66 Mark Grant 23 81.0 2 4 3.89 42 Clay Parker 8 33.1 0 2 7.56 20 Mike Walker 5 14.2 0 3 7.36 5 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 Mike Schooler 53 2 7 13 4.70 33 Jeff Nelson 66 1 7 6 3.44 46 Russ Swan 55 3 10 9 4.74 45 Dennis Powell 49 4 2 0 4.58 35 Calvin Jones 38 3 5 0 5.69 49 Jim Acker 17 0 0 0 5.28 11 Juan Agosto 17 0 0 0 5.89 12 Shawn Barton 14 0 1 0 2.92 4 Eric Gunderson 9 2 1 0 8.68 2 Kerry Woodson 8 0 1 0 3.29 6 Gene Harris 8 0 0 0 7.00 6 Dave Schmidt 3 0 0 0 18.90 1 Kevin Brown 2 0 0 0 9.00 2 Awards and honors Randy Johnson, American League strikeouts leader Edgar Martínez, MLB batting average champion Martínez and Ken Griffey Jr. were selected to the MLB All-Star Game. Martínez won a Silver Slugger Award and Griffey won a Gold Glove Award.1992 Seattle Mariners Statistics https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1992.shtml 2026-03-13 Baseball Reference Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 LezcanoLeague Champions: PeninsulaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1992 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference 1992 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Almanac Category:Seattle Mariners seasons Seattle Mariners season Seattle Marin