1991 Seattle Mariners season

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1991 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Jeff Smulyan
General manager(s) Woody Woodward
Manager(s) Jim Lefebvre
Local television KSTW-TV 11
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson)
KIRO-TV 7
(Greg Gumbel, Joe Simpson)
Local radio KIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson)
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The Seattle Mariners 1991 season was their 15th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 5th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 83-79. It was the first above-.500 season in franchise history.

Offseason

  • November 25, 1990: Rich Amaral was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 95 67 0.586 51–30 44–37
Chicago White Sox 87 75 0.537 8 46–35 41–40
Texas Rangers 85 77 0.525 10 46–35 39–42
Oakland Athletics 84 78 0.519 11 47–34 37–44
Seattle Mariners 83 79 0.512 12 45–36 38–43
Kansas City Royals 82 80 0.506 13 40–41 42–39
California Angels 81 81 0.500 14 40–41 41–40


Record vs. opponents

1991 American League Records

Sources:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 8–5 6–6 4–8 7–6 5–8 4–8 3–10 4–8 5–8 3–9 4–8 9–3 5–8
Boston 5–8 4–8 7–5 9–4 5–8 7–5 7–6 3–9 6–7 8–4 9–3 5–7 9–4
California 6–6 8–4 8–5 7–5 5–7 9–4 6–6 8–5 6–6 1–12 6–7 5–8 6–6
Chicago 8–4 5–7 5–8 6–6 4–8 7–6 7–5 8–5 8–4 7–6 7–6 8–5 7–5
Cleveland 6–7 4–9 5–7 6–6 7–6 4–8 5–8 2–10 6–7 5–7 2–10 4–8 1–12
Detroit 8–5 8–5 7–5 8–4 6–7 8–4 4–9 4–8 8–5 4–8 8–4 6–6 5–8
Kansas City 8–4 5–7 4–9 6–7 8–4 4–8 9–3 6–7 7–5 6–7 7–6 7–6 5–7
Milwaukee 10–3 6–7 6–6 5–7 8–5 9–4 3–9 6–6 6–7 8–4 3–9 7–5 6–7
Minnesota 8–4 9–3 5–8 5–8 10–2 8–4 7–6 6–6 10–2 8–5 9–4 6–7 4–8
New York 8–5 7–6 6–6 4–8 7–6 5–8 5–7 7–6 2–10 6–6 3–9 5–7 6–7
Oakland 9–3 4–8 12–1 6–7 7–5 8–4 7–6 4–8 5–8 6–6 6–7 4–9 6–6
Seattle 8–4 3–9 7–6 6–7 10–2 4–8 6–7 9–3 4–9 9–3 7–6 5–8 5–7
Texas 3–9 7–5 8–5 5–8 8–4 6–6 6–7 5–7 7–6 7–5 9–4 8–5 6–6
Toronto 8–5 4–9 6–6 5–7 12–1 8–5 7–5 7–6 8–4 7–6 6–6 7–5 6–6


Notable transactions

  • May 17, 1991: The Seattle Mariners traded cash and a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Mike Blowers. The Mariners completed the deal by sending Jim Blueberg (minors) to the Yankees on June 22.[3]
  • June 22, 1991: Randy Kramer was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[4]

Roster

1991 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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
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
Jeff Schaefer 84 164 41 .250 1 11
Rich Amaral 14 16 1 .063 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Randy Johnson 33 201⅓ 13 10 3.98 228
Rich DeLucia 32 182 12 13 5.09 98
Brian Holman 30 195⅓ 13 14 3.69 108
Erik Hanson 27 174⅔ 8 8 3.81 143
Bill Krueger 35 175 11 8 3.60 91
Scott Bankhead 17 60⅔ 3 6 4.90 28

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

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

Awards and honors

Farm system

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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

[5]

References

  1. Rich Amaral page at Baseball Reference
  2. The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan
  3. Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
  4. Randy Kramer page at Baseball Reference
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links


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