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Major League Baseball team season
1991 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place5th
OwnersJeff Smulyan
General managersWoody Woodward
ManagersJim Lefebvre
TelevisionKSTW-TV 11
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
KIRO-TV 7
(Greg Gumbel, Joe Simpson)
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
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The 1991 Seattle Mariners season was the 15th since the franchise's creation. It was the first winning season in franchise history, as the Mariners finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 83–79 (.512). Home attendance at the Kingdome was the highest to date, exceeding 2.1 million.

After the season, the contract of third-year manager Jim Lefebvre was not renewed despite his performance, and he was succeeded by third-base coach Bill Plummer in 1992.

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

Offseason

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

Regular season

  • July 18: Ken Griffey Jr. and Omar Vizquel each had five hits in one game at Milwaukee.
  • September 30: Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers struck out Tino Martinez of the M's for the 5,500th strikeout in his career. Griffey, age 21, became the youngest player in 35 years to reach 100 RBI in a season.
  • October 4, The Mariners won their 82nd game over the Chicago White Sox, to finish with their first winning season in franchise history.

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 95 67 .586 — 51‍–‍30 44‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 87 75 .537 8 46‍–‍35 41‍–‍40
Texas Rangers 85 77 .525 10 46‍–‍35 39‍–‍42
Oakland Athletics 84 78 .519 11 47‍–‍34 37‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners 83 79 .512 12 45‍–‍36 38‍–‍43
Kansas City Royals 82 80 .506 13 40‍–‍41 42‍–‍39
California Angels 81 81 .500 14 40‍–‍41 41‍–‍40

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League record
Sources:
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: The Mariners traded cash and a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Mike Blowers; Jim Blueberg (minors) was sent to the Yankees on June 22.
  • June 22: Randy Kramer was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.

Roster

1991 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1991 regular season game log: 83–79 (Home: 45–36; Away: 38–43)
April: 10–11 (Home: 6–3; Away: 4–8)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
May: 15–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–5)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
June: 14–13 (Home: 6–4; Away: 8–9)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
July: 15–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–5)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
August: 13–15 (Home: 10–6; Away: 3–9)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
September: 12–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 7–7)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
October: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–0)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Mariners team member

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
Dave Cochrane 65 178 44 .247 2 22
Henry Cotto 66 177 54 .305 6 23
Tracy Jones 79 175 44 .251 3 24
Scott Bradley 83 172 35 .203 0 11
Jeff Schaefer 84 164 41 .250 1 11
Tino Martinez 36 112 23 .205 4 9
Alonzo Powell 57 111 24 .216 3 12
Ken Griffey Sr. 30 85 24 .282 1 9
Rich Amaral 14 16 1 .063 0 0
Patrick Lennon 9 8 1 .125 0 1
Matt Sinatro 5 8 2 .250 0 1
Chris Howard 9 6 1 .167 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
Randy Johnson 33 201.1 13 10 3.98 228
Brian Holman 30 195.1 13 14 3.69 108
Rich DeLucia 32 182.0 12 13 5.09 98
Bill Krueger 35 175.0 11 8 3.60 91
Erik Hanson 27 174.2 8 8 3.81 143

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
Scott Bankhead 17 60.2 3 6 4.90 28
Pat Rice 7 21.0 1 1 3.00 12
Dave Fleming 9 17.2 1 0 6.62 11

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
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
Calvin Jones 27 2 2 2 2.53 42
Dave Burba 22 2 2 1 3.68 16
Gene Harris 8 0 0 1 4.05 6
Keith Comstock 1 0 0 0 54.00 0

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:

References

  1. "Lefebvre's happy but job unsure". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. October 8, 1991. p. C2.
  2. "Major League standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 7, 1991. p. 5D.
  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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