1991 Seattle Mariners season

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1991 Seattle Mariners
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1977) Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (since 1977) Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
1991 information
Owner(s)	Jeff Smulyan
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.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
5 Farm system
6 References
7 External links

Offseason

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

Regular season

July 18, 1991: Ken Griffey, Jr. had 5 hits in one game versus the Milwaukee Brewers.
September 30, 1991: Nolan Ryan struck out Tino Martinez of the Mariners for the 5500th strikeout in his career.^[2]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Away
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

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

5 Jim Lefebvre

Coaches

6 Ron Clark (bench)
16 Gene Clines (hitting)
22 Rusty Kuntz (first base)
20 Mike Paul (pitching)
3 Bill Plummer (third base)
49 Dan Warthen (bullpen)

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

Harold Reynolds, Second Baseman, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

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
Short-Season A	Bellingham Mariners	Northwest League	Dave Myers
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Myron Pines

References

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

External links

v · d · e1991 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore · Boston · Cleveland · Detroit · Milwaukee · New York · Toronto

AL West	California · Chicago · Kansas City · Minnesota · Oakland · Seattle · Texas

NL East	Chicago · Montréal · New York · Philadelphia · Pittsburgh · St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta · Cincinnati · Houston · Los Angeles · San Diego · San Francisco

1991 Major League Baseball Draft · 1991 All-Star Game · 1991 World Series

Seattle Mariners

Based in Seattle, Washington

The Franchise

History • Expansion Draft • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Managers • General Managers and Owners • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks • Broadcasters • Opening Day starting pitchers • Opening Day starting lineups • Minor league affiliates • Uniform promotion games • Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame

Ballparks

Kingdome • Safeco Field
Spring Training: Tempe Diablo Stadium • Peoria Sports Complex

Culture

Mariner Moose • The Double • "Refuse to Lose" • Tuba Man • Dave Niehaus • Rally fries • 1995 AL West tie-breaker • Turn Ahead the Clock • 116 Wins • 1995 ALDS • 2000 ALDS • 2001 ALDS

Key Personnel

Owner: Nintendo of America, represented by Howard Lincoln • General Manager: Jack Zduriencik • Manager: Eric Wedge

Retired Numbers

All-Star Games Hosted (2)

1979 • 2001

American League
Western Division Titles (3)

1995 • 1997 • 2001

Wild Card Berths (1)

2000

Minor League Affiliates

Tacoma Rainiers (AAA) • Jackson Generals (AA) • High Desert Mavericks (A) • Everett AquaSox (A) • Clinton LumberKings (A) • Pulaski Mariners (Rookie) • AZL Mariners (Rookie) • DSL Mariners (Rookie) • VSL Mariners (Rookie)

Broadcasting

Television	Root Sports Northwest

Radio	ESPN-710 • Seattle Mariners radio network affiliates

Broadcasters:	Rick Rizzs • Dave Sims • Mike Blowers • Julio Cruz (Spanish) • Alex Rivera (Spanish)

Seasons (35)

1970s	1977 • 1978 • 1979

1980s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

1990s	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

2010s	2010 • 2011 • 2012

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