1991 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Kingdome
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Jeff Smulyan
General managers	Woody Woodward
Managers	Jim Lefebvre
Television	KSTW-TV 11 ( Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson) KIRO-TV 7 ( Greg Gumbel, Joe Simpson)
Radio	KIRO 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, ^[1] as the Mariners finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 83–79 (.512). ^[2] Home attendance at the Kingdome was the highest to date, exceeding 2.1 million. ^[3]

After the season, the contract of third-year manager Jim Lefebvre was not renewed despite his performance, ^{[4] [5]} and he was succeeded by third-base coach Bill Plummer in 1992. ^{[6] [7]}

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. ^[8]

Regular season

• July 18: Ken Griffey Jr. and Omar Vizquel each had five hits in one game at Milwaukee. ^{[9] [10]}
• September 30: Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers struck out Tino Martinez of the M's for the 5,500th strikeout in his career. ^{[11] [12]} Griffey, age 21, became the youngest player in 35 years to reach 100 RBI in a season. ^[11]
• 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

v t e 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 record v t e 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: 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. ^[13]
• June 22: Randy Kramer was signed as a free agent by the Mariners. ^[14]

Roster

1991 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 15 Scott Bankhead 34 Dave Burba 32 Keith Comstock 55 Rich DeLucia 56 Dave Fleming 39 Erik Hanson 47 Gene Harris 36 Brian Holman 38 Mike Jackson 51 Randy Johnson 52 Calvin Jones 44 Bill Krueger 46 Rob Murphy 23 Pat Rice 40 Mike Schooler 37 Russ Swan 18 Bill Swift		Catchers  9 Scott Bradley 45 Chris Howard 17 Matt Sinatro 10 Dave Valle Infielders  8 Rich Amaral 21 Alvin Davis 11 Edgar Martínez 14 Tino Martinez 12 Pete O'Brien  4 Harold Reynolds  2 Jeff Schaefer 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders  1 Greg Briley 19 Jay Buhner 43 Dave Cochrane 28 Henry Cotto 30 Ken Griffey 24 Ken Griffey Jr. 25 Tracy Jones 26 Patrick Lennon  7 Alonzo Powell		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)

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

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

Source: ^[15]

References

External links

• 1991 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
• 1991 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com