1992 Seattle Mariners season

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 .

After a then franchise-best 83 wins the previous season, the Mariners finished with nineteen fewer, the largest one-year decline in team history. Owner Jeff Smulyan sold the team in July to Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi. First-year manager Bill Plummer was fired after the season, succeeded by Lou Piniella in November.

Starting pitcher Randy Johnson won the first of four consecutive strikeout titles with 241. 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. 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 bring back manager Jim Lefebvre, along with pitching coach Mike Paul for the 1992 season.
• October 29: Third base coach Bill Plummer was promoted to manager.
• December 11: Pitchers Bill Swift, Mike Jackson, and Dave Burba were traded by the Mariners to the San Francisco Giants for Kevin Mitchell and Mike Remlinger.
• February 19, 1992: Shane Turner was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.
• March 9: John Moses was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• April 4, 1992: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.
• May 29: Díaz was released by the Mariners.
• May 29: Bill Haselman was selected off waivers by the Mariners from the Texas Rangers.
• August 22: The Mariners acquired pitcher Tim Leary and cash from the New York Yankees for minor leaguer Sean Twitty.

Roster

Player stats

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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.

Farm system

<small>League Champions: Peninsula</small>

References

External links

• 1992 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
• 1992 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Almanac