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 won 19 fewer games, 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 AL 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 retain manager Jim Lefebvre and pitching coach Mike Paul. October 29: Third base coach Bill Plummer was promoted to manager. December 11: Pitchers Bill Swift, Mike Jackson, and Dave Burba were traded to the San Francisco Giants for outfielder Kevin Mitchell and pitcher Mike Remlinger. January 27: Mark Grant signed as a minor league free agent with the Mariners. February 19, 1992: Shane Turner signed as a free agent with the Mariners. March 9: John Moses signed as a free agent with the Mariners.John Moses page at Baseball Reference

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 from the Texas Rangers. August 22: The Mariners acquired pitcher Tim Leary and cash from the New York Yankees for minor leaguer Sean Twitty.

1992 roster 1992 Seattle Mariners Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (hitting) (bullpen) (first base) (third base) (bench) (pitching)

Player stats = Indicates team leader

= Indicates league 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 124 367 88 .240 9 30 1B Tino Martinez 136 460 118 .257 16 66 2B Harold Reynolds 140 458 113 .247 3 33 3B Edgar Martínez 135 528 181 .343 18 73 SS Omar Vizquel 136 483 142 .294 0 21 LF Kevin Mitchell 99 360 103 .286 9 67 CF Ken Griffey Jr. 142 565 174 .308 27 103 RF Jay Buhner 152 543 132 .243 25 79 DH Pete O'Brien 134 396 88 .222 14 52

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 Henry Cotto 108 294 76 .259 5 27 Greg Briley 86 200 55 .275 5 12 Lance Parrish 69 192 45 .234 8 21 Dave Cochrane 65 152 38 .250 2 12 Bret Boone 33 129 25 .194 4 15 Rich Amaral 35 100 24 .240 1 7 Shane Turner 34 74 20 .270 0 5 Mike Blowers 31 73 14 .192 1 2 Jeff Schaefer 65 70 8 .114 1 3 Dann Howitt 13 37 10 .270 1 8 Matt Sinatro 18 28 3 .107 0 0 John Moses 21 22 3 .136 0 1 Bill Haselman 8 19 5 .263 0 0 Bert Heffernan 8 11 1 .091 0 1 Patrick Lennon 1 2 0 .000 0 0 Scott Bradley 2 1 0 .000 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 Dave Fleming 33 228.1 17 10 3.39 112 Randy Johnson 31 210.1 12 14 3.77 241 Erik Hanson 31 186.2 8 17 4.82 112 Tim Leary 8 44.0 3 4 4.91 12 Randy Kramer 4 16.1 0 1 7.71 6

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 Brian Fisher 22 91.1 4 3 4.53 26 Rich DeLucia 30 83.2 3 6 5.49 66 Mark Grant 23 81.0 2 4 3.89 42 Clay Parker 8 33.1 0 2 7.56 20 Mike Walker 5 14.2 0 3 7.36 5

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 Mike Schooler 53 2 7 13 4.70 33 Jeff Nelson 66 1 7 6 3.44 46 Russ Swan 55 3 10 9 4.74 45 Dennis Powell 49 4 2 0 4.58 35 Calvin Jones 38 3 5 0 5.69 49 Jim Acker 17 0 0 0 5.28 11 Juan Agosto 17 0 0 0 5.89 12 Shawn Barton 14 0 1 0 2.92 4 Eric Gunderson 9 2 1 0 8.68 2 Kerry Woodson 8 0 1 0 3.29 6 Gene Harris 8 0 0 0 7.00 6 Dave Schmidt 3 0 0 0 18.90 1 Kevin Brown 2 0 0 0 9.00 2

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

League Champions: PeninsulaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1992 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference 1992 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Almanac