# 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 West with a record of 64–98 (.395).
After a then franchise-best 83 wins the previous season, the Mariners finished with nineteen fewer, the largest one-year decline in team history. The team ownership was transferred in July from Jeff Smulyan to Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, and first-year manager Bill Plummer was fired after the season, succeeded by Lou Piniella in November for 1993.
Lefthanded starter 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 American League batting titles. He hit .388 in July and .395 in August and was the league's 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, 1991: Third base coach Bill Plummer was promoted to manager.
* December 11, 1991: 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, 1992: John Moses was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Minnesota Twins | 90 | 72 | .556 | 6 | 48‍–‍33 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Chicago White Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 10 | 50‍–‍32 | 36‍–‍44 |
| Texas Rangers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 19 | 36‍–‍45 | 41‍–‍40 |
| California Angels | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 | 41‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Kansas City Royals | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 | 44‍–‍37 | 28‍–‍53 |
| Seattle Mariners | 64 | 98 | .395 | 32 | 38‍–‍43 | 26‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1992 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 |
| Boston | 5–8 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 |
| California | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 2–11 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–3 | — | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| Cleveland | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 |
| Detroit | 3–10 | 9–4 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 8–5 | — | 7–5 | 5–8 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 5–8 |
| Kansas City | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | — | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
| Milwaukee | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–5 |
| Minnesota | 6–6 | 9–3 | 11–2 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
| New York | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 2–11 |
| Oakland | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | — | 12–1 | 9–4 | 6–6 |
| Seattle | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 9–4 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 1–12 | — | 4–9 | 4–8 |
| Texas | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 9–4 | — | 3–9 |
| Toronto | 8–5 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 11–2 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 9–3 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 4: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.
* May 29: Mario Díaz was released by the Mariners.
* May 29: Bill Haselman was selected off waivers by the Mariners from the Texas Rangers.
* August 22: Sean Twitty (minors) was traded by the Mariners to the New York Yankees for Tim Leary and cash.

### Roster
## 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 | 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 leader, Strikeouts
* Edgar Martínez, Major League leader, Batting average

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Calgary Cannons | Pacific Coast League | Keith Bodie |
| AA | Jacksonville Suns | Southern League | Bob Hartsfield |
| A | San Bernardino Spirit | California League | Iván DeJesús |
| A | Peninsula Pilots | Carolina League | Marc Hill |
| A-Short Season | Bellingham Mariners | Northwest League | Dave Myers |
| Rookie | AZL Mariners | Arizona League | Carlos Lezcano |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Peninsula