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1991 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place5th
OwnerJeff Smulyan
General managerWoody Woodward
ManagerJim Lefebvre
Average attendance26,517
TelevisionKSTW-TV 11
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
KIRO-TV 7
(Greg Gumbel, Joe Simpson)
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
← 1990
1992 →

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

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  • November 25, 1990: Rich Amaral was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[8]

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9567 .586 — 51‍–‍30 44‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 8775 .537 8 46‍–‍35 41‍–‍40
Texas Rangers 8577 .525 10 46‍–‍35 39‍–‍42
Oakland Athletics 8478 .519 11 47‍–‍34 37‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners 8379 .512 12 45‍–‍36 38‍–‍43
Kansas City Royals 8280 .506 13 40‍–‍41 42‍–‍39
California Angels 8181 .500 14 40‍–‍41 41‍–‍40

Record vs. opponents

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1991 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–56–64–87–65–84–83–104–85–83–94–89–35–8
Boston 5–8—4–87–59–45–87–57–63–96–78–49–35–79–4
California 6–68–4—8–57–55–79–46–68–56–61–126–75–86–6
Chicago 8–45–75–8—6–64–87–67–58–58–47–67–68–57–5
Cleveland 6–74–95–76–6—7–64–85–82–106–75–72–104–81–12
Detroit 8–58–57–58–46–7—8–44–94–88–54–88–46–65–8
Kansas City 8–45–74–96–78–44–8—9–36–77–56–77–67–65–7
Milwaukee 10–36–76–65–78–59–43–9—6–66–78–43–97–56–7
Minnesota 8–49–35–85–810–28–47–66–6—10–28–59–46–74–8
New York 8–57–66–64–87–65–85–77–62–10—6–63–95–76–7
Oakland 9–34–812–16–77–58–47–64–85–86–6—6–74–96–6
Seattle 8–43–97–66–710–24–86–79–34–99–37–6—5–85–7
Texas 3–97–58–55–88–46–66–75–77–67–59–48–5—6–6
Toronto 8–54–96–65–712–18–57–57–68–47–66–67–56–6—

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1991 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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1991 regular season game log: 83–79 (Home: 45–36; Away: 38–43)
April: 10–11 (Home: 6–3; Away: 4–8)
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May: 15–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–5)
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June: 14–13 (Home: 6–4; Away: 8–9)
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July: 15–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–5)
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August: 13–15 (Home: 10–6; Away: 3–9)
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September: 12–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 7–7)
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October: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–0)
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Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Mariners team member

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CDave Valle13232463.194832
1BPete O'Brien152560139.2481788
2BHarold Reynolds161631160.254357
3BEdgar Martínez150544167.3071452
SSOmar Vizquel14242698.230141
LFGreg Briley13938199.260226
CFKen Griffey Jr.154548179.32722100
RFJay Buhner13740699.2442777
DHAlvin Davis145462102.2211269

Other batters

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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 Cochrane6517844.247222
Henry Cotto6617754.305623
Tracy Jones7917544.251324
Scott Bradley8317235.203011
Jeff Schaefer8416441.250111
Tino Martinez3611223.20549
Alonzo Powell5711124.216312
Ken Griffey Sr.308524.28219
Rich Amaral14161.06300
Patrick Lennon981.12501
Matt Sinatro582.25001
Chris Howard961.16700

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Johnson33201.113103.98228
Brian Holman30195.113143.69108
Rich DeLucia32182.012135.0998
Bill Krueger35175.01183.6091
Erik Hanson27174.2883.81143

Other pitchers

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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 Bankhead1760.2364.9028
Pat Rice721.0113.0012
Dave Fleming917.2106.6211

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill Swift7112171.9948
Mike Jackson7277143.2574
Russ Swan636223.4333
Rob Murphy570143.0034
Mike Schooler343373.6731
Calvin Jones272222.5342
Dave Burba222213.6816
Gene Harris80014.056
Keith Comstock100054.000

Awards and honors

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Farm system

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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[17]

References

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  1. ↑ "Lefebvre's happy but job unsure". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. October 8, 1991. p. C2.
  2. ↑ "Major League standings". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. October 7, 1991. p. 5D.
  3. ↑ "Mariners lose final; Lefebvre awaits destiny". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. October 7, 1991. p. D1.
  4. ↑ LaRue, Larry (October 1, 1991). "There will be few tears when Lefebvre leaves". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. McClatchy News Service. p. C1.
  5. ↑ LaRue, Larry (October 11, 1991). "Lefebvre gone as M's skipper". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. McClatchy News Service. p. C1.
  6. ↑ LaRue, Larry (October 29, 1991). "Plummer named Mariners skipper". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. McClatchy News Service. p. C1.
  7. ↑ "Mariners, Yanks name managers". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. October 30, 1991. p. 3B.
  8. ↑ Rich Amaral page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ LaRue, Larry (July 19, 1991). "My, oh my! M's go wild in 12-0 rout". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. McClatchy News Service. p. C1.
  10. ↑ "Mariners wallop Milwaukee 12-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. July 19, 1991. p. 3B.
  11. 1 2 "Mariners split with Texas; Griffey gets 100th RBI". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. October 1, 1991. p. C4.
  12. ↑ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  13. ↑ Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ Randy Kramer page at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ "Reynolds Honored For His Charity -- M's Second Baseman Wins Clemente Award". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
  16. ↑ "1991 Seattle Mariners Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
  17. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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