[1][2] After a then franchise-best 83 wins the previous season, the Mariners finished with nineteen fewer, the largest one-year decline in team history.
[3] The team ownership was transferred in July from Jeff Smulyan to Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi,[4][5][6][7] and first-year manager Bill Plummer was fired after the season,[8][9] succeeded by Lou Piniella in November for 1993.
[10][11] Lefthanded starter Randy Johnson won the first of four consecutive strikeout titles with 241.
Infielders Coaches Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg.
= Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Peninsula[20]