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Mariners SEA

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GM: Woody Woodward

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.05× league · TAB +4.9
+4.9TAB — talent above budget11th/28
-0.6WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)15th/28
9.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars8th/28
-7.6dead WAR — sub-replacement drag23rd/28
33%dead money %17th/28
0.506win %15th/28
39.8roster fWAR10th/28
-0surplus $M (value vs cost)11th/28
$33Mpayroll $M15th/28

Roster

CFKen Griffey Jr. 139GBrian Turang 14GMike Felder 7G
LFMike Felder 89GBrian Turang 26GMackey Sasser 26G
RFJay Buhner 148GDann Howitt 12GMackey Sasser 11G
SSOmar Vizquel 155GRich Amaral 14GGreg Litton 5G
2BRich Amaral 77GBret Boone 74GFernando Viña 16G
3BMike Blowers 117GDave Magadan 90GRich Amaral 19G
1BTino Martinez 105GDave Magadan 43GGreg Litton 13G
STARTERSRandy Johnson 7.0WARErik Hanson 4.9WARChris Bosio 2.8WARDave Fleming 1.6WARTim Leary 0.8WAR
CDave Valle 135GBill Haselman 49GMackey Sasser 5G
DHPete O'Brien 51GEdgar Martinez 24GKen Griffey Jr. 19G
BULLPEN★ Norm Charlton 18svJeff Nelson 0hTed Power 0hDwayne Henry 0hDennis Powell 0hRich DeLucia 0hBob Ayrault 0hRuss Swan 0h
CDave Valle 135 · Bill Haselman 49 · Mackey Sasser 5
1BTino Martinez 105 · Dave Magadan 43 · Greg Litton 13
2BRich Amaral 77 · Bret Boone 74 · Fernando Viña 16
3BMike Blowers 117 · Dave Magadan 90 · Rich Amaral 19
SSOmar Vizquel 155 · Rich Amaral 14 · Greg Litton 5
LFMike Felder 89 · Brian Turang 26 · Mackey Sasser 26
CFKen Griffey Jr. 139 · Brian Turang 14 · Mike Felder 7
RFJay Buhner 148 · Dann Howitt 12 · Mackey Sasser 11
DHPete O'Brien 51 · Edgar Martinez 24 · Ken Griffey Jr. 19
SPRandy Johnson 7.0 · Erik Hanson 4.9 · Chris Bosio 2.8 · Dave Fleming 1.6 · Tim Leary 0.8
BP★ Norm Charlton 18 · Jeff Nelson 0 · Ted Power 0 · Dwayne Henry 0 · Dennis Powell 0 · Rich DeLucia 0 · Bob Ayrault 0 · Russ Swan 0

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

1993 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Ken Griffey Jr. 23 arb 1568.4 4.2 +2.8
Randy Johnson 29 arb 357.0 2.6 +3.1
Erik Hanson 28 arb 334.9 1.2 +2.8
Dave Valle 32 FA-elig 1353.3 2.4 +0.4
Mike Blowers 28 arb 1273.0 0.2 +2.3
Chris Bosio 30 FA-elig 292.8 2.8 -0.4
Rich Amaral 31 pre-arb 1102.5 0.1 +2.0
Tino Martinez 25 arb 1092.4 0.3 +1.7
Jay Buhner 28 FA-elig 1582.3 2.8 -0.9
Omar Vizquel 26 arb 1581.7 1.1 +0.3
Dave Fleming 23 pre-arb 261.6 0.3 +1.0
Greg Litton 28 arb 721.2 0.2 +0.8
Tim Leary 34 FA-elig 330.8 1.8 -1.1
Norm Charlton 30 arb 340.8 2.3 -1.7
Ted Power↔ CLE 38 FA-elig 250.5 0.2 +0.2
Roger Salkeld 22 – 30.5 – –
Bret Boone 24 – 760.5 – –
Rich DeLucia 28 arb 300.4 0.3 +0.1
Jeff Nelson 26 pre-arb 710.4 0.2 +0.1
Steve Ontiveros 32 FA-elig 140.4 0.1 +0.2
Jim Converse 21 pre-arb 40.3 0.1 +0.1
Fernando Viña 24 pre-arb 240.3 0.1 +0.1
Brad Holman 25 pre-arb 190.3 0.9 -0.7
Pete O'Brien 35 FA-elig 720.2 2.2 -2.0
Edgar Martinez 30 FA-elig 420.2 3.0 -2.9
Bob Ayrault↔ PHI 27 pre-arb 140.2 0.1 +0.1
John Cummings 24 pre-arb 100.2 0.1 +0.0
Bill Haselman 27 arb 580.1 0.1 -0.0
Dann Howitt 29 – 320.0 – –
Brian Turang 26 – 400.0 – –
Dave Magadan↔ MIA 30 FA-elig 710.0 0.5 -0.4
Chris Howard 27 – 4-0.0 – –
Lee Tinsley 24 pre-arb 11-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Zak Shinall 24 – 1-0.1 – –
Larry Sheets 33 – 11-0.2 – –
Dennis Powell 29 FA-elig 33-0.2 0.2 -0.3
Wally Backman 33 – 10-0.3 – –
Erik Plantenberg 24 – 20-0.3 – –
David Wainhouse 25 – 3-0.3 – –
Dwayne Henry↔ CIN 31 FA-elig 31-0.3 0.4 -0.7
Greg Pirkl 22 pre-arb 7-0.3 0.1 -0.4
Kevin King 24 – 13-0.3 – –
Mike Hampton 20 pre-arb 13-0.4 0.1 -0.4
Marc Newfield 20 pre-arb 22-0.4 0.1 -0.5
Russ Swan 29 arb 23-0.5 0.4 -0.8
Henry Cotto↔ MIA 32 FA-elig 54-0.7 0.5 -1.0
Mackey Sasser 30 FA-elig 83-1.4 0.5 -1.7
Mike Felder 31 FA-elig 109-1.8 0.8 -2.3

Key additions (new vs 1992)

PlayerfWAR
Chris Bosio2.8
Greg Litton1.2
Norm Charlton0.8
Ted Power0.5
Roger Salkeld0.5
Steve Ontiveros0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
Mark Grant1.1
Juan Agosto0.7
Harold Reynolds0.3
Lance Parrish0.3
Kevin Mitchell0.2
Shane Turner0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$33.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 1993, 1993–1999. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Edgar Martinez306.000$3.0M$3.3M$3.6M$3.5M$3.0M$3.5M$3.5M
Jay Buhner286.000$2.8M$4.3M$4.1M$5.6M$4.8M$5.4M$4.8M
Chris Bosio307.000$2.8M$4.0M$4.2M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Dave Valle329.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Pete O'Brien3511.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Tim Leary3412.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Mike Felder318.000$850kFREE AGENT
Mackey Sasser306.000$475k$585kFREE AGENT
Dave Magadan307.000$466kFREE AGENT
Henry Cotto329.000$450kFREE AGENT
Dwayne Henry319.000$410kFREE AGENT
Ted Power3812.000$250kFREE AGENT
Dennis Powell298.000$175kFREE AGENT
Steve Ontiveros328.000$115kFREE AGENT
Wally Backman3313.000—FREE AGENT
Larry Sheets339.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Ken Griffey Jr.234.000$4.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Johnson295.000$2.6MFREE AGENT
Norm Charlton305.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Erik Hanson285.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Omar Vizquel264.000$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Russ Swan294.000$435kARB 3FREE AGENT
Tino Martinez253.000$288kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich DeLucia283.000$270kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Litton284.000$200kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Blowers284.000$155kARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Haselman273.000$122kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dann Howitt294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (20)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Brad Holman250.000$950kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Fleming232.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Nelson261.000$195kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Amaral312.000$138kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Pirkl220.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Hampton200.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Cummings240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Converse210.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lee Tinsley240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marc Newfield200.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Viña240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bob Ayrault271.000$73kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bret Boone241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Howard27–—
Kevin King240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Plantenberg240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roger Salkeld220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zak Shinall24–—
Brian Turang260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Wainhouse252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Mariners 1993; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.