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The 1993 Florida Marlins season was the inaugural year for the team, part of the 1993 Major League Baseball expansion. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished 33 games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies, with a record of 64-98, 6th in the National League East, ahead of only the New York Mets.

Offseason

1992 pre-expansion draft transactions

• February 14, 1992: Edgar Rentería was signed as an amateur free agent by the Marlins.^[1]
• June 1, 1992: Charles Johnson was drafted by the Marlins in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed November 5, 1992.^[2]

Expansion draft

The 1992 MLB Expansion Draft was held on November 17, 1992. As opposed to previous expansion drafts such as the 1961 draft, players from both leagues were available to the expansion clubs. Each existing club could protect fifteen players on their roster from being drafted and only one player could be drafted from each team in the first round. Then for each additional round National League teams could protect an additional 3 players and American League teams could protect 4 more. All unprotected major and minor League players were eligible except those chosen in the amateur drafts of 1991 or 1992 and players who were 18 or younger when signed in 1990.

Round 1

Trevor Hoffman, the all-time career leader in saves, was one of the more notable picks of the 1992 Expansion Draft, selected with the 8th pick overall.

Round 2

Post-expansion draft transactions

• November 17, 1992: Eric Helfand and a player to be named later were traded by the Marlins to the Oakland Athletics for Walt Weiss. The Marlins completed the deal by sending Scott Baker to the Athletics on November 20.^[3]
• December 8, 1992: Charlie Hough was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.^[4]
• December 9, 1992: Terry McGriff was signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins. ^[5]
• February 20, 1993: Rick Renteria was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.^[6]

Regular season

Due to the summer heat, the Marlins played in only 35 day games, the fewest in the majors. ^[7]

1993 Opening Day Lineup

Season standings

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Notable transactions

• May 22, 1993: Kevin Elster was signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins. ^[8]
• June 4, 1993: Kevin Elster was released by the Florida Marlins. ^[8]
• June 24, 1993: Gary Sheffield was traded by the San Diego Padres with Rich Rodriguez to the Florida Marlins for Trevor Hoffman, Jose Martinez, and Andres Berumen.
• June 27, 1993: Henry Cotto was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Jeff Darwin to the Florida Marlins for Dave Magadan. ^[9]

Roster

Player stats

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

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

MLB All-Star Game

• Gary Sheffield, Outfield, Reserve
• Bryan Harvey, Pitcher, Reserve

Team Leaders

• Games – Jeff Conine (162)
• At-Bats - Jeff Conine (595)
• Home Runs – Orestes Destrade (20)
• Runs Batted In - Orestes Destrade (87)
• Batting Average – Gary Sheffield (.292)
• Slugging Percentage – Gary Sheffield (.479)
• On Base Percentage – Dave Magadan (.400)
• Hits – Jeff Conine (174)
• Doubles – Jeff Conine (24)
• Triples – Benito Santiago (6)
• Walks – Walt Weiss (79)
• Hit by Pitch – Bret Barberie (7)
• Stolen Bases – Chuck Carr (58)
• Wins – Chris Hammond (11)
• Innings Pitched – Charlie Hough (204.3)
• Earned Run Average – Bryan Harvey (1.70)
• Strikeouts – Charlie Hough (126)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: High Desert^[10]

References

1. ^ Edgar Rentería page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Charles Johnson page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Walt Weiss page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Charlie Hough page at Baseball Reference
5. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgrite01.shtml
6. ^ Rick Renteria page at Baseball Reference
7. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.72, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
8. ^ ^{a b} http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/elsteke01.shtml
9. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cottohe01.shtml
10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1993 Marlins
• 1993 Florida Marlins team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• 1993 Schedule