1987 Seattle Mariners season

1987 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (since 1977)
Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	George Argyros
General manager(s)	Dick Balderson
Manager(s)	Dick Williams
Local television	KSTW-TV 11
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson)
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The Seattle Mariners 1987 season was their 11th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 4th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 78-84.

Offseason

• December 5, 1986: The Mariners traded a player to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Rick Rentería. The Mariners completed the deal by sending Bob Siegel (minors) to the Pirates on December 10.^[1]
• December 10, 1986: Danny Tartabull and Rick Luecken were traded by the Mariners to the Kansas City Royals for Scott Bankhead, Steve Shields, and Mike Kingery.^[2]
• December 17, 1986: Ricky Nelson was traded by the Mariners to the New York Mets for Doug Gwosdz.^[3]
• March 31, 1987: Pete Ladd was released by the Mariners.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	85	77	0.525	—	56–25	29–52
Kansas City Royals	83	79	0.512	2	46–35	37–44
Oakland Athletics	81	81	0.500	4	42–39	39–42
Seattle Mariners	78	84	0.481	7	40–41	38–43
Chicago White Sox	77	85	0.475	8	38–43	39–42
Texas Rangers	75	87	0.463	10	43–38	32–49
California Angels	75	87	0.463	10	38–43	37–44

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	1–12	9–3	8–4	7–6	4–9	9–3	2–11	5–7	3–10	7–5	4–8	7–5	1–12
Boston	12–1	—	4–8	3–9	7–6	2–11	6–6	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–7
California	3–9	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	3–9	5–8	7–5	8–5	3–9	6–7	7–6	5–8	5–7
Chicago	4–8	9–3	5–8	—	7–5	3–9	6–7	6–6	6–7	5–7	9–4	6–7	7–6	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	—	4–9	6–6	4–9	3–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	2–10	5–8
Detroit	9–4	11–2	9–3	9–3	9–4	—	5–7	6–7	8–4	5–8	5–7	7–5	8–4	7–6
Kansas City	3–9	6–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	7–5	—	4–8	8–5	5–7	5–8	9–4	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	11–2	7–6	5–7	6–6	9–4	7–6	8–4	—	3–9	7–6	6–6	4–8	9–3	9–4
Minnesota	7–5	5–7	5–8	7–6	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	—	6–6	10–3	9–4	6–7	3–9
New York	10–3	6–7	9–3	7–5	7–6	8–5	7–5	6–7	6–6	—	5–7	7–5	5–7	6–7
Oakland	5–7	8–4	7–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	8–5	6–6	3–10	7–5	—	5–8	6–7	7–5
Seattle	8–4	5–7	6–7	7–6	7–5	5–7	4–9	8–4	4–9	5–7	8–5	—	9–4	2–10
Texas	5–7	5–7	8–5	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	—	3–9
Toronto	12–1	7–6	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	4–8	4–9	9–3	7–6	5–7	10–2	9–3	—

Notable transactions

• May 12, 1987: Mark Huismann was traded by the Mariners to the Cleveland Indians for Dave Gallagher.^[5]
• June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (1st pick).^[6]
  • Pat Listach was drafted by the Mariners in the 23rd round, but did not sign.^[7]

Roster

1987 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 15 Scott Bankhead 47 Mike Brown 54 Mike Campbell 37 Stan Clarke 36 Lee Guetterman 27 Mark Huismann 12 Mark Langston 19 Rich Monteleone 25 Mike Moore 16 Mike Morgan 30 Edwin Núñez 27 Clay Parker 48 Dennis Powell 31 Jerry Reed 40 Steve Shields 49 Roy Thomas 43 Mike Trujillo 13 Bill Wilkinson		Catchers  9 Scott Bradley 11 Bob Kearney 38 Jerry Narron 10 Dave Valle Infielders 21 Alvin Davis  5 Mario Díaz 11 Edgar Martínez 44 Ken Phelps 17 Jim Presley 51 Rey Quiñones  3 Domingo Ramos  1 Rick Rentería  4 Harold Reynolds 35 Brick Smith		Outfielders 29 Phil Bradley 14 Mickey Brantley 42 John Christensen 20 Dave Hengel  7 Mike Kingery 26 John Moses  6 Donell Nixon 46 Jim Weaver Other batters 36 Gary Matthews		Manager 23 Dick Williams Coaches 36 Billy Connors 33 Frank Howard 24 Phil Roof 28 Bobby Tolan 32 Ozzie Virgil

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	Scott Bradley	102	342	95	.278	5	43
1B	Alvin Davis	157	580	171	.295	29	100
2B	Harold Reynolds	160	530	146	.275	1	35
3B	Jim Presley	152	575	142	.247	24	88
SS	Rey Quiñones	135	478	132	.276	12	56
LF	Phil Bradley	158	603	179	.297	14	67
CF	John Moses	116	390	96	.246	3	38
RF	Mike Kingery	120	354	99	.280	9	52
DH	Ken Phelps	120	332	86	.259	27	68

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
John Christensen	53	132	32	.242	2	12
Rick Rentería	12	10	1	.100	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mark Langston	35	272	19	13	3.84	262
Scott Bankhead	27	149.1	9	8	5.42	95

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Trujillo	28	65.2	4	4	6.17	36

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Edwin Núñez	48	3	4	12	3.80	34
Jerry Reed	39	1	2	7	3.42	51
Steve Shields	20	2	0	3	6.60	22
Mark Huismann	6	0	0	0	4.91	15

Awards and honors

• Mark Langston – American League Leader, Strikeouts (262)

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Bill Plummer
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Sal Rende
A	Salinas Spurs	California League	Greg Mahlberg
A	Wausau Timbers	Midwest League	Bobby Cuellar
A-Short Season	Bellingham Mariners	Northwest League	Rick Sweet

^[8]

References

1. Rick Renteria page at Baseball Reference
2. Danny Tartabull page at Baseball Reference
3. Doug Gwosdz page at Baseball Reference
4. Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference
5. Mark Huismann page at Baseball Reference
6. Ken Griffey page at Baseball Reference
7. Pat Listach page at Baseball Reference
8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1987 Seattle Mariners
• 1987 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com