1987 Seattle Mariners season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Seattle Mariners

| season = 1987

| league = American League

| division = West

| ballpark = Kingdome

| city = Seattle, Washington

| record = {{winning percentage|78|84|record=y}}

| divisional_place = 4th

| owners = George Argyros

| general_managers = Dick Balderson

| managers = Dick Williams

| television = KSTW-TV 11

| radio = KIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)

|}}

The Seattle Mariners 1987 season was their 11th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of {{winning percentage|78|84|record=y}}.

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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/renteri01.shtml Rick Renteria page at Baseball Reference]
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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tartada01.shtml Danny Tartabull page at Baseball Reference]
December 17, 1986: Ricky Nelson was traded by the Mariners to the New York Mets for Doug Gwosdz.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gwosddo01.shtml Doug Gwosdz page at Baseball Reference]
March 31, 1987: Pete Ladd was released by the Mariners.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laddpe01.shtml Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference]

Regular season

=Season standings=

= Record vs. opponents =

=Notable transactions=

May 12, 1987: Mark Huismann was traded by the Mariners to the Cleveland Indians for Dave Gallagher.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huismma01.shtml Mark Huismann page at Baseball Reference]
June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball Draft
Ken Griffey Jr. was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (1st pick).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/griffke02.shtml Ken Griffey page at Baseball Reference]
Pat Listach was drafted by the Mariners in the 23rd round, but did not sign.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/listapa01.shtml Pat Listach page at Baseball Reference]

=Roster=

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

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valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

Other batters

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| valign="top" |

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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| = 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Scott Bradley	102	342	95	.278	5	43
align="center" \| 1B	Alvin Davis	157	580	171	.295	bgcolor="FFCC00"\|29	bgcolor="FFCC00"\|100
align="center" \| 2B	Harold Reynolds	bgcolor="FFCC00"\|160	530	146	.275	1	35
align="center" \| 3B	Jim Presley	152	575	142	.247	24	88
align="center" \| SS	Rey Quiñones	135	478	132	.276	12	56
align="center" \| LF	Phil Bradley	158	bgcolor="FFCC00"\|603	bgcolor="FFCC00"\|179	bgcolor="FFCC00"\|.297	14	67
align="center" \| CF	John Moses	116	390	96	.246	3	38
align="center" \| RF	Mike Kingery	120	354	99	.280	9	52
align="center" \| DH	Ken Phelps	120	332	86	.259	27	68

==Other batters==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Mickey Brantley	92	351	106	.302	14	54
align=center \| Dave Valle	95	324	83	.256	12	53
align=center \| Donell Nixon	46	132	33	.250	3	12
align=center \| John Christensen	53	132	32	.242	2	12
align="center" \| Gary Matthews	45	119	28	.235	3	15
align=center \| Domingo Ramos	42	103	32	.311	2	11
align=center \| Bob Kearney	24	47	8	.170	0	1
align=center \| Edgar Martínez	13	43	16	.372	0	5
align=center \| Mario Díaz	11	23	7	.304	0	3
align=center \| Dave Hengel	10	19	6	.316	1	4
align=center \| Rick Rentería	12	10	1	.100	0	0
align="center" \| Brick Smith	5	8	1	.125	0	0
align=center \| Jerry Narron	4	8	0	.000	0	0
align=center \| Jim Weaver	7	4	0	.000	0	0

=Pitching=

== Starting pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Mark Langston	35	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|272.0	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|19	13	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|3.84	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|262
align="center" \| Mike Moore	33	231.0	9	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|19	4.71	115
align=center \| Mike Morgan	34	207.0	12	17	4.65	85
align=center \| Scott Bankhead	27	149.1	9	8	5.42	95
align="center" \| Mike Campbell	9	49.1	1	4	4.74	35

== Other pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Lee Guetterman	25	113.1	11	4	3.81	42
align=center \| Mike Trujillo	28	65.2	4	4	6.17	36
align="center" \| Dennis Powell	16	34.1	1	3	3.15	17
align=center \| Clay Parker	3	7.2	0	0	10.57	8

== Relief pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Edwin Núñez	48	3	4	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|12	3.80	34
align=center \| Bill Wilkinson	bgcolor="#FFCC00"\|56	3	4	10	3.66	73
align="center" \| Jerry Reed	39	1	2	7	3.42	51
align="center" \| Stan Clarke	22	2	2	0	5.48	13
align=center \| Steve Shields	20	2	0	3	6.60	22
align="center" \| Roy Thomas	8	1	0	0	5.23	14
align=center \| Mark Huismann	6	0	0	0	4.91	15
align="center" \| Rich Monteleone	3	0	0	0	6.43	2
align=center \| Mike Brown	1	0	0	0	5.40	0

Awards and honors

Mark Langston – American League Leader, Strikeouts (262)

All-Star Game

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Calgary Cannons|league16=Pacific Coast League|manager16=Bill Plummer

|level17=AA|team17=Chattanooga Lookouts|league17=Southern League|manager17=Sal Rende

|level18=A |team18=Salinas Spurs|league18=California League|manager18=Greg Mahlberg

|level19=A |team19=Wausau Timbers|league19=Midwest League|manager19=Bobby Cuellar

|level20=A-Short Season|team20=Bellingham Mariners|league20=Northwest League|manager20=Rick Sweet

}}Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1987.shtml 1987 Seattle Mariners] at Baseball Reference
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1987&t=SEA 1987 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
[https://www.mlb.com/mariners/schedule/1987/fullseason Seattle Mariners 1987 schedule] at MLB.com

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