1987 Seattle Mariners season

March 2026 November 2013 Seattle Mariners 1987 American League West Kingdome Seattle, Washington 78 84 y 4th George Argyros Dick Balderson Dick Williams KSTW-TV 11 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 78 84 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.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.Danny Tartabull page at Baseball Reference December 17, 1986: Ricky Nelson was traded by the Mariners to the New York Mets for Doug Gwosdz.Doug Gwosdz page at Baseball Reference March 31, 1987: Pete Ladd was released by the Mariners.Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents SEA Notable transactions May 12, 1987: Mark Huismann was traded by the Mariners to the Cleveland Indians for Dave Gallagher.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).Ken Griffey page at Baseball Reference Pat Listach was drafted by the Mariners in the 23rd round, but did not sign.Pat Listach page at Baseball Reference 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 Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Mickey Brantley 92 351 106 .302 14 54 Dave Valle 95 324 83 .256 12 53 Donell Nixon 46 132 33 .250 3 12 John Christensen 53 132 32 .242 2 12 Gary Matthews 45 119 28 .235 3 15 Domingo Ramos 42 103 32 .311 2 11 Bob Kearney 24 47 8 .170 0 1 Edgar Martínez 13 43 16 .372 0 5 Mario Díaz 11 23 7 .304 0 3 Dave Hengel 10 19 6 .316 1 4 Rick Rentería 12 10 1 .100 0 0 Brick Smith 5 8 1 .125 0 0 Jerry Narron 4 8 0 .000 0 0 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Mark Langston 35 272.0 19 13 3.84 262 Mike Moore 33 231.0 9 19 4.71 115 Mike Morgan 34 207.0 12 17 4.65 85 Scott Bankhead 27 149.1 9 8 5.42 95 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Lee Guetterman 25 113.1 11 4 3.81 42 Mike Trujillo 28 65.2 4 4 6.17 36 Dennis Powell 16 34.1 1 3 3.15 17 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO Edwin Núñez 48 3 4 12 3.80 34 Bill Wilkinson 56 3 4 10 3.66 73 Jerry Reed 39 1 2 7 3.42 51 Stan Clarke 22 2 2 0 5.48 13 Steve Shields 20 2 0 3 6.60 22 Roy Thomas 8 1 0 0 5.23 14 Mark Huismann 6 0 0 0 4.91 15 Rich Monteleone 3 0 0 0 6.43 2 Mike Brown 1 0 0 0 5.40 0 Awards and honors Mark Langston – American League Leader, Strikeouts (262) All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 SweetJohnson, 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 1987 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference 1987 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Seattle Mariners 1987 schedule at MLB.com Category:Seattle Mariners seasons Seattle Mariners season Seattle Mariners