1987 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1987 season was their 11th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 78–84 (.481).

1987 Seattle Mariners
Edgar Martínez's rookie season
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place4th
Other information
OwnersGeorge Argyros
General managersDick Balderson
ManagersDick Williams
Local televisionKSTW-TV 11
Local radioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 8577 0.525 — 56–25 29–52
Kansas City Royals 8379 0.512 2 46–35 37–44
Oakland Athletics 8181 0.500 4 42–39 39–42
Seattle Mariners 7884 0.481 7 40–41 38–43
Chicago White Sox 7785 0.475 8 38–43 39–42
Texas Rangers 7587 0.463 10 43–38 32–49
California Angels 7587 0.463 10 38–43 37–44

Record vs. opponents
1987 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—

Notable transactions

Roster
1987 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
CScott Bradley10234295.278543
1BAlvin Davis157580171.29529100
2BHarold Reynolds160530146.275135
3BJim Presley152575142.2472488
SSRey Quiñones135478132.2761256
LFPhil Bradley158603179.2971467
CFJohn Moses11639096.246338
RFMike Kingery12035499.280952
DHKen Phelps12033286.2592768

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 Brantley92351106.3021454
Dave Valle9532483.2561253
Donell Nixon4613233.250312
John Christensen5313232.242212
Gary Matthews4511928.235315
Domingo Ramos4210332.311211
Bob Kearney24478.17001
Edgar Martínez134316.37205
Mario Díaz11237.30403
Dave Hengel10196.31614
Rick Rentería12101.10000
Brick Smith581.12500
Jerry Narron480.00000
Jim Weaver740.00000

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 Langston35272.019133.84262
Mike Moore33231.09194.71115
Mike Morgan34207.012174.6585
Scott Bankhead27149.1985.4295
Mike Campbell949.1144.7435

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 Guetterman25113.11143.8142
Mike Trujillo2865.2446.1736
Dennis Powell1634.1133.1517
Clay Parker37.20010.578

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 Núñez4834123.8034
Bill Wilkinson5634103.6673
Jerry Reed391273.4251
Stan Clarke222205.4813
Steve Shields202036.6022
Roy Thomas81005.2314
Mark Huismann60004.9115
Rich Monteleone30006.432
Mike Brown10005.400

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

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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
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