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1986 Seattle Mariners season

Field	Value
name	Seattle Mariners
season	1986
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Kingdome
city	Seattle, Washington
record
divisional_place	7th
owners	George Argyros
general_managers	Dick Balderson
managers	Chuck Cottier, Marty Martínez,
Dick Williams
television	KIRO-TV 7
radio	KIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Ken Brett)

Dick Williams (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ken Brett) |}} The Seattle Mariners season was their tenth since the franchise creation. They were seventh in the American League West with a record of , the worst record in the league and second-worst in the majors.

At Boston's Fenway Park on Tuesday, April 29, twenty Mariners were struck out by 23-year-old Roger Clemens to set a new major league record. The game was scoreless through six innings, and the Red Sox won 3–1.

Offseason

November 1, 1985: Bob Long was released by the Mariners.
December 12, 1985: Darnell Coles was traded by the Mariners to the Detroit Tigers for Rich Monteleone.
January 18, 1986: Jerry Dybzinski was signed as a free agent with the Mariners.
January 18, 1986: Steve Fireovid was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.
January 18, 1986: Pete Ladd was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.
March 31, 1986: Jerry Dybzinski was released by the Mariners.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 21, 1986: Terry Bell was traded to the Kansas City Royals for Mark Huismann.
August 19, 1986: Spike Owen and Dave Henderson were traded to the Boston Red Sox for Rey Quiñones, Mike Brown, Mike Trujillo, and a player to be named later.

Roster

1986 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bob Kearney	81	204	49	.240	6	25
1B	Alvin Davis	135	479	130	.271	18	72
2B	Harold Reynolds	126	445	99	.222	1	24
SS	Spike Owen	112	402	99	.246	0	35
3B	Jim Presley	155	616	163	.265	27	107
LF	Phil Bradley	143	526	163	.310	12	50
CF	John Moses	103	399	102	.256	3	34
RF	Danny Tartabull	137	511	138	.270	25	96
DH	Ken Phelps	125	344	85	.247	24	64

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ken Phelps	125	344	85	.247	24	64
Dave Henderson	103	337	93	.276	14	44
Scott Bradley	68	199	60	.302	5	28
Iván Calderón	37	131	31	.237	2	13
Steve Yeager	50	130	27	.208	2	12
Rey Quiñones	36	122	23	.189	0	7
Mickey Brantley	27	102	20	.196	3	7
Domingo Ramos	49	99	18	.182	0	5
Al Cowens	28	82	15	.183	0	6
Dave Hengel	21	63	12	.190	1	6
Dave Valle	22	53	18	.340	5	15
Barry Bonnell	17	51	10	.196	0	4
Ross Jones	11	21	2	.095	0	0
Ricky Nelson	10	12	2	.167	0	1

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
Mike Moore	38	266.0	11	13	4.36	146
Mark Langston	37	239.1	12	14	4.85	245
Mike Morgan	37	216.1	11	17	4.53	116

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
Bill Swift	29	115.1	2	9	5.46	55
Milt Wilcox	13	55.2	0	8	5.50	26
Mike Trujillo	11	41.1	3	2	2.40	19
Jim Beattie	9	40.1	0	6	6.02	24
Jerry Reed	11	34.2	4	0	3.12	16
Steve Fireovid	10	21.0	2	0	4.29	10
Mike Brown	6	15.2	0	2	7.47	9

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
Matt Young	65	8	6	13	3.82	82
Pete Ladd	52	8	6	6	3.82	53
Lee Guetterman	41	0	4	0	7.34	38
Mark Huismann	36	3	3	4	3.71	59
Karl Best	26	2	3	1	4.04	23
Edwin Núñez	14	1	2	0	5.82	17
Paul Mirabella	8	0	0	0	8.53	6

Farm system

References

Cafardo, Nick. (April 30, 1986). "Kall him Dr. Klemens". Nashua Telegraph.
Golden, Ed. (April 30, 1986). "Clemens fans 20 Mariners". Spokesman-Review.
(April 30, 1986). "Boston's Clemens makes history". The Bulletin.
Gammons, Peter. (May 12, 1986). "Striking out toward Cooperstown".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/longbo01.shtml Bob Long page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colesda01.shtml Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference]
"Jerry Dybzinski Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fireost01.shtml Steve Fireovid page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laddpe01.shtml Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference]
"Jerry Dybzinski Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huismma01.shtml Mark Huismann page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-18-sp-18144-story.html Red Sox get Spike Owen from Mariners]
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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