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1987 Seattle Mariners season

Field	Value
name	Seattle Mariners
season	1987
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Kingdome
city	Seattle, Washington
record
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)

(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 .

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.
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.
December 17, 1986: Ricky Nelson was traded by the Mariners to the New York Mets for Doug Gwosdz.
March 31, 1987: Pete Ladd was released by the Mariners.

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.
June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball draft
- Ken Griffey Jr. was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (1st pick).
- Pat Listach was drafted by the Mariners in the 23rd round, but did not sign.

Roster

1987 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers

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

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/renteri01.shtml Rick Renteria page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tartada01.shtml Danny Tartabull page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gwosddo01.shtml Doug Gwosdz page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laddpe01.shtml Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huismma01.shtml Mark Huismann page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/griffke02.shtml Ken Griffey page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/listapa01.shtml Pat Listach page at Baseball Reference]
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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