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
Owner(s)George Argyros
General manager(s)Dick Balderson
Manager(s)Dick 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 Records

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

  •  1 Rick Rentería
 Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

  • 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
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
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
John Christensen5313232.242212
Rick Rentería12101.10000

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Langston3527219133.84262
Scott Bankhead27149.1985.4295

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Trujillo2865.2446.1736

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Edwin Núñez4834123.8034
Jerry Reed391273.4251
Steve Shields202036.6022
Mark Huismann60004.9115

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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