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1987 Seattle Mariners season

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1987 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place4th
OwnersGeorge Argyros
General managersDick Balderson
ManagersDick Williams
TelevisionKSTW-TV 11
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Joe Simpson)
← 1986 Seasons 1988 →

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 (.481).

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 85 77 .525 56‍–‍25 29‍–‍52
Kansas City Royals 83 79 .512 2 46‍–‍35 37‍–‍44
Oakland Athletics 81 81 .500 4 42‍–‍39 39‍–‍42
Seattle Mariners 78 84 .481 7 40‍–‍41 38‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox 77 85 .475 8 38‍–‍43 39‍–‍42
Texas Rangers 75 87 .463 10 43‍–‍38 32‍–‍49
California Angels 75 87 .463 10 38‍–‍43 37‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

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Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 1–12 9–3 8–4 7–6 4–9 9–3 2–11 5–7 3–10 7–5 4–8 7–5 1–12
Boston 12–1 4–8 3–9 7–6 2–11 6–6 6–7 7–5 7–6 4–8 7–5 7–5 6–7
California 3–9 8–4 8–5 7–5 3–9 5–8 7–5 8–5 3–9 6–7 7–6 5–8 5–7
Chicago 4–8 9–3 5–8 7–5 3–9 6–7 6–6 6–7 5–7 9–4 6–7 7–6 4–8
Cleveland 6–7 6–7 5–7 5–7 4–9 6–6 4–9 3–9 6–7 4–8 5–7 2–10 5–8
Detroit 9–4 11–2 9–3 9–3 9–4 5–7 6–7 8–4 5–8 5–7 7–5 8–4 7–6
Kansas City 3–9 6–6 8–5 7–6 6–6 7–5 4–8 8–5 5–7 5–8 9–4 7–6 8–4
Milwaukee 11–2 7–6 5–7 6–6 9–4 7–6 8–4 3–9 7–6 6–6 4–8 9–3 9–4
Minnesota 7–5 5–7 5–8 7–6 9–3 4–8 5–8 9–3 6–6 10–3 9–4 6–7 3–9
New York 10–3 6–7 9–3 7–5 7–6 8–5 7–5 6–7 6–6 5–7 7–5 5–7 6–7
Oakland 5–7 8–4 7–6 4–9 8–4 7–5 8–5 6–6 3–10 7–5 5–8 6–7 7–5
Seattle 8–4 5–7 6–7 7–6 7–5 5–7 4–9 8–4 4–9 5–7 8–5 9–4 2–10
Texas 5–7 5–7 8–5 6–7 10–2 4–8 6–7 3–9 7–6 7–5 7–6 4–9 3–9
Toronto 12–1 7–6 7–5 8–4 8–5 6–7 4–8 4–9 9–3 7–6 5–7 10–2 9–3


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1987 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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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

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