# 1987 Seattle Mariners season

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

* 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

vteAL 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

1987 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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

* 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
## 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

| 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 |