1987 Seattle Mariners season

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1987 Seattle Mariners
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1977) Western Division (Since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (Since 1977) Seattle, Washington (Since 1977)
1987 Information
Owner(s)	George Argyros
Manager(s)	Dick Williams
Local television	KIRO-TV 11
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Joe Simpson)

The Seattle Mariners 1987 season was their 11th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 4th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 78-84.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Notable Transactions 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 Awards and Honors 4 External links

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

AL West Final Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Away
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

[edit] Notable Transactions

• June 2, 1987: Ken Griffey, Jr. was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.^[1]

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

• Mark Langston – American League Leader, Strikeouts (262)

All-Star Game

[edit] External links

• 1987 Seattle Mariners
• 1987 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1987 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1987 All-Star Game • 1987 World Series

v • d • e Seattle Mariners Based in Seattle, Washington The Franchise History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers and Owners • Broadcasters Ballparks Kingdome • Safeco Field Culture Mariner Moose Important Figures Adrian Beltre • Bret Boone • Chris Bosio • Jay Buhner • Norm Charlton • Alvin Davis • Ken Griffey, Jr. • Dave Henderson • Félix Hernández • Willie Horton • Raúl Ibáñez • Kenji Johjima • Randy Johnson • Mark Langston • Edgar Martínez • Jamie Moyer • Dave Niehaus • John Olerud • Gaylord Perry • Lou Piniella • Harold Reynolds • Alex Rodriguez • Kazuhiro Sasaki • Ichiro Suzuki • Dave Valle • Dan Wilson Retired Numbers 42 American League Western Division Titles (3) 1995 • 1997 • 2001 Seasons (32) 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 Minor League Affiliates Tacoma Rainiers (AAA) • West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (AA) • High Desert Mavericks (A) • Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (A) • Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (A) • Pulaski Mariners (Rookie) • AZL Mariners (Rookie) • VSL Mariners (Rookie)