1986 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1986 season was their tenth since the franchise creation. They were seventh in the American League West with a record of 67–95 (.414), the worst record in the league and second-worst in the majors.

1986 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place7th
OwnersGeorge Argyros
General managersDick Balderson
ManagersChuck Cottier, Marty Martínez,
Dick Williams
TelevisionKIRO-TV 7
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Ken Brett)
Seasons

At Boston's Fenway Park on Tuesday, April 29, twenty Mariners were struck out by 23-year-old Roger Clemens to set a new major league record. The game was scoreless through six innings, and the Red Sox won 3–1.[1][2][3][4]

Offseason
  • November 1, 1985: Bob Long was released by the Mariners.[5]
  • December 12, 1985: Darnell Coles was traded by the Mariners to the Detroit Tigers for Rich Monteleone.[6]
  • January 18, 1986: Jerry Dybzinski was signed as a free agent with the Mariners.[7]
  • January 18, 1986: Steve Fireovid was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[8]
  • January 18, 1986: Pete Ladd was signed as a free agent by the Mariners.[9]
  • March 31, 1986: Jerry Dybzinski was released by the Mariners.[10]

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9270 0.568 — 50–32 42–38
Texas Rangers 8775 0.537 5 51–30 36–45
Kansas City Royals 7686 0.469 16 45–36 31–50
Oakland Athletics 7686 0.469 16 47–36 29–50
Chicago White Sox 7290 0.444 20 41–40 31–50
Minnesota Twins 7191 0.438 21 43–38 28–53
Seattle Mariners 6795 0.414 25 41–41 26–54

Record vs. opponents
1986 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
Boston 9–4—5–77–510–37–66–66–610–25–87–58–48–47–6
California 6–67–5—7–66–67–58–55–77–67–510–38–58–56–6
Chicago 3–95–76–7—5–76–67–65–76–76–67–68–52–116–6
Cleveland 9–43–106–67–5—4–98–48–56–65–810–29–36–63–10–1
Detroit 12–16–75–76–69–4—5–78–57–56–76–66–67–54–9
Kansas City 6–66–65–86–74–87–5—6–66–74–88–55–88–55–7
Milwaukee 7–66–67–57–55–85–86–6—4–88–55–76–64–87–6
Minnesota 4–82–106–77–66–65–77–68–4—4–86–76–76–74–8
New York 8–58–55–76–68–57–68–45–88–4—5–78–47–57–6
Oakland 7–55–73–106–72–106–65–87–57–67–5—10–33–108–4
Seattle 6–64–85–85–83–96–68–56–67–64–83–10—4–96–6
Texas 7–54–85–811–26–65–75–88–47–65–710–39–4—5–7
Toronto 5–86–76–66–610–3–19–47–56–78–46–74–86–67–5—

Notable transactions
  • May 21, 1986: Terry Bell was traded to the Kansas City Royals for Mark Huismann.[11]
  • August 19, 1986: Spike Owen and Dave Henderson were traded to the Boston Red Sox for Rey Quiñones, Mike Brown, Mike Trujillo, and a player to be named later.[12]

Roster
1986 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBob Kearney8120449.240625
1BAlvin Davis135479130.2711872
2BHarold Reynolds12644599.222124
SSSpike Owen11240299.246035
3BJim Presley155616163.26527107
LFPhil Bradley143526163.3101250
CFJohn Moses103399102.256334
RFDanny Tartabull137511138.2702596
DHKen Phelps12534485.2472464

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ken Phelps12534485.2472464
Dave Henderson10333793.2761444
Scott Bradley6819960.302528
Iván Calderón3713131.237213
Steve Yeager5013027.208212
Rey Quiñones3612223.18907
Mickey Brantley2710220.19637
Domingo Ramos499918.18205
Al Cowens288215.18306
Dave Hengel216312.19016
Dave Valle225318.340515
Barry Bonnell175110.19604
Ross Jones11212.09500
Ricky Nelson10122.16701

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
Mike Moore38266.011134.36146
Mark Langston37239.112144.85245
Mike Morgan37216.111174.53116

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
Bill Swift29115.1295.4655
Milt Wilcox1355.2085.5026
Mike Trujillo1141.1322.4019
Jim Beattie940.1066.0224
Jerry Reed1134.2403.1216
Steve Fireovid1021.0204.2910
Mike Brown615.2027.479

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
Matt Young6586133.8282
Pete Ladd528663.8253
Lee Guetterman410407.3438
Mark Huismann363343.7159
Karl Best262314.0423
Edwin Núñez141205.8217
Paul Mirabella80008.536

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Bill Plummer
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League R. J. Harrison
A Salinas Spurs California League Greg Mahlberg
A Wausau Timbers Midwest League Bobby Cuellar
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Sal Rende

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bellingham[13]

References
  1. Cafardo, Nick (April 30, 1986). "Kall him Dr. Klemens". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Patriot Ledger Sports Service. p. 17.
  2. Golden, Ed (April 30, 1986). "Clemens fans 20 Mariners". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. D1.
  3. "Boston's Clemens makes history". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. April 30, 1986. p. D2.
  4. Gammons, Peter (May 12, 1986). "Striking out toward Cooperstown". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
  5. Bob Long page at Baseball Reference
  6. Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
  7. "Jerry Dybzinski Stats".
  8. Steve Fireovid page at Baseball Reference
  9. Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference
  10. "Jerry Dybzinski Stats".
  11. Mark Huismann page at Baseball Reference
  12. Red Sox get Spike Owen from Mariners
  13. 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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