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
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place7th
Other information
Owner(s)George Argyros
General manager(s)Dick Balderson
Manager(s)Chuck Cottier, Marty Martínez,
Dick Williams
Local televisionKIRO-TV 7
Local radioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs,
Ken Brett)
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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

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 Records

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

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
SSSpike Owen11240299.246035

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Dave Henderson10333793.2761444
Rey Quiñones3612223.18907
Ricky Nelson10122.16701

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Moore3826611134.36146

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Trujillo1141.1322.4019
Jerry Reed1134.2403.1216
Steve Fireovid1021204.2910
Mike Brown615.2027.479

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Pete Ladd528663.8253
Mark Huismann363343.7159

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. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dybzije01.shtml
  8. Steve Fireovid page at Baseball Reference
  9. Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dybzije01.shtml
  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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