1986 Seattle Mariners season explained

Seattle Mariners
Season:	1986
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Kingdome
City:	Seattle, Washington
Divisional Place:	7th
General Managers:	Dick Balderson
Managers:	Chuck Cottier, Marty Martínez, Dick Williams
Television:	KIRO-TV 7
Radio:	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ken Brett)

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

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

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		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

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		81	204	49	.240	6	25
1B		135	479	130	.271	18	72
2B		126	445	99	.222	1	24
SS		112	402	99	.246	0	35
3B		155	616	163	.265	27	107
LF		143	526	163	.310	12	50
CF		103	399	102	.256	3	34
RF		137	511	138	.270	25	96
DH		125	344	85	.247	24	64

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
	125	344	85	.247	24	64
	103	337	93	.276	14	44
	68	199	60	.302	5	28
	37	131	31	.237	2	13
	50	130	27	.208	2	12
	36	122	23	.189	0	7
	27	102	20	.196	3	7
	49	99	18	.182	0	5
	28	82	15	.183	0	6
	21	63	12	.190	1	6
	22	53	18	.340	5	15
	17	51	10	.196	0	4
	11	21	2	.095	0	0
	10	12	2	.167	0	1

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
	38	266.0	11	13	4.36	146
	37	239.1	12	14	4.85	245
	37	216.1	11	17	4.53	116

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
	29	115.1	2	9	5.46	55
	13	55.2	0	8	5.50	26
	11	41.1	3	2	2.40	19
	9	40.1	0	6	6.02	24
	11	34.2	4	0	3.12	16
	10	21.0	2	0	4.29	10
	6	15.2	0	2	7.47	9

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
	65	8	6	13	3.82	82
	52	8	6	6	3.82	53
	41	0	4	0	7.34	38
	36	3	3	4	3.71	59
	26	2	3	1	4.04	23
	14	1	2	0	5.82	17
	8	0	0	0	8.53	6

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bellingham^[13]

External links

• 1986 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
• 1986 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. News: Kall him Dr. Klemens . Nashua Telegraph . (New Hampshire) . Patriot Ledger Sports Service . Cafardo . Nick . April 30, 1986 . 17.
2. News: Clemens fans 20 Mariners . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . Golden . Ed . April 30, 1986 . D1.
3. News: Boston's Clemens makes history . The Bulletin . (Bend, Oregon) . UPI . April 30, 1986 . D2.
4. Striking out toward Cooperstown . Sports Illustrated . Gammons . Peter . Peter Gammons . May 12, 1986 . 26.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/longbo01.shtml Bob Long page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colesda01.shtml Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
7. Web site: Jerry Dybzinski Stats.
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fireost01.shtml Steve Fireovid page at Baseball Reference
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laddpe01.shtml Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference
10. Web site: Jerry Dybzinski Stats.
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huismma01.shtml Mark Huismann page at Baseball Reference
12. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-18-sp-18144-story.html 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