1986 Seattle Mariners season

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

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

At Boston's Fenway Park on Tuesday, April 29, 23-year-old Roger Clemens struck out 20 Mariners, a new major league record. The game was scoreless through six innings, and the Red Sox won 3–1.[1][2][3][4]

Manager Chuck Cottier was fired in May. Marty Martínez managed one game as interim manager before Dick Williams became the manager.[5]

Jim Presley represented the Mariners in the All-Star Game.[6] Mark Langston led the AL with 245 strikeouts, and John Moses tied for the league lead with 18 times caught stealing.[7]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9270 .568 — 50‍–‍32 42‍–‍38
Texas Rangers 8775 .537 5 51‍–‍30 36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 7686 .469 16 45‍–‍36 31‍–‍50
Oakland Athletics 7686 .469 16 47‍–‍36 29‍–‍50
Chicago White Sox 7290 .444 20 41‍–‍40 31‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 7191 .438 21 43‍–‍38 28‍–‍53
Seattle Mariners 6795 .414 25 41‍–‍41 26‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League record

Sources:[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
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

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
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

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
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

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[32]

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. ↑ Cour, Jim (May 9, 1986). "Williams says he's M's new skipper". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. p. 21.
  6. ↑ "1986 MLB All-Star Game Roster - Major League Baseball - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  7. ↑ "1986 Seattle Mariners Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Bob Long Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Darnell Coles Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Jerry Dybzinski Stats". Baseball Reference.
  11. ↑ "Steve Fireovid Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Pete Ladd Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  13. ↑ "1986 Baltimore Orioles Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  14. ↑ "1986 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  15. ↑ "1986 California Angels Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  16. ↑ "1986 Chicago White Sox Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  17. ↑ "1986 Cleveland Indians Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  18. ↑ "1986 Detroit Tigers Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  19. ↑ "1986 Kansas City Royals Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  20. ↑ "1986 Milwaukee Brewers Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  21. ↑ "1986 Minnesota Twins Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  22. ↑ "1986 New York Yankees Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  23. ↑ "1986 Oakland Athletics Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  24. ↑ "1986 Seattle Mariners Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  25. ↑ "1986 Texas Rangers Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  26. ↑ "1986 Toronto Blue Jays Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  27. ↑ "Mark Huismann Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  28. ↑ "The Chicago White Sox Tuesday acquired outfielder Ivan Calderon..." UPI. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Ivan Calderon". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  30. ↑ "Red Sox Get Spike Owen From Mariners". Los Angeles Times. August 18, 1986. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  31. ↑ "John Christensen Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  32. ↑ 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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