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The Seattle Mariners 1987 season was their 11th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 78–84 (.481). Offseason [ edit ]
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June 2 – The Seattle Mariners use the number-one overall pick of the draft to select Ken Griffey Jr., signaling a turnaround in their fortunes as an organization. June 28 – Don Baylor of the visiting Boston Red Sox is hit by a pitch from Rick Rhoden in the sixth inning of a 6–2 win over the New York Yankees.
Daren Brown, who was the manager of the Mariners' Triple-A affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers, managed the Mariners for the remainder of the 2010 season. Eric Wedge was hired to manage the team for the 2011 to 2013 seasons. Lloyd McClendon was hired as the Mariners' manager on November 7, 2013. [13]
Under Mariners' team policy, he was not eligible to have his uniform number formally retired until 2010, when he became eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time. [46] The Mariners inducted Martínez into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame on June 2, 2007, [47] and retired Martinez's #11 jersey on August 12, 2017. [46]
Ken Griffey Jr. was the first pick overall in the 1987 draft, a 13-time All-Star selection during his career, and a first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee in 2016. [1]The Seattle Mariners are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Seattle, Washington.
The Mariners took part in the June regular draft, also known as the Rule 4 draft. The Mariners made 55 selections in the 1987 draft, the first being outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. in the first round. In all, the Mariners selected 29 pitchers, 11 outfielders, 4 shortstops, 3 catchers, 3 first baseman, 3 second basemen, and 2 third basemen.
The Mariners were created as a result of a lawsuit. In 1970, in the aftermath of the Seattle Pilots' purchase and relocation to Milwaukee as the Milwaukee Brewers by Bud Selig, the city of Seattle, King County, and the state of Washington (represented by then-state Attorney General and future U.S. Senator Slade Gorton) sued the American League for breach of contract. [9]