1987 Seattle Mariners Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 12, 1986

  Jim Beattie granted Free Agency.

  Steve Yeager granted Free Agency.

• December 5, 1986

  Traded a player to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Rick Renteria. The Seattle Mariners sent Bob Siegel (minors) (December 10, 1986) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• December 8, 1986

  Drafted Stan Clarke from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1986 rule 5 draft.

• December 9, 1986

  Drafted Jeff Nelson from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1986 minor league draft.

• December 10, 1986

  Traded Rick Luecken and Danny Tartabull to the Kansas City Royals. Received Scott Bankhead, Mike Kingery and Steve Shields.

  Traded Matt Young to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mike Watters (minors) and Dennis Powell.

• December 17, 1986

  Traded Ricky Nelson to the New York Mets. Received Doug Gwosdz.

• December 20, 1986

  Released Roy Thomas.

• December 23, 1986

  Signed Dave Stapleton as a free agent.

• Before 1987 Season

  Bobby Castillo received from the Oakland Athletics in an unknown transaction.

• January 15, 1987

  Signed Jim Weaver as a free agent.

• March 25, 1987

  Released Bobby Castillo.

• March 31, 1987

  Released Pete Ladd.

  Released Dave Stapleton.

• April 10, 1987

  Signed Roy Thomas as a free agent.

• April 17, 1987

  Signed Jerry Narron as a free agent.

• May 12, 1987

  Traded Mark Huismann to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dave Gallagher.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Ken Griffey Jr. in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dave Burba in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Joe Slusarski in the 6th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Eric Helfand in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike Gardiner in the 18th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1987.

  Drafted Pat Listach in the 23rd round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Todd Haney in the 38th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1987.

  Drafted Gar Finnvold in the 42nd round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jeff Darwin in the 46th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted James Hurst in the 52nd round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 4, 1987

  Traded Ross Jones to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Ricky Rojas (minors) (October 19, 1987) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

• June 15, 1987

  Signed Chuck Carr as a free agent.

• June 22, 1987

  Traded Karl Best to the Detroit Tigers. Received Bryan Kelly.

• June 30, 1987

  Signed Chris Beasley as a free agent.

  Signed Wade Taylor as an amateur free agent.

• July 11, 1987

  Released Bob Kearney.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs. Received Gary Matthews. The Seattle Mariners sent Dave Hartnett (minors) (July 12, 1987) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• August 5, 1987

  Released Roy Thomas.

• August 11, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Nelson Simmons. The Seattle Mariners sent Mike Brown (August 26, 1987) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

• September 30, 1987

  Released Dave Gallagher.

  Traded Doug Givler (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Julio Solano.

• October 5, 1987

  Traded Stan Clarke to the Detroit Tigers. Received Bruce Fields.

• October 15, 1987

  Dan Firova granted Free Agency.

  Steve Shields granted Free Agency.

  Nelson Simmons granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 1987

  Gary Matthews granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 1987

  Released Jim Weaver.

• November 20, 1987

  Released Jerry Narron.

• December 9, 1987

  Traded Mike Morgan to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Ken Dixon.

  Traded Phil Bradley and Tim Fortugno to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Dave Brundage (minors), Mike Jackson and Glenn Wilson.

• December 21, 1987

  Released John Moses.

  Released Domingo Ramos.

• December 22, 1987

  Traded Lee Guetterman, Clay Parker and Wade Taylor to the New York Yankees. Received Henry Cotto and Steve Trout.

• January 11, 1988

  Signed Brian Giles as a free agent.

• January 19, 1988

  Signed John Rabb as a free agent.

• February 3, 1988

  Traded Ken Spratke (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Dave Cochrane.

• March, 1988

  Signed Jay Baller as a free agent.

• March 1, 1988

  Signed Jim Wilson as a free agent.

• March 19, 1988

  Traded a player to be named later to the San Francisco Giants. Received Rod Scurry. The Seattle Mariners sent Donell Nixon (June 23, 1988) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• March 23, 1988

  Released Chris Beasley.

• March 28, 1988

  Released Mike Trujillo.