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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Notable transactions  




2.4  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  




3.2  Other batters  




3.3  Pitching  




3.4  Starting pitchers  




3.5  Other pitchers  




3.6  Relief pitchers  






4 Farm system  




5 References  




6 External links  













1986 Detroit Tigers season






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1986 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersTom Monaghan
General managersBill Lajoie
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
RadioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
← 1985 Seasons 1987 →

The Detroit Tigers' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League East.

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

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    • AL East     		W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Boston Red Sox 95 66 0.590 — 51–30 44–36
    New York Yankees 90 72 0.556 5½ 41–39 49–33
    Detroit Tigers 87 75 0.537 8½ 49–32 38–43
    Toronto Blue Jays 86 76 0.531 9½ 42–39 44–37
    Cleveland Indians 84 78 0.519 11½ 45–35 39–43
    Milwaukee Brewers 77 84 0.478 18 41–39 36–45
    Baltimore Orioles 73 89 0.451 22½ 37–42 36–47

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1986 American League record
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    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
    Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
    Baltimore — 4–9 6–6 9–3 4–9 1–12 6–6 6–7 8–4 5–8 5–7 6–6 5–7 8–5
    Boston 9–4 — 5–7 7–5 10–3 7–6 6–6 6–6 10–2 5–8 7–5 8–4 8–4 7–6
    California 6–6 7–5 — 7–6 6–6 7–5 8–5 5–7 7–6 7–5 10–3 8–5 8–5 6–6
    Chicago 3–9 5–7 6–7 — 5–7 6–6 7–6 5–7 6–7 6–6 7–6 8–5 2–11 6–6
    Cleveland 9–4 3–10 6–6 7–5 — 4–9 8–4 8–5 6–6 5–8 10–2 9–3 6–6 3–10–1
    Detroit 12–1 6–7 5–7 6–6 9–4 — 5–7 8–5 7–5 6–7 6–6 6–6 7–5 4–9
    Kansas City 6–6 6–6 5–8 6–7 4–8 7–5 — 6–6 6–7 4–8 8–5 5–8 8–5 5–7
    Milwaukee 7–6 6–6 7–5 7–5 5–8 5–8 6–6 — 4–8 8–5 5–7 6–6 4–8 7–6
    Minnesota 4–8 2–10 6–7 7–6 6–6 5–7 7–6 8–4 — 4–8 6–7 6–7 6–7 4–8
    New York 8–5 8–5 5–7 6–6 8–5 7–6 8–4 5–8 8–4 — 5–7 8–4 7–5 7–6
    Oakland 7–5 5–7 3–10 6–7 2–10 6–6 5–8 7–5 7–6 7–5 — 10–3 3–10 8–4
    Seattle 6–6 4–8 5–8 5–8 3–9 6–6 8–5 6–6 7–6 4–8 3–10 — 4–9 6–6
    Texas 7–5 4–8 5–8 11–2 6–6 5–7 5–8 8–4 7–6 5–7 10–3 9–4 — 5–7
    Toronto 5–8 6–7 6–6 6–6 10–3–1 9–4 7–5 6–7 8–4 6–7 4–8 6–6 7–5 —


    Notable transactions[edit]

    Roster[edit]

    1986 Detroit Tigers
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    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 Lance Parrish 91 327 84 .257 22 62
    1B Darrell Evans 151 507 122 .241 29 85
    2B Lou Whitaker 144 584 157 .269 20 73
    SS Alan Trammell 151 574 159 .277 21 75
    3B Darnell Coles 142 521 142 .273 20 86
    LF Larry Herndon 106 283 70 .247 8 37
    CF Chet Lemon 126 403 101 .251 12 53
    RF Kirk Gibson 119 441 118 .268 28 86
    DH Johnny Grubb 81 210 70 .333 13 51

    Other batters[edit]

    Note: G = Games played; AB = at bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
    Dave Collins 124 419 113 .270 1 27
    Tom Brookens 98 281 76 .270 3 25
    Pat Sheridan 98 236 56 .237 6 19
    Dwight Lowry 56 150 46 .307 3 18
    Dave Bergman 65 130 30 .231 1 9
    Mike Heath 30 98 26 .265 4 11
    Dave Engle 35 86 22 .256 0 4
    Harry Spilman 24 49 12 .245 3 8
    Mike Laga 15 45 9 .200 3 8
    Bruce Fields 16 43 12 .279 0 6
    Brian Harper 19 36 5 .139 0 3
    Tim Tolman 16 34 6 .176 0 2
    Doug Baker 13 24 3 .125 0 0
    Matt Nokes 7 24 8 .333 1 2
    Scotti Madison 2 7 0 .000 0 1

    Pitching[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

    Note; G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Jack Morris 35 267.0 21 8 3.27 223
    Walt Terrell 34 217.1 15 12 4.56 93
    Frank Tanana 32 188.1 12 9 4.16 119
    Dan Petry 20 116.0 5 10 4.66 56

    Other pitchers[edit]

    Note; G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Eric King 33 138.1 11 4 3.51 79
    Randy O'Neal 37 122.2 3 7 4.33 68
    Dave LaPoint 16 67.2 3 6 5.72 36
    Bryan Kelly 6 20.0 1 2 4.50 18

    Relief pitchers[edit]

    Note; G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Willie Hernández 64 8 7 24 3.55 77
    Bill Campbell 34 3 6 3 3.88 37
    Mark Thurmond 25 4 1 3 1.92 17
    Jim Slaton 22 0 0 2 4.05 12
    Chuck Cary 22 1 2 0 3.41 21
    Bill Scherrer 13 0 1 0 7.29 16
    John Pacella 5 0 0 1 4.09 5
    Jack Lazorko 3 0 0 0 4.05 3

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Nashville Sounds American Association Leon Roberts
    AA Glens Falls Tigers Eastern League Bob Schaefer
    A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Tom Burgess
    A Gastonia Tigers South Atlantic League Johnny Lipon
    Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Tom Gamboa

    [6]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Barbaro Garbey Stats".
  • ^ Darnell Coles Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  • ^ a b "Dave Engle Stats".
  • ^ "Brian Harper Stats".
  • ^ Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  • ^ 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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