1986 Baltimore Orioles season

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1986  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place7th
Owners Edward Bennett Williams
General managers Hank Peters
Managers Earl Weaver
Television WMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Tom Davis)
Radio WFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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The 1987 Baltimore Orioles season was the 86th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 33rd in Baltimore, and the 33rd at Memorial Stadium. The Orioles finished seventh in the American League East with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses. On August 5, the Orioles were in second place with a record of 59–47, just 2.5 games out of first place, but the Orioles would lose 42 of their final 56 games to finish in last place in the AL East.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9566.590—51‍–‍3044‍–‍36
New York Yankees 9072.5565½41‍–‍3949‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 8775.5378½49‍–‍3238‍–‍43
Toronto Blue Jays 8676.5319½42‍–‍3944‍–‍37
Cleveland Indians 8478.51911½45‍–‍3539‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers 7784.4781841‍–‍3936‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles 7389.45122½37‍–‍4236‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
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—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1986 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Rick Dempsey 12232768.2081329
1B Eddie Murray 137495151.3051784
2B Alan Wiggins 7123960.251011
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 162627177.2822581
3B Floyd Rayford 8121037.176819
LF Mike Young 11736993.252942
CF Fred Lynn 112397114.2872367
RF Lee Lacy 130491141.2871147
DH Larry Sheets 11233892.2721860

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
John Shelby 13540492.2281149
Juan Beníquez 113343103.300636
Juan Bonilla 10228469.243118
Jim Traber 6521254.2551344
Tom O'Malley 5618146.254118
Jim Dwyer 9416039.244831
Jackie Gutiérrez 6114527.18604
John Stefero 5212028.233213
Ken Gerhart 206916.23217
Al Pardo 16517.13713
Ricky Jones 16336.18204
Tom Dodd 8133.23112
Kelly Paris 5102.20000
Carl Nichols 550.00000
Rex Hudler 1410.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Boddicker 33218.114124.70175
Scott McGregor 34203.011154.5295
Ken Dixon 35202.111134.58170
Mike Flanagan 29172.07114.2496
Storm Davis 25154.09123.6296
John Habyan 626.1134.4414
Eric Bell 423.1125.0118

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Don Aase 6667342.9867
Rich Bordi 526434.4683
Brad Havens 463314.5657
Nate Snell 342103.8629
Odell Jones 212203.8332
Tippy Martinez 140215.6311
Tony Arnold 110203.557
Mike Kinnunen 90006.431
Dennis Martínez 40006.752
Bill Swaggerty 100018.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League John Hart
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Greg Biagini
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League Bob Molinaro
A-Short Season Newark Orioles New York–Penn League Art Mazmanian
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Glenn Gulliver

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  5. ↑ Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference
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  9. ↑ Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Dennis Martínez page on Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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