1986 California Angels season

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1986  California Angels
American League West champions
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Mike Port
Managers Gene Mauch
Television KTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
Radio KMPC
(Ron Fairly, Al Conin)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The 1986 California Angels season was the franchise's 26th season and ended with the Angels losing the American League Championship Series in dramatic fashion.

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The regular season ended with the Angels finishing first in the American League West with a record of 92–70, earning the franchise's third division title. After jumping to a 3–1 series lead over the Boston Red Sox in the best-of-seven ALCS, the Angels blew a 3-run lead in the ninth inning of Game 5 that included giving up a two-out, two-strike home run to Boston's Dave Henderson (in other words, the Angels were 1 strike away from the World Series). The Angels went on to lose Game 5 in extra innings, and eventually lost the next two games and the series.

After 1986, the Angels went into a lengthy playoff drought, not returning to the postseason until their championship season of 2002 (though they did come close in 1995). They would not win a division title again until 2004.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9270.568—50‍–‍3242‍–‍38
Texas Rangers 8775.537551‍–‍3036‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 7686.4691645‍–‍3631‍–‍50
Oakland Athletics 7686.4691647‍–‍3629‍–‍50
Chicago White Sox 7290.4442041‍–‍4031‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 7191.4382143‍–‍3828‍–‍53
Seattle Mariners 6795.4142541‍–‍4126‍–‍54

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—

Notable transactions

Roster

1986 California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1986 regular season game log: 92–70 (home: 50–32; away: 42–38)
April: 13–8 (home: 7–3; away: 6–6)
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May: 10–17 (home: 5–7; away: 5–10)
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June: 17–10 (home: 9–6; away: 8–4)
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July: 15–11 (home: 5–7; away: 10–4)
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57th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas
August: 19–10 (home: 12–2; away: 7–8)
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September: 17–10 (home: 12–7; away: 5–3)
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October: 1–4 (home: 0–0; away: 1–4)
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Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

Postseason Game log

1986 Postseason game log: 3–4 (home: 2–1; away: 1–3)
AL Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox 3–4 (home: 2–1; away: 1–3)
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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 Bob Boone 14444298.222749
1B Wally Joyner 154593172.29022100
2B Bobby Grich 9831384.268930
SS Dick Schofield 139458114.2491357
3B Doug DeCinces 140512131.2562696
LF Brian Downing 152513137.2672095
CF Gary Pettis 154539139.258558
RF Ruppert Jones 12639390.2291749
DH Reggie Jackson 132419101.2411858

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Rob Wilfong 9228863.219333
George Hendrick 10228377.2721447
Rick Burleson 9327177.284529
Jack Howell 6315141.272421
Jerry Narron 579521.22118
Darrell Miller 335713.22804
Devon White 295112.23513
Mark Ryal 133212.37525
Gus Polidor 6195.26301
Mark McLemore 540.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Witt 34269.018102.84208
Kirk McCaskill 34246.117103.36202
Don Sutton 34207.015113.74116
Ron Romanick 18106.1585.5038
John Candelaria 1692.01022.5581
Jim Slaton 1473.1465.6531
Ray Chadwick 727.1057.249
Willie Fraser 14.1008.312

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Vern Ruhle 1647.2134.1523
Urbano Lugo 621.1113.809
Mike Cook 59.0029.006

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Donnie Moore 4945212.9753
Doug Corbett 4642103.6636
Terry Forster 414153.5128
Gary Lucas 274123.1531
Chuck Finley 253103.3037
T.R. Bryden 162106.5525
Ken Forsch 100119.5313
Todd Fischer 90004.247

ALCS

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1California – 8, Boston – 1October 7 Fenway Park 32,993
2California – 2, Boston – 9October 8 Fenway Park 32,786
3Boston – 3, California – 5October 10 Anaheim Stadium 64,206
4Boston – 3, California – 4 (11 innings)October 11 Anaheim Stadium 64,223
5Boston – 7, California – 6 (11 innings)October 12 Anaheim Stadium 64,223
6California – 4, Boston – 10October 14 Fenway Park 32,998
7California – 1, Boston – 8October 15 Fenway Park 33,001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Winston Llenas
AA Midland Angels Texas League Joe Maddon
A Palm Springs Angels California League Tom Kotchman
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Bill Lachemann
A-Short Season Salem Angels Northwest League Bruce Hines

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References

  1. ↑ "DeWayne Buice Stats".
  2. ↑ Don Sutton at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Daryl Sconiers at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ "Geoff Zahn Stats".
  5. ↑ "Alan Mills Stats".
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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