1986 Detroit Tigers season

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1986  Detroit Tigers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Tiger Stadium
City Detroit, Michigan
Owners Tom Monaghan
General managers Bill Lajoie
Managers Sparky Anderson
Television WDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
Radio WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
  1985 Seasons 1987  

The 1986 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 86th season and the 75th season at Tiger Stadium. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League East.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9566.59051304436
New York Yankees 9072.55641394933
Detroit Tigers 8775.53749323843
Toronto Blue Jays 8676.53142394437
Cleveland Indians 8478.51911½45353943
Milwaukee Brewers 7784.4781841393645
Baltimore Orioles 7389.45122½37423647

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
Boston 9–45–77–510–37–66–66–610–25–87–58–48–47–6
California 6–67–57–66–67–58–55–77–67–510–38–58–56–6
Chicago 3–95–76–75–76–67–65–76–76–67–68–52–116–6
Cleveland 9–43–106–67–54–98–48–56–65–810–29–36–63–10–1
Detroit 12–16–75–76–69–45–78–57–56–76–66–67–54–9
Kansas City 6–66–65–86–74–87–56–66–74–88–55–88–55–7
Milwaukee 7–66–67–57–55–85–86–64–88–55–76–64–87–6
Minnesota 4–82–106–77–66–65–77–68–44–86–76–76–74–8
New York 8–58–55–76–68–57–68–45–88–45–78–47–57–6
Oakland 7–55–73–106–72–106–65–87–57–67–510–33–108–4
Seattle 6–64–85–85–83–96–68–56–67–64–83–104–96–6
Texas 7–54–85–811–26–65–75–88–47–65–710–39–45–7
Toronto 5–86–76–66–610–3–19–47–56–78–46–74–86–67–5

Notable transactions

Roster

1986 Detroit Tigers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Lance Parrish 9132784.2572262
1B Darrell Evans 151507122.2412985
2B Lou Whitaker 144584157.2692073
SS Alan Trammell 151574159.2772175
3B Darnell Coles 142521142.2732086
LF Larry Herndon 10628370.247837
CF Chet Lemon 126403101.2511253
RF Kirk Gibson 119441118.2682886
DH Johnny Grubb 8121070.3331351

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dave Collins 124419113.270127
Tom Brookens 9828176.270325
Pat Sheridan 9823656.237619
Dwight Lowry 5615046.307318
Dave Bergman 6513030.23119
Mike Heath 309826.265411
Dave Engle 358622.25604
Harry Spilman 244912.24538
Mike Laga 15459.20038
Bruce Fields 164312.27906
Brian Harper 19365.13903
Tim Tolman 16346.17602
Doug Baker 13243.12500
Matt Nokes 7248.33312
Scotti Madison 270.00001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Morris 35267.02183.27223
Walt Terrell 34217.115124.5693
Frank Tanana 32188.11294.16119
Dan Petry 20116.05104.6656

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Eric King 33138.11143.5179
Randy O'Neal 37122.2374.3368
Dave LaPoint 1667.2365.7236
Bryan Kelly 620.0124.5018

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Willie Hernández 6487243.5577
Bill Campbell 343633.8837
Mark Thurmond 254131.9217
Jim Slaton 220024.0512
Chuck Cary 221203.4121
Bill Scherrer 130107.2916
John Pacella 50014.095
Jack Lazorko 30004.053

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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References

  1. "Barbaro Garbey Stats".
  2. Darnell Coles Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. 1 2 "Dave Engle Stats".
  4. "Brian Harper Stats".
  5. Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007