1986 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1986  Los Angeles Dodgers
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Record	73–89 (.451)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Peter O'Malley
General managers	Al Campanis
Managers	Tommy Lasorda
Television	KTTV (11) Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter Dodgervision Eddie Doucette, Al Downing, Rick Monday
Radio	KABC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter KTNQ Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
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The 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 97th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 29th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 25th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers finished the season with a 73–89 record and fifth place finish. The Dodgers failed to defend their National League West title and suffered a losing season for the second time in three seasons, also missing the postseason in the process.

Regular season

Season standings

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	96	66	.593	—	52‍–‍29	44‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds	86	76	.531	10	43‍–‍38	43‍–‍38
San Francisco Giants	83	79	.512	13	46‍–‍35	37‍–‍44
San Diego Padres	74	88	.457	22	43‍–‍38	31‍–‍50
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	.451	23	46‍–‍35	27‍–‍54
Atlanta Braves	72	89	.447	23½	41‍–‍40	31‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1986 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	9–3	6–12	5–13	10–8	4–7	4–8	4–8	5–7	12–6	7–11	6–6
Chicago	3–9	—	5–7	4–8	6–6	8–10	6–12	9–8	7–11	6–6	6–6	10–7
Cincinnati	12–6	7–5	—	4–14	10–8	7–5	4–8	7–5	10–2	9–9	9–9	7–5
Houston	13–5	8–4	14–4	—	10–8	8–4	5–7	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	7–5
Los Angeles	8–10	6–6	8–10	8–10	—	5–7	3–9	5–7	8–4	6–12	8–10	8–4
Montreal	7–4	10–8	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10	11–7	4–8	5–7	9–9
New York	8–4	12–6	8–4	7–5	9–3	10–8	—	8–10	17–1	10–2	7–5	12–6
Philadelphia	8-4	8–9	5–7	6–6	7–5	10–8	10–8	—	11–7	6–6	9–3	6–12
Pittsburgh	7–5	11–7	2–10	6–6	4–8	7–11	1–17	7–11	—	8–4	4–8	7–11
San Diego	6–12	6–6	9–9	8–10	12–6	8–4	2–10	6–6	4–8	—	8–10	5–7
San Francisco	11–7	6–6	9–9	9–9	10–8	7–5	5–7	3–9	8–4	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	6–6	7–10	5–7	5–7	4–8	9–9	6–12	12–6	11–7	7–5	7–5	—

Opening Day starters

Name	Position
Mariano Duncan	Shortstop
Ken Landreaux	Center fielder
Bill Madlock	Third baseman
Greg Brock	First baseman
Mike Marshall	Right fielder
Franklin Stubbs	Left fielder
Mike Scioscia	Catcher
Steve Sax	Second baseman
Fernando Valenzuela	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• April 10, 1986: César Cedeño was signed as a free agent by the Dodgers. ^[1]
• June 5, 1986: César Cedeño was released by the Dodgers. ^[1]
• July 31, 1986: Joe Beckwith was purchased by the Dodgers from the Toronto Blue Jays. ^[2]

Roster

1986 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 45 Joe Beckwith 27 Carlos Diaz 52 Balvino Gálvez 55 Orel Hershiser 51 Brian Holton 40 Rick Honeycutt 43 Ken Howell 49 Tom Niedenfuer 26 Alejandro Peña 48 Dennis Powell 41 Jerry Reuss 34 Fernando Valenzuela 31 Ed Vande Berg 35 Bob Welch		Catchers 37 Jack Fimple 14 Mike Scioscia 29 Alex Treviño Infielders 10 Dave Anderson  9 Greg Brock 23 Enos Cabell 25 Mariano Duncan 33 Jeff Hamilton 12 Bill Madlock  3 Steve Sax 20 Larry See 38 Craig Shipley		Outfielders 20 Ed Amelung 46 Ralph Bryant  7 César Cedeño 47 José González 28 Pedro Guerrero 44 Ken Landreaux  5 Mike Marshall 17 Len Matuszek 18 Bill Russell 22 Franklin Stubbs 45 Terry Whitfield 21,51 Reggie Williams		Manager  2 Tommy Lasorda Coaches  8 Joey Amalfitano 54 Monty Basgall 58 Mark Cresse 37 Ben Hines 11 Manny Mota 16 Ron Perranoski

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mike Scioscia	122	374	94	.251	5	26
1B	Greg Brock	115	325	76	.234	16	52
2B	Steve Sax	157	633	210	.332	6	56
SS	Mariano Duncan	109	407	93	.229	8	30
3B	Bill Madlock	111	379	106	.280	10	60
LF	Franklin Stubbs	132	420	95	.226	23	58
CF	Reggie Williams	128	303	84	.277	4	32
RF	Mike Marshall	103	330	77	.233	19	53

Other batters

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
Ken Landreaux	103	283	74	.261	4	29
Enos Cabell	107	277	71	.256	2	29
Bill Russell	105	216	54	.250	0	18
Dave Anderson	92	216	53	.245	1	15
Alex Treviño	89	202	53	.262	4	26
Len Matuszek	91	199	52	.261	9	28
Jeff Hamilton	71	147	33	.224	5	19
José González	57	93	20	.215	2	6
César Cedeño	37	78	18	.231	0	6
Ralph Bryant	27	75	19	.253	6	13
Pedro Guerrero	31	61	15	.246	5	10
Craig Shipley	12	27	3	.111	0	4
Larry See	13	20	5	.250	0	2
Terry Whitfield	19	14	1	.071	0	0
Jack Fimple	13	13	1	.077	0	2
Ed Amelung	8	11	1	.091	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Fernando Valenzuela	34	269.1	21	11	3.14	242
Bob Welch	33	235.2	7	13	3.28	183
Orel Hershiser	35	231.1	14	14	3.85	153
Rick Honeycutt	32	171.0	11	9	3.32	100

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jerry Reuss	19	74.0	2	6	5.84	29
Alejandro Peña	24	70.0	1	2	4.89	46
Dennis Powell	27	65.1	2	7	4.27	31
Brian Holton	12	24.1	2	3	4.44	24

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ken Howell	62	6	12	12	3.87	104
Tom Niedenfuer	60	6	6	11	3.71	55
Ed Vande Berg	60	1	5	0	3.41	42
Carlos Diaz	19	0	0	0	4.26	18
Joe Beckwith	15	0	0	0	6.87	13
Balvino Gálvez	10	0	1	0	3.92	11

1986 Awards

• 1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Steve Sax reserve
  • Fernando Valenzuela reserve
• Gold Glove Award
  • Fernando Valenzuela
• Silver Slugger Award
  • Steve Sax
• TSN National League All-Star
  • Steve Sax
  • Fernando Valenzuela
• NL Player of the Month
  • Steve Sax (September 1986)
• NL Player of the Week
  • Fernando Valenzuela (Apr. 28 – May 4)
  • Fernando Valenzuela (May 19–25)
  • Franklin Stubbs (July 14–20)
  • Orel Hershiser (July 28 – Aug. 3)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Albuquerque Dukes	Pacific Coast League	Terry Collins
AA	San Antonio Dodgers	Texas League	Gary LaRocque
High A	Bakersfield Dodgers	California League	Don LeJohn
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Stan Wasiak
Rookie	Great Falls Dodgers	Pioneer League	Kevin Kennedy
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Joe Alvarez

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball draft

Main article: 1986 Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers drafted 39 players in the June draft and 19 in the January draft. Of those, seven players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.

The Dodgers first round pick in the June draft was outfielder Michael White from Loudon High School in Loudon, Tennessee. In seven seasons of professional baseball (six of them in the Dodgers system), he hit .277 with 12 homers and 217 RBI.

The most notable pick in the draft was infielder Dave Hansen, selected in the 2nd round out of Rowland High School in California. Hansen played in the Majors from 1990 to 2007, and was one of the more accomplished pinch hitters in league history. He hit .260 with 35 homers and 222 RBI. After his playing career he became a Major League hitting coach.

1986 draft picks

January draft [3] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Timothy Anderson IF Sacramento City College Yes 1986–1987 A 2 Brian Flanagan OF Citrus College No 3 Lee Langley OF Linn–Benton Community College Yes 1986–1997 A+ 4 Adam Brown C Georgia Perimeter College Yes 1986–1995 AAA 5 Stephen Carmarda RHP San Jacinto College No 6 Darren Lewis OF Chabot College No Athletics-1988 1988–2002 MLB 7 Mike Bundesen LHP Mott Community College No 8 Keith Hayes C University of Nebraska at Lincoln No 9 Brad Freking LHP William Rainey Harper College No 10 Ranfred Johnson RHP Los Angeles Harbor College No Mariners-1987 1987–1989 A 11 Mike Bledsoe LHP College of the Sequoias No 12 Elliott Quinones OF Gulf Coast Community College No Reds-1989 1989–1992 A 13 Mike Ripplinger OF Taft College No 14 Tim Anderson OF Georgia Perimeter College No 15 David Downey OF Muscatine Community College No 16 David Ray C Georgia Perimeter College No January secondary phase [4] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 James Kating C Triton College Yes 1986–1990 AA 2 Blake Butterfield RHP Mt. San Antonio College No 3 Pedro Borbón LHP Ranger College No White Sox-1988 1988–2006 MLB June draft [5] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Michael White OF Loudon High School Yes 1986–1992 AAA 2 Dave Hansen SS Rowland High School Yes 1986–2005 MLB 3 Mike Munoz LHP California Polytechnic State University Yes 1986–2000 MLB 4 Michaell Pitz RHP University of the Pacific Yes 1986–1991 AA 5 Kevin Campbell RHP University of Arkansas Yes 1986–1995 MLB 6 Michael Siler RHP University of Portland Yes 1986–1987 A 7 Daniel Henley IF University of Southern California Yes 1986–1991 AAA 8 Joe Kesselmark OF Pace University Yes 1986–1990 AAA 9 Henry Goshay OF Pacelli High School Yes 1986–1989 A 10 Kenneth Riensche RHP St. Mary's College of California Yes 1986–1987 Rookie 11 Kenneth King RHP University of North Carolina at Wilmington Yes 1986–1988 A 12 Daniel Pena LHP University of Texas at Austin Yes 1986–1988 A 13 Christopher Cerny LHP University of New Mexico Yes 1986–1989 A 14 Danny Montgomery 2B University of North Carolina at Charlotte Yes 1986–1988 A 15 Theodore Dyson 1B Arizona State University No Angels-1987 1987–1988 A 16 Anthony Ciccone 2B Sonoma State University Yes 1986 Rookie 17 Eric Mangham OF Florida State University Yes 1986–1994 AAA 18 Clifton Smith 3B South San Francisco High School No 19 Billy Brooks RHP Georgia Southern University Yes 1986–1989 AAA 20 Stephen Wood RHP St. Mary's College of California Yes 1986–1987 A 21 Jeffrey Brown OF Brigham Young University Yes 1986–1988 AAA 22 Donald Poteet 3B Augusta State University Yes 1986 Rookie 23 John Knapp 3B University of Iowa Yes 1986–1990 A+ 24 Billy Bartels RHP California State University, Fresno Yes 1986–1988 A 25 Timothy Brown OF Monroe Area High School No 26 Paul Quantrill RHP Okemos High School No Red Sox-1989 1989–2005 MLB 27 Gregory Hornsby OF King High School Yes 1986 Rookie 28 Scott Longaker RHP Petaluma High School No 29 Dave Proctor RHP Topeka High School No Mets-1988 1988–1992 AA 30 Craig Stiveson RHP Marin Catholic High School No 31 Chris Dominque RHP Westchester High School No 32 Gregory Reid OF Polytechnic High School No Athletics-1990 1990–1992 A June secondary phase [6] Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Carlos Carrasco RHP Gavilan College Yes 1987–1997 A+ 2 Wade Taylor RHP Jefferson Davis Community College No Mariners-1987 1987–2000 MLB 3 Miguel Ferradas C Miami Dade College Yes 1986–1987 A 4 Adrian Adkins C Middle Georgia College No Pirates-1989 1989 Rookie 5 Mike Bundesen LHP Mott Community College No 6 Keith Hayes C University of Nebraska–Lincoln No 7 Andrew Bourne OF Citrus College Yes 1986 Rookie

References

1. Cesar Cedeno page at Baseball Reference
2. "Joe Beckwith Stats".
3. 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
4. 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
5. 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
6. 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

External links

• 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page