1986 Oakland Athletics season

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1986  Oakland Athletics
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
Owners Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General managers Sandy Alderson
Managers Jackie Moore, Jeff Newman, Tony La Russa
Television KPIX
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
Radio KSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson)
KBRG
(Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Julio Gonzalez)
←  1985 Seasons 1987  →

The Oakland Athletics' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the A's finishing third in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 92700.568—50–3242–38
Texas Rangers 87750.537551–3036–45
Kansas City Royals 76860.4691645–3631–50
Oakland Athletics 76860.4691647–3629–50
Chicago White Sox 72900.4442041–4031–50
Minnesota Twins 71910.4382143–3828–53
Seattle Mariners 67950.4142541–4126–54

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

Draft picks

Roster

1986 Oakland Athletics
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 Mickey Tettleton 9021143.2041035
1B Bruce Bochte 125407104.256643
2B Tony Phillips 118441113.256552
3B Carney Lansford 151591168.2841972
SS Alfredo Griffin 162594169.285451
LF José Canseco 157600144.24033117
CF Dwayne Murphy 9832983.252939
RF Mike Davis 142489131.2681955
DH Dave Kingman 144561118.2103594

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Donnie Hill 10833996.283429
Dusty Baker 8324258.240419
Jerry Willard 7516143.267426
Stan Javier 5911423.20208
Bill Bathe 3910319.184511
Mark McGwire 185310.18939
Rusty Tillman 223910.25616
Ricky Peters 44387.18401
Mike Gallego 203710.27004
Lenn Sakata 173412.35305
Steve Henderson 11262.07703
Terry Steinbach 6155.33324
Rob Nelson 592.22200
Wayne Gross 320.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Curt Young 29198.01393.45116
Joaquín Andújar 28155.01273.8272
Chris Codiroli 1691.2584.0343
Moose Haas 1272.1722.7440
Rick Rodriguez 316.1126.612

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
José Rijo 39193.29114.65176
Dave Stewart 29149.1953.74102
Eric Plunk 26120.1472.7498
Bill Mooneyham 4599.2454.5275
Rick Langford 1655.01107.3630
Bill Krueger 1134.1126.0310

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jay Howell 3836163.3842
Steve Ontiveros 4622104.7154
Dave Leiper 332214.8315
Doug Bair 312343.0040
Dave Von Ohlen 240313.524
Keith Atherton 131205.878
Tom Dozier 40005.684
Darrel Akerfelds 20006.755
Tim Birtsas 200022.501
Fernando Arroyo 1000----0

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Keith Lieppman
AA Huntsville Stars Southern League Brad Fischer
A Modesto A's California League Tommie Reynolds
A Madison Muskies Midwest League Jim Nettles
A-Short Season Medford A's Northwest League Dave Hudgens

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References

  1. 1 2 "Barbaro Garbey Stats".
  2. ↑ Joaquín Andújar at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Phil Stephenson at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ "Lenn Sakata Stats".
  5. ↑ Charlie O'Brien at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Mark McGwire at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Jerry Willard at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ "Keith Atherton Stats".
  9. ↑ Dave Stewart at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Dave Von Ohlen at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Mike Bordick at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Ozzie Canseco at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ Rick Langford at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ Bret Barberie at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.266, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
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