1986 Cleveland Indians season

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1986  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division Eastern Division
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
OwnersEstate of F.J. "Steve" O'Neill, Richard Jacobs
General managers Joe Klein
Managers Pat Corrales
Television WUAB
Radio WWWE
←  1985 Seasons 1987  →

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 95660.590—51–3044–36
New York Yankees 90720.5565½41–3949–33
Detroit Tigers 87750.5378½49–3238–43
Toronto Blue Jays 86760.5319½42–3944–37
Cleveland Indians 84780.51911½45–3539–43
Milwaukee Brewers 77840.4781841–3936–45
Baltimore Orioles 73890.45122½37–4236–47

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—

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
2 Brett Butler CF
30 Joe Carter RF
14 Julio Franco SS
29 Andre Thornton DH
26 Brook Jacoby 3B
10 Pat Tabler 1B
4 Tony Bernazard 2B
27 Mel Hall LF
6 Andy Allanson C
18 Ken Schrom P

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Roster

1986 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Contents

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Andy Allanson 101293306673129.22510
Chris Bando 92254286890226,2680
Jay Bell 514352014.3570
Tony Bernazard 146562881692841773.30117
Brett Butler 161587921631714451.27832
Joe Carter 16266310820036929121.30229
Carmelo Castillo 85205345790832.2782
Dave Clark 185810161039.2761
Julio Franco 149599801833051074.30610
Mel Hall 140442681312921877.2966
Brook Jacoby 158583831683041780.2882
Fran Mullins 2840374005.1750
Otis Nixon 1059533254108.26323
Dan Rohn 610120002.2000
Cory Snyder 103416581132112469.2722
Pat Tabler 13047361154292648.3263
Andre Thornton 12040149921401766.2294
Eddie Williams 57210001.1430
Team Totals1625702831162027045157775.284141

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Scott Bailes 10104.9562107112.270624360
John Butcher 156.93138050.243391316
Ernie Camacho 244.085102057.126263136
Tom Candiotti 16123.5736340252.1112100106167
Jamie Easterly 027.64130017.21615129
Neal Heaton 364.241212074.142353424
Doug Jones 102.50110118.055612
Jim Kern 117.90160027.128242311
Phil Niekro 11114.3234320210.11261019581
Dickie Noles 325.10320054.233313032
Bryan Oelkers 334.70354169.038364033
Reggie Ritter 006.3050010.010746
Jose Roman 126.5565022.02016179
Ken Schrom 1474.5434330206.01181044987
Don Schulze 445.001913084.248473433
Greg Swindell 524.2399061.235291546
Frank Wills 444.91260440.123221632
Rich Yett 535.15393176.248453750
Team Totals84784.58162162341447.2841736605744

Game log

Legend
Indians WinIndians LossGame Postponed
1986 Game Log
April: 11-8 (Home: 0-0, Road: 0-0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 7@ Orioles 6-4 Schrom (1-0) Flanagan (0-1) Camacho (1)52,2921-0
2April 9@ Orioles 4-3 Aase (1-0) Bailes (0-1)13,0391-1
3April 10@ Orioles 5-1 Dixon (1-0) Kern (0-1) Bordi (1)12,9331-2
4April 11 Tigers 7-2 Terrell (1-0) Niekro (0-1)32,4411-3
5April 12 Tigers 6-2 Schrom (2-0) Morris (1-1) Camacho (2)17,4262-3
6April 13 Tigers 8-2 Bailes (1-1) Tanana (0-1)10,4633-3
7April 15 Yankees 6-2 Niekro (1-0) Candiotti (0-1) Fisher (1)3,2233-4
—April 16 Yankees Postponed
8April 17 Yankees 6-4 Niekro (1-1) Tewksbury (1-1) Bailes (1)5,6024-4
9April 18@ Tigers 6-1 Tanana (1-1) Schrom (2-1)20,7034-5
10April 19@ Tigers 8-6 Bailes (2-1) Petry (1-2) Camacho (3)19,2165-5
—April 20@ Tigers Postponed
11April 21 Orioles 7-0 Candiotti (1-1) Flanagan (1-2)3,0126-5
12April 22 Orioles 5-2 Dixon (2-0) Niekro (1-2) Aase (4)3,0046-6
13April 23 Orioles 5-1 Schrom (3-1) McGregor (1-2) Bailes (2)3,7887-6
14April 24@ Yankees 2-1 Guidry (3-0) Heaton (0-1)17,2997-7
May: 12-16 (Home: 0-0, Road: 0-0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
June: 15-11 (Home: 0-0, Road: 0-0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
July: 15-12 (Home: 0-0, Road: 0-0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
August: 12-19 (Home: 0-0, Road: 0-0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
September: 15-12 (Home: 0-0, Road: 0-0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
October: 4-0 (Home: 0-0, Road: 0-0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Maine Guides International League Jim Napier
AA Waterbury Indians Eastern League Orlando Gómez
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Steve Swisher
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Glenn Adams

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo [13]

Notes

  1. ↑ George Vukovich at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Roy Smith at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Troy Neel at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Fran Mullins at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Dickie Noles at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Butch Benton at Baseball-Reference
  7. 1 2 Jim Kern at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Dave Von Ohlen at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Jerry Willard at Baseball-Reference
  10. ↑ Greg Swindell at Baseball-Reference
  11. ↑ John Butcher at Baseball-Reference
  12. ↑ 1986 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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