1986 Detroit Tigers season

1986 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Tiger Stadium (since 1912)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Monaghan
General manager(s)	Bill Lajoie
Manager(s)	Sparky Anderson
Local television	WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
Local radio	WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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The Detroit Tigers' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL East.

Offseason

• November 13, 1985: Bárbaro Garbey was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins.^[1]
• December 12, 1985: Darnell Coles was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Detroit Tigers for Rich Monteleone.^[2]
• January 16, 1986: Dave Engel was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sánchez.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	95	66	0.590	—	51–30	44–36
New York Yankees	90	72	0.556	5½	41–39	49–33
Detroit Tigers	87	75	0.537	8½	49–32	38–43
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	0.531	9½	42–39	44–37
Cleveland Indians	84	78	0.519	11½	45–35	39–43
Milwaukee Brewers	77	84	0.478	18	41–39	36–45
Baltimore Orioles	73	89	0.451	22½	37–42	36–47

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	6–6	9–3	4–9	1–12	6–6	6–7	8–4	5–8	5–7	6–6	5–7	8–5
Boston	9–4	—	5–7	7–5	10–3	7–6	6–6	6–6	10–2	5–8	7–5	8–4	8–4	7–6
California	6–6	7–5	—	7–6	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–7	7–6	7–5	10–3	8–5	8–5	6–6
Chicago	3–9	5–7	6–7	—	5–7	6–6	7–6	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–6	8–5	2–11	6–6
Cleveland	9–4	3–10	6–6	7–5	—	4–9	8–4	8–5	6–6	5–8	10–2	9–3	6–6	3–10–1
Detroit	12–1	6–7	5–7	6–6	9–4	—	5–7	8–5	7–5	6–7	6–6	6–6	7–5	4–9
Kansas City	6–6	6–6	5–8	6–7	4–8	7–5	—	6–6	6–7	4–8	8–5	5–8	8–5	5–7
Milwaukee	7–6	6–6	7–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	6–6	—	4–8	8–5	5–7	6–6	4–8	7–6
Minnesota	4–8	2–10	6–7	7–6	6–6	5–7	7–6	8–4	—	4–8	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	8–5	5–7	6–6	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–8	8–4	—	5–7	8–4	7–5	7–6
Oakland	7–5	5–7	3–10	6–7	2–10	6–6	5–8	7–5	7–6	7–5	—	10–3	3–10	8–4
Seattle	6–6	4–8	5–8	5–8	3–9	6–6	8–5	6–6	7–6	4–8	3–10	—	4–9	6–6
Texas	7–5	4–8	5–8	11–2	6–6	5–7	5–8	8–4	7–6	5–7	10–3	9–4	—	5–7
Toronto	5–8	6–7	6–6	6–6	10–3–1	9–4	7–5	6–7	8–4	6–7	4–8	6–6	7–5	—

Notable transactions

• April 25, 1986: Brian Harper was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[4]
• August 10, 1986: Ken Hill was traded by the Detroit Tigers with a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Heath. The Detroit Tigers sent Mike Laga (September 2, 1986) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.^[5]
• August 10, 1986: Dave Engel was released by the Detroit Tigers.^[3]

Roster

1986 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 39 Bill Campbell 43 Chuck Cary 21 Willie Hernández 45 Bryan Kelly 25 Eric King 40 Dave LaPoint 36 Jack Lazorko 47 Jack Morris 49 Randy O'Neal 27 John Pacella 46 Dan Petry 17 Bill Scherrer 20 Jim Slaton 26 Frank Tanana 35 Walt Terrell 30 Mark Thurmond		Catchers  8 Mike Heath 12 Dwight Lowry 33 Matt Nokes 13 Lance Parrish Infielders  9 Doug Baker 14 Dave Bergman 16 Tom Brookens 19 Darnell Coles 10 Dave Engle 41 Darrell Evans  4 Mike Laga 18 Scotti Madison 27 Harry Spilman  3 Alan Trammell  1 Lou Whitaker		Outfielders 29 Dave Collins 37 Bruce Fields 23 Kirk Gibson 30 Johnny Grubb 32 Brian Harper 31 Larry Herndon 34 Chet Lemon 15 Pat Sheridan 38 Tim Tolman		Manager 11 Sparky Anderson Coaches 50 Billy Consolo 51 Alex Grammas 56 Billy Muffett 28 Vada Pinson 53 Dick Tracewski

Player stats

Batting

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

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

^[6]

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garbeba01.shtml
2. Darnell Coles Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/engleda01.shtml
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harpebr01.shtml
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

External links

• 1986 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference