1986 Milwaukee Brewers season

1986 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
East Division (since 1972)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Harry Dalton
Manager(s)	George Bamberger, Tom Trebelhorn
Local television	WVTV (Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1986 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the American League East with a record of 77 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

• November 14, 1985: Rick Waits was released by the Brewers.^[1]
• November 25, 1985: Pete Ladd was released by the Brewers.^[2]
• December 11, 1985: Ed Romero was traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Clear.^[3]
• December 18, 1985: Dean Freeland (minors) and Eric Pilkington (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Rob Deer.^[4]
• December 22, 1985: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent with the Brewers.^[5]
• March 5, 1986: Ted Simmons was traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Rick Cerone, David Clay (minors), and Flavio Alfaro (minors).^[6]
• March 26, 1986: Rob DeWolf (minors) was traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Steve Stanicek.^[7]
• March 30, 1986: Moose Haas was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Charlie O'Brien, Steve Kiefer, Mike Fulmer (minors), and Pete Kendrick (minors).^[8]

Regular season

Teddy Higuera would win 20 games in 1986 and would be the last 20 game winner in the 20th century for the Brewers.^[9]

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 1, 1986: Ray Burris was released by the Brewers.^[10]
• August 15, 1986: Danny Darwin was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Don August and Mark Knudson.^[5]

Draft Picks

• June 2, 1986: 1986 Major League Baseball draft
  • Gary Sheffield was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (6th pick). Player signed June 26, 1986.^[11]
  • Tim McIntosh was drafted by the Brewers in the 3rd round.^[12]

Roster

1986 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 41 Mike Birkbeck 29 Chris Bosio 25 Mark Clear 48 Bryan Clutterbuck 47 Jaime Cocanower 18 Danny Darwin 40 Bob Gibson 49 Teddy Higuera 34 John Henry Johnson 43 Mark Knudson 39 Tim Leary 10 Bob McClure 10,20 Juan Nieves 41 Ray Searage 50 Pete Vuckovich 46 Bill Wegman 37 Dan Plesac		Catchers 11 Rick Cerone 22 Charlie Moore 21 Bill Schroeder Infielders  9 Jim Adduci  3 Juan Castillo 15 Cecil Cooper  2 Edgar Díaz 17 Jim Gantner 30 Steve Kiefer  4 Paul Molitor  1 Ernest Riles 13 Billy Jo Robidoux 27 Dale Sveum 20 Gorman Thomas		Outfielders 26 Glenn Braggs 45 Rob Deer 16 Mike Felder  7 Paul Householder 28 Rick Manning 24 Ben Oglivie  2 Randy Ready 19 Robin Yount		Manager 31 George Bamberger 42 Tom Trebelhorn Coaches  8 Andy Etchebarren 12 Larry Haney 33 Frank Howard 35 Tony Muser 38 Herm Starrette

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	Rick Cerone	68	216	56	.259	4	18
1B	Cecil Cooper	134	542	140	.258	12	75
2B	Jim Gantner	139	497	136	.274	7	38
3B	Paul Molitor	105	437	123	.281	9	55
SS	Ernest Riles	145	524	132	.252	9	47
CF	Robin Yount	140	522	163	.312	9	46
RF	Rob Deer	134	466	108	.232	33	86

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Gorman Thomas	44	145	26	.179	6	10
Juan Castillo	26	54	9	.167	0	5
Steve Kiefer	2	6	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Teddy Higuera	34	248.1	20	11	2.79	207

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Danny Darwin	27	130.1	6	8	3.52	80
Mark Knudson	4	17.2	0	1	7.64	9

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mark Clear	59	5	5	16	2.20	85

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Terry Bevington
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Duffy Dyer
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Dave Machemer
A	Beloit Brewers	Midwest League	Gomer Hodge
Rookie	Helena Gold Sox	Pioneer League	Dave Huppert

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: El Paso, Stockton

References

1. Rick Waits at Baseball-Reference
2. Pete Ladd at Baseball-Reference
3. Ed Romero at Baseball-Reference
4. Rob Deer at Baseball-Reference
5. Danny Darwin at Baseball-Reference
6. Ted Simmons at Baseball-Reference
7. Steve Stanicek at Baseball-Reference
8. Charlie O'Brien at Baseball-Reference
9. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
10. Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference
11. Gary Sheffield at Baseball-Reference
12. Tim McIntosh at Baseball-Reference

• 1986 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 1986 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com