1986 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1986 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	64–98 (.395)
Divisional place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Syd Thrift
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	KDKA-TV John Sanders, Alan Cutler, Steve Blass Pirates Cable Network Steve Blass, Mike Lange
Local radio	KDKA Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker
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The 1986 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 105th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; and their 100th in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League East with a record of 64–98. This was also the rookie season of left fielder Barry Bonds, who led the Pirates with 36 stolen bases and finished second on the club with 16 home runs.

Regular season

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	108	54	0.667	—	55–26	53–28
Philadelphia Phillies	86	75	0.534	21½	49–31	37–44
St. Louis Cardinals	79	82	0.491	28½	42–39	37–43
Montreal Expos	78	83	0.484	29½	36–44	42–39
Chicago Cubs	70	90	0.438	37	42–38	28–52
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	98	0.395	44	31–50	33–48

Record vs. opponents

1986 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	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	—

Game Log

1986 Game Log (64–98)
April (7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 Apr 8 Mets 2–4 Gooden Reuschel (0–1) — 48,962 0–1 2 Apr 11 Cubs 4–5 Trout McWilliams (0–1) Smith 2,490 0–2 3 Apr 12 Cubs 3–1 Rhoden (1–0) Smith Guante (1) 5,623 1–2 4 Apr 13 Cubs 8–0 Reuschel (1–1) Sutcliffe — 9,337 2–2 5 Apr 14 @ Phillies 3–1 (10) Guante (1–0) Bedrosian Winn (1) 16,200 3–2 6 Apr 18 @ Cubs 4–0 Rhoden (2–0) Sutcliffe — 38,151 4–2 7 Apr 19 @ Cubs 14–8 Reuschel (2–1) Sanderson — 26,932 5–2 8 Apr 20 @ Cubs 10–8 (17) Jones (1–0) DiPino — 18,508 6–2 9 Apr 21 @ Mets 5–6 McDowell Clements (0–1) — 10,282 6–3 10 Apr 22 @ Mets 1–7 Ojeda Kipper (0–1) — 15,668 6–4 11 Apr 24 Phillies 2–4 Rawley Rhoden (2–1) — 14,622 6–5 12 Apr 25 Phillies 3–6 Gross Reuschel (2–2) Bedrosian 11,847 6–6 13 Apr 26 Phillies 5–6 Hudson McWilliams (0–2) Bedrosian 16,373 6–7 14 Apr 27 Phillies 13–5 Bielecki (1–0) Carlton Walk (1) 17,218 7–7 15 Apr 28 @ Dodgers 1–2 Valenzuela Kipper (0–2) — 50,401 7–8 16 Apr 29 @ Dodgers 4–5 Hershiser Patterson (0–1) Howell 30,342 7–9 17 Apr 30 @ Giants 5–6 (12) Garrelts Patterson (0–2) — 5,147 7–10
May (11–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 18 May 1 @ Giants 6–2 Walk (1–0) Krukow — 3,927 8–10 19 May 2 @ Padres 4–0 Bielecki (2–0) Dravecky Winn (2) 19,417 9–10 20 May 3 @ Padres 7–6 Guante (2–0) Gossage Clements (1) 20,515 10–10 21 May 4 @ Padres 5–2 Winn (1–0) Lefferts — 21,727 11–10 22 May 6 Giants 2–7 Krukow Reuschel (2–3) — 7,461 11–11 23 May 7 Giants 5–7 Laskey McWilliams (0–3) Robinson 6,300 11–12 24 May 8 Giants 8–2 Bielecki (3–0) Garrelts — 6,072 12–12 25 May 9 Astros 2–3 Kerfeld Winn (1–1) Smith 17,296 12–13 26 May 10 Astros 3–6 Knepper Rhoden (2–2) DiPino 13,344 12–14 27 May 11 Astros 4–3 (12) DeLeon (1–0) Kerfeld — 13,170 13–14 28 May 13 Padres 2–4 Show Bielecki (3–1) McCullers 5,392 13–15 29 May 14 Padres 4–10 Dravecky Kipper (0–3) Gossage 9,430 13–16 30 May 16 @ Reds 2–7 Denny Rhoden (2–3) Franco 21,097 13–17 31 May 17 @ Reds 4–0 Reuschel (3–3) Soto — 32,204 14–17 32 May 18 @ Reds 3–7 Browning Bielecki (3–2) Robinson 22,962 14–18 33 May 20 @ Astros 4–2 Walk (2–0) Ryan — 8,711 15–18 34 May 21 @ Astros 2–1 Rhoden (3–3) Scott — 6,990 16–18 35 May 22 @ Astros 0–4 Knepper Reuschel (3–4) — 4,784 16–19 36 May 23 Reds 9–12 (12) Power DeLeon (1–1) — 12,833 16–20 37 May 24 Reds 2–4 Gullickson Bielecki (3–3) — 18,631 16–21 38 May 25 Reds 4–7 Denny Kipper (0–4) — 19,568 16–22 39 May 26 Braves 4–9 Assenmacher Walk (2–1) — 14,102 16–23 40 May 27 Braves 2–6 (12) Garber Walk (2–2) — 2,830 16–24 41 May 28 Braves 4–3 McWilliams (1–3) Palmer DeLeon (1) 6,860 17–24 42 May 30 Dodgers 4–6 (11) Niedenfuer DeLeon (1–2) Reuss 25,320 17–25 43 May 31 Dodgers 4–0 Kipper (1–4) Honeycutt Clements (2) 15,709 18–25
June (12–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 44 Jun 1 Dodgers 12–3 Rhoden (4–3) Welch — 23,530 19–25 45 Jun 2 @ Braves 9–2 Reuschel (4–4) Palmer — 12,996 20–25 46 Jun 3 @ Braves 5–8 Mahler Guante (2–1) Assenmacher 10,649 20–26 47 Jun 4 @ Braves 12–3 Bielecki (4–3) Johnson Winn (3) 14,012 21–26 48 Jun 5 Mets 0–7 Ojeda Kipper (1–5) — 8,855 21–27 49 Jun 6 Mets 7–1 Rhoden (5–3) Darling Walk (2) — 22–27 50 Jun 6 Mets 4–10 McDowell DeLeon (1–3) — 15,113 22–28 51 Jun 7 Mets 4–6 Gooden Reuschel (4–5) Orosco 29,770 22–29 52 Jun 8 Mets 3–4 Fernandez McWilliams (1–4) Orosco 14,391 22–30 53 Jun 9 Cubs 6–5 (11) Robinson (1–0) Baller — 6,056 23–30 54 Jun 10 Cubs 6–4 Kipper (2–5) Eckersley Guante (2) 5,899 24–30 55 Jun 11 Cubs 5–3 Rhoden (6–3) Hoffman Robinson (1) 12,702 25–30 56 Jun 13 @ Mets 5–6 Orosco Clements (0–2) — 37,582 25–31 57 Jun 14 @ Mets 1–5 Fernandez Bielecki (4–4) — 47,664 25–32 58 Jun 15 @ Mets 1–4 Ojeda Walk (2–3) — — 25–33 59 Jun 15 @ Mets 5–8 Aguilera Kipper (2–6) McDowell 41,847 25–34 60 Jun 16 Cardinals 2–4 Cox Rhoden (6–4) Worrell 7,834 25–35 61 Jun 17 Cardinals 2–7 Mathews Reuschel (4–6) — 9,424 25–36 62 Jun 18 Cardinals 2–1 (12) Robinson (2–0) Worrell — 10,455 26–36 63 Jun 19 @ Expos 4–2 Kipper (3–6) Smith Guante (3) 11,918 27–36 64 Jun 20 @ Expos 2–7 McGaffigan Walk (2–4) McClure 16,223 27–37 65 Jun 21 @ Expos 14–1 Rhoden (7–4) Tibbs — 23,381 28–37 66 Jun 22 @ Expos 1–2 Hesketh Reuschel (4–7) Reardon 27,129 28–38 67 Jun 23 @ Cardinals 1–2 (11) Worrell Clements (0–3) — 25,506 28–39 68 Jun 24 @ Cardinals 2–5 Burris Winn (1–2) Dayley 24,251 28–40 69 Jun 25 @ Cardinals 1–2 (10) Horton Clements (0–4) — 29,146 28–41 70 Jun 27 Expos 7–1 Rhoden (8–4) Tibbs — 15,392 29–41 71 Jun 28 Expos 2–3 Hesketh Reuschel (4–8) Reardon 35,385 29–42 72 Jun 29 Expos 4–6 Youmans Bielecki (4–5) McClure 26,689 29–43 73 Jun 30 Phillies 3–2 Walk (3–4) Hudson Guante (4) 5,881 30–43
July (11–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 74 Jul 1 Phillies 4–5 (12) Hume McWilliams (1–5) — 8,118 30–44 75 Jul 2 Phillies 4–3 Rhoden (9–4) Carman — 6,782 31–44 76 Jul 3 @ Dodgers 3–6 Welch Reuschel (4–9) — 30,722 31–45 77 Jul 4 @ Dodgers 6–4 Bielecki (5–5) Valenzuela — 46,315 32–45 78 Jul 5 @ Dodgers 5–0 Walk (4–4) Hershiser — 32,694 33–45 79 Jul 6 @ Dodgers 3–4 Honeycutt Winn (1–3) Howell 27,563 33–46 80 Jul 7 @ Padres 3–1 (10) Guante (3–1) Gossage — 28,366 34–46 81 Jul 8 @ Padres 2–4 Hoyt Reuschel (4–10) Lefferts 16,051 34–47 82 Jul 9 @ Padres 6–4 Bielecki (6–5) McCullers Robinson (2) 15,816 35–47 83 Jul 10 @ Giants 3–6 Blue Walk (4–5) Garrelts 9,795 35–48 84 Jul 11 @ Giants 8–4 Winn (2–3) Carlton Robinson (3) 18,703 36–48 85 Jul 12 @ Giants 1–3 Krukow Rhoden (9–5) — 19,549 36–49 86 Jul 13 @ Giants 4–11 LaCoss Reuschel (4–11) — 36,877 36–50 87 Jul 17 Padres 1–2 McCullers Rhoden (9–6) Lefferts 8,865 36–51 88 Jul 18 Padres 12–7 Reuschel (5–11) Hawkins — 10,975 37–51 89 Jul 19 Padres 4–3 Guante (4–1) Lefferts — 8,559 38–51 90 Jul 20 Padres 4–2 McWilliams (2–5) Dravecky Robinson (4) 15,765 39–51 91 Jul 22 Dodgers 3–4 Powell Guante (4–2) Howell 10,325 39–52 92 Jul 23 Dodgers 5–6 Hershiser Reuschel (5–12) Howell 21,756 39–53 93 Jul 24 Dodgers 2–9 Valenzuela Walk (4–6) — 11,044 39–54 94 Jul 25 Giants 3–7 Mason Bielecki (6–6) Robinson 8,622 39–55 95 Jul 26 Giants 0–9 Carlton McWilliams (2–6) — 27,910 39–56 96 Jul 27 Giants 7–0 Rhoden (10–6) Blue Robinson (5) 10,767 40–56 97 Jul 28 @ Expos 7–4 Reuschel (6–12) Smith Jones (1) 16,221 41–56 98 Jul 30 @ Expos 2–3 Tibbs Winn (2–4) Reardon 12,672 41–57
August (12–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 99 Aug 1 Cardinals 4–0 Rhoden (11–6) Mathews — 9,794 42–57 100 Aug 2 Cardinals 3–7 Tudor McWilliams (2–7) — 14,233 42–58 101 Aug 3 Cardinals 3–0 Reuschel (7–12) Cox — 14,849 43–58 102 Aug 4 Expos 4–5 Tibbs Jones (1–1) Reardon 7,412 43–59 103 Aug 5 Expos 0–3 Martinez Bielecki (6–7) — 8,334 43–60 104 Aug 6 Expos 2–3 Youmans Rhoden (11–7) Reardon 6,649 43–61 105 Aug 7 Expos 4–5 McGaffigan Robinson (2–1) McClure 8,239 43–62 106 Aug 8 @ Cardinals 1–3 Cox Reuschel (7–13) Horton 36,244 43–63 107 Aug 9 @ Cardinals 8–5 Walk (5–6) Burris Robinson (6) 40,723 44–63 108 Aug 10 @ Cardinals 4–5 Forsch Bielecki (6–8) Worrell 36,286 44–64 109 Aug 11 @ Cubs 10–7 Rhoden (12–7) Moyer Robinson (7) 20,636 45–64 110 Aug 12 @ Cubs 1–3 Sanderson McWilliams (2–8) Smith 23,874 45–65 111 Aug 13 @ Cubs 8–9 DiPino Robinson (2–2) Smith 24,888 45–66 112 Aug 14 @ Phillies 7–8 Tekulve Jones (1–2) — 20,643 45–67 113 Aug 15 @ Phillies 6–5 Guante (5–2) Schatzeder Robinson (8) — 46–67 114 Aug 15 @ Phillies 2–3 Maddux Winn (2–5) Bedrosian 27,724 46–68 115 Aug 16 @ Phillies 6–1 Rhoden (13–7) Gross — — 47–68 116 Aug 16 @ Phillies 0–6 Hume McWilliams (2–9) Tekulve 31,349 47–69 117 Aug 17 @ Phillies 1–5 (5) Ruffin Reuschel (7–14) — 34,298 47–70 118 Aug 18 Astros 0–3 Scott Walk (5–7) — 7,965 47–71 119 Aug 19 Astros 0–1 Deshaies Bielecki (6–9) Smith 9,128 47–72 120 Aug 20 Astros 4–1 Rhoden (14–7) Knepper — 16,997 48–72 121 Aug 22 Braves 16–5 Winn (3–5) Mahler Jones (2) 27,517 49–72 122 Aug 23 Braves 4–3 Reuschel (8–14) Smith Robinson (9) 15,535 50–72 123 Aug 24 Braves 4–3 Walk (6–7) Alexander Robinson (10) 15,681 51–72 124 Aug 25 Reds 4–5 Robinson McWilliams (2–10) Franco 8,093 51–73 125 Aug 26 Reds 4–5 Franco Krawczyk (0–1) — 7,022 51–74 126 Aug 27 Reds 5–9 Murphy Robinson (2–3) — 7,490 51–75 127 Aug 29 @ Astros 2–3 Scott Reuschel (8–15) Smith 22,801 51–76 128 Aug 30 @ Astros 13–3 Rhoden (15–7) Deshaies — 30,598 52–76 129 Aug 31 @ Astros 8–2 Walk (7–7) Knepper — 25,405 53–76
September (9–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 130 Sep 1 @ Reds 5–6 Power Bielecki (6–10) Franco 22,064 53–77 131 Sep 2 @ Reds 1–9 Gullickson Kipper (3–7) — 13,491 53–78 132 Sep 3 @ Reds 5–3 (10) Jones (2–2) Franco — 12,200 54–78 133 Sep 5 @ Braves 3–4 Assenmacher Rhoden (15–8) — 6,992 54–79 134 Sep 6 @ Braves 2–4 Palmer Fansler (0–1) Dedmon 8,875 54–80 135 Sep 7 @ Braves 3–1 Kipper (4–7) Speck Jones (3) 6,021 55–80 136 Sep 8 Cardinals 3–2 Patterson (1–2) Cox Pena (1) 4,990 56–80 137 Sep 9 Cardinals 1–3 Horton Reuschel (8–16) Worrell 4,291 56–81 138 Sep 10 Cardinals 3–4 Soff Jones (2–3) Worrell 7,479 56–82 139 Sep 12 Cubs 8–9 (10) DiPino Robinson (2–4) Gumpert 15,664 56–83 140 Sep 13 Cubs 5–2 Patterson (2–2) Maddux Robinson (11) 10,841 57–83 141 Sep 14 Cubs 9–2 Reuschel (9–16) Hall — 16,256 58–83 142 Sep 15 @ Phillies 0–5 Carman Rhoden (15–9) — 14,089 58–84 143 Sep 16 @ Phillies 5–9 Tekulve Bielecki (6–11) — 14,315 58–85 144 Sep 17 @ Expos 5–6 St. Claire Jones (2–4) Reardon — 58–86 145 Sep 17 @ Expos 4–1 Kipper (5–7) Sebra Robinson (12) 5,774 59–86 146 Sep 18 @ Expos 3–1 Smiley (1–0) Reardon Robinson (13) 4,012 60–86 147 Sep 19 @ Cubs 2–8 Sanderson Pena (0–1) — 5,152 60–87 148 Sep 20 @ Cubs 0–1 Moyer Rhoden (15–10) Smith 22,710 60–88 149 Sep 21 @ Cubs 2–3 Sanderson Pena (0–2) Smith 22,336 60–89 150 Sep 22 Phillies 4–8 Bittiger Kipper (5–8) — 3,934 60–90 151 Sep 23 Phillies 6–5 Jones (3–4) Bedrosian — 3,631 61–90 152 Sep 24 Expos 2–1 Robinson (3–4) McClure — 3,092 62–90 153 Sep 25 Expos 4–8 Owchinko Rhoden (15–11) — 3,963 62–91 154 Sep 26 Mets 1–3 Fernandez Fansler (0–2) McDowell 14,080 62–92 155 Sep 27 Mets 2–4 (11) Orosco McWilliams (2–11) Sisk 13,210 62–93 156 Sep 28 Mets 1–4 (11) Aguilera Walk (7–8) — 30,606 62–94 157 Sep 30 @ Cardinals 3–5 Cox Rhoden (15–12) — 12,338 62–95
October (2–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 158 Oct 1 @ Cardinals 4–3 McWilliams (3–11) Soff Robinson (14) 16,039 63–95 159 Oct 2 @ Cardinals 5–1 Kipper (6–8) Conroy — 20,643 64–95 160 Oct 4 @ Mets 1–6 Ojeda Fansler (0–3) Orosco — 64–96 161 Oct 4 @ Mets 2–5 Aguilera Patterson (2–3) McDowell 30,810 64–97 162 Oct 5 @ Mets 0–9 Darling Pena (0–3) Fernandez 32,170 64–98
Legend:           = Win           = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1986 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 34 Mike Bielecki 15 Pat Clements 25 José DeLeón 54 Stan Fansler 47 Cecilio Guante 50 Barry Jones 51 Bob Kipper 46 Ray Krawczyk 49 Larry McWilliams 24,30 Bob Patterson 16 Hipólito Peña 48 Rick Reuschel 29 Rick Rhoden 43 Don Robinson 36 Rich Sauveur 57 John Smiley 17 Bob Walk 41 Jim Winn	Catchers 26 Junior Ortiz  6 Tony Peña  7 Rubén Rodríguez Infielders 38 Rafael Belliard  5 Sid Bream 17 Jerry Dybzinski 27 Sam Khalifa  2 Jim Morrison  3 Johnny Ray 13 Rich Rentería 28 U L Washington	Outfielders 12 Bill Almon 7,24 Barry Bonds 25 Bobby Bonilla  4 Mike Brown 13 Trench Davis 10,59 Mike Diaz 31 Benny Distefano 23 Steve Kemp 16 Lee Mazzilli 11 Joe Orsulak 23,39 R. J. Reynolds	Manager 14 Jim Leyland Coaches 52 Rich Donnelly (bullpen) 19 Mick Kelleher (first base) 32 Gene Lamont (third base) 37 Ron Schueler (pitching) 18 Bill Virdon (hitting)

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season[2] Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Robinson, D.D. Robinson 50 6 4 0.667 0 1 Ortiz , J.J. Ortiz 49 110 37 0.336 0 14 Sauveur, R.R. Sauveur 3 3 1 0.333 0 0 Ray, J.J. Ray 155 579 174 0.301 7 78 Peña, T.T. Peña 144 510 147 0.288 10 52 Rhoden, R.R. Rhoden 41 90 25 0.278 1 10 Morrison, J.J. Morrison 154 537 147 0.274 23 88 Reynolds, R.R. Reynolds 118 402 108 0.269 9 48 Bream, S.S. Bream 154 522 140 0.268 16 77 Diaz, M.M. Diaz 97 209 56 0.268 12 36 Rentería, R.R. Rentería 10 12 3 0.250 0 1 Orsulak, J.J. Orsulak 138 401 100 0.249 2 19 Bonilla, B.B. Bonilla 63 192 46 0.240 1 17 Belliard, R.R. Belliard 117 309 72 0.233 0 31 Mazzilli, L.L. Mazzilli 61 93 21 0.226 1 8 Bonds, B.B. Bonds 113 413 92 0.223 16 48 Almon, B.B. Almon 102 196 43 0.219 7 27 Brown, M.M. Brown 87 243 53 0.218 4 26 Jones, B.B. Jones 26 5 1 0.200 0 1 Washington, U.U. Washington 72 135 27 0.200 0 10 Kemp, S.S. Kemp 13 16 3 0.188 1 1 Khalifa, S.S. Khalifa 64 151 28 0.185 0 4 Distefano, B.B. Distefano 31 39 7 0.179 1 5 Fansler, S.S. Fansler 5 6 1 0.167 0 0 Reuschel, R.R. Reuschel 43 70 11 0.157 0 6 Walk, B.B. Walk 44 39 6 0.154 0 7 McWilliams, L.L. McWilliams 50 29 4 0.138 0 0 Davis, T.T. Davis 15 23 3 0.130 0 1 Patterson, B.B. Patterson 11 8 1 0.125 0 0 Bielecki, M.M. Bielecki 31 48 3 0.063 0 1 Winn, J.J. Winn 50 16 1 0.063 0 0 Kipper, B.B. Kipper 21 33 1 0.030 0 1 Clements, P.P. Clements 65 6 0 0.000 0 0 DeLeón, J.J. DeLeón 9 1 0 0.000 0 0 Guante, C.C. Guante 52 1 0 0.000 0 0 Rodríguez, R.R. Rodríguez 2 3 0 0.000 0 0 Krawczyk, R.R. Krawczyk 12 0 0 — 0 0 Peña, H.H. Peña 10 0 0 — 0 0 Smiley, J.J. Smiley 12 0 0 — 0 0

Pitching

Regular Season[3] Player G IP W L ERA SO Clements, P.P. Clements 65 61 0 4 2.80 31 Rhoden, R.R. Rhoden 34 253^2⁄3 15 12 2.84 159 Jones, B.B. Jones 26 37^1⁄3 3 4 2.89 29 Guante, C.C. Guante 52 78 5 2 3.35 63 Robinson, D.D. Robinson 50 69^1⁄3 3 4 3.38 53 Winn, J.J. Winn 50 88 3 5 3.58 70 Walk, B.B. Walk 44 141^2⁄3 7 8 3.75 78 Fansler, S.S. Fansler 5 24 0 3 3.75 13 Smiley, J.J. Smiley 12 11^2⁄3 1 0 3.86 9 Reuschel, R.R. Reuschel 35 215^2⁄3 9 16 3.96 125 Kipper, B.B. Kipper 20 114 6 8 4.03 81 Bielecki, M.M. Bielecki 31 148^2⁄3 6 11 4.66 83 Patterson, B.B. Patterson 11 36^1⁄3 2 3 4.95 20 McWilliams, L.L. McWilliams 49 122^1⁄3 3 11 5.15 80 Sauveur, R.R. Sauveur 3 12 0 0 6.00 6 Krawczyk, R.R. Krawczyk 12 12^1⁄3 0 1 7.30 7 DeLeón, J.J. DeLeón 9 16^1⁄3 1 3 8.27 11 Peña, H.H. Peña 10 8^1⁄3 0 3 8.64 6

Awards and honors

• Barry Bonds, Led all rookies in home runs (16)

1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Tony Peña, C, Reserve
• Rick Rhoden, P, Reserve

Transactions

• December 10, 1985 – Bobby Bonilla drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1985 rule 5 draft.
• December 10, 1985 – Bip Roberts drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1985 rule 5 draft.
• December 15, 1985 – Purchased Matias Carrillo from Poza Rica (Mexican).
• January 14, 1986 – Drafted Moisés Alou in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 23, 1986.
• January 14, 1986 – Drafted Archi Cianfrocco in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
• February 13, 1986 – Signed Ed Farmer as a free agent.
• April 1, 1986 – Traded Chris Green to the California Angels. Received Kevin Davis (minors).
• April 3, 1986 – Traded Marvell Wynne to the San Diego Padres. Received Bob Patterson.
• April 4, 1986 – Released Johnnie LeMaster.
• April 4, 1986 – Released Sixto Lezcano.
• April 4, 1986 – Traded Jason Thompson to the Montreal Expos. Received players to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Ben Abner (minors) (April 7, 1986) and Ronnie Giddens (minors) (April 7, 1986) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
• April 24, 1986 – Signed U.L. Washington as a free agent.
• May 1, 1986 – Released Ravelo Manzanillo.
• May 8, 1986 – Released Steve Kemp.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Jeff King in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 1986.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Mike Walker in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Scott Ruskin in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary).
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Archi Cianfrocco in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Tom Goodwin in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Tony Longmire in the 8th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Stan Belinda in the 10th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1986.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Keith Shepherd in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1986.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Tommy Shields in the 15th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Jeff Banister in the 25th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Rick Reed in the 26th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 1986.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Mike Mordecai in the 33rd round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• July 13, 1986 – Signed Willie Smith as an amateur free agent.
• July 23, 1986 – Released Lee Mazzilli.
• July 23, 1986 – Traded José DeLeón to the Chicago White Sox. Received Bobby Bonilla.
• July 30, 1986 – Signed Julio Peguero as an amateur free agent.
• September 30, 1986 – Traded Jeff Zaske to the Texas Rangers. Received Randy Kramer.
• October 11, 1986 – Signed Mike York as a free agent.
• October 15, 1986 – Trench Davis granted Free Agency.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	Tommy Sandt
AA	Nashua Pirates	Eastern League	Dennis Rogers
A	Prince William Pirates	Carolina League	Rocky Bridges
A	Macon Pirates	South Atlantic League	Mike Quade
A-Short Season	Watertown Pirates	New York–Penn League	Ed Ott
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
2. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
3. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

• 1986 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1986 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.