1986 Baltimore Orioles season

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1986 Baltimore Orioles season - Wikipedia

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1986 Baltimore Orioles

League

Division

Ballpark

City

Record

73–89 (.451)

Divisional place

7th

Owners

Edward Bennett Williams

Television

WMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Tom Davis)

Radio

WFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)

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Seasons

1987 →

The 1986 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses. On August 5, the Orioles were in second place with a record of 59–47, just 2.5 games out of first place, but the Orioles would lose 42 of their final 56 games to finish in last place in the AL East.

Offseason

October 9, 1985: Joe Nolan was released by the Orioles.^[1]
December 12, 1985: Gary Roenicke and a player to be named later were traded by the Orioles to the New York Yankees for Rex Hudler and Rich Bordi. The Orioles completed the deal by sending Leo Hernández to the Yankees on December 16.^[2]
January 14, 1986: Rafael Bournigal was drafted by the Orioles in the 10th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[3]
January 23, 1986: Dan Ford was released by the Orioles.^[4]
February 20, 1986: Luis DeLeón was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[5]
March 23, 1986: Mike Kinnunen was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[6]
March 31, 1986: Ben Bianchi (minors), Steve Padia (minors), and a player to be named later were traded by the Orioles to the Minnesota Twins for Mike Hart. The Orioles completed the deal by sending Jeff Hubbard (minors) to the Twins on April 23.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

v
t
e
AL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	95	66	.590	—	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍36
New York Yankees	90	72	.556	5½	41‍–‍39	49‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers	87	75	.537	8½	49‍–‍32	38‍–‍43
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	.531	9½	42‍–‍39	44‍–‍37
Cleveland Indians	84	78	.519	11½	45‍–‍35	39‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers	77	84	.478	18	41‍–‍39	36‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles	73	89	.451	22½	37‍–‍42	36‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 2, 1986: Gordon Dillard was drafted by the Orioles in the 14th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft.^[9]
June 16, 1986: Dennis Martínez and a player to be named later were traded by the Orioles to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Orioles completed the deal by sending John Stefero to the Expos on December 8. The Expos completed the deal by sending Rene Gonzales to the Orioles on December 16.^[10]

Roster

1986 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

4 Earl Weaver

Coaches

10 Terry Crowley (Hitting)
44 Elrod Hendricks (Bullpen)
7 Cal Ripken, Sr. (Third Base)
20 Frank Robinson (Bench)
42 Ken Rowe (Pitching)
40 Jimmy Williams (First Base)

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 Dempsey	122	327	68	.208	13	29
1B	Eddie Murray	137	495	151	.305	17	84
2B	Alan Wiggins	71	239	60	.251	0	11
SS	Cal Ripken Jr.	162	627	177	.282	25	81
3B	Floyd Rayford	81	210	37	.176	8	19
LF	Mike Young	117	369	93	.252	9	42
CF	Fred Lynn	112	397	114	.287	23	67
RF	Lee Lacy	130	491	141	.287	11	47
DH	Larry Sheets	112	338	92	.272	18	60

Other batters

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
John Shelby	135	404	92	.228	11	49
Juan Beníquez	113	343	103	.300	6	36
Juan Bonilla	102	284	69	.243	1	18
Jim Traber	65	212	54	.255	13	44
Tom O'Malley	56	181	46	.254	1	18
Jim Dwyer	94	160	39	.244	8	31
Jackie Gutiérrez	61	145	27	.186	0	4
John Stefero	52	120	28	.233	2	13
Ken Gerhart	20	69	16	.232	1	7
Al Pardo	16	51	7	.137	1	3
Ricky Jones	16	33	6	.182	0	4
Tom Dodd	8	13	3	.231	1	2
Kelly Paris	5	10	2	.200	0	0
Carl Nichols	5	5	0	.000	0	0
Rex Hudler	14	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Boddicker	33	218.1	14	12	4.70	175
Scott McGregor	34	203.0	11	15	4.52	95
Ken Dixon	35	202.1	11	13	4.58	170
Mike Flanagan	29	172.0	7	11	4.24	96
Storm Davis	25	154.0	9	12	3.62	96
John Habyan	6	26.1	1	3	4.44	14
Eric Bell	4	23.1	1	2	5.01	18

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Don Aase	66	6	7	34	2.98	67
Rich Bordi	52	6	4	3	4.46	83
Brad Havens	46	3	3	1	4.56	57
Nate Snell	34	2	1	0	3.86	29
Odell Jones	21	2	2	0	3.83	32
Tippy Martinez	14	0	2	1	5.63	11
Tony Arnold	11	0	2	0	3.55	7
Mike Kinnunen	9	0	0	0	6.43	1
Dennis Martínez	4	0	0	0	6.75	2
Bill Swaggerty	1	0	0	0	18.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	John Hart
AA	Charlotte O's	Southern League	Greg Biagini
A	Hagerstown Suns	Carolina League	Bob Molinaro
A-Short Season	Newark Orioles	New York–Penn League	Art Mazmanian
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Glenn Gulliver

^[11]

References

^ Joe Nolan page at Baseball-Reference
^ Rex Hudler page at Baseball Reference
^ Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference
^ Dan Ford page at Baseball-Reference
^ Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Kinnunen page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
^ "1986 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
^ Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Reference
^ Dennis Martínez page on Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

1986 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Baltimore Orioles

Established in 1901
Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

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Key personnel

Owner: David Rubenstein
Executive Vice President/General Manager: Mike Elias
Manager: Brandon Hyde

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