1986 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersTom Monaghan
General managersBill Lajoie
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
RadioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
Seasons

The Detroit Tigers' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League 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 Engle 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 9566 0.590 — 51–30 44–36
New York Yankees 9072 0.556 5½ 41–39 49–33
Detroit Tigers 8775 0.537 8½ 49–32 38–43
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 0.531 9½ 42–39 44–37
Cleveland Indians 8478 0.519 11½ 45–35 39–43
Milwaukee Brewers 7784 0.478 18 41–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 7389 0.451 22½ 37–42 36–47

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
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

  • 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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
CLance Parrish9132784.2572262
1BDarrell Evans151507122.2412985
2BLou Whitaker144584157.2692073
SSAlan Trammell151574159.2772175
3BDarnell Coles142521142.2732086
LFLarry Herndon10628370.247837
CFChet Lemon126403101.2511253
RFKirk Gibson119441118.2682886
DHJohnny Grubb8121070.3331351

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
Dave Collins124419113.270127
Tom Brookens9828176.270325
Pat Sheridan9823656.237619
Dwight Lowry5615046.307318
Dave Bergman6513030.23119
Mike Heath309826.265411
Dave Engle358622.25604
Harry Spilman244912.24538
Mike Laga15459.20038
Bruce Fields164312.27906
Brian Harper19365.13903
Tim Tolman16346.17602
Doug Baker13243.12500
Matt Nokes7248.33312
Scotti Madison270.00001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Morris35267.02183.27223
Walt Terrell34217.115124.5693
Frank Tanana32188.11294.16119
Dan Petry20116.05104.6656

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Eric King33138.11143.5179
Randy O'Neal37122.2374.3368
Dave LaPoint1667.2365.7236
Bryan Kelly620.0124.5018

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Willie Hernández6487243.5577
Bill Campbell343633.8837
Mark Thurmond254131.9217
Jim Slaton220024.0512
Chuck Cary221203.4121
Bill Scherrer130107.2916
John Pacella50014.095
Jack Lazorko30004.053

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. ↑ "Barbaro Garbey Stats".
  2. ↑ Darnell Coles Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. 1 2 "Dave Engle Stats".
  4. ↑ "Brian Harper Stats".
  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


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