1986 Detroit Tigers season

The Detroit Tigers' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League East.

1986 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Tiger Stadium
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owners	Tom Monaghan
General managers	Bill Lajoie
Managers	Sparky Anderson
Television	WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
Radio	WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
Seasons

Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

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 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	—

Notable transactions

• April 25, 1986: Brian Harper was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
• 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.
• August 10, 1986: Dave Engel was released by the Detroit Tigers.

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: 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	Lance Parrish	91	327	84	.257	22	62
1B	Darrell Evans	151	507	122	.241	29	85
2B	Lou Whitaker	144	584	157	.269	20	73
SS	Alan Trammell	151	574	159	.277	21	75
3B	Darnell Coles	142	521	142	.273	20	86
LF	Larry Herndon	106	283	70	.247	8	37
CF	Chet Lemon	126	403	101	.251	12	53
RF	Kirk Gibson	119	441	118	.268	28	86
DH	Johnny Grubb	81	210	70	.333	13	51

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 Collins	124	419	113	.270	1	27
Tom Brookens	98	281	76	.270	3	25
Pat Sheridan	98	236	56	.237	6	19
Dwight Lowry	56	150	46	.307	3	18
Dave Bergman	65	130	30	.231	1	9
Mike Heath	30	98	26	.265	4	11
Dave Engle	35	86	22	.256	0	4
Harry Spilman	24	49	12	.245	3	8
Mike Laga	15	45	9	.200	3	8
Bruce Fields	16	43	12	.279	0	6
Brian Harper	19	36	5	.139	0	3
Tim Tolman	16	34	6	.176	0	2
Doug Baker	13	24	3	.125	0	0
Matt Nokes	7	24	8	.333	1	2
Scotti Madison	2	7	0	.000	0	1

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 Morris	35	267.0	21	8	3.27	223
Walt Terrell	34	217.1	15	12	4.56	93
Frank Tanana	32	188.1	12	9	4.16	119
Dan Petry	20	116.0	5	10	4.66	56

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 King	33	138.1	11	4	3.51	79
Randy O'Neal	37	122.2	3	7	4.33	68
Dave LaPoint	16	67.2	3	6	5.72	36
Bryan Kelly	6	20.0	1	2	4.50	18

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 Hernández	64	8	7	24	3.55	77
Bill Campbell	34	3	6	3	3.88	37
Mark Thurmond	25	4	1	3	1.92	17
Jim Slaton	22	0	0	2	4.05	12
Chuck Cary	22	1	2	0	3.41	21
Bill Scherrer	13	0	1	0	7.29	16
John Pacella	5	0	0	1	4.09	5
Jack Lazorko	3	0	0	0	4.05	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

External links

• 1986 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference