1986 Baltimore Orioles season

1986 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place7th
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
General managersHank Peters
ManagersEarl Weaver
TelevisionWMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Tom Davis)
RadioWFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
← 1985 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

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Regular season

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Season standings

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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 41‍–‍39 49‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 87 75 .537 49‍–‍32 38‍–‍43
Toronto Blue Jays 86 76 .531 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

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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

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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1986 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Joe Nolan page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Rex Hudler page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Dan Ford page at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Mike Kinnunen page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ "1986 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  9. ^ Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Dennis Martínez page on Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997