1986 Detroit Tigers season

1986 Detroit Tigers
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)

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]

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	—

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]

1986 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ "Barbaro Garbey Stats".
^ Darnell Coles Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ ^a ^b "Dave Engle Stats".
^ "Brian Harper Stats".
^ Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ 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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