1986 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	1986
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Memorial Stadium
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Record:	73–89 (.451)
Divisional Place:	7th
Owners:	Edward Bennett Williams
General Managers:	Hank Peters
Managers:	Earl Weaver
Television:	WMAR-TV (Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson) Home Team Sports (Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Tom Davis)
Radio:	WFBR (Jon Miller, Tom Marr)

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

Opening Day starters

• Rick Dempsey
• Mike Flanagan
• Jackie Gutiérrez
• Lee Lacy
• Fred Lynn
• Eddie Murray
• Cal Ripken
• John Shelby
• Alan Wiggins
• Mike Young^[8]

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		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Hitting) (Bullpen) (Third Base) (Bench) (Pitching) (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		122	327	68	.208	13	29
1B		137	495	151	.305	17	84
2B		71	239	60	.251	0	11
SS		162	627	177	.282	25	81
3B		81	210	37	.176	8	19
LF		117	369	93	.252	9	42
CF		112	397	114	.287	23	67
RF		130	491	141	.287	11	47
DH		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
	135	404	92	.228	11	49
	113	343	103	.300	6	36
	102	284	69	.243	1	18
	65	212	54	.255	13	44
	56	181	46	.254	1	18
	94	160	39	.244	8	31
	61	145	27	.186	0	4
	52	120	28	.233	2	13
	20	69	16	.232	1	7
	16	51	7	.137	1	3
	16	33	6	.182	0	4
	8	13	3	.231	1	2
	5	10	2	.200	0	0
	5	5	0	.000	0	0
	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
	33	218.1	14	12	4.70	175
	34	203.0	11	15	4.52	95
	35	202.1	11	13	4.58	170
	29	172.0	7	11	4.24	96
	25	154.0	9	12	3.62	96
	6	26.1	1	3	4.44	14
	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
	66	6	7	34	2.98	67
	52	6	4	3	4.46	83
	46	3	3	1	4.56	57
	34	2	1	0	3.86	29
	21	2	2	0	3.83	32
	14	0	2	1	5.63	11
	11	0	2	0	3.55	7
	9	0	0	0	6.43	1
	4	0	0	0	6.75	2
	1	0	0	0	18.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

^[11]

References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nolanjo01.shtml Joe Nolan page at Baseball-Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudlere01.shtml Rex Hudler page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bournra01.shtml Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fordda01.shtml Dan Ford page at Baseball-Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/deleolu01.shtml Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kinnumi01.shtml Mike Kinnunen page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hartmi02.shtml Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
8. Web site: 1986 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac.
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dillago01.shtml Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Reference
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martide01.shtml 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

• 1986 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
• 1986 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com