1986 Milwaukee Brewers season explained

Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	1986
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Milwaukee County Stadium
City:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners:	Bud Selig
General Managers:	Harry Dalton
Managers:	George Bamberger, Tom Trebelhorn
Television:	WVTV (Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
Radio:	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)

The Milwaukee Brewers' 1986 season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 77 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

November 14, 1985: Rick Waits was released by the Brewers.^[1]
November 25, 1985: Pete Ladd was released by the Brewers.^[2]
December 11, 1985: Ed Romero was traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Clear.^[3]
December 18, 1985: Dean Freeland (minors) and Eric Pilkington (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Rob Deer.^[4]
December 22, 1985: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent with the Brewers.^[5]
March 5, 1986: Ted Simmons was traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Rick Cerone, David Clay (minors), and Flavio Alfaro (minors).^[6]
March 26, 1986: Rob DeWolf (minors) was traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Steve Stanicek.^[7]
March 30, 1986: Moose Haas was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Charlie O'Brien, Steve Kiefer, Mike Fulmer (minors), and Pete Kendrick (minors).^[8]

Teddy Higuera would win 20 games in 1986 and would be the last 20 game winner in the 20th century for the Brewers.^[9]

April 1, 1986: Ray Burris was released by the Brewers.^[10]
August 15, 1986: Danny Darwin was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Don August and Mark Knudson.

June 2, 1986: 1986 Major League Baseball draft
- Gary Sheffield was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (6th pick). Player signed June 26, 1986.^[11]
- Tim McIntosh was drafted by the Brewers in the 3rd round.^[12]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	68	216	56	.259	4	18
1B	134	542	140	.258	12	75
2B	139	497	136	.274	7	38
3B	105	437	123	.281	9	55
SS	145	524	132	.252	9	47
LF	58	215	51	.237	4	18
CF	140	522	163	.312	9	46
RF	134	466	108	.232	33	86
DH	103	346	98	.283	5	53

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
91	317	78	.246	7	35
80	235	61	.260	3	39
64	217	46	.212	7	19
89	205	52	.254	8	27
56	181	41	.227	1	21
44	155	37	.239	1	13
44	145	26	.179	6	10
23	79	15	.190	1	4
26	78	17	.218	1	16
26	54	9	.167	0	5
5	13	3	.231	0	0
3	11	1	.091	0	0
2	6	0	.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	248.1	20	11	2.79	207
35	198.1	5	12	5.13	82
33	188.1	12	12	4.21	110
35	184.2	11	12	4.92	116
6	32.1	2	4	3.06	12

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
27	130.1	6	8	3.52	80
10	34.2	0	4	7.01	29
7	22.0	1	1	4.50	13
4	17.2	0	1	7.64	9

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
59	5	5	16	2.20	85
51	10	7	14	2.97	75
20	0	1	0	4.29	38
19	2	1	1	2.66	42
17	0	1	0	4.43	22
17	0	1	1	6.95	10
13	2	1	0	3.86	11
11	1	2	0	4.73	11

https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waitsri01.shtml Rick Waits
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laddpe01.shtml Pete Ladd
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/romered01.shtml Ed Romero
https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/deerro01.shtml Rob Deer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darwida01.shtml Danny Darwin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmote01.shtml Ted Simmons
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanist01.shtml Steve Stanicek
https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'brich01.shtml Charlie O'Brien
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burrira01.shtml Ray Burris
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sheffga01.shtml Gary Sheffield
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcintti01.shtml Tim McIntosh
Web site: 1986 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. December 30, 2020.
Web site: Texas League Champions. Texas League. Minor League Baseball. December 31, 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201231153401/https://www.milb.com/texas/history/champions. December 31, 2020.
Web site: California League Champions. California League. Minor League Baseball. December 31, 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022042921/https://www.milb.com/california/history/champions. October 22, 2020.