The 1986 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 17th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 18th overall. The Brewers finished 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.Rick Waits at Baseball-Reference November 25, 1985: Pete Ladd was released by the Brewers.Pete Ladd at Baseball-Reference December 11, 1985: Ed Romero was traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Clear.Ed Romero at Baseball-Reference December 18, 1985: Dean Freeland (minors) and Eric Pilkington (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Rob Deer.Rob Deer at Baseball-Reference December 22, 1985: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent with the Brewers.Danny Darwin at Baseball-Reference March 5, 1986: Ted Simmons was traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Rick Cerone, David Clay (minors), and Flavio Alfaro (minors).Ted Simmons at Baseball-Reference March 26, 1986: Rob DeWolf (minors) was traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Steve Stanicek.Steve Stanicek at Baseball-Reference 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).Charlie O'Brien at Baseball-Reference

Regular season Teddy Higuera would win 20 games in 1986 and would be the last 20 game winner in the 20th century for the Brewers.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 1, 1986: Ray Burris was released by the Brewers.Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference August 15, 1986: Danny Darwin was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Don August and Mark Knudson.

Draft picks 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.Gary Sheffield at Baseball-Reference Tim McIntosh was drafted by the Brewers in the 3rd round.Tim McIntosh at Baseball-Reference

Roster

1986 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Rick Cerone 68 216 56 .259 4 18 1B Cecil Cooper 134 542 140 .258 12 75 2B Jim Gantner 139 497 136 .274 7 38 3B Paul Molitor 105 437 123 .281 9 55 SS Ernest Riles 145 524 132 .252 9 47 LF Glenn Braggs 58 215 51 .237 4 18 CF Robin Yount 140 522 163 .312 9 46 RF Rob Deer 134 466 108 .232 33 86 DH Ben Oglivie 103 346 98 .283 5 53

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 Dale Sveum 91 317 78 .246 7 35 Charlie Moore 80 235 61 .260 3 39 Bill Schroeder 64 217 46 .212 7 19 Rick Manning 89 205 52 .254 8 27 Billy Jo Robidoux 56 181 41 .227 1 21 Mike Felder 44 155 37 .239 1 13 Gorman Thomas 44 145 26 .179 6 10 Randy Ready 23 79 15 .190 1 4 Paul Householder 26 78 17 .218 1 16 Juan Castillo 26 54 9 .167 0 5 Edgar Díaz 5 13 3 .231 0 0 Jim Adduci 3 11 1 .091 0 0 Steve Kiefer 2 6 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 Teddy Higuera 34 248.1 20 11 2.79 207 Bill Wegman 35 198.1 5 12 5.13 82 Tim Leary 33 188.1 12 12 4.21 110 Juan Nieves 35 184.2 11 12 4.92 116 Pete Vuckovich 6 32.1 2 4 3.06 12

Other 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 Danny Darwin 27 130.1 6 8 3.52 80 Chris Bosio 10 34.2 0 4 7.01 29 Mike Birkbeck 7 22.0 1 1 4.50 13 Mark Knudson 4 17.2 0 1 7.64 9

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 Mark Clear 59 5 5 16 2.20 85 Dan Plesac 51 10 7 14 2.97 75 Bryan Clutterbuck 20 0 1 0 4.29 38 John Henry Johnson 19 2 1 1 2.66 42 Jaime Cocanower 17 0 1 0 4.43 22 Ray Searage 17 0 1 1 6.95 10 Bob McClure 13 2 1 0 3.86 11 Bob Gibson 11 1 2 0 4.73 11

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1986. The El Paso Diablos won the Texas League championship, and the Stockton Ports won the California League championship.

References

1986 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference 1986 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com