The 1986 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 86th overall and their 75th at Tiger Stadium. The season featured the Detroit Tigers competing 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. December 12, 1985: Darnell Coles was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Detroit Tigers for Rich Monteleone.Darnell Coles Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 16, 1986: Dave Engle was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sánchez.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 25, 1986: Brian Harper was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers. 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.Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com August 10, 1986: Dave Engel was released by the Detroit Tigers.
Roster 1986 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader
Batting 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
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 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
Pitching
Starting pitchers 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
Other pitchers 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
Relief pitchers 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
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links
1986 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference