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1986 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	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)

(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson) Home Team Sports (Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Tom Davis) (Jon Miller, Tom Marr) |}} The 1987 Baltimore Orioles season was the 86th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 33rd in Baltimore, and the 33rd at Memorial Stadium. The Orioles finished 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.
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.
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.
January 23, 1986: Dan Ford was released by the Orioles.
February 20, 1986: Luis DeLeón was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
March 23, 1986: Mike Kinnunen was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Rick Dempsey
Mike Flanagan
Jackie Gutiérrez
Lee Lacy
Fred Lynn
Eddie Murray
Cal Ripken
John Shelby
Alan Wiggins
Mike Young

Notable transactions

June 2, 1986: Gordon Dillard was drafted by the Orioles in the 14th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft.
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.

Roster

1986 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers

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	Alan Wiggins	71	239	60	.251	0	11
SS		162	627	177	.282	25	81
3B	Floyd Rayford	81	210	37	.176	8	19
LF	Mike Young	117	369	93	.252	9	42
CF	Fred Lynn	112	397	114	.287	23	67
RF	Lee Lacy	130	491	141	.287	11	47
DH	Larry Sheets	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
John Shelby	135	404	92	.228	11	49
Juan Beníquez	113	343	103	.300	6	36
Juan Bonilla	102	284	69	.243	1	18
Jim Traber	65	212	54	.255	13	44
Tom O'Malley	56	181	46	.254	1	18
Jim Dwyer	94	160	39	.244	8	31
Jackie Gutiérrez	61	145	27	.186	0	4
	52	120	28	.233	2	13
Ken Gerhart	20	69	16	.232	1	7
Al Pardo	16	51	7	.137	1	3
	16	33	6	.182	0	4
Tom Dodd	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
Mike Boddicker	33	218.1	14	12	4.70	175
Scott McGregor	34	203.0	11	15	4.52	95
Ken Dixon	35	202.1	11	13	4.58	170
Mike Flanagan	29	172.0	7	11	4.24	96
Storm Davis	25	154.0	9	12	3.62	96
John Habyan	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
Don Aase	66	6	7	34	2.98	67
	52	6	4	3	4.46	83
Brad Havens	46	3	3	1	4.56	57
Nate Snell	34	2	1	0	3.86	29
Odell Jones	21	2	2	0	3.83	32
Tippy Martinez	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
Bill Swaggerty	1	0	0	0	18.00	1

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nolanjo01.shtml Joe Nolan page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudlere01.shtml Rex Hudler page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bournra01.shtml Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fordda01.shtml Dan Ford page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/deleolu01.shtml Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kinnumi01.shtml Mike Kinnunen page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hartmi02.shtml Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference]
"1986 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dillago01.shtml Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martide01.shtml Dennis Martínez page on Baseball Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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