1986 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1986 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersGeorge Bamberger, Tom Trebelhorn
TelevisionWVTV
(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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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[edit]

Regular season[edit]

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

Season standings[edit]

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 95 66 0.590 51–30 44–36
New York Yankees 90 72 0.556 41–39 49–33
Detroit Tigers 87 75 0.537 49–32 38–43
Toronto Blue Jays 86 76 0.531 42–39 44–37
Cleveland Indians 84 78 0.519 11½ 45–35 39–43
Milwaukee Brewers 77 84 0.478 18 41–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 73 89 0.451 22½ 37–42 36–47

Record vs. opponents[edit]


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 4–9 6–6 9–3 4–9 1–12 6–6 6–7 8–4 5–8 5–7 6–6 5–7 8–5
Boston 9–4 5–7 7–5 10–3 7–6 6–6 6–6 10–2 5–8 7–5 8–4 8–4 7–6
California 6–6 7–5 7–6 6–6 7–5 8–5 5–7 7–6 7–5 10–3 8–5 8–5 6–6
Chicago 3–9 5–7 6–7 5–7 6–6 7–6 5–7 6–7 6–6 7–6 8–5 2–11 6–6
Cleveland 9–4 3–10 6–6 7–5 4–9 8–4 8–5 6–6 5–8 10–2 9–3 6–6 3–10–1
Detroit 12–1 6–7 5–7 6–6 9–4 5–7 8–5 7–5 6–7 6–6 6–6 7–5 4–9
Kansas City 6–6 6–6 5–8 6–7 4–8 7–5 6–6 6–7 4–8 8–5 5–8 8–5 5–7
Milwaukee 7–6 6–6 7–5 7–5 5–8 5–8 6–6 4–8 8–5 5–7 6–6 4–8 7–6
Minnesota 4–8 2–10 6–7 7–6 6–6 5–7 7–6 8–4 4–8 6–7 6–7 6–7 4–8
New York 8–5 8–5 5–7 6–6 8–5 7–6 8–4 5–8 8–4 5–7 8–4 7–5 7–6
Oakland 7–5 5–7 3–10 6–7 2–10 6–6 5–8 7–5 7–6 7–5 10–3 3–10 8–4
Seattle 6–6 4–8 5–8 5–8 3–9 6–6 8–5 6–6 7–6 4–8 3–10 4–9 6–6
Texas 7–5 4–8 5–8 11–2 6–6 5–7 5–8 8–4 7–6 5–7 10–3 9–4 5–7
Toronto 5–8 6–7 6–6 6–6 10–3–1 9–4 7–5 6–7 8–4 6–7 4–8 6–6 7–5


Notable transactions[edit]

Draft picks[edit]

Roster[edit]

1986 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1986.[13] The El Paso Diablos won the Texas League championship,[14] and the Stockton Ports won the California League championship.[15]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Terry Bevington
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Duffy Dyer
Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Machemer
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Gomer Hodge
Rookie Helena Gold Sox Pioneer League Dave Huppert

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rick Waits at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Pete Ladd at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Ed Romero at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Rob Deer at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ a b Danny Darwin at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Ted Simmons at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Steve Stanicek at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Charlie O'Brien at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  10. ^ Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference
  11. ^ Gary Sheffield at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ Tim McIntosh at Baseball-Reference
  13. ^ "1986 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  14. ^ "Texas League Champions". Texas League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  15. ^ "California League Champions". California League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.