The 1986 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.Joe Nolan page at Baseball-Reference 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.Rex Hudler page at Baseball Reference 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.Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference January 23, 1986: Dan Ford was released by the Orioles.Dan Ford page at Baseball-Reference February 20, 1986: Luis DeLeón was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference March 23, 1986: Mike Kinnunen was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Mike Kinnunen page at Baseball Reference 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.Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference

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.Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Reference 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.Dennis Martínez page on Baseball Reference

Roster 1986 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (Hitting) (Bullpen) (Third Base) (Bench) (Pitching) (First Base)

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

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

1986 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference 1986 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com