The 1986 Oakland Athletics season was the 86th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 19th season in Oakland. The Athletics finished third in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Offseason November 13, 1985: Bárbaro Garbey was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins. December 10, 1985: Mike Heath and Tim Conroy were traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joaquín Andújar.Joaquín Andújar at Baseball Reference January 17, 1986: Phil Stephenson and Bob Bathe (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Gary Jones (minors) and John Cox (minors).Phil Stephenson at Baseball Reference February 1, 1986: Lenn Sakata was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics. March 21, 1986: Bárbaro Garbey was released by the Oakland Athletics. March 30, 1986: Charlie O'Brien, Steve Kiefer, Mike Fulmer (minors) and Pete Kendrick (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Moose Haas.Charlie O'Brien at Baseball Reference

Regular season August 22, 1986: Mark McGwire made his major league debut against the New York Yankees. He had three at-bats and no hits.Mark McGwire at Baseball Reference Three days later, McGwire hit his first major league home run off Walt Terrell of the Detroit Tigers in an 8-4 win. September 12, 1986: In a game against the Cleveland Indians, Terry Steinbach hit a home run in his first Major League at-bat. Steinbach became the 54th player to achieve the feat.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 4, 1986: Jerry Willard was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Jerry Willard at Baseball Reference May 20, 1986: Keith Atherton was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later and cash. The Minnesota Twins sent Eric Broersma (minors) (May 23, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade. May 23, 1986: Dave Stewart was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.Dave Stewart at Baseball Reference June 1, 1986: Dave Von Ohlen was purchased by the Athletics from the Miami Marlins.Dave Von Ohlen at Baseball Reference July 10, 1986: Mike Bordick was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent.Mike Bordick at Baseball Reference July 10, 1986: Ozzie Canseco was signed as a free agent by the Oakland Athletics.Ozzie Canseco at Baseball Reference July 18, 1986: Rick Langford was released by the Athletics.Rick Langford at Baseball Reference

Draft picks June 2, 1986: Bret Barberie was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase), but did not sign.Bret Barberie at Baseball Reference

Roster 1986 Oakland Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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

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 Mickey Tettleton 90 211 43 .204 10 35 1B Bruce Bochte 125 407 104 .256 6 43 2B Tony Phillips 118 441 113 .256 5 52 3B Carney Lansford 151 591 168 .284 19 72 SS Alfredo Griffin 162 594 169 .285 4 51 LF José Canseco 157 600 144 .240 33 117 CF Dwayne Murphy 98 329 83 .252 9 39 RF Mike Davis 142 489 131 .268 19 55 DH Dave Kingman 144 561 118 .210 35 94

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 Donnie Hill 108 339 96 .283 4 29 Dusty Baker 83 242 58 .240 4 19 Jerry Willard 75 161 43 .267 4 26 Stan Javier 59 114 23 .202 0 8 Bill Bathe 39 103 19 .184 5 11 Mark McGwire 18 53 10 .189 3 9 Rusty Tillman 22 39 10 .256 1 6 Ricky Peters 44 38 7 .184 0 1 Mike Gallego 20 37 10 .270 0 4 Lenn Sakata 17 34 12 .353 0 5 Steve Henderson 11 26 2 .077 0 3 Terry Steinbach 6 15 5 .333 2 4 Rob Nelson 5 9 2 .222 0 0 Wayne Gross 3 2 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 Curt Young 29 198.0 13 9 3.45 116 Joaquín Andújar 28 155.0 12 7 3.82 72 Chris Codiroli 16 91.2 5 8 4.03 43 Moose Haas 12 72.1 7 2 2.74 40 Rick Rodriguez 3 16.1 1 2 6.61 2

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 José Rijo 39 193.2 9 11 4.65 176 Dave Stewart 29 149.1 9 5 3.74 102 Eric Plunk 26 120.1 4 7 2.74 98 Bill Mooneyham 45 99.2 4 5 4.52 75 Rick Langford 16 55.0 1 10 7.36 30 Bill Krueger 11 34.1 1 2 6.03 10

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 Jay Howell 38 3 6 16 3.38 42 Steve Ontiveros 46 2 2 10 4.71 54 Dave Leiper 33 2 2 1 4.83 15 Doug Bair 31 2 3 4 3.00 40 Dave Von Ohlen 24 0 3 1 3.52 4 Keith Atherton 13 1 2 0 5.87 8 Tom Dozier 4 0 0 0 5.68 4 Darrel Akerfelds 2 0 0 0 6.75 5 Tim Birtsas 2 0 0 0 22.50 1 Fernando Arroyo 1 0 0 0 ---- 0

Awards and honors José Canseco, American League Rookie of the Year Dave Kingman, American League Record, Most Home Runs in the Final Season of a Career (35)Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.266, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Farm system

References

External links 1986 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference 1986 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac