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1986 Baltimore Orioles season

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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.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkMemorial Stadium
Record73–89 (.451)
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
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1986 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place7th
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
General managersHank Peters
ManagersEarl Weaver
TelevisionWMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Tom Davis)
RadioWFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
← 1985
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9566 .590 — 51‍–‍30 44‍–‍36
New York Yankees 9072 .556 5½ 41‍–‍39 49‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 8775 .537 8½ 49‍–‍32 38‍–‍43
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 .531 9½ 42‍–‍39 44‍–‍37
Cleveland Indians 8478 .519 11½ 45‍–‍35 39‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers 7784 .478 18 41‍–‍39 36‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles 7389 .451 22½ 37‍–‍42 36‍–‍47
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Record vs. opponents

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1986 American League record

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Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
Boston 9–4—5–77–510–37–66–66–610–25–87–58–48–47–6
California 6–67–5—7–66–67–58–55–77–67–510–38–58–56–6
Chicago 3–95–76–7—5–76–67–65–76–76–67–68–52–116–6
Cleveland 9–43–106–67–5—4–98–48–56–65–810–29–36–63–10–1
Detroit 12–16–75–76–69–4—5–78–57–56–76–66–67–54–9
Kansas City 6–66–65–86–74–87–5—6–66–74–88–55–88–55–7
Milwaukee 7–66–67–57–55–85–86–6—4–88–55–76–64–87–6
Minnesota 4–82–106–77–66–65–77–68–4—4–86–76–76–74–8
New York 8–58–55–76–68–57–68–45–88–4—5–78–47–57–6
Oakland 7–55–73–106–72–106–65–87–57–67–5—10–33–108–4
Seattle 6–64–85–85–83–96–68–56–67–64–83–10—4–96–6
Texas 7–54–85–811–26–65–75–88–47–65–710–39–4—5–7
Toronto 5–86–76–66–610–3–19–47–56–78–46–74–86–67–5—
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Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1986 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRick Dempsey12232768.2081329
1BEddie Murray137495151.3051784
2BAlan Wiggins7123960.251011
SSCal Ripken Jr.162627177.2822581
3BFloyd Rayford8121037.176819
LFMike Young11736993.252942
CFFred Lynn112397114.2872367
RFLee Lacy130491141.2871147
DHLarry Sheets11233892.2721860
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
John Shelby13540492.2281149
Juan Beníquez113343103.300636
Juan Bonilla10228469.243118
Jim Traber6521254.2551344
Tom O'Malley5618146.254118
Jim Dwyer9416039.244831
Jackie Gutiérrez6114527.18604
John Stefero5212028.233213
Ken Gerhart206916.23217
Al Pardo16517.13713
Ricky Jones16336.18204
Tom Dodd8133.23112
Kelly Paris5102.20000
Carl Nichols550.00000
Rex Hudler1410.00000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Boddicker33218.114124.70175
Scott McGregor34203.011154.5295
Ken Dixon35202.111134.58170
Mike Flanagan29172.07114.2496
Storm Davis25154.09123.6296
John Habyan626.1134.4414
Eric Bell423.1125.0118
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Don Aase6667342.9867
Rich Bordi526434.4683
Brad Havens463314.5657
Nate Snell342103.8629
Odell Jones212203.8332
Tippy Martinez140215.6311
Tony Arnold110203.557
Mike Kinnunen90006.431
Dennis Martínez40006.752
Bill Swaggerty100018.001
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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League John Hart
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Greg Biagini
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League Bob Molinaro
A-Short Season Newark Orioles New York–Penn League Art Mazmanian
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Glenn Gulliver
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