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1986 Oakland Athletics season

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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.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Record76–86 (.469)
OwnersWalter A. Haas, Jr.
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1986 Oakland Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
OwnersWalter A. Haas, Jr.
General managersSandy Alderson
ManagersJackie Moore, Jeff Newman, Tony La Russa
TelevisionKPIX
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
RadioKSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson)
KBRG
(Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Julio Gonzalez)
← 1985
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9270 .568 — 50‍–‍32 42‍–‍38
Texas Rangers 8775 .537 5 51‍–‍30 36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 7686 .469 16 45‍–‍36 31‍–‍50
Oakland Athletics 7686 .469 16 47‍–‍36 29‍–‍50
Chicago White Sox 7290 .444 20 41‍–‍40 31‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 7191 .438 21 43‍–‍38 28‍–‍53
Seattle Mariners 6795 .414 25 41‍–‍41 26‍–‍54
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Record vs. opponents

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1986 American League record

Sources:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
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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Notable transactions

  • April 4, 1986: Jerry Willard was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[21]
  • 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.[22]
  • May 23, 1986: Dave Stewart was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.[23]
  • June 1, 1986: Dave Von Ohlen was purchased by the Athletics from the Miami Marlins.[24]
  • July 10, 1986: Mike Bordick was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent.[25]
  • July 10, 1986: Ozzie Canseco was signed as a free agent by the Oakland Athletics.[26]
  • July 18, 1986: Rick Langford was released by the Athletics.[27]

Draft picks

Roster

1986 Oakland Athletics
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
CMickey Tettleton9021143.2041035
1BBruce Bochte125407104.256643
2BTony Phillips118441113.256552
3BCarney Lansford151591168.2841972
SSAlfredo Griffin162594169.285451
LFJosé Canseco157600144.24033117
CFDwayne Murphy9832983.252939
RFMike Davis142489131.2681955
DHDave Kingman144561118.2103594
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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
Donnie Hill10833996.283429
Dusty Baker8324258.240419
Jerry Willard7516143.267426
Stan Javier5911423.20208
Bill Bathe3910319.184511
Mark McGwire185310.18939
Rusty Tillman223910.25616
Ricky Peters44387.18401
Mike Gallego203710.27004
Lenn Sakata173412.35305
Steve Henderson11262.07703
Terry Steinbach6155.33324
Rob Nelson592.22200
Wayne Gross320.00000
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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
Curt Young29198.01393.45116
Joaquín Andújar28155.01273.8272
Chris Codiroli1691.2584.0343
Moose Haas1272.1722.7440
Rick Rodriguez316.1126.612
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Other 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
José Rijo39193.29114.65176
Dave Stewart29149.1953.74102
Eric Plunk26120.1472.7498
Bill Mooneyham4599.2454.5275
Rick Langford1655.01107.3630
Bill Krueger1134.1126.0310
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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
Jay Howell3836163.3842
Steve Ontiveros4622104.7154
Dave Leiper332214.8315
Doug Bair312343.0040
Dave Von Ohlen240313.524
Keith Atherton131205.878
Tom Dozier40005.684
Darrel Akerfelds20006.755
Tim Birtsas200022.501
Fernando Arroyo1000----0
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Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Keith Lieppman
AA Huntsville Stars Southern League Brad Fischer
A Modesto A's California League Tommie Reynolds
A Madison Muskies Midwest League Jim Nettles
A-Short Season Medford A's Northwest League Dave Hudgens
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