1986 Detroit Tigers season

1986 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) East Division (since 1969)
Location
Tiger Stadium (since 1912) Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
1986 information
Owner(s)	Tom Monaghan
Manager(s)	Sparky Anderson
Local television	WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
Local radio	WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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The Detroit Tigers' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL East.

Offseason

• November 13, 1985: Barbaro Garbey was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins.
• December 12, 1985: Darnell Coles was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Detroit Tigers for Rich Monteleone.
• January 16, 1986: Dave Engel was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sanchez.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	95	66	.590	--
New York Yankees	90	72	.556	5½
Detroit Tigers	87	75	.537	8½
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	.531	9½
Cleveland Indians	84	78	.519	11½
Milwaukee Brewers	77	84	.478	18
Baltimore Orioles	73	89	.451	22½

Notable transactions

• April 25, 1986: Brian Harper was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
• August 10, 1986: Ken Hill was traded by the Detroit Tigers with a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Heath. The Detroit Tigers sent Mike Laga (September 2, 1986) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
• August 10, 1986: Dave Engel was released by the Detroit Tigers.

Roster

1986 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 39 Bill Campbell 43 Chuck Cary 21 Willie Hernández 45 Bryan Kelly 25 Eric King 40 Dave LaPoint 36 Jack Lazorko 47 Jack Morris 49 Randy O'Neal 27 John Pacella 46 Dan Petry 17 Bill Scherrer 20 Jim Slaton 26 Frank Tanana 35 Walt Terrell 30 Mark Thurmond		Catchers  8 Mike Heath 12 Dwight Lowry 33 Matt Nokes 13 Lance Parrish Infielders  9 Doug Baker 14 Dave Bergman 16 Tom Brookens 19 Darnell Coles 10 Dave Engle 41 Darrell Evans  4 Mike Laga 18 Scotti Madison 27 Harry Spilman  3 Alan Trammell  1 Lou Whitaker		Outfielders 29 Dave Collins 37 Bruce Fields 23 Kirk Gibson 30 Johnny Grubb 32 Brian Harper 31 Larry Herndon 34 Chet Lemon 15 Pat Sheridan 38 Tim Tolman		Manager 11 Sparky Anderson Coaches 50 Billy Consolo 51 Alex Grammas 56 Billy Muffett 28 Vada Pinson 53 Dick Tracewski

Player stats

Batting

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

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	American Association	Leon Roberts
AA	Glens Falls Tigers	Eastern League	Bob Schaefer
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Tom Burgess
A	Gastonia Tigers	South Atlantic League	Johnny Lipon
Rookie	Bristol Tigers	Appalachian League	Tom Gamboa

References

• 1986 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference