1986 Oakland Athletics | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | |
City | Oakland, California | |
Record | 76–86 (.469) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Walter A. Haas, Jr. | |
General managers | Sandy Alderson | |
Managers | Jackie Moore, Jeff Newman, Tony La Russa | |
Television | KPIX (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse) | |
Radio | KSFO (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson) KBRG (Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Julio Gonzalez) | |
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The Oakland Athletics' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the A's finishing third in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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California Angels | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | — | 50–32 | 42–38 |
Texas Rangers | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 5 | 51–30 | 36–45 |
Kansas City Royals | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 16 | 45–36 | 31–50 |
Oakland Athletics | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 16 | 47–36 | 29–50 |
Chicago White Sox | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 20 | 41–40 | 31–50 |
Minnesota Twins | 71 | 91 | 0.438 | 21 | 43–38 | 28–53 |
Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 25 | 41–41 | 26–54 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 4–9 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
Boston | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–6 |
California | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 |
Chicago | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 2–11 | 6–6 |
Cleveland | 9–4 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–9 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 10–2 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 3–10–1 |
Detroit | 12–1 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 |
Milwaukee | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 2–10 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
New York | 8–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
Oakland | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 10–3 | 3–10 | 8–4 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 3–10 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
Texas | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 11–2 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 |
Toronto | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–3–1 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
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