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1986 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Memorial Stadium (since 1954)
Baltimore, Maryland (since 1954)
Results
Record	73–89 (.451)
Divisional place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Edward Bennett Williams
General manager(s)	Hank Peters
Manager(s)	Earl Weaver
Local television	WMAR-TV (Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson) Home Team Sports (Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Tom Davis)
Local radio	WFBR (Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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The 1986 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 7th in the American League East with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
  - 3.2.1 Starting pitchers
  - 3.2.2 Relief pitchers
4 Farm system
5 References

Offseason[edit]

October 9, 1985: Joe Nolan was released by the Orioles.^[1]
December 12, 1985: Gary Roenicke and a player to be named later were traded by the Orioles to the New York Yankees for Rex Hudler and Rich Bordi. The Orioles completed the deal by sending Leo Hernández to the Yankees on December 16.^[2]
January 14, 1986: Rafael Bournigal was drafted by the Orioles in the 10th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.^[3]
January 23, 1986: Dan Ford was released by the Orioles.^[4]
February 20, 1986: Luis DeLeón was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[5]
March 23, 1986: Mike Kinnunen was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[6]
March 31, 1986: Ben Bianchi (minors), Steve Padia (minors), and a player to be named later were traded by the Orioles to the Minnesota Twins for Mike Hart. The Orioles completed the deal by sending Jeff Hubbard (minors) to the Twins on April 23.^[7]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	95	66	0.590	—	51–30	44–36
New York Yankees	90	72	0.556	5½	41–39	49–33
Detroit Tigers	87	75	0.537	8½	49–32	38–43
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	0.531	9½	42–39	44–37
Cleveland Indians	84	78	0.519	11½	45–35	39–43
Milwaukee Brewers	77	84	0.478	18	41–39	36–45
Baltimore Orioles	73	89	0.451	22½	37–42	36–47

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1986 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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	—

Opening Day starters[edit]

Rick Dempsey
Mike Flanagan
Jackie Gutiérrez
Lee Lacy
Fred Lynn
Eddie Murray
Cal Ripken, Jr.
John Shelby
Alan Wiggins
Mike Young^[8]

Notable transactions[edit]

June 2, 1986: Gordon Dillard was drafted by the Orioles in the 14th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft.^[9]
June 16, 1986: Dennis Martínez and a player to be named later were traded by the Orioles to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Orioles completed the deal by sending John Stefero to the Expos on December 8. The Expos completed the deal by sending Rene Gonzales to the Orioles on December 16.^[10]

Roster[edit]

1986 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

4 Earl Weaver

Coaches

10 Terry Crowley (Hitting)
44 Elrod Hendricks (Bullpen)
7 Cal Ripken, Sr. (Third Base)
20 Frank Robinson (Bench)
42 Ken Rowe (Pitching)
40 Jimmy Williams (First Base)

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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	Dempsey, RickRick Dempsey	122	327	68	.208	13	29
1B	Murray, EddieEddie Murray	137	495	151	.305	17	84
SS	Ripken, Jr, CalCal Ripken, Jr	162	627	177	.282	25	81

Other batters[edit]

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
Stefero, JohnJohn Stefero	52	120	28	.233	2	13
Jones, RickyRicky Jones	16	33	6	.182	0	4
Paris, KellyKelly Paris	5	10	2	.200	0	0
Nichols, CarlCarl Nichols	5	5	0	.000	0	0
Hudler, RexRex Hudler	14	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bell, EricEric Bell	4	23.1	1	2	5.01	18

Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bordi, RichRich Bordi	52	6	4	3	4.46	83
Arnold, TonyTony Arnold	11	0	2	0	3.55	7
Kinnunen, MikeMike Kinnunen	9	0	0	0	6.43	1
Martínez, DennisDennis Martínez	4	0	0	0	6.75	2

Farm system[edit]

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
Short-Season A	Newark Orioles	New York–Penn League	Art Mazmanian
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Glenn Gulliver

References[edit]

^ Joe Nolan page at Baseball-Reference
^ Rex Hudler page at Baseball Reference
^ Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference
^ Dan Ford page at Baseball-Reference
^ Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Kinnunen page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1986&t=BAL
^ Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Reference
^ Dennis Martinez page on Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

1986 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1986 MLB draft 1986 All-Star Game 1986 World Series

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; City Island Ball Park; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette
Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

American League
Championships (7)

American League East
Championships (9)

American League Wild Card
(2)

1996
2012

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

Announcers: Gary Thorne; Jim Hunter; Jim Palmer; Rick Dempsey; Mike Bordick

Seasons (115)

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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