1986 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the A's finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Offseason

• November 13, 1985: Barbaro Garbey was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins.^[1]
• December 10, 1985: Mike Heath and Tim Conroy were traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joaquín Andújar.^[2]
• January 17, 1986: Phil Stephenson and Bob Bathe (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Gary Jones (minors) and John Cox (minors).^[3]
• February 1, 1986: Lenn Sakata was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[4]
• March 21, 1986: Barbaro Garbey was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[1]
• March 30, 1986: Charlie O'Brien, Steve Kiefer, Mike Fulmer (minors) and Pete Kendrick (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Moose Haas.^[5]

Regular season

• August 22, 1986: Mark McGwire made his major league debut against the New York Yankees. He had three at-bats and no hits.^[6]
• September 12, 1986: In a game against the Cleveland Indians, Terry Steinbach hit a home run in his first Major League at-bat. Steinbach became the 54th player to achieve the feat.

Season standings

Notable transactions

• April 4, 1986: Jerry Willard was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[7]
• 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.^[8]
• May 23, 1986: Dave Stewart was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[9]
• June 1, 1986: Dave Von Ohlen was purchased by the Athletics from the Miami Marlins.^[10]
• July 10, 1986: Mike Bordick was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent.^[11]
• July 10, 1986: Ozzie Canseco was signed as a free agent by the Oakland Athletics.^[12]
• July 18, 1986: Rick Langford was released by the Athletics.^[13]

Draft picks

• June 2, 1986: Bret Barberie was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.^[14]

Roster

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

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

• José Canseco, American League Rookie of the Year
• Dave Kingman, American League Record, Most Home Runs in the Final Season of a Career (35)^[15]

Farm system

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3. 

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garbeba01.shtml
2. ^ Joaquin Andujar page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Phil Stephenson page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sakatle01.shtml
5. ^ Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference
6. ^ Mark McGwire page at Baseball Reference
7. ^ Jerry Willard page at Baseball Reference
8. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/atherke01.shtml
9. ^ Dave Stewart page at Baseball Reference
10. ^ Dave Von Ohlen page at Baseball Reference
11. ^ Mike Bordick page at Baseball Reference
12. ^ Ozzie Canseco page at Baseball Reference
13. ^ Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference
14. ^ Bret Barberie page at Baseball Reference
15. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.266, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

External links

• 1986 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1986 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com