1986 Los Angeles Dodgers season

March 2026 November 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers 1986 National League West Dodger Stadium Los Angeles 73 89 y 5th Peter O'Malley Al Campanis Tommy Lasorda KTTV (11)Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter DodgervisionEddie Doucette, Al Downing, Rick Monday KABCVin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter KTNQ Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas The 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 97th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 29th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 25th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers finished the season with a 73–89 record and fifth place finish. The Dodgers failed to defend their National League West title and suffered a losing season for the second time in three seasons, also missing the postseason in the process. Regular season Season standings Los Angeles Dodgers Record vs. opponents LAD Opening Day starters +Name Position Mariano Duncan ShortstopKen Landreaux Center fielderBill Madlock Third basemanGreg Brock First basemanMike Marshall Right fielderFranklin Stubbs Left fielderMike Scioscia CatcherSteve Sax Second basemanFernando Valenzuela Starting pitcher Notable transactions April 10, 1986: César Cedeño was signed as a free agent by the Dodgers.Cesar Cedeno page at Baseball Reference June 5, 1986: César Cedeño was released by the Dodgers. July 31, 1986: Joe Beckwith was purchased by the Dodgers from the Toronto Blue Jays.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beckwjo01.shtml Joe Beckwith Stats Roster 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers 45 Joe Beckwith 27 Carlos Diaz 52 Balvino Gálvez 55 Orel Hershiser 51 Brian Holton 40 Rick Honeycutt 43 Ken Howell 49 Tom Niedenfuer 26 Alejandro Peña 48 Dennis Powell 41 Jerry Reuss 34 Fernando Valenzuela 31 Ed Vande Berg 35 Bob Welch Catchers 37 Jack Fimple 14 Mike Scioscia 29 Alex Treviño Infielders 10 Dave Anderson  9 Greg Brock 23 Enos Cabell 25 Mariano Duncan 33 Jeff Hamilton 12 Bill Madlock  3 Steve Sax 20 Larry See 38 Craig Shipley Outfielders 20 Ed Amelung 46 Ralph Bryant  7 César Cedeño 47 José González 28 Pedro Guerrero 44 Ken Landreaux  5 Mike Marshall 17 Len Matuszek 18 Bill Russell 22 Franklin Stubbs 45 Terry Whitfield 21,51 Reggie Williams Manager  2 Tommy Lasorda Coaches  8 Joey Amalfitano 54 Monty Basgall 58 Mark Cresse 37 Ben Hines 11 Manny Mota 16 Ron Perranoski 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Mike Scioscia 122 374 94 .251 5 26 1B Greg Brock 115 325 76 .234 16 52 2B Steve Sax 157 633 210 .332 6 56 SS Mariano Duncan 109 407 93 .229 8 30 3B Bill Madlock 111 379 106 .280 10 60 LF Franklin Stubbs 132 420 95 .226 23 58 CF Reggie Williams 128 303 84 .277 4 32 RF Mike Marshall 103 330 77 .233 19 53 Other batters 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 Ken Landreaux 103 283 74 .261 4 29 Enos Cabell 107 277 71 .256 2 29 Bill Russell 105 216 54 .250 0 18 Dave Anderson 92 216 53 .245 1 15 Alex Treviño 89 202 53 .262 4 26 Len Matuszek 91 199 52 .261 9 28 Jeff Hamilton 71 147 33 .224 5 19 José González 57 93 20 .215 2 6 César Cedeño 37 78 18 .231 0 6 Ralph Bryant 27 75 19 .253 6 13 Pedro Guerrero 31 61 15 .246 5 10 Craig Shipley 12 27 3 .111 0 4 Larry See 13 20 5 .250 0 2 Terry Whitfield 19 14 1 .071 0 0 Jack Fimple 13 13 1 .077 0 2 Ed Amelung 8 11 1 .091 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Fernando Valenzuela 34 269.1 21 11 3.14 242 Bob Welch 33 235.2 7 13 3.28 183 Orel Hershiser 35 231.1 14 14 3.85 153 Rick Honeycutt 32 171.0 11 9 3.32 100 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Jerry Reuss 19 74.0 2 6 5.84 29 Alejandro Peña 24 70.0 1 2 4.89 46 Dennis Powell 27 65.1 2 7 4.27 31 Brian Holton 12 24.1 2 3 4.44 24 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Ken Howell 62 6 12 12 3.87 104 Tom Niedenfuer 60 6 6 11 3.71 55 Ed Vande Berg 60 1 5 0 3.41 42 Carlos Diaz 19 0 0 0 4.26 18 Joe Beckwith 15 0 0 0 6.87 13 Balvino Gálvez 10 0 1 0 3.92 11 1986 Awards 1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Steve Sax reserve Fernando Valenzuela reserve Gold Glove Award Fernando Valenzuela Silver Slugger Award Steve Sax TSN National League All-Star Steve Sax Fernando Valenzuela NL Player of the Month Steve Sax (September 1986) NL Player of the Week Fernando Valenzuela (Apr. 28 – May 4) Fernando Valenzuela (May 19–25) Franklin Stubbs (July 14–20) Orel Hershiser (July 28 – Aug. 3) Farm system AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Terry Collins AA San Antonio Dodgers Texas League Gary LaRocque High A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Don LeJohn High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Stan Wasiak Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Kevin Kennedy Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Joe Alvarez Teams in BOLD won League Championships Major League Baseball draft 1986 Major League Baseball draft The Dodgers drafted 39 players in the June draft and 19 in the January draft. Of those, seven players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. The Dodgers first round pick in the June draft was outfielder Michael White from Loudon High School in Loudon, Tennessee. In seven seasons of professional baseball (six of them in the Dodgers system), he hit .277 with 12 homers and 217 RBI. The most notable pick in the draft was infielder Dave Hansen, selected in the 2nd round out of Rowland High School in California. Hansen played in the Majors from 1990 to 2007, and was one of the more accomplished pinch hitters in league history. He hit .260 with 35 homers and 222 RBI. After his playing career he became a Major League hitting coach. 1986 draft picksJanuary draft 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Timothy AndersonIF Sacramento City CollegeYes 1986–1987A2Brian FlanaganOF Citrus CollegeNo 3Lee LangleyOF Linn–Benton Community CollegeYes 1986–1997 A+4Adam BrownC Georgia Perimeter CollegeYes 1986–1995 AAA5Stephen CarmardaRHP San Jacinto CollegeNo 6Darren LewisOF Chabot CollegeNo Athletics-1988 1988–2002 MLB7Mike BundesenLHP Mott Community CollegeNo 8Keith HayesC University of Nebraska at LincolnNo 9Brad FrekingLHP William Rainey Harper CollegeNo 10Ranfred JohnsonRHP Los Angeles Harbor CollegeNoMariners-1987 1987–1989 A 11Mike BledsoeLHP College of the SequoiasNo 12Elliott QuinonesOF Gulf Coast Community CollegeNo Reds-1989 1989–1992 A13Mike RipplingerOF Taft CollegeNo 14Tim AndersonOF Georgia Perimeter CollegeNo 15David DowneyOF Muscatine Community CollegeNo 16David RayC Georgia Perimeter CollegeNo January secondary phase 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1James KatingC Triton CollegeYes 1986–1990 AA2Blake ButterfieldRHP Mt. San Antonio CollegeNo 3Pedro BorbónLHP Ranger College NoWhite Sox-1988 1988–2006 MLB June draft 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Michael WhiteOFLoudon High SchoolYes1986–1992AAA2Dave HansenSSRowland High SchoolYes1986–2005MLB3Mike MunozLHPCalifornia Polytechnic State UniversityYes1986–2000MLB4Michaell PitzRHPUniversity of the PacificYes 1986–1991 AA5Kevin CampbellRHPUniversity of ArkansasYes1986–1995MLB6Michael SilerRHPUniversity of PortlandYes1986–1987A7Daniel HenleyIFUniversity of Southern CaliforniaYes1986–1991AAA8Joe KesselmarkOFPace UniversityYes 1986–1990 AAA9Henry GoshayOFPacelli High SchoolYes 1986–1989 A10Kenneth RienscheRHPSt. Mary's College of CaliforniaYes 1986–1987 Rookie11Kenneth KingRHPUniversity of North Carolina at WilmingtonYes1986–1988A12Daniel PenaLHPUniversity of Texas at AustinYes1986–1988 A13Christopher CernyLHPUniversity of New MexicoYes1986–1989 A14Danny Montgomery2B University of North Carolina at CharlotteYes1986–1988 A15Theodore Dyson1BArizona State UniversityNoAngels-1987 1987–1988 A16Anthony Ciccone2BSonoma State UniversityYes1986Rookie17Eric ManghamOFFlorida State UniversityYes1986–1994AAA18Clifton Smith3B South San Francisco High SchoolNo 19Billy BrooksRHPGeorgia Southern UniversityYes1986–1989AAA20Stephen WoodRHPSt. Mary's College of CaliforniaYes 1986–1987 A21Jeffrey BrownOFBrigham Young UniversityYes 1986–1988 AAA22Donald Poteet3BAugusta State UniversityYes1986Rookie23John Knapp3BUniversity of IowaYes1986–1990 A+24Billy BartelsRHP California State University, FresnoYes1986–1988A25Timothy BrownOF Monroe Area High SchoolNo 26Paul QuantrillRHP Okemos High SchoolNoRed Sox-1989 1989–2005MLB27Gregory HornsbyOF King High SchoolYes 1986Rookie28Scott LongakerRHP Petaluma High SchoolNo 29Dave ProctorRHP Topeka High SchoolNoMets-1988 1988–1992AA30Craig StivesonRHP Marin Catholic High SchoolNo 31Chris DominqueRHP Westchester High SchoolNo 32Gregory ReidOF Polytechnic High SchoolNoAthletics-1990 1990–1992A June secondary phase 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Carlos CarrascoRHP Gavilan CollegeYes 1987–1997 A+2Wade TaylorRHP Jefferson Davis Community CollegeNoMariners-1987 1987–2000MLB3Miguel FerradasC Miami Dade CollegeYes 1986–1987 A4Adrian AdkinsC Middle Georgia CollegeNoPirates-1989 1989 Rookie5Mike BundesenLHP Mott Community CollegeNo 6Keith HayesC University of Nebraska–LincolnNo 7Andrew BourneOF Citrus CollegeYes 1986 Rookie References External links 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page Category:Los Angeles Dodgers seasons Los Angeles Dodgers Los