1986 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 California Angels 1986 American League West champions American League West Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California Gene Autry Mike Port Gene Mauch KTLA(Joe Torre, Bob Starr) KMPC(Ron Fairly, Al Conin)XPRS(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa) The 1986 California Angels season was the 26th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 21st in Anaheim, and their 21st season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The season ended with the Angels losing the American League Championship Series in dramatic fashion. The regular season ended with the Angels finishing first in the American League West with a record of 92–70, earning the franchise's third division title. After jumping to a 3–1 series lead over the Boston Red Sox in the best-of-seven ALCS, the Angels blew a 3-run lead in the ninth inning of Game 5 that included giving up a two-out, two-strike home run to Boston's Dave Henderson (in other words, the Angels were 1 strike away from the World Series). The Angels went on to lose Game 5 in extra innings, and eventually lost the next two games and the series. After 1986, the Angels went into a lengthy playoff drought, not returning to the postseason until their championship season of 2002 (though they did come close in 1995). They would not win a division title again until 2004. 2 Offseason November 19, 1985: DeWayne Buice was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buicede01.shtml DeWayne Buice Stats December 5, 1985: Don Sutton was signed as a free agent by the Angels.Don Sutton at Baseball Reference December 20, 1985: Daryl Sconiers was released by the Angels.Daryl Sconiers at Baseball Reference December 20, 1985: Geoff Zahn was released by the California Angels.https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zahnge01.shtml Geoff Zahn Stats Regular season May 4, 1986: Reggie Jackson hit the 537th home run of his career off Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens, passing Mickey Mantle on the all-time home run list. June 18, 1986: Don Sutton won the 300th game of his career. Sutton became the 19th pitcher in MLB history to win 300 games. September 18, 1986: Reggie Jackson had 3 home runs and 7 RBIs in one game. Season standings Record vs. opponents CAL Notable transactions June 2, 1986: Alan Mills was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (secondary phase). Player signed June 10, 1986.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millsal01.shtml Alan Mills Stats Roster 1986 California Angels Roster Pitchers 63 T. R. Bryden 45 John Candelaria 48 Ray Chadwick 46 Mike Cook 23 Doug Corbett 31 Chuck Finley 38 Todd Fischer 43 Ken Forsch 51 Terry Forster 52 Willie Fraser 36 Gary Lucas 18 Urbano Lugo 15 Kirk McCaskill 37 Donnie Moore 10 Ron Romanick 43 Vern Ruhle 41 Jim Slaton 20,27 Don Sutton 39 Mike Witt Catchers  8 Bob Boone 34 Jerry Narron Infielders  7 Rick Burleson 11 Doug DeCinces  4 Bobby Grich 16 Jack Howell 21 Wally Joyner 28 Mark McLemore 12 Gus Polidor 22 Dick Schofield  9 Rob Wilfong Outfielders  5 Brian Downing 25 George Hendrick 44 Reggie Jackson 13 Ruppert Jones 32 Darrell Miller 20,24 Gary Pettis  6 Mark Ryal 30 Devon White Manager  3 Gene Mauch Coaches 49 Bob Clear  1 Bobby Knoop 51,53 Marcel Lachemann 50 Jimmie Reese 47 Moose Stubing Game log Regular season background:#CE2029;color:#333366; 1986 regular season game log: 92–70 (home: 50–32; away: 42–38) y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; April: 13–8 (home: 7–3; away: 6–6) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; May: 10–17 (home: 5–7; away: 5–10) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; June: 17–10 (home: 9–6; away: 8–4) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; July: 15–11 (home: 5–7; away: 10–4) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;" | colspan="12" | 57th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas |- y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; August: 19–10 (home: 12–2; away: 7–8) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; September: 17–10 (home: 12–7; away: 5–3) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; October: 1–4 (home: 0–0; away: 1–4) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fcc darkgray = Loss      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Angels team member Postseason Game log background:#CE2029;color:#333366; 1986 Postseason game log: 3–4 (home: 2–1; away: 1–3) y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; AL Championship Series: vs. Boston Red Sox 3–4 (home: 2–1; away: 1–3) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/Streak |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fcc darkgray = Loss      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Angels team member 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 Bob Boone 144 442 98 .222 7 49 1B Wally Joyner 154 593 172 .290 22 100 2B Bobby Grich 98 313 84 .268 9 30 SS Dick Schofield 139 458 114 .249 13 57 3B Doug DeCinces 140 512 131 .256 26 96 LF Brian Downing 152 513 137 .267 20 95 CF Gary Pettis 154 539 139 .258 5 58 RF Ruppert Jones 126 393 90 .229 17 49 DH Reggie Jackson 132 419 101 .241 18 58 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 Rob Wilfong 92 288 63 .219 3 33 George Hendrick 102 283 77 .272 14 47 Rick Burleson 93 271 77 .284 5 29 Jack Howell 63 151 41 .272 4 21 Jerry Narron 57 95 21 .221 1 8 Darrell Miller 33 57 13 .228 0 4 Devon White 29 51 12 .235 1 3 Mark Ryal 13 32 12 .375 2 5 Gus Polidor 6 19 5 .263 0 1 Mark McLemore 5 4 0 .000 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 Mike Witt 34 269.0 18 10 2.84 208 Kirk McCaskill 34 246.1 17 10 3.36 202 Don Sutton 34 207.0 15 11 3.74 116 Ron Romanick 18 106.1 5 8 5.50 38 John Candelaria 16 92.0 10 2 2.55 81 Jim Slaton 14 73.1 4 6 5.65 31 Ray Chadwick 7 27.1 0 5 7.24 9 Willie Fraser 1 4.1 0 0 8.31 2 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 Vern Ruhle 16 47.2 1 3 4.15 23 Urbano Lugo 6 21.1 1 1 3.80 9 Mike Cook 5 9.0 0 2 9.00 6 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 Donnie Moore 49 4 5 21 2.97 53 Doug Corbett 46 4 2 10 3.66 36 Terry Forster 41 4 1 5 3.51 28 Gary Lucas 27 4 1 2 3.15 31 Chuck Finley 25 3 1 0 3.30 37 T.R. Bryden 16 2 1 0 6.55 25 Ken Forsch 10 0 1 1 9.53 13 Todd Fischer 9 0 0 0 4.24 7 ALCS 1986 American League Championship Series GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1California – 8, Boston – 1October 7Fenway Park32,9932California – 2, Boston – 9October 8Fenway Park32,7863Boston – 3, California – 5October 10Anaheim Stadium64,2064Boston – 3, California – 4 (11 innings)October 11Anaheim Stadium64,2235Boston – 7, California – 6 (11 innings)October 12Anaheim Stadium64,2236California – 4, Boston – 10 October 14Fenway Park32,9987California – 1, Boston – 8October 15Fenway Park33,001 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Winston Llenas AA Midland Angels Texas League Joe Maddon A Palm Springs Angels California League Tom Kotchman A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Bill Lachemann A-Short Season Salem Angels Northwest League Bruce HinesJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References 1986 California Angels at Baseball Reference 1986 California Angels at Baseball Almanac Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Category:1980s in Anaheim, California Category:American League West champion seasons Los Los