1986 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1986 American League East Tiger Stadium Detroit, Michigan 87 75 y 3rd Tom Monaghan Bill Lajoie Sparky Anderson WDIV-TV(George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup) WJR(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) The 1986 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 86th overall and their 75th at Tiger Stadium. The season featured the Detroit Tigers competing to win the American League East. Offseason November 13, 1985: Bárbaro Garbey was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garbeba01.shtml Barbaro Garbey Stats December 12, 1985: Darnell Coles was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Detroit Tigers for Rich Monteleone.Darnell Coles Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 16, 1986: Dave Engle was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sánchez.https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/engleda01.shtml Dave Engle Stats Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions April 25, 1986: Brian Harper was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harpebr01.shtml Brian Harper Stats August 10, 1986: Ken Hill was traded by the Detroit Tigers with a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Heath. The Detroit Tigers sent Mike Laga (September 2, 1986) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com August 10, 1986: Dave Engel was released by the Detroit Tigers. Roster 1986 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 39 Bill Campbell 43 Chuck Cary 21 Willie Hernández 45 Bryan Kelly 25 Eric King 40 Dave LaPoint 36 Jack Lazorko 47 Jack Morris 49 Randy O'Neal 27 John Pacella 46 Dan Petry 17 Bill Scherrer 20 Jim Slaton 26 Frank Tanana 35 Walt Terrell 30 Mark Thurmond Catchers  8 Mike Heath 12 Dwight Lowry 33 Matt Nokes 13 Lance Parrish Infielders  9 Doug Baker 14 Dave Bergman 16 Tom Brookens 19 Darnell Coles 10 Dave Engle 41 Darrell Evans  4 Mike Laga 18 Scotti Madison 27 Harry Spilman  3 Alan Trammell  1 Lou Whitaker Outfielders 29 Dave Collins 37 Bruce Fields 23 Kirk Gibson 30 Johnny Grubb 32 Brian Harper 31 Larry Herndon 34 Chet Lemon 15 Pat Sheridan 38 Tim Tolman Manager 11 Sparky Anderson Coaches 50 Billy Consolo 51 Alex Grammas 56 Billy Muffett 28 Vada Pinson 53 Dick Tracewski Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting 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 Lance Parrish 91 327 84 .257 22 62 1B Darrell Evans 151 507 122 .241 29 85 2B Lou Whitaker 144 584 157 .269 20 73 SS Alan Trammell 151 574 159 .277 21 75 3B Darnell Coles 142 521 142 .273 20 86 LF Larry Herndon 106 283 70 .247 8 37 CF Chet Lemon 126 403 101 .251 12 53 RF Kirk Gibson 119 441 118 .268 28 86 DH Johnny Grubb 81 210 70 .333 13 51 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 Dave Collins 124 419 113 .270 1 27 Tom Brookens 98 281 76 .270 3 25 Pat Sheridan 98 236 56 .237 6 19 Dwight Lowry 56 150 46 .307 3 18 Dave Bergman 65 130 30 .231 1 9 Mike Heath 30 98 26 .265 4 11 Dave Engle 35 86 22 .256 0 4 Harry Spilman 24 49 12 .245 3 8 Mike Laga 15 45 9 .200 3 8 Bruce Fields 16 43 12 .279 0 6 Brian Harper 19 36 5 .139 0 3 Tim Tolman 16 34 6 .176 0 2 Doug Baker 13 24 3 .125 0 0 Matt Nokes 7 24 8 .333 1 2 Scotti Madison 2 7 0 .000 0 1 Pitching Starting pitchers Note; G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Jack Morris 35 267.0 21 8 3.27 223 Walt Terrell 34 217.1 15 12 4.56 93 Frank Tanana 32 188.1 12 9 4.16 119 Dan Petry 20 116.0 5 10 4.66 56 Other pitchers Note; G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Eric King 33 138.1 11 4 3.51 79 Randy O'Neal 37 122.2 3 7 4.33 68 Dave LaPoint 16 67.2 3 6 5.72 36 Bryan Kelly 6 20.0 1 2 4.50 18 Relief pitchers Note; G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Willie Hernández 64 8 7 24 3.55 77 Bill Campbell 34 3 6 3 3.88 37 Mark Thurmond 25 4 1 3 1.92 17 Jim Slaton 22 0 0 2 4.05 12 Chuck Cary 22 1 2 0 3.41 21 Bill Scherrer 13 0 1 0 7.29 16 John Pacella 5 0 0 1 4.09 5 Jack Lazorko 3 0 0 0 4.05 3 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Nashville Sounds American Association Leon Roberts AA Glens Falls Tigers Eastern League Bob Schaefer A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Tom Burgess A Gastonia Tigers South Atlantic League Johnny Lipon Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Tom GamboaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References External links Baseball 1986 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference 53em Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers Detroit Tiger Category:1986 in Detroit Category:Long stubs with short prose