1986 California Angels
American League West Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersMike Port
ManagersGene Mauch
TelevisionKTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
RadioKMPC
(Ron Fairly, Al Conin)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The 1986 California Angels season was the franchise's 26th season and ended with the Angels losing the American League Championship Series|ALCS 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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 92 70 0.568 — 50–32 42–38
Texas Rangers 87 75 0.537 5 51–30 36–45
Kansas City Royals 76 86 0.469 16 45–36 31–50
Oakland Athletics 76 86 0.469 16 47–36 29–50
Chicago White Sox 72 90 0.444 20 41–40 31–50
Minnesota Twins 71 91 0.438 21 43–38 28–53
Seattle Mariners 67 95 0.414 25 41–41 26–54

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League record

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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1986 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1986 regular season game log: 92–70 (home: 50–32; away: 42–38)
April: 13–8 (home: 7–3; away: 6–6)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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May: 10–17 (home: 5–7; away: 5–10)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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June: 17–10 (home: 9–6; away: 8–4)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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July: 15–11 (home: 5–7; away: 10–4)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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57th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas
August: 19–10 (home: 12–2; away: 7–8)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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September: 17–10 (home: 12–7; away: 5–3)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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October: 1–4 (home: 0–0; away: 1–4)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

Postseason Game log

1986 Postseason game log: 3–4 (home: 2–1; away: 1–3)
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
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = 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

Main article: 1986 American League Championship Series
Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 California – 8, Boston – 1 October 7 Fenway Park 32,993
2 California – 2, Boston – 9 October 8 Fenway Park 32,786
3 Boston – 3, California – 5 October 10 Anaheim Stadium 64,206
4 Boston – 3, California – 4 (11 innings) October 11 Anaheim Stadium 64,223
5 Boston – 7, California – 6 (11 innings) October 12 Anaheim Stadium 64,223
6 California – 4, Boston – 10 October 14 Fenway Park 32,998
7 California – 1, Boston – 8 October 15 Fenway Park 33,001

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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 Hines

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References

  1. ^ "DeWayne Buice Stats".
  2. ^ Don Sutton at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Daryl Sconiers at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "Geoff Zahn Stats".
  5. ^ "Alan Mills Stats".
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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