1986 San Francisco Giants season

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1986 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Bob Lurie
General manager(s) Al Rosen
Manager(s) Roger Craig
Local television KTVU
(Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
GiantsVision
(Joe Morgan, Phil Stone, Duane Kuiper)
Local radio KNBR
(Hank Greenwald, Phil Stone)
KIQI
(Tito Fuentes, Edgard Martinez)
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The 1986 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 104th season in Major League Baseball, their 29th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 27th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 83-79 record, 13 games behind the Houston Astros.

Offseason

Regular season

  • April 8, 1986: In his first major league at bat, Will Clark debuted with a home run— in his first at-bat and on his first swing off of future Hall of Fame member Nolan Ryan.[8] Clark became the 11th player in history to hit a home run on his first swing in the Major Leagues.
  • August 5, 1986: Steve Carlton struck out Eric Davis for the 4000th strikeout of his career.[9]
  • September 21, 1986: Robby Thompson went 5 for 5 in a game versus the Atlanta Braves.

On August 20, 1986, Phillies pitcher Don Carman took a perfect game into the ninth inning against the Giants at Candlestick Park. Giants catcher Bob Brenly hit a long drive into the gap in left-center field. Phillies center fielder Milt Thompson was positioned to make a running catch but the ball hit the base of his glove and was ruled a hit.[10] Brenly was credited with a double. Carman lost the perfect game but the Phillies won in ten innings.[11]

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 96 66 0.593 52–29 44–37
Cincinnati Reds 86 76 0.531 10 43–38 43–38
San Francisco Giants 83 79 0.512 13 46–35 37–44
San Diego Padres 74 88 0.457 22 43–38 31–50
Los Angeles Dodgers 73 89 0.451 23 46–35 27–54
Atlanta Braves 72 89 0.447 23½ 41–40 31–49

Record vs. opponents

1986 National League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 9–3 6–12 5–13 10–8 4–7 4–8 4–8 5–7 12–6 7–11 6–6
Chicago 3–9 5–7 4–8 6–6 8–10 6–12 9–8 7–11 6–6 6–6 10–7
Cincinnati 12–6 7–5 4–14 10–8 7–5 4–8 7–5 10–2 9–9 9–9 7–5
Houston 13–5 8–4 14–4 10–8 8–4 5–7 6–6 6–6 10–8 9–9 7–5
Los Angeles 8–10 6–6 8–10 8–10 5–7 3–9 5–7 8–4 6–12 8–10 8–4
Montreal 7–4 10–8 5–7 4–8 5–7 8–10 8–10 11–7 4–8 5–7 9–9
New York 8–4 12–6 8–4 7–5 9–3 10–8 8–10 17–1 10–2 7–5 12–6
Philadelphia 8-4 8–9 5–7 6–6 7–5 10–8 10–8 11–7 6–6 9–3 6–12
Pittsburgh 7–5 11–7 2–10 6–6 4–8 7–11 1–17 7–11 8–4 4–8 7–11
San Diego 6–12 6–6 9–9 8–10 12–6 8–4 2–10 6–6 4–8 8–10 5–7
San Francisco 11–7 6–6 9–9 9–9 10–8 7–5 5–7 3–9 8–4 10–8 5–7
St. Louis 6–6 7–10 5–7 5–7 4–8 9–9 6–12 12–6 11–7 7–5 7–5


Notable transactions

  • June 2, 1986: 1986 Major League Baseball Draft
    • Matt Williams was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (3rd pick).[13]
    • Kirt Manwaring was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round. Player signed June 4, 1986.[14]
    • Jim Pena was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 16th round.[15]
  • July 4, 1986: Steve Carlton was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[16]
  • August 7, 1986: Steve Carlton was released by the Giants.[16]

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Mike Aldrete (May 28)
    • Will Clark (Apr 8)
    • Randy Kutcher (Jun 19)
    • Phil Ouellette (Sep 10)
    • Robby Thompson (Apr 8)
  • Pitchers:
    • Randy Bockus (Sep 10)
    • Kelly Downs (Jul 29)
    • Chuck Hensley (May 10)
    • Terry Mulholland (Jun 8) [17]

Roster

1986 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Brenly 149 472 116 .246 16 62
1B Will Clark 111 408 117 .287 11 41
2B Robby Thompson 149 549 149 .271 7 47
3B Chris Brown 116 416 132 .317 7 49
SS José Uribe 157 453 101 .223 3 43
LF Jeffrey Leonard 89 341 95 .279 6 42
CF Dan Gladden 102 351 97 .276 4 29
RF Chili Davis 153 526 146 .278 13 70

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Candy Maldonado 133 405 102 .252 18 85
Bob Melvin 89 268 60 .224 5 25
Phil Ouellette 10 23 4 .174 0 0
Chris Jones 3 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Krukow 34 245 20 9 3.05 178
Vida Blue 28 156.2 10 10 3.27 100
Steve Carlton 6 30 1 3 5.10 18

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott Garrelts 53 173.2 13 9 3.11 125

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Williams 36 3 1 1 1.20 33
Bill Laskey 20 1 1 1 4.28 8

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

  • Chris Brown, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Jim Lefebvre
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Wendell Kim
A Fresno Giants California League Tim Blackwell
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Jack Mull
Short-Season A Everett Giants Northwest League Joe Strain

[18]

References

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