1986 California Angels season

1986 California Angels
1986 AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Mike Port
Manager(s)	Gene Mauch
Local television	KTLA (Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
Local radio	KMPC (Ron Fairly, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The California Angels' 1986 season was the franchise's 26th season and ended with the Angels losing the American League Championship Series in dramatic fashion.

The regular season ended with the Angels finishing 1st 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 9th 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

• November 19, 1985: DeWayne Buice was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
• December 5, 1985: Don Sutton was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
• December 20, 1985: Daryl Sconiers was released by the Angels.
• December 20, 1985: Geoff Zahn was released by the California Angels.

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

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 Records 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

• 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.

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

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
DH	Reggie Jackson	132	419	101	.241	18	58

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
SS	Dick Schofield	139	458	114	.249	13	57

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Don Sutton	34	207	15	11	3.74	116
John Candelaria	16	92	10	2	2.55	81

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

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

References

• 1986 California Angels at Baseball Reference
• 1986 California Angels at Baseball Almanac