1986 San Francisco Giants season

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1986 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Candlestick Park (since 1960)
  • San Francisco (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)Bob Lurie
General manager(s)Al Rosen
Manager(s)Roger Craig
Local televisionKTVU
(Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
GiantsVision
(Joe Morgan, Phil Stone, Duane Kuiper)
Local radioKNBR
(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[]

  • October 24, 1985: George Riley and Alonzo Powell were traded by the Giants to the Montreal Expos for Bill Laskey.[1]
  • December 11, 1985: Manny Trillo was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Owen.[2]
  • December 17, 1985: Vida Blue was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[3]
  • December 18, 1985: Rob Deer was traded by the Giants to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dean Freeland (minors) and Eric Pilkington (minors).[4]
  • January 23, 1986: Fran Mullins was purchased from the Giants by the Cleveland Indians.[5]
  • February 3, 1986: Rick Waits was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[6]
  • March 26, 1986: Steve Stanicek was traded by the Giants to the Milwaukee Brewers for Rob DeWolf (minors).[7]

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[]

  • v
  • t
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
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  • t

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
  • 33 Roger Craig

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[]

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
Candy Maldonado 133 405 102 .252 18 85
Bob Melvin 89 268 60 .224 5 25
Mike Aldrete 84 216 54 .250 2 25
Randy Kutcher 71 186 44 .237 7 16
Joel Youngblood 97 184 47 .255 5 28
Luis Quiñones 71 106 19 .179 0 11
Harry Spilman 58 94 27 .287 2 22
Mike Woodard 48 79 20 .253 1 5
Phil Ouellette 10 23 4 .174 0 0
Brad Gulden 17 22 2 .091 0 1
Rick Lancellotti 15 18 4 .222 2 6
Dan Driessen 15 16 3 .188 0 0
Brad Wellman 12 13 2 .154 0 1
Chris Jones 3 1 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 Krukow 34 245 20 9 3.05 178
Mike LaCoss 37 204.1 10 13 3.57 86
Vida Blue 28 156.2 10 10 3.27 100
Kelly Downs 14 88.1 4 4 2.75 64
Roger Mason 11 60 3 4 4.80 43
Steve Carlton 6 30 1 3 5.10 18

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
Scott Garrelts 53 173.2 13 9 3.11 125
Terry Mulholland 15 54.2 1 7 4.94 27
Jim Gott 9 13 0 0 7.62 9
Mark Grant 4 10 0 1 3.60 5

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
Mark Davis 67 5 7 4 2.99 90
Jeff Robinson 64 6 3 8 3.36 90
Greg Minton 48 4 4 5 3.93 34
Frank Williams 36 3 1 1 1.20 33
Bill Laskey 20 1 1 1 4.28 8
Chuck Hensley 11 0 0 1 2.45 6
Randy Bockus 5 0 0 0 2.57 4

Awards and honors[]

All-Star Game

  • Chris Brown, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
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
A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Joe Strain

[18]

References[]

  1. ^ George Riley at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Manny Trillo at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Vida Blue at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Rob Deer at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Fran Mullins at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Rick Waits at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Steve Stanicek at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ The Ballplayers – Will Clark | BaseballLibrary.com Archived September 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Steve Carlton | The Baseball Page
  10. ^ Robbins, Michael (2004). Ninety Feet from Fame: Close Calls with Baseball Immortality. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. p. 244.
  11. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN198608200.shtml
  12. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1986&t=SFN
  13. ^ Matt Williams at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ Kirt Manwaring at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/penaji01.shtml
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b Steve Carlton at Baseball Reference
  17. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1986/25.shtml
  18. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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