1986 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1986 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 17th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 18th overall. The Brewers finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 77 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

November 14, 1985: Rick Waits was released by the Brewers.
November 25, 1985: Pete Ladd was released by the Brewers.
December 11, 1985: Ed Romero was traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Clear.
December 18, 1985: Dean Freeland (minors) and Eric Pilkington (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Rob Deer.
December 22, 1985: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent with the Brewers.
March 5, 1986: Ted Simmons was traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Rick Cerone, David Clay (minors), and Flavio Alfaro (minors).
March 26, 1986: Rob DeWolf (minors) was traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Steve Stanicek.
March 30, 1986: Moose Haas was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Charlie O'Brien, Steve Kiefer, Mike Fulmer (minors), and Pete Kendrick (minors).

Regular season

Teddy Higuera would win 20 games in 1986 and would be the last 20 game winner in the 20th century for the Brewers.

Season standings

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AL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	95	66	.590	—	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍36
New York Yankees	90	72	.556	5½	41‍–‍39	49‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers	87	75	.537	8½	49‍–‍32	38‍–‍43
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	.531	9½	42‍–‍39	44‍–‍37
Cleveland Indians	84	78	.519	11½	45‍–‍35	39‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers	77	84	.478	18	41‍–‍39	36‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles	73	89	.451	22½	37‍–‍42	36‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League record v t e Sources:
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

April 1, 1986: Ray Burris was released by the Brewers.
August 15, 1986: Danny Darwin was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Don August and Mark Knudson.

Draft picks

June 2, 1986: 1986 Major League Baseball draft
- Gary Sheffield was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (6th pick). Player signed June 26, 1986.
- Tim McIntosh was drafted by the Brewers in the 3rd round.

Roster

1986 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 41 Mike Birkbeck 29 Chris Bosio 25 Mark Clear 48 Bryan Clutterbuck 47 Jaime Cocanower 18 Danny Darwin 40 Bob Gibson 49 Teddy Higuera 34 John Henry Johnson 43 Mark Knudson 39 Tim Leary 10 Bob McClure 10,20 Juan Nieves 41 Ray Searage 50 Pete Vuckovich 46 Bill Wegman 37 Dan Plesac		Catchers 11 Rick Cerone 22 Charlie Moore 21 Bill Schroeder Infielders 9 Jim Adduci 3 Juan Castillo 15 Cecil Cooper 2 Edgar Díaz 17 Jim Gantner 30 Steve Kiefer 4 Paul Molitor 1 Ernest Riles 13 Billy Jo Robidoux 27 Dale Sveum 20 Gorman Thomas		Outfielders 26 Glenn Braggs 45 Rob Deer 16 Mike Felder 7 Paul Householder 28 Rick Manning 24 Ben Oglivie 2 Randy Ready 19 Robin Yount		Manager 31 George Bamberger 42 Tom Trebelhorn Coaches 8 Andy Etchebarren 12 Larry Haney 33 Frank Howard 35 Tony Muser 38 Herm Starrette

1986 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

31 George Bamberger
42 Tom Trebelhorn

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	Rick Cerone	68	216	56	.259	4	18
1B	Cecil Cooper	134	542	140	.258	12	75
2B	Jim Gantner	139	497	136	.274	7	38
3B	Paul Molitor	105	437	123	.281	9	55
SS	Ernest Riles	145	524	132	.252	9	47
LF	Glenn Braggs	58	215	51	.237	4	18
CF	Robin Yount	140	522	163	.312	9	46
RF	Rob Deer	134	466	108	.232	33	86
DH	Ben Oglivie	103	346	98	.283	5	53

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
Dale Sveum	91	317	78	.246	7	35
Charlie Moore	80	235	61	.260	3	39
Bill Schroeder	64	217	46	.212	7	19
Rick Manning	89	205	52	.254	8	27
Billy Jo Robidoux	56	181	41	.227	1	21
Mike Felder	44	155	37	.239	1	13
Gorman Thomas	44	145	26	.179	6	10
Randy Ready	23	79	15	.190	1	4
Paul Householder	26	78	17	.218	1	16
Juan Castillo	26	54	9	.167	0	5
Edgar Díaz	5	13	3	.231	0	0
Jim Adduci	3	11	1	.091	0	0
Steve Kiefer	2	6	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
Teddy Higuera	34	248.1	20	11	2.79	207
Bill Wegman	35	198.1	5	12	5.13	82
Tim Leary	33	188.1	12	12	4.21	110
Juan Nieves	35	184.2	11	12	4.92	116
Pete Vuckovich	6	32.1	2	4	3.06	12

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
Danny Darwin	27	130.1	6	8	3.52	80
Chris Bosio	10	34.2	0	4	7.01	29
Mike Birkbeck	7	22.0	1	1	4.50	13
Mark Knudson	4	17.2	0	1	7.64	9

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 Clear	59	5	5	16	2.20	85
Dan Plesac	51	10	7	14	2.97	75
Bryan Clutterbuck	20	0	1	0	4.29	38
John Henry Johnson	19	2	1	1	2.66	42
Jaime Cocanower	17	0	1	0	4.43	22
Ray Searage	17	0	1	1	6.95	10
Bob McClure	13	2	1	0	3.86	11
Bob Gibson	11	1	2	0	4.73	11

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
Triple-A	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Terry Bevington
Double-A	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Duffy Dyer
Class A	Stockton Ports	California League	Dave Machemer
Class A	Beloit Brewers	Midwest League	Gomer Hodge
Rookie	Helena Gold Sox	Pioneer League	Dave Huppert

References

Rick Waits at Baseball-Reference
Pete Ladd at Baseball-Reference
Ed Romero at Baseball-Reference
Rob Deer at Baseball-Reference
^ Danny Darwin at Baseball-Reference
Ted Simmons at Baseball-Reference
Steve Stanicek at Baseball-Reference
Charlie O'Brien at Baseball-Reference
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference
Gary Sheffield at Baseball-Reference
Tim McIntosh at Baseball-Reference
"1986 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
"Texas League Champions". Texas League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
"California League Champions". California League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

1986 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
1986 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

1986 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Milwaukee Brewers

Established in 1969
Formerly the Seattle Pilots
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs

Key personnel

Owner: Mark Attanasio
President of Baseball Operations: Matt Arnold
General Manager: Matt Arnold
Manager: Pat Murphy

League pennants

American League:
- 1982
National League:
- none

Division titles

AL East:
- 1981 (second half)
- 1982
NL Central:
- 2011
- 2018
- 2021
- 2023
- 2024

Wild Card berths

National League:
- 2008
- 2019
- 2020

Minor league affiliates

Broadcasting

Television	Bally Sports Wisconsin
Radio	WTMJ (AM) Radio Network
Broadcasters	Bob Uecker Jeff Levering Brian Anderson Bill Schroeder Sophia Minnaert Tim Dillard

Seasons (55)
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1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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