1986 Milwaukee Brewers season

The Milwaukee Brewers' 1986 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th 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.^[1]
• November 25, 1985: Pete Ladd was released by the Brewers.^[2]
• December 11, 1985: Ed Romero was traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Clear.^[3]
• December 18, 1985: Dean Freeland (minors) and Eric Pilkington (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Rob Deer.^[4]
• December 22, 1985: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent with the Brewers.^[5]
• March 5, 1986: Ted Simmons was traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Rick Cerone, David Clay (minors), and Flavio Alfaro (minors).^[6]
• March 26, 1986: Rob DeWolf (minors) was traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Steve Stanicek.^[7]
• 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).^[8]

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.^[9]

Season standings

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1986: Ray Burris was released by the Brewers.^[10]
• August 15, 1986: Danny Darwin was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Don August and Mark Knudson.^[5]

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.^[11]
  • Tim McIntosh was drafted by the Brewers in the 3rd round.^[12]

Roster

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

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: El Paso, Stockton

References

1. ^ Rick Waits page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Rob Deer page at Baseball Reference
5. ^ ^{a b} Danny Darwin page at Baseball Reference
6. ^ Ted Simmons page at Baseball Reference
7. ^ Steve Stanicek page at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference
9. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
10. ^ Ray Burris page at Baseball Reference
11. ^ Gary Sheffield page at Baseball Reference
12. ^ Tim McIntosh page at Baseball Reference

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