1986 Cincinnati Reds season

The Cincinnati Reds' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West, although falling short in second place behind the Houston Astros.

1986 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Marge Schott
General manager(s)Bill Bergesch
Manager(s)Pete Rose
Local televisionWLWT
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall, Steve Physioc)
Local radioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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Eric Davis hit 27 home runs and stole 80 bases this season. The New York Yankees' Rickey Henderson also had over 20 home runs and 80 steals in 1986, he and Davis are the only two major leaguers to accomplish this feat.

Offseason

Regular season
  • On August 5, 1986, Steve Carlton struck out Eric Davis for the 4000th strikeout of his career.[4]
  • August 17, 1986: Pete Rose played in the last game of his career. It was a game against the San Diego Padres, and Rose was struck out by Goose Gossage.[5]

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 9666 0.593 — 52–29 44–37
Cincinnati Reds 8676 0.531 10 43–38 43–38
San Francisco Giants 8379 0.512 13 46–35 37–44
San Diego Padres 7488 0.457 22 43–38 31–50
Los Angeles Dodgers 7389 0.451 23 46–35 27–54
Atlanta Braves 7289 0.447 23½ 41–40 31–49

Record vs. opponents
1986 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —9–36–125–1310–84–74–84–85–712–67–116–6
Chicago 3–9—5–74–86–68–106–129–87–116–66–610–7
Cincinnati 12–67–5—4–1410–87–54–87–510–29–99–97–5
Houston 13–58–414–4—10–88–45–76–66–610–89–97–5
Los Angeles 8–106–68–108–10—5–73–95–78–46–128–108–4
Montreal 7–410–85–74–85–7—8–108–1011–74–85–79–9
New York 8–412–68–47–59–310–8—8–1017–110–27–512–6
Philadelphia 8-48–95–76–67–510–810–8—11–76–69–36–12
Pittsburgh 7–511–72–106–64–87–111–177–11—8–44–87–11
San Diego 6–126–69–98–1012–68–42–106–64–8—8–105–7
San Francisco 11–76–69–99–910–87–55–73–98–410–8—5–7
St. Louis 6–67–105–75–74–89–96–1212–611–77–57–5—

Notable transactions
  • March 31, 1986: Wayne Krenchicki was traded by the Reds to the Montreal Expos for Norm Charlton and a player to be named later. The Expos completed the deal by sending Tim Barker (minors) to the reds on April 2.[6]
  • April 4, 1986: Chris Welsh was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[7]

Draft picks

Roster
1986 Cincinnati Reds roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBo Diaz134474129.2721056
1BPete Rose7223752.219025
2BRon Oester153523135.258844
SSKurt Stillwell10427964.229026
3BBuddy Bell155568158.2782075
LFEric Davis132415115.2772771
CFEddie Milner145424110.2591547
RFDave Parker162637174.27331116

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Nick Esasky10233076.2301241
Dave Concepción9031181.260330
Tony Pérez7720051.255229
Kal Daniels7418158.320623
Barry Larkin4115945.283319
Max Venable10814731.211215
Sal Butera5611327.239216
Tracy Jones468630.349210
Wade Rowdon388020.250010
Tom Runnells12111.09100
Dave Van Gorder9100.00000
Paul O'Neill320.00000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Gullickson37244.215123.38121
Tom Browning39243.114133.81147
John Denny27171.111104.20115
Chris Welsh24139.1694.7840
Mario Soto191055104.7167

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ted Power561291063.7095
Mike Smith23.10013.501

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Franco7466292.9484
Ron Robinson70103143.24117
Rob Murphy346010.7236
Carl Willis291304.4724
Scott Terry281206.1432
Joe Price251205.4030
Bill Landrum100006.7514
Sal Butera10000.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Zephyrs American Association Jack Lind
AA Vermont Reds Eastern League Jay Ward
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Marc Bombard
A Cedar Rapids Reds Midwest League Gene Dusan and Paul Kirsch
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Sam Mejías
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Jeff Cox

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vermont[9]

References
  1. Bill Gullickson page at Baseball Reference
  2. "Derek Botelho Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  3. Tony Pérez page at Baseball Reference
  4. Steve Carlton | The Baseball Page
  5. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.11, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  6. Wayne Krenchicki page at Baseball Reference
  7. "Chris Welsh Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  8. Reggie Jefferson page at Baseball Reference
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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