1986 American League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central
Team W L WPct GB
Tampa Bay 95 65 .594 --
Baltimore 94 66 .588 1
Cleveland (A) 87 73 .544 8
Minnesota 60 100 .375 35
East
Team W L WPct GB
Boston (A) 89 71 .556 --
Indianapolis 85 75 .531 4
New York (A) 71 89 .444 18
Detroit 70 90 .438 19
West
Team W L WPct GB
Kansas City 98 62 .613 --
Toronto 80 80 .500 18
Seattle 79 81 .494 19
Oakland 73 87 .456 25
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1) Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Colorado Rockies
AL League Series (4-3) Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Kansas City Royals
AL Divisional Series (4-2) Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Boston (A) Red Sox
AL Divisional Series (4-2) Kansas City Royals over Baltimore Orioles
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
CLE 5.4 865 160 5795 1697 324 25 132 512 764 .293 .350 .426 .776
KCR 5.3 849 160 5550 1494 277 31 199 579 891 .269 .338 .438 .776
TAM 5.0 801 160 5731 1639 307 30 123 477 817 .286 .341 .414 .755
BAL 5.0 792 160 5573 1535 273 33 148 591 773 .275 .345 .416 .761
IND 4.9 781 160 5612 1527 333 35 114 528 671 .272 .335 .405 .740
BOS 4.6 737 160 5511 1405 344 30 152 550 981 .255 .323 .411 .734
NYA 4.5 721 160 5614 1455 328 41 102 518 843 .259 .322 .387 .708
DET 4.3 686 160 5561 1405 322 32 154 454 929 .253 .309 .405 .714
OAK 4.2 672 160 5477 1399 246 32 84 518 809 .255 .320 .358 .678
TOR 4.0 647 160 5411 1364 241 28 102 518 852 .252 .317 .364 .681
SEM 3.8 613 160 5473 1297 223 28 126 496 1035 .237 .300 .357 .657
MIN 3.7 588 160 5512 1306 284 26 88 367 805 .237 .285 .346 .630
Totals 4.6 8752 1920 66820 17523 3502 371 1524 6108 10170 .262 .324 .394 .718
Average   729 160 5568 1460 292 31 127 509 848  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
TAM 4.0 643 160 3.58 1443.7 1446 9.0 381 2.4 768 4.8 48
BOS 4.1 651 160 3.61 1455.0 1408 8.8 455 2.8 938 5.9 44
TOR 4.1 658 160 3.74 1426.3 1327 8.3 513 3.2 861 5.4 40
SEM 4.1 659 160 3.75 1443.0 1361 8.5 543 3.4 933 5.8 40
BAL 4.3 692 160 3.90 1447.3 1400 8.8 491 3.1 1059 6.6 49
OAK 4.5 712 160 4.06 1433.0 1318 8.2 703 4.4 1017 6.4 36
IND 4.5 727 160 4.10 1439.0 1533 9.6 381 2.4 532 3.3 44
KCR 4.6 736 160 4.29 1432.7 1574 9.8 439 2.7 644 4.0 51
CLE 4.7 755 160 4.21 1448.7 1439 9.0 524 3.3 921 5.8 42
NYA 5.0 801 160 4.66 1435.0 1571 9.8 536 3.4 836 5.2 37
MIN 5.2 827 160 4.83 1422.0 1511 9.4 628 3.9 811 5.1 33
DET 5.2 827 160 4.73 1432.3 1531 9.6 569 3.6 740 4.6 38
Totals 4.5 8688 1920 4.12 17258.0 17419 9.1 6163 3.2 10060 5.2 502
Average   724 160   1438 1452   514   838   42
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
KCR 90 70 8 6 14 7 0 0 10 1.02 1.13 2,368,677   Ricky Sanford
CLE 90 70 -3 4 13 0 1 2 15 1.04 1.10 2,287,204   Rocco McGillicutti
TAM 96 64 -1 4 13 0 1 3 13 1.06 0.97 1,719,615   Alex Baxter
BAL 90 70 4 2 15 1 1 1 2 0.94 0.79 2,076,156   Matt Ida II
IND 85 75 0 2 10 0 2 3 19 1.04 1.13 2,397,944  
NYA 72 88 -1 2 7 0 0 0 4 1.06 1.16 1,149,437   Jason Spiegel
TOR 79 81 1 2 7 0 0 1 1 1.00 0.89 1,019,516   Chuck Glidden
BOS 89 71 0 1 12 1 2 1 5 1.00 0.95 2,097,652   Brian Rodgers
DET 66 94 4 1 4 1 0 1 10 1.05 1.18 1,272,045   Pie Traynor
SEM 75 85 4 1 6 0 0 1 3 1.00 1.00 1,887,594   Peter Fletcher
MIN 56 104 4 0 6 0 1 0 2 0.96 0.88 1,101,458   Chris Kelsey
OAK 76 84 -3 0 10 1 2 0 8 1.08 0.91 1,935,802   Marwan Najdawi
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
KCR 294 166.13 89.80 38.03 7.02 1.91 6.57 6.42 8.77 7.34
TAM 285 131.05 106.89 47.02 9.63 3.25 6.94 5.22 9.94 12.05
BAL 282 148.37 92.54 41.05 6.81 3.05 7.03 2.81 6.46 14.90
BOS 267 116.77 104.22 45.97 9.07 3.24 8.88 5.44 5.79 13.56
CLE 261 147.20 76.41 37.36 5.05 2.89 5.17 3.99 5.68 14.59
IND 255 128.22 87.62 39.13 9.03 3.19 5.86 3.53 5.85 11.67
TOR 240 93.36 99.29 47.30 5.07 3.59 5.92 6.02 9.46 17.24
SEM 237 82.30 105.07 49.59 11.64 3.43 5.97 4.74 6.93 16.90
OAK 219 87.92 85.04 46.01 8.49 1.09 6.97 5.18 8.72 15.57
NYA 213 107.36 70.84 34.75 6.37 3.79 5.37 3.30 8.12 7.81
DET 210 106.90 66.20 36.85 7.44 2.65 5.18 5.20 7.58 8.82
MIN 180 85.54 62.44 31.98 5.06 3.54 7.48 5.39 2.92 7.60
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Jack Clark KCR .277, 59 HR, 142 RBI
Platinum Arm: Ken Dayley BOS 16-8, 2.20, 250.0 IP, 219 K
Bronze Rookie: Cory Snyder DET .282, 33 HR, 107 RBI
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Jerry Reuss IND .971, 11 PO, 57 A, 2 E
C Marc Hill SEM .994, 762 PO, 77 A, 5 E
43.7% (59-135) Runners Thrown Out
1B Eddie Murray IND .992, 1756 PO, 125 A, 16 E
2B Paul Molitor IND .980, 321 PO, 575 A, 18 E
3B Ken Oberkfell IND .951, 87 PO, 362 A, 23 E
SS Brian Giles TAM .991, 184 PO, 550 A, 7 E
LF Jose Oquendo NYA .984, 230 PO, 11 A, 4 E
CF Miguel Dilone KCR .998, 413 PO, 12 A, 1 E
RF Cory Snyder DET .993, 266 PO, 9 A, 2 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
SwisherCLE.347
MolitorIND.333
BrooksTAM.333
BochteCLE.321
StapletonIND.313
On-Base Pct
ClarkKCR.416
DavisBAL.396
BochteCLE.391
OberkfellIND.387
MolitorIND.387
Slugging Pct
ClarkKCR.670
HornerBAL.553
SnyderDET.553
MolitorIND.507
MurrayIND.501
OPS
ClarkKCR1.085
HornerBAL.901
MolitorIND.894
MurrayIND.876
SnyderDET.874
XR
ClarkKCR146.5
MolitorIND106.3
MurrayIND105.7
DavisBAL99.8
OberkfellIND96.8
Games
SandbergOAK158
HernandezTAM157
MolitorIND157
O'MalleyTAM157
BrettCLE156
At-Bats
SmithBAL646
StapletonIND645
HernandezTAM627
MarshallTAM621
OwenMIN617
Runs
ClarkKCR131
OberkfellIND107
StapletonIND102
MazzilliCLE97
RainesOAK96
Hits
StapletonIND202
MolitorIND199
HernandezTAM193
MarshallTAM189
BrettCLE188
Total Bases
ClarkKCR375
StapletonIND308
MolitorIND303
MurrayIND294
SnyderDET294
Singles
BrooksTAM141
MeoliCLE141
SwisherCLE138
MarshallTAM137
BochteCLE136
Doubles
StapletonIND67
HernandezTAM50
LefebvreDET45
SnyderDET45
ThonBOS45
Triples
SmithBAL10
MolitorIND9
WillsBOS8
BrownDET7
DiloneKCR7
Homeruns
ClarkKCR59
HornerBAL34
SnyderDET33
FordKCR32
ParrishOAK30
RBIs
ClarkKCR142
HornerBAL113
MurrayIND110
SnyderDET107
CooperCLE106
Stolen Bases
RainesOAK68
SmithBAL57
DiloneKCR54
CangelosiTOR53
DavisNYA36
Caught Stealing
SmithBAL34
RainesOAK30
CangelosiTOR25
DiloneKCR23
MazzilliCLE15
Walks
ClarkKCR135
OberkfellIND99
ThompsonDET91
DavisBAL89
MazzilliCLE86
Strikeouts
CansecoSEM153
ThompsonDET151
LuzinskiKCR148
DavisNYA147
KittleNYA142
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
DayleyBOS2.20
McCullersSEM2.47
MooreTAM2.49
DemolaBAL2.85
SarmientoTOR2.90
Wins
SorensenIND 20
LandrumKCR 18
MooreTAM 17
OjedaBOS 17
RighettiBAL 17
Losses
DeleonTOR 18
JonesMIN 18
MooneyhamMIN 18
UmbargerIND 18
HeskethDET 17
Winning Pct
MooreTAM.773
RighettiBAL.773
McCullersSEM.750
SorensenIND.741
SarmientoTOR.680
Saves
ReardonKCR 41
FarrBAL 40
RuckerTAM 39
BedrosianTOR 35
NiedenfuerBOS 35
Games Pitched
GerhardtIND 97
ForsterOAK 93
WihtolSEM 83
WorrellOAK 81
MaddenOAK 79
Games Started
RuthvenKCR 37
BoggsBAL 36
EichhornTAM 36
FrancoCLE 36
DayleyBOS 35
Complete Games
SaberhagenTOR 20
HoytTAM 12
FulghamDET 8
OjedaBOS 8
SorensenIND 8
Shutouts
SaberhagenTOR 5
ComerKCR 4
BannisterSEM 3
DayleyBOS 3
DemolaBAL 3
Innings Pitched
SaberhagenTOR275.7
SorensenIND261.0
RuthvenKCR260.7
HoytTAM257.7
DeleonTOR255.7
Hits Allowed
RuthvenKCR 318
ReussIND 281
SorensenIND 273
HoytTAM 272
ComerKCR 271
Homeruns Allowed
JohnsonCLE 31
CaudillBOS 29
SmithsonMIN 27
PalmerCLE 26
UmbargerIND 25
Strikeouts
DayleyBOS 219
DemolaBAL 215
JohnsonCLE 197
MooreTAM 192
DeleonTOR 190
Walks Allowed
JohnsonCLE 129
MooneyhamMIN 128
DeleonTOR 124
WilkinsOAK 109
McGaffiganSEM 107
Walks per 9IP
SorensenIND1.0
EckersleyBOS1.0
DemolaBAL1.1
UmbargerIND1.4
GriffinTAM1.5
Hits per 9IP
DayleyBOS6.4
MooreTAM6.6
McCullersSEM6.6
SarmientoTOR7.0
CowleyOAK7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
DemolaBAL8.5
MooreTAM8.0
DayleyBOS7.9
JohnsonCLE7.8
MyersNYA7.7
WHiP
DemolaBAL0.92
DayleyBOS0.99
MooreTAM1.04
SaberhagenTOR1.06
SarmientoTOR1.09
OAVG
DayleyBOS.196
MooreTAM.205
McCullersSEM.207
SarmientoTOR.211
DemolaBAL.212
OOBP
DemolaBAL.236
DayleyBOS.253
SaberhagenTOR.269
MooreTAM.272
SarmientoTOR.273
OSLG
DayleyBOS.289
McCullersSEM.311
MooreTAM.315
RichardOAK.323
SarmientoTOR.323
OOPS
DayleyBOS.543
DemolaBAL.573
MooreTAM.587
SarmientoTOR.596
McCullersSEM.598
   
League All-Stars
Wally Backman George Brett Hubie Brooks
Jack Clark Steve Crawford Eric Davis
Dan Ford Mike Griffin Paul Householder
Steve Kemp Mike Marshall Lee Mazzilli
Paul Molitor Balor Moore Tom Niedenfuer
Jeff Reardon Dave Righetti Dick Ruthven
Bret Saberhagen Manny Sarmiento Cory Snyder
Lary Sorensen Steve Swisher Gene Tenace
Lou Whitaker  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Jack Clark KCR $ 27,000,110  
2.    Lou Whitaker SEM $ 18,000,000  
3.    Milt Wilcox OAK $ 17,500,000  
4.    Larry Parrish OAK $ 15,500,000  
5.    J.R. Richard OAK $ 13,500,000  
6.    John Denny MIN $ 12,000,010  
7.    Dwight Evans BAL $ 11,000,000  
8.    Jason Thompson DET $ 10,025,000  
9.    Eddie Murray IND $ 10,000,000  
  Balor Moore TAM $ 10,000,000  
11.    Dennis Eckersley BOS $ 8,500,000  
12.    Mike Griffin TAM $ 8,250,000  
13.    Ken Landreaux TOR $ 8,000,000  
14.    Greg Gross IND $ 7,410,000  
15.    George Brett CLE $ 7,000,000  
16.    John Milner IND $ 6,990,000  
17.    Chet Lemon BOS $ 6,400,000  
18.    Tony Armas BAL $ 6,100,111  
19.    Bart Johnson CLE $ 6,100,000  
20.    Jeff Burroughs KCR $ 6,000,000  
21.    La Marr Hoyt TAM $ 5,750,000  
  Dan Ford KCR $ 5,750,000  
23.    Paul Molitor IND $ 5,650,000  
24.    John Tamargo NYA $ 5,600,000  
25.    Keith Hernandez TAM $ 5,500,000