1986 Oakland Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 1986
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland, California
y5 = 1968
owners = Walter A. Haas, Jr.
managers = Jackie Moore, Jeff Newman, and Tony LaRussa
television = KPIX
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
radio = KSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson)
KBRG
(Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Julio Gonzalez)|The Oakland Athletics' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the A's finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Offseason

*December 10, 1985: Mike Heath and Tim Conroy were traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joaquín Andújar. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/andujjo01.shtml Joaquin Andujar page at Baseball Reference] ]
*January 17, 1986: Phil Stephenson and Bob Bathe (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Gary Jones (minors) and John Cox (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stephph01.shtml Phil Stephenson page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

*August 22, 1986: Mark McGwire made his major league debut against the New York Yankees. He had three at-bats and no hits. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcgwima01.shtml Mark McGwire page at Baseball Reference] ]
*September 12, 1986: In a game against the Cleveland Indians, Terry Steinbach hit a home run in his first Major League at-bat. Steinbach became the 54th player to achieve the feat.

eason standings

Notable transactions

*March 30, 1986: Charlie O'Brien, Steve Kiefer, Mike Fulmer (minors) and Pete Kendrick (minors) were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Moose Haas. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'brich01.shtml Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference] ]
*April 4, 1986: Jerry Willard was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willaje01.shtml Jerry Willard page at Baseball Reference] ]
*May 23, 1986: Dave Stewart was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stewada01.shtml Dave Stewart page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 1, 1986: Dave Von Ohlen was purchased by the Athletics from the Miami Marlins. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vonohda01.shtml Dave Von Ohlen page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 2, 1986: Bret Barberie was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barbebr01.shtml Bret Barberie page at Baseball Reference] ]
*July 10, 1986: Mike Bordick was signed by the Athletics as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bordimi01.shtml Mike Bordick page at Baseball Reference] ]
*July 10, 1986: Ozzie Canseco was signed as a free agent by the Oakland Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/canseoz01.shtml Ozzie Canseco page at Baseball Reference] ]
*July 18, 1986: Rick Langford was released by the Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/langfri01.shtml Rick Langford page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Awards and honors

* José Canseco, American League Rookie of the Year
* Dave Kingman, American League Record, Most Home Runs in the Final Season of a Career (35) [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.266, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1986.shtml 1986 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1986&t=OAK 1986 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]