1986 San Francisco Giants season

The 1986 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 104th season in Major League Baseball, their 29th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 27th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 83-79 record, 13 games behind the Houston Astros.

1986 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bob Lurie
General manager(s)Al Rosen
Manager(s)Roger Craig
Local televisionKTVU
(Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
GiantsVision
(Joe Morgan, Phil Stone, Duane Kuiper)
Local radioKNBR
(Hank Greenwald, Phil Stone)
KIQI
(Tito Fuentes, Edgard Martinez)
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Offseason

Regular season
  • April 8, 1986: In his first major league at bat, Will Clark debuted with a home run— in his first at-bat and on his first swing off of future Hall of Fame member Nolan Ryan.[8] Clark became the 11th player in history to hit a home run on his first swing in the Major Leagues.
  • August 5, 1986: Steve Carlton struck out Eric Davis for the 4000th strikeout of his career.[9]
  • September 21, 1986: Robby Thompson went 5 for 5 in a game versus the Atlanta Braves.

On August 20, 1986, Phillies pitcher Don Carman took a perfect game into the ninth inning against the Giants at Candlestick Park. Giants catcher Bob Brenly hit a long drive into the gap in left-center field. Phillies center fielder Milt Thompson was positioned to make a running catch but the ball hit the base of his glove and was ruled a hit.[10] Brenly was credited with a double. Carman lost the perfect game but the Phillies won in ten innings.[11]

Opening Day starters

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
  • June 2, 1986: 1986 Major League Baseball draft
    • Matt Williams was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (3rd pick).[13]
    • Kirt Manwaring was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round. Player signed June 4, 1986.[14]
    • Jim Pena was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 16th round.[15]
  • July 4, 1986: Steve Carlton was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[16]
  • August 7, 1986: Steve Carlton was released by the Giants.[16]

Major League debuts
  • Batters:
    • Mike Aldrete (May 28)
    • Will Clark (Apr 8)
    • Randy Kutcher (Jun 19)
    • Phil Ouellette (Sep 10)
    • Robby Thompson (Apr 8)
  • Pitchers:
    • Randy Bockus (Sep 10)
    • Kelly Downs (Jul 29)
    • Chuck Hensley (May 10)
    • Terry Mulholland (Jun 8) [17]

Roster
1986 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

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
CBob Brenly149472116.2461662
1BWill Clark111408117.2871141
2BRobby Thompson149549149.271747
3BChris Brown116416132.317749
SSJosé Uribe157453101.223343
LFJeffrey Leonard8934195.279642
CFDan Gladden10235197.276429
RFChili Davis153526146.2781370

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Candy Maldonado133405102.2521885
Bob Melvin8926860.224525
Phil Ouellette10234.17400
Chris Jones310.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Krukow342452093.05178
Vida Blue28156.210103.27100
Steve Carlton630135.1018

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott Garrelts53173.21393.11125

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Williams363111.2033
Bill Laskey201114.288

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

  • Chris Brown, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Jim Lefebvre
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Wendell Kim
A Fresno Giants California League Tim Blackwell
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Jack Mull
A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Joe Strain

[18]

References
  1. George Riley at Baseball Reference
  2. Manny Trillo at Baseball Reference
  3. Vida Blue at Baseball Reference
  4. Rob Deer at Baseball Reference
  5. Fran Mullins at Baseball Reference
  6. Rick Waits at Baseball Reference
  7. Steve Stanicek at Baseball Reference
  8. The Ballplayers – Will Clark | BaseballLibrary.com Archived September 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. Steve Carlton | The Baseball Page
  10. Robbins, Michael (2004). Ninety Feet from Fame: Close Calls with Baseball Immortality. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. p. 244.
  11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN198608200.shtml
  12. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1986&t=SFN
  13. Matt Williams at Baseball Reference
  14. Kirt Manwaring at Baseball Reference
  15. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/penaji01.shtml
  16. Steve Carlton at Baseball Reference
  17. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1986/25.shtml
  18. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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