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
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Candlestick Park
City	San Francisco
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Bob Lurie
General managers	Al Rosen
Managers	Roger Craig
Television	KTVU (Hank Greenwald, Gary Park) GiantsVision (Joe Morgan, Phil Stone, Duane Kuiper)
Radio	KNBR (Hank Greenwald, Phil Stone) KIQI (Tito Fuentes, Edgard Martinez)
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Offseason

• October 24, 1985: George Riley and Alonzo Powell were traded by the Giants to the Montreal Expos for Bill Laskey.^[1]
• December 11, 1985: Manny Trillo was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Owen.^[2]
• December 17, 1985: Vida Blue was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[3]
• December 18, 1985: Rob Deer was traded by the Giants to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dean Freeland (minors) and Eric Pilkington (minors).^[4]
• January 23, 1986: Fran Mullins was purchased from the Giants by the Cleveland Indians.^[5]
• February 3, 1986: Rick Waits was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[6]
• March 26, 1986: Steve Stanicek was traded by the Giants to the Milwaukee Brewers for Rob DeWolf (minors).^[7]

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

• Bob Brenly
• Chris Brown
• Will Clark
• Chili Davis
• Dan Gladden
• Mike Krukow
• Jeffrey Leonard
• Robby Thompson
• José Uribe^[12]

Season standings

• v
• t
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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	96	66	.593	—	52‍–‍29	44‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds	86	76	.531	10	43‍–‍38	43‍–‍38
San Francisco Giants	83	79	.512	13	46‍–‍35	37‍–‍44
San Diego Padres	74	88	.457	22	43‍–‍38	31‍–‍50
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	.451	23	46‍–‍35	27‍–‍54
Atlanta Braves	72	89	.447	23½	41‍–‍40	31‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1986 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	9–3	6–12	5–13	10–8	4–7	4–8	4–8	5–7	12–6	7–11	6–6
Chicago	3–9	—	5–7	4–8	6–6	8–10	6–12	9–8	7–11	6–6	6–6	10–7
Cincinnati	12–6	7–5	—	4–14	10–8	7–5	4–8	7–5	10–2	9–9	9–9	7–5
Houston	13–5	8–4	14–4	—	10–8	8–4	5–7	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	7–5
Los Angeles	8–10	6–6	8–10	8–10	—	5–7	3–9	5–7	8–4	6–12	8–10	8–4
Montreal	7–4	10–8	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10	11–7	4–8	5–7	9–9
New York	8–4	12–6	8–4	7–5	9–3	10–8	—	8–10	17–1	10–2	7–5	12–6
Philadelphia	8-4	8–9	5–7	6–6	7–5	10–8	10–8	—	11–7	6–6	9–3	6–12
Pittsburgh	7–5	11–7	2–10	6–6	4–8	7–11	1–17	7–11	—	8–4	4–8	7–11
San Diego	6–12	6–6	9–9	8–10	12–6	8–4	2–10	6–6	4–8	—	8–10	5–7
San Francisco	11–7	6–6	9–9	9–9	10–8	7–5	5–7	3–9	8–4	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	6–6	7–10	5–7	5–7	4–8	9–9	6–12	12–6	11–7	7–5	7–5	—

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 40 Juan Berenguer 14 Vida Blue 26 Randy Bockus 32 Steve Carlton 13 Mark Davis 37 Kelly Downs 50 Scott Garrelts 51 Jim Gott 46 Mark Grant 26 Chuck Hensley 39 Mike Krukow 29 Mike LaCoss 19 Bill Laskey 48 Roger Mason 38 Greg Minton 45 Terry Mulholland 49 Jeff Robinson 47 Frank Williams		Catchers 15 Bob Brenly 17 Brad Gulden  7 Bob Melvin 12 Phil Ouellette Infielders  1 Mike Aldrete 35 Chris Brown 22 Will Clark 25 Dan Driessen 9,31 Rick Lancellotti  2 Luis Quiñones 16 Harry Spilman  6 Robby Thompson 23 José Uribe 36 Brad Wellman 41 Mike Woodard		Outfielders 30 Chili Davis 10,32 Dan Gladden  9 Randy Kutcher 20 Jeffrey Leonard 21 Candy Maldonado  8 Joel Youngblood Other batters 12 Chris Jones		Manager 33 Roger Craig Coaches 42 Bill Fahey  5 Bob Lillis  8 Gordon Mackenzie 28 Jose Morales (Hitting) 34 Norm Sherry (Pitching)

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
C	Bob Brenly	149	472	116	.246	16	62
1B	Will Clark	111	408	117	.287	11	41
2B	Robby Thompson	149	549	149	.271	7	47
3B	Chris Brown	116	416	132	.317	7	49
SS	José Uribe	157	453	101	.223	3	43
LF	Jeffrey Leonard	89	341	95	.279	6	42
CF	Dan Gladden	102	351	97	.276	4	29
RF	Chili Davis	153	526	146	.278	13	70

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Candy Maldonado	133	405	102	.252	18	85
Bob Melvin	89	268	60	.224	5	25
Mike Aldrete	84	216	54	.250	2	25
Randy Kutcher	71	186	44	.237	7	16
Joel Youngblood	97	184	47	.255	5	28
Luis Quiñones	71	106	19	.179	0	11
Harry Spilman	58	94	27	.287	2	22
Mike Woodard	48	79	20	.253	1	5
Phil Ouellette	10	23	4	.174	0	0
Brad Gulden	17	22	2	.091	0	1
Rick Lancellotti	15	18	4	.222	2	6
Dan Driessen	15	16	3	.188	0	0
Brad Wellman	12	13	2	.154	0	1
Chris Jones	3	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Krukow	34	245.0	20	9	3.05	178
Mike LaCoss	37	204.1	10	13	3.57	86
Vida Blue	28	156.2	10	10	3.27	100
Kelly Downs	14	88.1	4	4	2.75	64
Roger Mason	11	60.0	3	4	4.80	43
Steve Carlton	6	30.0	1	3	5.10	18

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Scott Garrelts	53	173.2	13	9	3.11	125
Terry Mulholland	15	54.2	1	7	4.94	27
Jim Gott	9	13.0	0	0	7.62	9
Mark Grant	4	10.0	0	1	3.60	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jeff Robinson	64	6	3	8	3.36	90
Mark Davis	67	5	7	4	2.99	90
Greg Minton	48	4	4	5	3.93	34
Frank Williams	36	3	1	1	1.20	33
Bill Laskey	20	1	1	1	4.28	8
Chuck Hensley	11	0	0	1	2.45	6
Randy Bockus	5	0	0	0	2.57	4

Awards and honors

• Mike Krukow, P, Willie Mac Award
• Candy Maldonado – Led National League in Pinch Hitting (.425 Batting average, 17 for 40, 4 Home Runs, 20 RBI)

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

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