1986 Baltimore Orioles season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Baltimore Orioles
season = 1986
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = East Division
y2 = 1969| Uniform logo =
ballpark = Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1954
city = Baltimore, Maryland
y5 = 1954
owners = Edward Bennett Williams
managers = Earl Weaver
television =WMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Tom Davis)
radio = WFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)|The by|1986 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 7th in the American League East with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses.

Offseason

*December 12, 1985: Rex Hudler was traded by the New York Yankees with Rich Bordi to the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named later and Gary Roenicke. The Baltimore Orioles sent Leo Hernandez (December 16, 1985) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudlere01.shtml]
*February 20, 1986: Luis DeLeón was signed as a free agent by the Orioles. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/deleolu01.shtml Luis DeLeón page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

eason standings

Transactions

*March 23, 1986: Mike Kinnunen was signed as a free agent by the Orioles. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kinnumi01.shtml Mike Kinnunen page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 2, 1986: Gordon Dillard was drafted by the Orioles in the 14th round of the 1986 amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dillago01.shtml Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 16, 1986: Dennis Martínez and a player to be named later were traded by the Orioles to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Orioles completed the deal by sending John Stefero to the Expos on December 8. The Montreal Expos completed the deal by sending Rene Gonzales to the Orioles on December 16. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martide01.shtml Dennis Martinez page on Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Rochester Red Wings (International League; John Hart, manager)
* Class AA: Charlotte O's (Southern League; Greg Biagini, manager)
* Class A: Hagerstown Suns (Carolina League; Bob Molinaro, manager)
* Class SS-A: Newark Orioles (New York-Penn League; Art Mazmanian, manager)
* Rookie: Bluefield Orioles (Appalachian League; Glenn Gulliver, manager)

References

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