1986 Milwaukee Brewers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Milwaukee Brewers
season = 1986
misc =

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current league = American League
y1 = 1969
division = East Division
y2 = 1972
Uniform
ballpark = Milwaukee County Stadium
y4 = 1970
city = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
y5 = 1970
owners = Bud Selig
managers = George Bamberger and Tom Trebelhorn
television =WVTV
(Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
radio = WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)|The Milwaukee Brewers' 1986 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the American League East with a record of 77 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

*November 14, 1985: Rick Waits was released by the Brewers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waitsri01.shtml Rick Waits page at Baseball Reference] ]
*November 25, 1985: Pete Ladd was released by the Brewers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laddpe01.shtml Pete Ladd page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 11, 1985: Ed Romero was traded by the Brewers to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Clear. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/romered01.shtml Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 18, 1985: Dean Freeland (minors) and Eric Pilkington (minors) were traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Rob Deer. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/deerro01.shtml Rob Deer page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 22, 1985: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent with the Brewers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darwida01.shtml Danny Darwin page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 5, 1986: Ted Simmons was traded by the Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Rick Cerone, David Clay (minors), and Flavio Alfaro (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmote01.shtml Ted Simmons page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

Ted Higeura would win 20 games in 1986 and would be the last 20 game winner in the 20th Century for the Brewers. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

eason standings

Transactions

* March 30, 1986: Moose Haas was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Charlie O'Brien, Steve Kiefer, Mike Fulmer (minors), and Pete Kendrick (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'brich01.shtml Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference] ]
* April 1, 1986: Ray Burris was released by the Brewers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burrira01.shtml Ray Burris page at Baseball Reference] ]
* August 15, 1986: Danny Darwin was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Don August and Mark Knudson.

Draft Picks

* June 2, 1986: 1986 Major League Baseball Draft
**Gary Sheffield was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (6th pick). Player signed June 26, 1986. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sheffga01.shtml Gary Sheffield page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Tim McIntosh was drafted by the Brewers in the 3rd round. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcintti01.shtml Tim McIntosh page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

References

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