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1986:Tenth Year in The Big Leagues


American League East

W L Pct. GB
Boston 95 66 .590 -
NY Yankees 90 72 .556 5.5
Detroit 87 75 .537 8.5
Toronto 86 76 .531 9.5
Cleveland 84 78 .519 11.5
Milwaukee 77 84 .478 18.0
Baltimore 73 89 .451 22.0

   Barfield and Bell drive in a club record 108 runs. Barfield hit a Jays record 40 homers, while Bell hit 31 dingers and 38 doubles. Fernandez led the club with a .301 average. All three were selected to post-season All-Star teams and Barfield and Fernandez became the first members of the Blue Jays to win Gold Glove awards. Jim Clancy lost his final seven decisions and Dave Stieb lost his first six decisions. Mark Eichhorn, who won 14 games and set the club record for lowest ERA at 1.72 was selected as rookie relief pitcher of the year by The Sporting News. Tom Henke continued as the team's top stopper, finishing with a club record 27 saves.

Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Pitcher Player of the Year
George Bell Jimmy Key Jesse Barfield
Pitcher of the Year Most Improved Player
Mark Eichhorn Rick Leach

1986 Batting Statistics
Batter Pos. Avg. G AB R H HR RBI
Jesse Barfield OF .289 158 589 107 170 40 108
George Bell OF .309 159 641 101 198 31 108
Tony Fernandez SS .310 163 687 91 213 10 65
Cecil Fielder 1B-DH .157 34 83 7 13 4 13
Damaso Garcia 2B .281 122 424 57 119 6 46
Kelly Gruber 3B .196 87 143 20 28 5 15
Jeff Hearron C .217 12 23 2 5 0 4
Garth Iorg IF .260 137 327 30 85 3 44
Cliff Johnson DH .250 107 336 48 84 15 55
Rick Leach 1B-OF .309 110 246 35 76 5 39
Manny Lee IF .205 35 78 8 16 1 7
Buck Martinez C .181 81 160 13 29 2 12
Fred McGriff DH-1B .200 3 5 1 1 0 0
Lloyd Moseby OF .253 152 589 89 149 21 86
Rance Mulliniks 3B .259 117 348 50 90 11 45
Ron Shepherd OF .203 65 69 16 14 2 4
Willie Upshaw 1B .251 155 573 85 144 9 60
Ernie Whitt C .268 131 395 48 106 16 56
Designated hitters
.242 163 616 86 149 20 83
Pinch-hitters
.277 163 155 19 43 4 32
Totals
.269 163 5716 809 1540 181 767

1986 Batting Statistics
Pitcher ERA W-L SV G IP H ER BB SO
Jim Acker 4.35 2-4 0 23 60 63 29 22 32
Doyle Alexander 4.46 5-4 0 17 111 120 55 20 65
Luis Aquino 6.35 1-1 0 7 11 14 8 3 5
Bill Caudill 6.19 2-4 2 40 36 36 25 17 32
John Cerutti 4.15 9-4 1 34 145 150 67 47 89
Jim Clancy 3.94 14-14 0 34 219 202 96 63 126
Stan Clarke 9.24 0-1 0 10 13 18 13 10 9
Steve Davis 17.18 0-0 0 3 4 8 7 5 5
Mark Eichhorn 1.72 14-6 10 69 157 105 30 45 166
Don Gordon 7.06 0-1 1 14 22 28 17 8 13
Tom Henke 3.25 9-5 27 63 91 63 34 38 118
Joe Johnson 3.89 7-2 0 16 88 94 38 22 39
Jimmy Key 3.57 14-11 0 36 232 222 92 74 141
Dennis Lamp 5.05 2-6 2 40 73 93 41 23 30
Mickey Mahler 0.00 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Jeff Musselman 10.13 0-0 0 6 5 8 6 5 4
Dave Stieb 4.74 7-12 1 37 205 239 108 87 127
Duane Ward 13.50 0-1 0 2 2 3 3 4 1
Totals 4.08 86-76 44 163 1476 1467 669 487 1002

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