1986 California Angels season


The California Angels' 1986 season was the franchise's 26th season and ended with the Angels losing the American League Championship Series in dramatic fashion.
The regular season ended with the Angels finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 92-70, earning the franchise's third division title. After jumping to a 3-1 series lead over the Boston Red Sox in the best-of-seven ALCS, the Angels blew a 3-run lead in the 9th inning of Game 5 that included giving up a two-out, two-strike home run to Boston's Dave Henderson. The Angels went on to lose Game 5 in extra innings, and eventually lost the next two games and the series.
After 1986, the Angels went into a lengthy playoff drought, not returning to the postseason until their championship season of 2002. They would not win a division title again until 2004.

Offseason

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CBob Boone14444298.222749
1BWally Joyner154593172.29022100
2BBobby Grich9831384.268930
SSDick Schofield139458114.2491357
3BDoug DeCinces140512131.2562696
LFBrian Downing152513137.2672095
CFGary Pettis154539139.258558
RFRuppert Jones12639390.2291749
DHReggie Jackson132419101.2411858

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

ALCS

Farm system