The Detroit Tigers' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL East.

Offseason

• November 13, 1985: Barbaro Garbey was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins.^[1]
• December 12, 1985: Darnell Coles was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Detroit Tigers for Rich Monteleone. ^[2]
• January 16, 1986: Dave Engel was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sanchez. ^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

Notable transactions

• April 25, 1986: Brian Harper was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers. ^[4]
• August 10, 1986: Ken Hill was traded by the Detroit Tigers with a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Heath. The Detroit Tigers sent Mike Laga (September 2, 1986) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade. ^[5]
• August 10, 1986: Dave Engel was released by the Detroit Tigers. ^[3]

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Starting pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

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References

1. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garbeba01.shtml
2. ↑ Darnell Coles Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
3. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/engleda01.shtml
4. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harpebr01.shtml
5. ↑ Ken Hill Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

• 1986 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference