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1986 Detroit Tigers season

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Owner(s)
  
Tom Monaghan

Manager(s)
  
Sparky Anderson

General manager(s)
  
Bill Lajoie

Local television
  
WDIV-TV(George Kell, Al Kaline)PASS(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)

Local radio
  
WJR(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)

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

Contents

Offseason

  • November 13, 1985: Bárbaro Garbey was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins.
  • December 12, 1985: Darnell Coles was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Detroit Tigers for Rich Monteleone.
  • January 16, 1986: Dave Engel was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sánchez.

    • Notable transactions

  • April 25, 1986: Brian Harper was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • 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.
  • August 10, 1986: Dave Engel was released by the Detroit Tigers.

    • Batting

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    References

    1986 Detroit Tigers season Wikipedia
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