1986 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1986 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	64–98 (.395)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	Pittsburgh Associates
General managers	Syd Thrift
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	KDKA-TV (Steve Blass, Alan Cutler, John Sanders) Pirates Cable Network (Steve Blass, Mike Lange)
Radio	KDKA-AM (Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)
Seasons

The 1986 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 105th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; and their 100th in the National League. This was their 17th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League East with a record of 64–98. This was also the rookie season of left fielder Barry Bonds, who led the Pirates with 36 stolen bases and finished second on the club with 16 home runs.

Regular season

Season standings

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	108	54	.667	—	55‍–‍26	53‍–‍28
Philadelphia Phillies	86	75	.534	21½	49‍–‍31	37‍–‍44
St. Louis Cardinals	79	82	.491	28½	42‍–‍39	37‍–‍43
Montreal Expos	78	83	.484	29½	36‍–‍44	42‍–‍39
Chicago Cubs	70	90	.438	37	42‍–‍38	28‍–‍52
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	98	.395	44	31‍–‍50	33‍–‍48

Game log

1986 Game Log: 64–98 (Home: 31–50; Away: 33–48)
April: 7–10 (Home: 3–5; Away: 4–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 8 Mets 2–4 Gooden Reuschel (0–1) — 48,962 0–1 2 April 11 Cubs 4–5 Trout McWilliams (0–1) Smith 2,490 0–2 3 April 12 Cubs 3–1 Rhoden (1–0) Smith Guante (1) 5,623 1–2 4 April 13 Cubs 8–0 Reuschel (1–1) Sutcliffe — 9,337 2–2 5 April 14 @ Phillies 3–1 (10) Guante (1–0) Bedrosian Winn (1) 16,200 3–2 6 April 18 @ Cubs 4–0 Rhoden (2–0) Sutcliffe — 38,151 4–2 7 April 19 @ Cubs 14–8 Reuschel (2–1) Sanderson — 26,932 5–2 8 April 20 @ Cubs 10–8 (17) Jones (1–0) DiPino — 18,508 6–2 9 April 21 @ Mets 5–6 McDowell Clements (0–1) — 10,282 6–3 10 April 22 @ Mets 1–7 Ojeda Kipper (0–1) — 15,668 6–4 11 April 24 Phillies 2–4 Rawley Rhoden (2–1) — 14,622 6–5 12 April 25 Phillies 3–6 Gross Reuschel (2–2) Bedrosian 11,847 6–6 13 April 26 Phillies 5–6 Hudson McWilliams (0–2) Bedrosian 16,373 6–7 14 April 27 Phillies 13–5 Bielecki (1–0) Carlton Walk (1) 17,218 7–7 15 April 28 @ Dodgers 1–2 Valenzuela Kipper (0–2) — 50,401 7–8 16 April 29 @ Dodgers 4–5 Hershiser Patterson (0–1) Howell 30,342 7–9 17 April 30 @ Giants 5–6 (12) Garrelts Patterson (0–2) — 5,147 7–10
May: 11–15 (Home: 4–12; Away: 7–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 18 May 1 @ Giants 6–2 Walk (1–0) Krukow — 3,927 8–10 19 May 2 @ Padres 4–0 Bielecki (2–0) Dravecky Winn (2) 19,417 9–10 20 May 3 @ Padres 7–6 Guante (2–0) Gossage Clements (1) 20,515 10–10 21 May 4 @ Padres 5–2 Winn (1–0) Lefferts — 21,727 11–10 22 May 6 Giants 2–7 Krukow Reuschel (2–3) — 7,461 11–11 23 May 7 Giants 5–7 Laskey McWilliams (0–3) Robinson 6,300 11–12 24 May 8 Giants 8–2 Bielecki (3–0) Garrelts — 6,072 12–12 25 May 9 Astros 2–3 Kerfeld Winn (1–1) Smith 17,296 12–13 26 May 10 Astros 3–6 Knepper Rhoden (2–2) DiPino 13,344 12–14 27 May 11 Astros 4–3 (12) DeLeon (1–0) Kerfeld — 13,170 13–14 28 May 13 Padres 2–4 Show Bielecki (3–1) McCullers 5,392 13–15 29 May 14 Padres 4–10 Dravecky Kipper (0–3) Gossage 9,430 13–16 30 May 16 @ Reds 2–7 Denny Rhoden (2–3) Franco 21,097 13–17 31 May 17 @ Reds 4–0 Reuschel (3–3) Soto — 32,204 14–17 32 May 18 @ Reds 3–7 Browning Bielecki (3–2) Robinson 22,962 14–18 33 May 20 @ Astros 4–2 Walk (2–0) Ryan — 8,711 15–18 34 May 21 @ Astros 2–1 Rhoden (3–3) Scott — 6,990 16–18 35 May 22 @ Astros 0–4 Knepper Reuschel (3–4) — 4,784 16–19 36 May 23 Reds 9–12 (12) Power DeLeon (1–1) — 12,833 16–20 37 May 24 Reds 2–4 Gullickson Bielecki (3–3) — 18,631 16–21 38 May 25 Reds 4–7 Denny Kipper (0–4) — 19,568 16–22 39 May 26 Braves 4–9 Assenmacher Walk (2–1) — 14,102 16–23 40 May 27 Braves 2–6 (12) Garber Walk (2–2) — 2,830 16–24 41 May 28 Braves 4–3 McWilliams (1–3) Palmer DeLeon (1) 6,860 17–24 42 May 30 Dodgers 4–6 (11) Niedenfuer DeLeon (1–2) Reuss 25,320 17–25 43 May 31 Dodgers 4–0 Kipper (1–4) Honeycutt Clements (2) 15,709 18–25
June: 12–18 (Home: 8–8; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 44 June 1 Dodgers 12–3 Rhoden (4–3) Welch — 23,530 19–25 45 June 2 @ Braves 9–2 Reuschel (4–4) Palmer — 12,996 20–25 46 June 3 @ Braves 5–8 Mahler Guante (2–1) Assenmacher 10,649 20–26 47 June 4 @ Braves 12–3 Bielecki (4–3) Johnson Winn (3) 14,012 21–26 48 June 5 Mets 0–7 Ojeda Kipper (1–5) — 8,855 21–27 49 June 6 Mets 7–1 Rhoden (5–3) Darling Walk (2) 22–27 50 June 6 Mets 4–10 McDowell DeLeon (1–3) — 15,113 22–28 51 June 7 Mets 4–6 Gooden Reuschel (4–5) Orosco 29,770 22–29 52 June 8 Mets 3–4 Fernandez McWilliams (1–4) Orosco 14,391 22–30 53 June 9 Cubs 6–5 (11) Robinson (1–0) Baller — 6,056 23–30 54 June 10 Cubs 6–4 Kipper (2–5) Eckersley Guante (2) 5,899 24–30 55 June 11 Cubs 5–3 Rhoden (6–3) Hoffman Robinson (3) 12,702 25–30 56 June 13 @ Mets 5–6 Orosco Clements (0–2) — 37,582 25–31 57 June 14 @ Mets 1–5 Fernandez Bielecki (4–4) — 47,664 25–32 58 June 15 @ Mets 1–4 Ojeda Walk (2–3) — 25–33 59 June 15 @ Mets 5–8 Aguilera Kipper (2–6) McDowell 41,847 25–34 60 June 16 Cardinals 2–4 Cox Rhoden (6–4) Worrell 7,834 25–35 61 June 17 Cardinals 2–7 Mathews Reuschel (4–6) — 9,424 25–36 62 June 18 Cardinals 2–1 (12) Robinson (2–0) Worrell — 10,455 26–36 63 June 19 @ Expos 4–2 Kipper (3–6) Smith Guante (3) 11,918 27–36 64 June 20 @ Expos 2–7 McGaffigan Walk (2–4) McClure 16,223 27–37 65 June 21 @ Expos 14–1 Rhoden (7–4) Tibbs — 23,381 28–37 66 June 22 @ Expos 1–2 Hesketh Reuschel (4–7) Reardon 27,129 28–38 67 June 23 @ Cardinals 1–2 (11) Worrell Clements (0–3) — 25,506 28–39 68 June 24 @ Cardinals 2–5 Burris Winn (1–2) Dayley 24,251 28–40 69 June 25 @ Cardinals 1–2 (10) Horton Clements (0–4) — 29,146 28–41 70 June 27 Expos 7–1 Rhoden (8–4) Tibbs — 15,392 29–41 71 June 28 Expos 2–3 Hesketh Reuschel (4–8) Reardon 35,385 29–42 72 June 29 Expos 4–6 Youmans Bielecki (4–5) McClure 26,689 29–43 73 June 30 Phillies 3–2 Walk (3–4) Hudson Guante (4) 5,881 30–43
July: 11–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 74 July 1 Phillies 4–5 (12) Hume McWilliams (1–5) — 8,118 30–44 75 July 2 Phillies 4–3 Rhoden (9–4) Carman — 6,782 31–44 76 July 3 @ Dodgers 3–6 Welch Reuschel (4–9) — 30,722 31–45 77 July 4 @ Dodgers 6–4 Bielecki (5–5) Valenzuela — 46,315 32–45 78 July 5 @ Dodgers 5–0 Walk (4–4) Hershiser — 32,694 33–45 79 July 6 @ Dodgers 3–4 Honeycutt Winn (1–3) Howell 27,563 33–46 80 July 7 @ Padres 3–1 (10) Guante (3–1) Gossage — 28,366 34–46 81 July 8 @ Padres 2–4 Hoyt Reuschel (4–10) Lefferts 16,051 34–47 82 July 9 @ Padres 6–4 Bielecki (6–5) McCullers Robinson (4) 15,816 35–47 83 July 10 @ Giants 3–6 Blue Walk (4–5) Garrelts 9,795 35–48 84 July 11 @ Giants 8–4 Winn (2–3) Carlton Robinson (5) 18,703 36–48 85 July 12 @ Giants 1–3 Krukow Rhoden (9–5) — 19,549 36–49 86 July 13 @ Giants 4–11 LaCoss Reuschel (4–11) — 36,877 36–50 87 July 17 Padres 1–2 McCullers Rhoden (9–6) Lefferts 8,865 36–51 88 July 18 Padres 12–7 Reuschel (5–11) Hawkins — 10,975 37–51 89 July 19 Padres 4–3 Guante (4–1) Lefferts — 8,559 38–51 90 July 20 Padres 4–2 McWilliams (2–5) Dravecky Robinson (6) 15,765 39–51 91 July 22 Dodgers 3–4 Powell Guante (4–2) Howell 10,325 39–52 92 July 23 Dodgers 5–6 Hershiser Reuschel (5–12) Howell 21,756 39–53 93 July 24 Dodgers 2–9 Valenzuela Walk (4–6) — 11,044 39–54 94 July 25 Giants 3–7 Mason Bielecki (6–6) Robinson 8,622 39–55 95 July 26 Giants 0–9 Carlton McWilliams (2–6) — 27,910 39–56 96 July 27 Giants 7–0 Rhoden (10–6) Blue Robinson (8) 10,767 40–56 97 July 28 @ Expos 7–4 Reuschel (6–12) Smith Jones (1) 16,221 41–56 98 July 30 @ Expos 2–3 Tibbs Winn (2–4) Reardon 12,672 41–57
August: 12–19 (Home: 6–10; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 99 August 1 Cardinals 4–0 Rhoden (11–6) Mathews — 9,794 42–57 100 August 2 Cardinals 3–7 Tudor McWilliams (2–7) — 14,233 42–58 101 August 3 Cardinals 3–0 Reuschel (7–12) Cox — 14,849 43–58 102 August 4 Expos 4–5 Tibbs Jones (1–1) Reardon 7,412 43–59 103 August 5 Expos 0–3 Martinez Bielecki (6–7) — 8,334 43–60 104 August 6 Expos 2–3 Youmans Rhoden (11–7) Reardon 6,649 43–61 105 August 7 Expos 4–5 McGaffigan Robinson (2–1) McClure 8,239 43–62 106 August 8 @ Cardinals 1–3 Cox Reuschel (7–13) Horton 36,244 43–63 107 August 9 @ Cardinals 8–5 Walk (5–6) Burris Robinson (9) 40,723 44–63 108 August 10 @ Cardinals 4–5 Forsch Bielecki (6–8) Worrell 36,286 44–64 109 August 11 @ Cubs 10–7 Rhoden (12–7) Moyer Robinson (10) 20,636 45–64 110 August 12 @ Cubs 1–3 Sanderson McWilliams (2–8) Smith 23,874 45–65 111 August 13 @ Cubs 8–9 DiPino Robinson (2–2) Smith 24,888 45–66 112 August 14 @ Phillies 7–8 Tekulve Jones (1–2) — 20,643 45–67 113 August 15 @ Phillies 6–5 Guante (5–2) Schatzeder Robinson (11) 46–67 114 August 15 @ Phillies 2–3 Maddux Winn (2–5) Bedrosian 27,724 46–68 115 August 16 @ Phillies 6–1 Rhoden (13–7) Gross — 47–68 116 August 16 @ Phillies 0–6 Hume McWilliams (2–9) Tekulve 31,349 47–69 117 August 17 @ Phillies 1–5 (5) Ruffin Reuschel (7–14) — 34,298 47–70 118 August 18 Astros 0–3 Scott Walk (5–7) — 7,965 47–71 119 August 19 Astros 0–1 Deshaies Bielecki (6–9) Smith 9,128 47–72 120 August 20 Astros 4–1 Rhoden (14–7) Knepper — 16,997 48–72 121 August 22 Braves 16–5 Winn (3–5) Mahler Jones (2) 27,517 49–72 122 August 23 Braves 4–3 Reuschel (8–14) Smith Robinson (12) 15,535 50–72 123 August 24 Braves 4–3 Walk (6–7) Alexander Robinson (13) 15,681 51–72 124 August 25 Reds 4–5 Robinson McWilliams (2–10) Franco 8,093 51–73 125 August 26 Reds 4–5 Franco Krawczyk (0–1) — 7,022 51–74 126 August 27 Reds 5–9 Murphy Robinson (3–3) — 7,490 51–75 127 August 29 @ Astros 2–3 Scott Reuschel (8–15) Smith 22,801 51–76 128 August 30 @ Astros 13–3 Rhoden (15–7) Deshaies — 30,598 52–76 129 August 31 @ Astros 8–2 Walk (7–7) Knepper — 25,405 53–76
September: 9–19 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 130 September 1 @ Reds 5–6 Power Bielecki (6–10) Franco 22,064 53–77 131 September 2 @ Reds 1–9 Gullickson Kipper (3–7) — 13,491 53–78 132 September 3 @ Reds 5–3 (10) Jones (2–2) Franco — 12,200 54–78 133 September 5 @ Braves 3–4 Assenmacher Rhoden (15–8) — 6,992 54–79 134 September 6 @ Braves 2–4 Palmer Fansler (0–1) Dedmon 8,875 54–80 135 September 7 @ Braves 3–1 Kipper (4–7) Speck Jones (3) 6,021 55–80 136 September 8 Cardinals 3–2 Patterson (1–2) Cox Pena (1) 4,990 56–80 137 September 9 Cardinals 1–3 Horton Reuschel (8–16) Worrell 4,291 56–81 138 September 10 Cardinals 3–4 Soff Jones (2–3) Worrell 7,479 56–82 139 September 12 Cubs 8–9 (10) DiPino Robinson (3–4) Gumpert 15,664 56–83 140 September 13 Cubs 5–2 Patterson (2–2) Maddux Robinson (14) 10,841 57–83 141 September 14 Cubs 9–2 Reuschel (9–16) Hall — 16,256 58–83 142 September 15 @ Phillies 0–5 Carman Rhoden (15–9) — 14,089 58–84 143 September 16 @ Phillies 5–9 Tekulve Bielecki (6–11) — 14,315 58–85 144 September 17 @ Expos 5–6 St. Claire Jones (2–4) Reardon 58–86 145 September 17 @ Expos 4–1 Kipper (5–7) Sebra Robinson (15) 5,774 59–86 146 September 18 @ Expos 3–1 Smiley (1–0) Reardon Robinson (16) 4,012 60–86 147 September 19 @ Cubs 2–8 Sanderson Pena (0–1) — 5,152 60–87 148 September 20 @ Cubs 0–1 Moyer Rhoden (15–10) Smith 22,710 60–88 149 September 21 @ Cubs 2–3 Sanderson Pena (0–2) Smith 22,336 60–89 150 September 22 Phillies 4–8 Bittiger Kipper (5–8) — 3,934 60–90 151 September 23 Phillies 6–5 Jones (3–4) Bedrosian — 3,631 61–90 152 September 24 Expos 2–1 Robinson (4–4) McClure — 3,092 62–90 153 September 25 Expos 4–8 Owchinko Rhoden (15–11) — 3,963 62–91 154 September 26 Mets 1–3 Fernandez Fansler (0–2) McDowell 14,080 62–92 155 September 27 Mets 2–4 (11) Orosco McWilliams (2–11) Sisk 13,210 62–93 156 September 28 Mets 1–4 (11) Aguilera Walk (7–8) — 30,606 62–94 157 September 30 @ Cardinals 3–5 Cox Rhoden (15–12) — 12,338 62–95
October: 2–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 158 October 1 @ Cardinals 4–3 McWilliams (3–11) Soff Robinson (17) 16,039 63–95 159 October 2 @ Cardinals 5–1 Kipper (6–8) Conroy — 20,643 64–95 160 October 4 @ Mets 1–6 Ojeda Fansler (0–3) Orosco 64–96 161 October 4 @ Mets 2–5 Aguilera Patterson (2–3) McDowell 30,810 64–97 162 October 5 @ Mets 0–9 Darling Pena (0–3) Fernandez 32,170 64–98
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1986 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	9–3	6–12	5–13	10–8	4–7	4–8	4–8	5–7	12–6	7–11	6–6
Chicago	3–9	—	5–7	4–8	6–6	8–10	6–12	9–8	7–11	6–6	6–6	10–7
Cincinnati	12–6	7–5	—	4–14	10–8	7–5	4–8	7–5	10–2	9–9	9–9	7–5
Houston	13–5	8–4	14–4	—	10–8	8–4	5–7	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	7–5
Los Angeles	8–10	6–6	8–10	8–10	—	5–7	3–9	5–7	8–4	6–12	8–10	8–4
Montreal	7–4	10–8	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10	11–7	4–8	5–7	9–9
New York	8–4	12–6	8–4	7–5	9–3	10–8	—	8–10	17–1	10–2	7–5	12–6
Philadelphia	8-4	8–9	5–7	6–6	7–5	10–8	10–8	—	11–7	6–6	9–3	6–12
Pittsburgh	7–5	11–7	2–10	6–6	4–8	7–11	1–17	7–11	—	8–4	4–8	7–11
San Diego	6–12	6–6	9–9	8–10	12–6	8–4	2–10	6–6	4–8	—	8–10	5–7
San Francisco	11–7	6–6	9–9	9–9	10–8	7–5	5–7	3–9	8–4	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	6–6	7–10	5–7	5–7	4–8	9–9	6–12	12–6	11–7	7–5	7–5	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Chicago Cubs	11	7	0.611	105	78
Montreal Expos	7	11	0.389	71	62
New York Mets	1	17	0.056	45	99
Philadelphia Phillies	7	11	0.389	74	87
St. Louis Cardinals	7	11	0.389	52	59
Total	33	57	0.367	347	385
NL West
Atlanta Braves	7	5	0.583	68	51
Cincinnati Reds	2	10	0.167	48	74
Houston Astros	6	6	0.500	42	32
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	8	0.333	52	49
San Diego Padres	8	4	0.667	54	45
San Francisco Giants	4	8	0.333	52	64
Total	31	41	0.431	316	315
Season Total	64	98	0.395	663	700

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	17	7	10	0.412	87	74
May	26	11	15	0.423	100	120
June	30	12	18	0.400	132	124
July	25	11	14	0.440	102	111
August	31	12	19	0.387	138	126
September	28	9	19	0.321	92	121
October	5	2	3	0.400	12	24
Total	162	64	98	0.395	663	700

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	31	50	0.383	331	357
Away	81	33	48	0.407	332	343
Total	162	64	98	0.395	663	700

Roster

1986 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 34 Mike Bielecki 15 Pat Clements 25 José DeLeón 54 Stan Fansler 47 Cecilio Guante 50 Barry Jones 51 Bob Kipper 46 Ray Krawczyk 49 Larry McWilliams 24,30 Bob Patterson 16 Hipólito Peña 48 Rick Reuschel 29 Rick Rhoden 43 Don Robinson 36 Rich Sauveur 57 John Smiley 17 Bob Walk 41 Jim Winn	Catchers 26 Junior Ortiz  6 Tony Peña  7 Rubén Rodríguez Infielders 38 Rafael Belliard  5 Sid Bream 17 Jerry Dybzinski 27 Sammy Khalifa  2 Jim Morrison  3 Johnny Ray 13 Rich Renteria 28 U L Washington	Outfielders 12 Bill Almon 7,24 Barry Bonds 25 Bobby Bonilla  4 Mike Brown 13 Trench Davis 10,59 Mike Diaz 31 Benny Distefano 23 Steve Kemp 16 Lee Mazzilli 11 Joe Orsulak 23,39 R. J. Reynolds	Manager 14 Jim Leyland Coaches 52 Rich Donnelly (Bullpen) 19 Mick Kelleher First base) 32 Gene Lamont (Third base) 37 Ron Schueler (Pitching) 18 Bill Virdon (Hitting)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
39	R.J. Reynolds	RF
11	Joe Orsulak	CF
3	Johnny Ray	2B
5	Sid Bream	1B
23	Steve Kemp	LF
6	Tony Peña	C
2	Jim Morrison	3B
27	Sammy Khalifa	SS
48	Rick Reuschel	SP

Player stats

Batting

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

Regular Season

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
D. Robinson	50	6	4	0.667	0	1
J. Ortiz	49	110	37	0.336	0	14
R. Sauveur	3	3	1	0.333	0	0
J. Ray	155	579	174	0.301	7	78
T. Peña	144	510	147	0.288	10	52
R. Rhoden	41	90	25	0.278	1	10
J. Morrison	154	537	147	0.274	23	88
R. Reynolds	118	402	108	0.269	9	48
S. Bream	154	522	140	0.268	16	77
M. Diaz	97	209	56	0.268	12	36
R. Renteria	10	12	3	0.250	0	1
J. Orsulak	138	401	100	0.249	2	19
B. Bonilla	63	192	46	0.240	1	17
R. Belliard	117	309	72	0.233	0	31
L. Mazzilli	61	93	21	0.226	1	8
B. Bonds	113	413	92	0.223	16	48
B. Almon	102	196	43	0.219	7	27
M. Brown	87	243	53	0.218	4	26
B. Jones	26	5	1	0.200	0	1
U. Washington	72	135	27	0.200	0	10
S. Kemp	13	16	3	0.188	1	1
S. Khalifa	64	151	28	0.185	0	4
B. Distefano	31	39	7	0.179	1	5
S. Fansler	5	6	1	0.167	0	0
R. Reuschel	43	70	11	0.157	0	6
B. Walk	44	39	6	0.154	0	7
L. McWilliams	50	29	4	0.138	0	0
T. Davis	15	23	3	0.130	0	1
B. Patterson	11	8	1	0.125	0	0
M. Bielecki	31	48	3	0.063	0	1
J. Winn	50	16	1	0.063	0	0
B. Kipper	21	33	1	0.030	0	1
P. Clements	65	6	0	0.000	0	0
J. DeLeón	9	1	0	0.000	0	0
C. Guante	52	1	0	0.000	0	0
R. Rodríguez	2	3	0	0.000	0	0
R. Krawczyk	12	0	0	—	0	0
H. Peña	10	0	0	—	0	0
J. Smiley	12	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,456	1,366	0.250	111	618

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Regular Season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
P. Clements	65	61	0	4	2.80	31
R. Rhoden	34	2532⁄3	15	12	2.84	159
B. Jones	26	371⁄3	3	4	2.89	29
C. Guante	52	78	5	2	3.35	63
D. Robinson	50	691⁄3	3	4	3.38	53
J. Winn	50	88	3	5	3.58	70
B. Walk	44	1412⁄3	7	8	3.75	78
S. Fansler	5	24	0	3	3.75	13
J. Smiley	12	112⁄3	1	0	3.86	9
R. Reuschel	35	2152⁄3	9	16	3.96	125
B. Kipper	20	114	6	8	4.03	81
M. Bielecki	31	1482⁄3	6	11	4.66	83
B. Patterson	11	361⁄3	2	3	4.95	20
L. McWilliams	49	1221⁄3	3	11	5.15	80
R. Sauveur	3	12	0	0	6.00	6
R. Krawczyk	12	121⁄3	0	1	7.30	7
J. DeLeón	9	161⁄3	1	3	8.27	11
H. Peña	10	81⁄3	0	3	8.64	6
Team Totals	162	1,4502⁄3	64	98	3.90	924

Awards and honors

• Barry Bonds, Led all rookies in home runs (16)

1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Tony Peña, C, reserve
• Rick Rhoden, P, reserve

Transactions

• December 10, 1985 – Bobby Bonilla drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1985 rule 5 draft.
• December 10, 1985 – Bip Roberts drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1985 rule 5 draft.
• December 15, 1985 – Purchased Matias Carrillo from Poza Rica (Mexican).
• January 14, 1986 – Drafted Moisés Alou in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 23, 1986.
• January 14, 1986 – Drafted Archi Cianfrocco in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
• February 13, 1986 – Signed Ed Farmer as a free agent.
• April 1, 1986 – Traded Chris Green to the California Angels. Received Kevin Davis (minors).
• April 3, 1986 – Traded Marvell Wynne to the San Diego Padres. Received Bob Patterson.
• April 4, 1986 – Released Johnnie LeMaster.
• April 4, 1986 – Released Sixto Lezcano.
• April 4, 1986 – Traded Jason Thompson to the Montreal Expos. Received players to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Ben Abner (minors) (April 7, 1986) and Ronnie Giddens (minors) (April 7, 1986) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
• April 24, 1986 – Signed U.L. Washington as a free agent.
• May 1, 1986 – Released Ravelo Manzanillo.
• May 8, 1986 – Released Steve Kemp.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Jeff King in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 1986.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Mike Walker in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Scott Ruskin in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary).
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Archi Cianfrocco in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Tom Goodwin in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Tony Longmire in the 8th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Stan Belinda in the 10th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1986.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Keith Shepherd in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1986.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Tommy Shields in the 15th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Jeff Banister in the 25th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Rick Reed in the 26th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 1986.
• June 2, 1986 – Drafted Mike Mordecai in the 33rd round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• July 13, 1986 – Signed Willie Smith as an amateur free agent.
• July 23, 1986 – Released Lee Mazzilli.
• July 23, 1986 – Traded José DeLeón to the Chicago White Sox. Received Bobby Bonilla.
• July 30, 1986 – Signed Julio Peguero as an amateur free agent.
• September 30, 1986 – Traded Jeff Zaske to the Texas Rangers. Received Randy Kramer.
• October 11, 1986 – Signed Mike York as a free agent.
• October 15, 1986 – Trench Davis granted free agency.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	Tommy Sandt
AA	Nashua Pirates	Eastern League	Dennis Rogers
A	Prince William Pirates	Carolina League	Rocky Bridges
A	Macon Pirates	South Atlantic League	Mike Quade
A-Short Season	Watertown Pirates	New York–Penn League	Ed Ott
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

• 1986 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1986 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.