1986 Cleveland Indians season

The 1986 Cleveland Indians season was the 86th for the franchise. On November 13, 1986, the O'Neill estate would sell the team to Richard Jacobs, who would run the team with his brother David for the next decade.

Offseason

December 10, 1985: George Vukovich was purchased from the Indians by the Seibu Lions.
January 7, 1986: Roy Smith and Ramón Romero were traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Ken Schrom and Bryan Oelkers.
January 14, 1986: Troy Neel was drafted by the Indians in the 9th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed May 5, 1986.
January 23, 1986: Fran Mullins was purchased by the Indians from the San Francisco Giants.
February 8, 1986: Dickie Noles was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
February 10, 1986: Butch Benton was released by the Indians.
February 25, 1986: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent by the Indians.

Regular season

Notable transactions

March 28, 1986: Dave Von Ohlen was released by the Indians.
April 1, 1986: Jerry Willard was released by the Indians.
June 2, 1986: Greg Swindell was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 31, 1986.
June 17, 1986: Jim Kern was released by the Indians.
June 20, 1986: Neal Heaton was traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for John Butcher.

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	101	293	30	66	7	3	1	29	.225	10
	92	254	28	68	9	0	2	26	,268	0
	5	14	3	5	2	0	1	4	.357	0
	146	562	88	169	28	4	17	73	.301	17
	161	587	92	163	17	14	4	51	.278	32
	162	663	108	200	36	9	29	121	.302	29
	85	205	34	57	9	0	8	32	.278	2
	18	58	10	16	1	0	3	9	.276	1
	149	599	80	183	30	5	10	74	.306	10
	140	442	68	131	29	2	18	77	.296	6
	158	583	83	168	30	4	17	80	.288	2
	28	40	3	7	4	0	0	5	.175	0
	105	95	33	25	4	1	0	8	.263	23
	6	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	.200	0
	103	416	58	113	21	1	24	69	.272	2
	130	473	61	154	29	2	6	48	.326	3
	120	401	49	92	14	0	17	66	.229	4
	5	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	.143	0
Team Totals	162	5702	831	1620	270	45	157	775	.284	141

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	10	10	4.95	62	10	7	112.2	123	70	62	43	60
	1	5	6.93	13	8	0	50.2	86	43	39	13	16
	2	4	4.08	51	0	20	57.1	60	26	26	31	36
	16	12	3.57	36	34	0	252.1	234	112	100	106	167
	0	2	7.64	13	0	0	17.2	27	16	15	12	9
	3	6	4.24	12	12	0	74.1	73	42	35	34	24
	1	0	2.50	11	0	1	18.0	18	5	5	6	12
	1	1	7.90	16	0	0	27.1	34	28	24	23	11
	11	11	4.32	34	32	0	210.1	241	126	101	95	81
	3	2	5.10	32	0	0	54.2	56	33	31	30	32
	3	3	4.70	35	4	1	69.0	70	38	36	40	33
	0	0	6.30	5	0	0	10.0	14	10	7	4	6
	1	2	6.55	6	5	0	22.0	23	20	16	17	9
	14	7	4.54	34	33	0	206.0	217	118	104	49	87
	4	4	5.00	19	13	0	84.2	88	48	47	34	33
	5	2	4.23	9	9	0	61.2	57	35	29	15	46
	4	4	4.91	26	0	4	40.1	43	23	22	16	32
	5	3	5.15	39	3	1	76.2	84	48	45	37	50
Team Totals	84	78	4.58	162	162	34	1447.2	1548	841	736	605	744

Awards and honors

'''All-Star Game'''

Farm system

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