1986 Pacific Coast League season

The 1986 Pacific Coast League season was the 84th season in the league's history. It ended with the Las Vegas Stars winning their first league championship.

Final first-half standings[edit]

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Vancouver Canadians	42	24	.636	--	Terry Bevington	Milwaukee Brewers
Calgary Cannons	36	35	.507	8½	Bill Plummer	Seattle Mariners
Portland Beavers	34	35	.493	9½	Bill Dancy	Philadelphia Phillies
Tacoma Tigers	32	40	.444	13	Keith Lieppman	Oakland Athletics
Edmonton Trappers	30	39	.435	13½	Winston Llenas	California Angels

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Phoenix Firebirds	43	28	.606	--	Jim Lefebvre	San Francisco Giants
Tucson Toros	38	33	.535	5	Carlos Alfonso	Houston Astros
Las Vegas Stars	36	34	.514	6½	Larry Bowa	San Diego Padres
Hawaii Islanders	32	40	.444	11½	Tommy Sandt	Pittsburgh Pirates
Albuquerque Dukes	28	43	.394	15	Terry Collins	Los Angeles Dodgers

Final second-half standings[edit]

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Vancouver Canadians	43	29	.597	--	Terry Bevington	Milwaukee Brewers
Tacoma Tigers	40	32	.556	3	Keith Lieppman	Oakland Athletics
Edmonton Trappers	38	34	.528	5	Winston Llenas	California Angels
Portland Beavers	34	38	.472	9	Bill Dancy	Philadelphia Phillies
Calgary Cannons	30	42	.417	13	Bill Plummer	Seattle Mariners

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Las Vegas Stars	44	28	.611	--	Larry Bowa	San Diego Padres
Phoenix Firebirds	38	33	.535	5½	Jim Lefebvre	San Francisco Giants
Hawaii Islanders	33	39	.458	11	Tommy Sandt	Pittsburgh Pirates
Tucson Toros	33	39	.458	11	Carlos Alfonso	Houston Astros
Albuquerque Dukes	26	45	.366	17½	Terry Collins	Los Angeles Dodgers

Overall standings[edit]

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Vancouver Canadians	85	53	.616	--	Terry Bevington	Milwaukee Brewers
Phoenix Firebirds	81	61	.570	6	Jim Lefebvre	San Francisco Giants
Las Vegas Stars	80	62	.563	7	Larry Bowa	San Diego Padres
Tacoma Tigers	72	72	.500	16	Keith Lieppman	Oakland Athletics
Tucson Toros	71	72	.497	16½	Carlos Alfonso	Houston Astros
Portland Beavers	68	73	.482	18½	Bill Dancy	Philadelphia Phillies
Edmonton Trappers	68	73	.482	18½	Winston Llenas	California Angels
Calgary Cannons	66	77	.462	18½	Bill Plummer	Seattle Mariners
Hawaii Islanders	65	79	.451	23	Tommy Sandt	Pittsburgh Pirates
Albuquerque Dukes	54	88	.380	33	Terry Collins	Los Angeles Dodgers

Playoffs[edit]

First Round			Championship Finals

N1	Vancouver Canadians	3
N2	Tacoma Tigers	0
			N1	Vancouver Canadians	2
			S1	Las Vegas Stars	3
S1	Phoenix Firebirds	2
S2	Las Vegas Stars	3

First Round[edit]

Vancouver vs. Tacoma
Date	Away	Home
September 3	Tacoma 6	Vancouver 8
September 4	Tacoma 1	Vancouver 6
September 5	Vancouver 3	Tacoma 2
Vancouver wins series 3-0

Phoenix vs. Las Vegas
Date	Away	Home
September 3	Phoenix 9	Las Vegas 3
September 4	Phoenix 9	Las Vegas 3
September 5	Las Vegas 4	Phoenix 5
September 6	Las Vegas 20	Phoenix 7
September 7	Las Vegas 12	Phoenix 11
	12 innings
Las Vegas wins series 3-2

Championship Finals[edit]

Vancouver vs. Las Vegas
Date	Away	Home
September 8	Vancouver 5	Las Vegas 9
September 9	Vancouver 6	Las Vegas 5
September 10	Las Vegas 6	Vancouver 7
	10 innings
September 11	Las Vegas 4	Vancouver 3
September 12	Las Vegas 15	Vancouver 7
Las Vegas wins series 3-2

League Leaders[edit]

Batting[edit]

Batting Average Ty Gainey, Tucson, .351
Runs Scored Mickey Brantley, Calgary, 104
Hits Luis Polonia, Tacoma, 165
Doubles Larry See, Albuquerque, 38
Triples Gainey, 11
Home Runs Rick Lancellotti, Phoenix, 31
Runs Batted In Tim Pyznarski, Las Vegas, 119
Stolen Bases Devon White, Edmonton, 42

Pitching[edit]

Wins Mark Grant, Phoenix, 14
Earned Run Average Dave Johnson, Hawaii, 3.17
Complete Games Grant, 10
Shutouts Grant; Ray Chadwick, Edmonton, 3
Strikeouts Bob Patterson, Hawaii, 137
Saves Mark Williamson, Las Vegas; Chris Bosio, Vancouver, 16

All-Star Team[edit]

First Base Tim Pyznarski, Las Vegas
Second Base Greg Legg, Portland
Shortstop Gus Polidor, Edmonton
Third Base Randy Johnson, Phoenix
Outfield Glenn Braggs, Vancouver; Mickey Brantley, Calgary; Ty Gainey, Tucson
Catcher B.J. Surhoff, Vancouver
Designated Hitter Mark Ryal, Edmonton
Right-Handed Pitcher Mark Grant, Phoenix
Left-Handed Pitcher Bob Patterson, Hawaii
Relief Pitcher Chris Bosio, Vancouver

References[edit]

W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, eds.: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 1993.
1987 Baseball America Statistics Report

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