1986 Illowa APBA League

 

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1986 ILLOWA LEAGUE W L PCT GB Manager World Series MVP Cy Young
Twin Cities Thunderchickens 95 66 .590 0 Dennis Jennings      
Chicago Mercenaries 88 73 .547 7 Rob Taylor Illowa Champions    
Chicago Champions 81 80 .503 14 Tedd Mallasch      
Northeast Cardinals 79 82 .491 16 Tom Reisdorph      
Northside Hitmen 78 83 .484 17 Chuck Lucas      
Green Rock Bombers 75 86 .466 20 Mike Bunch      
Davenport Fire 74 87 .460 21 Don Smith      
Hell's Kitchen Twelvetrees 74 87 .460 21 Tim Anderson      
644 644            

 

The Twin Cities Thunderchickens after their record-setting year of 1985, had no problem repeating their first place performance.  Amazingly, the other record-setter of 1985, the Chicago Mercenaries who still hold the record for 126 losses, had other plans.  Not only did they end up in second place in 1986, they took the playoffs by storm and won the World Series.  Pedro Guerrero was a big reason.  He hit .331 with 34 homeruns.  Dave Stieb won 22 games with a 2.78 ERA.

Two all-time records were broken in 1986 and remain intact today.  Willie McGee of the Green Rock Bombers hit an amazing 28 triples.  In addition, speedy Vince Coleman stole 119 bases. 

 

Roster of the 1986 IAL Champion Chicago Mercenaries

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HB AVG SLG OBP  
Ryne Sandberg 153 607 92 193 38 8 18 91 51 86 72 0 .318 .496 .371  
Hubie Brooks 156 580 91 157 32 8 14 76 41 57 3 0 .271 .426 .319  
Lance Parrish 140 527 66 140 20 1 29 81 43 62 1 0 .266 .472 .321  
Pedro Guerrero 137 475 102 157 29 2 34 99 77 58 15 0 .331 .615 .424  
Bob Horner 130 466 59 104 28 3 27 88 38 42 0 0 .223 .470 .282  
Von Hayes 143 461 67 118 17 4 12 58 48 63 28 0 .256 .388 .326  
Paul Molitor 140 461 66 134 17 1 5 44 36 37 28 0 .291 .364 .342  
Darryl Strawberry 111 386 62 89 19 6 23 72 53 98 28 0 .231 .490 .323  
Dusty Baker 111 286 43 76 15 1 15 39 51 39 1 0 .266 .483 .377  
Dave Lopes 97 274 54 60 10 0 14 39 35 27 50 0 .219 .409 .307  
Tony Perez 72 154 11 39 8 0 1 11 25 17 0 0 .253 .325 .358  
Dan Driessen 112 144 16 34 9 0 3 14 15 8 1 0 .236 .361 .308  
Al Oliver 76 106 6 24 5 0 1 7 4 8 0 0 .226 .302 .255  
Darren Daulton 36 91 14 19 4 3 4 19 14 24 5 0 .209 .451 .314  
Garry Maddox 95 83 9 16 1 1 0 6 5 6 0 0 .193 .229 .239  
Shawn Dunston 59 53 17 11 1 1 0 4 7 9 6 0 .208 .264 .300