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  
                               
Pitcher G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv Sho ERA WHIP K/9IP
Dave Stieb 35 35 16 265    157 88 82 85 207 22 6 0 3 2.78 0.91 7.03
LaMarr Hoyt 31 31 6 210    164 75 70 61 119 15 7 0 0 3.00 1.07 5.10
Roger Clemens 15 15 3 96 2/3 88 48 45 36 61 4 8 0 0 4.19 1.28 5.68
Stu Cliburn 44 0 0 98 1/3 53 21 20 32 66 7 7 12 0 1.83 0.86 6.04
Dennis Eckersley 25 25 6 154    167 100 88 60 84 7 11 0 0 5.14 1.47 4.91
Cecilio Guante 63 0 0 109    82 50 50 36 83 8 7 8 0 4.13 1.08 6.85
Neal Heaton 70 8 2 127    152 98 89 56 76 4 7 5 1 6.31 1.64 5.39
Steve McCatty 58 2 0 78 1/3 104 73 59 44 42 4 3 1 0 6.78 1.89 4.83
Scott McGregor 70 25 5 127    152 98 89 56 76 9 10 3 0 6.31 1.64 5.39
Rick Sutcliffe 20 20 4 126    126 66 56 31 88 8 7 0 3 4.00 1.25 6.29

 

 

Record performances in 1986 (and rank all-time):

Willie McGee Green Rock Bombers 28 Triples 1st
Vince Coleman Davenport Fire 119 SB 1st
Tim Raines Davenport Fire 82 SB 12th
Steve Garvey Twin City Thunderchickens 214 H 14th
Bill Buckner Maquoketa Cardinals 663 AB 6th
Dave Stieb Chicago Mercenaries 22 W t12th
Doc Gooden Hell's Kitchen Twelvetrees 293 K 3rd
Doc Gooden Hell's Kitchen Twelvetrees 9.55 K/9 IP 13th

 

 

1986 IAL Hitting and Pitching Leaders
Player CLUB AVG   Player CLUB HR
Wade Boggs HTMN .346   Gary Carter CHAMP 48
Tim Raines FIRE .335   Dale Murphy HTMN 40
Pedro Guerrero MERCS .331   Darrell Evans TCHIX 38
Willie McGee BMBRS .319   Mike Young BMBRS 37
Ryne Sandberg MERCS .318   Pedro Guerrero MERCS 34
           
Player CLUB R   Player CLUB RBI
Tim Raines FIRE 124   Dale Murphy HTMN 117
Lou Whitaker TCHIX 115   Mike Young BMBRS 115
Willie McGee BMBRS 109   Steve Garvey FIRE 113
Dale Murphy HTMN 108   Gary Carter CHAMP 111
Kirk Gibson TCHIX 108   Dwight Evans TCHIX 110
           
Player CLUB 2B   Player CLUB 3B
Bill Buckner CARDS 49   Willie McGee BMBRS 28
Wade Boggs HTMN 47   Claudell Washington CARDS 16
Johnny Ray FIRE 41   Tim Raines FIRE 15
George Brett 12TRS 40   Juan Samuel HTMN 12
Ron Oester CHAMP 40   Vince Coleman FIRE 11
           
Player CLUB SLG   Player CLUB OBP
Pedro Guerrero MERCS .615   Wade Boggs HTMN .441
Mike Young BMBRS .580   Tim Raines FIRE .430
Rich Gedman HTMN .565   Pedro Guerrero MERCS .424
George Brett 12TRS .562   Rich Gedman HTMN .390
Gary Carter CHAMP .558   Ryne Sandberg MERCS .371
           
Player CLUB BB   Player CLUB SB
Wade Boggs HTMN 106   Vince Coleman FIRE 119
Tim Raines FIRE 96   Tim Raines FIRE 82
Mike Schmidt CHAMP 84   Ryne Sandberg MERCS 72
Dwight Evans TCHIX 79   Willie McGee BMBRS 60
Alvin Davis BMBRS 78   Juan Samuel HTMN 60
           
Pitcher CLUB ERA   Pitcher CLUB W
Fernando Valenzuela CARDS 2.62   Dave Stieb MERCS 22
Dave Stieb MERCS 2.78   Fernando Valenzuela CARDS 21
Doc Gooden 12TRS 2.93   Oil Can Boyd FIRE 20
Bob Knepper TCHIX 2.95   Doc Gooden 12TRS 17
LaMarr Hoyt MERCS 3.00   Bob Knepper TCHIX 17
           
Pitcher CLUB SO   Pitcher CLUB CG
Doc Gooden 12TRS 293   Doc Gooden 12TRS 18
Fernando Valenzuela CARDS 230   Dave Stieb MERCS 16
Dave Stieb MERCS 207   Fernando Valenzuela CARDS 14
Mario Soto 12TRS 206   Mario Soto 12TRS 12
Ron Darling BMBRS 203   Charlie Hough CHAMP 12
           
Pitcher CLUB Sho   Pitcher CLUB IP
Dave Stieb MERCS 3   Ray Fontenot CHAMP 278 1/3
Fernando Valenzuela CARDS 3   Doc Gooden 12TRS 276   
Mike Witt BMBRS 3   Oil Can Boyd FIRE 272   
Jerry Reuss BMBRS 3   Fernando Valenzuela CARDS 271   
Tom Browning CARDS 3   Dave Stieb MERCS 265   
           
Pitcher CLUB BB   Pitcher CLUB L
Fernando Valenzuela CARDS 119   Mario Soto 12TRS 18
Tom Browning CARDS 118   Mark Thurmond BMBRS 17
Eric Show CARDS 116   Mike Witt BMBRS 16
Mike Witt BMBRS 115   Britt Burns HTMN 16
Mario Soto 12TRS 111   Ray Fontenot CHAMP 16
           
Pitcher CLUB Sv        
Willie Hernandez CHAMP 39        
Brian Fisher FIRE 30        
Tim Burke HTMN 28        
Craig Lefferts CARDS 20        
Lee Smith TCHIX 17