1986 California Angels season
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The 1986 California Angels season was the franchise's 26th season and ended with the Angels losing the American League Championship Series in dramatic fashion.
1986 California Angels | ||||
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American League West Champions | ||||
League | American League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | Anaheim Stadium | |||
City | Anaheim, California | |||
Owners | Gene Autry | |||
General managers | Mike Port | |||
Managers | Gene Mauch | |||
Television | KTLA (Joe Torre, Bob Starr) | |||
Radio | KMPC (Ron Fairly, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa) | |||
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The regular season ended with the Angels finishing first in the American League West with a record of 92–70, earning the franchise's third division title. After jumping to a 3–1 series lead over the Boston Red Sox in the best-of-seven ALCS, the Angels blew a 3-run lead in the ninth inning of Game 5 that included giving up a two-out, two-strike home run to Boston's Dave Henderson (in other words, the Angels were 1 strike away from the World Series). The Angels went on to lose Game 5 in extra innings, and eventually lost the next two games and the series.
After 1986, the Angels went into a lengthy playoff drought, not returning to the postseason until their championship season of 2002 (though they did come close in 1995). They would not win a division title again until 2004.