1986 Major League Baseball season

The 1986 Major League Baseball season saw the New York Mets win their second World Series title, their first since 1969.

1986 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 7 – October 27, 1986
Number of games162
Number of teams26
Draft
Top draft pickJeff King
Picked byPittsburgh Pirates
Regular Season
Season MVPAL: Roger Clemens (BOS)
NL: Mike Schmidt (PHI)
League postseason
AL championsBoston Red Sox
  AL runners-upCalifornia Angels
NL championsNew York Mets
  NL runners-upHouston Astros
World Series
ChampionsNew York Mets
  Runners-upBoston Red Sox
World Series MVPRay Knight (NYM)

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

Statistic American League National League
AVGWade Boggs BOS.357Tim Raines MTL.334
HRJesse Barfield TOR40Mike Schmidt PHI37
RBIJoe Carter CLE121Mike Schmidt PHI119
WinsRoger Clemens BOS24Fernando Valenzuela LA21
ERARoger Clemens BOS2.48Mike Scott HOU2.22
SOMark Langston SEA245Mike Scott HOU306
SVDave Righetti NYY46Todd Worrell STL36
SBRickey Henderson NYY87Vince Coleman STL107

Standings

Postseason

Bracket

  League Championship Series
(ALCS, NLCS)
World Series
                 
East Boston 4  
West California 3  
    AL Boston 3
  NL NY Mets 4
East NY Mets 4
West Houston 2  

Managers

American League

TeamManagerNotes
Baltimore Orioles Earl Weaver
Boston Red Sox John McNamara Won American League Pennant
California Angels Gene Mauch
Chicago White Sox Tony La Russa, Doug Rader, Jim Fregosi
Cleveland Indians Pat Corrales
Detroit Tigers Sparky Anderson
Kansas City Royals Dick Howser, Mike Ferraro
Milwaukee Brewers George Bamberger, Tom Trebelhorn
Minnesota Twins Ray Miller, Tom Kelly
New York Yankees Lou Piniella
Oakland Athletics Jackie Moore, Jeff Newman, Tony La Russa
Seattle Mariners Chuck Cottier, Marty Martínez, Dick Williams
Texas Rangers Bobby Valentine
Toronto Blue Jays Jimy Williams

National League

TeamManagerNotes
Atlanta Braves Chuck Tanner
Chicago Cubs Jim Frey, John Vukovich, Gene Michael
Cincinnati Reds Pete Rose
Houston Astros Hal Lanier
Los Angeles Dodgers Tommy Lasorda
Montreal Expos Buck Rodgers
New York Mets Davey Johnson Won World Series
Philadelphia Phillies John Felske
Pittsburgh Pirates Jim Leyland
St. Louis Cardinals Whitey Herzog
San Diego Padres Steve Boros
San Francisco Giants Roger Craig

Home Field Attendance & Payroll

Team Name Wins Home attendance Per Game Est. Payroll
Los Angeles Dodgers[1] 73 -23.2% 3,023,208 -7.4% 37,324 $15,213,776 38.7%
New York Mets[2] 108 10.2% 2,767,601 0.2% 34,168 $15,393,714 42.1%
California Angels[3] 92 2.2% 2,655,872 3.4% 32,389 $14,427,258 0.0%
St. Louis Cardinals[4] 79 -21.8% 2,471,974 -6.3% 30,518 $9,875,010 -16.4%
Toronto Blue Jays[5] 86 -13.1% 2,455,477 -0.5% 30,315 $12,801,047 37.2%
Kansas City Royals[6] 76 -16.5% 2,320,794 7.3% 28,652 $13,043,698 23.5%
New York Yankees[7] 90 -7.2% 2,268,030 2.4% 28,350 $18,494,253 29.9%
Boston Red Sox[8] 95 17.3% 2,147,641 20.2% 26,514 $14,402,239 32.2%
Baltimore Orioles[9] 73 -12.0% 1,973,176 -7.5% 24,977 $13,001,258 7.6%
Philadelphia Phillies[10] 86 14.7% 1,933,335 5.6% 24,167 $11,590,166 8.9%
Detroit Tigers[11] 87 3.6% 1,899,437 -16.9% 23,450 $12,335,714 19.2%
Chicago Cubs[12] 70 -9.1% 1,859,102 -14.0% 23,239 $17,208,165 35.5%
San Diego Padres[13] 74 -10.8% 1,805,716 -18.3% 22,293 $11,380,693 1.7%
Houston Astros[14] 96 15.7% 1,734,276 46.4% 21,411 $9,873,276 -1.2%
Cincinnati Reds[15] 86 -3.4% 1,692,432 -7.8% 20,894 $11,906,388 42.4%
Texas Rangers[16] 87 40.3% 1,692,002 52.1% 20,889 $6,743,119 -12.2%
San Francisco Giants[17] 83 33.9% 1,528,748 86.7% 18,873 $8,947,000 8.8%
Cleveland Indians[18] 84 40.0% 1,471,805 124.6% 18,170 $7,809,500 19.2%
Chicago White Sox[19] 72 -15.3% 1,424,313 -14.7% 17,584 $10,418,819 5.8%
Atlanta Braves[20] 72 9.1% 1,387,181 2.7% 17,126 $17,102,786 15.5%
Oakland Athletics[21] 76 -1.3% 1,314,646 -1.5% 15,839 $9,779,421 8.0%
Milwaukee Brewers[22] 77 8.5% 1,265,041 -7.0% 15,813 $9,943,642 -11.9%
Minnesota Twins[23] 71 -7.8% 1,255,453 -24.0% 15,499 $9,498,167 64.8%
Montreal Expos[24] 78 -7.1% 1,128,981 -24.9% 14,112 $11,103,600 17.2%
Seattle Mariners[25] 67 -9.5% 1,029,045 -8.8% 12,549 $5,958,309 29.2%
Pittsburgh Pirates[26] 64 12.3% 1,000,917 36.0% 12,357 $10,938,500 18.0%

Television coverage

NetworkDay of weekAnnouncers
ABC Monday nights
Sunday afternoons
Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Tim McCarver, Keith Jackson, Don Drysdale
NBC Saturday afternoons Vin Scully, Joe Garagiola, Bob Costas, Tony Kubek

Events

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