1986 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1986 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1986 in baseball.

1986 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 7, 1986 – October 21, 1986
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Roger Clemens (BOS) NL: Mike Schmidt (PHI)
League Postseason
AL champions	Boston Red Sox
AL runners-up	California Angels
NL champions	New York Mets
NL runners-up	Houston Astros
World Series
Champions	New York Mets
Runners-up	Boston Red Sox
Finals MVP	Ray Knight (NYM)

The 1986 Major League Baseball season.

Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  • Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox (AL)
  • Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  • Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox (AL)
  • Mike Scott, Houston Astros (NL)
• Rookie of the Year
  • José Canseco, Oakland Athletics (AL)
  • Todd Worrell, St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
• Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award
  • Dave Righetti, New York Yankees (AL)
  • Todd Worrell, St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
• Manager of the Year Award
  • John McNamara, Boston Red Sox (AL)
  • Hal Lanier, Houston Astros (NL)

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Wade Boggs BOS .357 Tim Raines MON .334 HR Jesse Barfield TOR 40 Mike Schmidt PHI 37 RBI Joe Carter CLE 121 Mike Schmidt PHI 119 Wins Roger Clemens BOS 24 Fernando Valenzuela LAD 21 ERA Roger Clemens BOS 2.48 Mike Scott HOU 2.22 SO Mark Langston SEA 245 Mike Scott HOU 306 SV Dave Righetti NYY 46 Todd Worrell STL 36 SB Rickey Henderson NYY 87 Vince Coleman STL 107

Major league baseball final standings

American League

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	95	66	0.590	—	51–30	44–36
New York Yankees	90	72	0.556	5½	41–39	49–33
Detroit Tigers	87	75	0.537	8½	49–32	38–43
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	0.531	9½	42–39	44–37
Cleveland Indians	84	78	0.519	11½	45–35	39–43
Milwaukee Brewers	77	84	0.478	18	41–39	36–45
Baltimore Orioles	73	89	0.451	22½	37–42	36–47

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
California Angels	92	70	0.568	—	50–32	42–38
Texas Rangers	87	75	0.537	5	51–30	36–45
Kansas City Royals	76	86	0.469	16	45–36	31–50
Oakland Athletics	76	86	0.469	16	47–36	29–50
Chicago White Sox	72	90	0.444	20	41–40	31–50
Minnesota Twins	71	91	0.438	21	43–38	28–53
Seattle Mariners	67	95	0.414	25	41–41	26–54

National League

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	108	54	0.667	—	55–26	53–28
Philadelphia Phillies	86	75	0.534	21½	49–31	37–44
St. Louis Cardinals	79	82	0.491	28½	42–39	37–43
Montreal Expos	78	83	0.484	29½	36–44	42–39
Chicago Cubs	70	90	0.438	37	42–38	28–52
Pittsburgh Pirates	64	98	0.395	44	31–50	33–48

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	96	66	0.593	—	52–29	44–37
Cincinnati Reds	86	76	0.531	10	43–38	43–38
San Francisco Giants	83	79	0.512	13	46–35	37–44
San Diego Padres	74	88	0.457	22	43–38	31–50
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	0.451	23	46–35	27–54
Atlanta Braves	72	89	0.447	23½	41–40	31–49

Postseason

• World Series: New York Mets over Boston Red Sox (4–3); Ray Knight, MVP

	League Championship Series ABC					World Series NBC
	East	Boston	4
	West	California	3
						AL	Boston	3
						NL	New York Mets	4
	East	New York Mets	4
	West	Houston	2

• American League Championship Series: Marty Barrett, MVP
• National League Championship Series: Mike Scott, MVP
• All-Star Game, July 15 at Astrodome: American League, 3–2; Roger Clemens, MVP

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Notes
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

Team	Manager	Notes
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

Events

• April 7 – On Opening Day at Tiger Stadium, Boston Red Sox player Dwight Evans achieves a major league first by hitting a home run off Jack Morris on the first pitch of the season.
• April 29 – Roger Clemens struck out 20 batters in one game, the first time any pitcher had struck out 20 batters in a nine-inning game.
• June 6 – San Diego Padres manager Steve Boros is ejected before the first pitch, after showing the umpire video footage of a disputed play from the night before.