1986 Major League Baseball season

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
World Series 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.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 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.^[3]

References

1. Crossman, Matt. "Parallel Pain". sportsonearth.com. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
2. http://espn.go.com/classic/s/add_Clemens_Roger.html
3. Jaffe, Chris. "Wednesday, June 06, 2012 50th anniversary: LaRussa goes pro". HardballTimes.com. Retrieved June 8, 2012.