1986 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1986 throughout the world.

Champions

Major League Baseball

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

Other champions

Awards and honors

MLB 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

Major league baseball final standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Boston Red Sox   95 66 .590    --
2nd New York Yankees   90 72 .556   5.5
3rd Detroit Tigers   87 75 .537   8.5
4th Toronto Blue Jays   86 76 .531   9.5
5th Cleveland Indians   84 78 .519 11.5
6th Milwaukee Brewers   77 84 .478 18.0
7th Baltimore Orioles   73 89 .451 22.5
West Division
1st California Angels   92 70 .568    --
2nd Texas Rangers   87 75 .537   5.0
3rd Kansas City Royals   76 86 .469 16.0
3rd Oakland Athletics   76 86 .469 16.0
5th Chicago White Sox   72 90 .444 20.0
6th Minnesota Twins   71 91 .438 21.0
7th Seattle Mariners   67 95 .414 25.0

National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st New York Mets 108 54 .667    --
2nd Philadelphia Phillies   86 75 .534 21.5
3rd St. Louis Cardinals   79 82 .491 28.5
4th Montreal Expos   78 83 .484 29.5
5th Chicago Cubs   70 90 .438 37.0
6th Pittsburgh Pirates   64 98 .395 44.0
West Division
1st Houston Astros   96 66 .593    --
2nd Cincinnati Reds   86 76 .531 10.0
3rd San Francisco Giants   83 79 .512 13.0
4th San Diego Padres   74 88 .457 22.0
5th Los Angeles Dodgers   73 89 .451 23.0
6th Atlanta Braves   72 89 .447 23.5

Draft

Events

January–April

May–August

September–December

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January

Red Ruffing Goudey Card

February

March

April

May

June

July

Ted Lyons in 1930

August

September

Hank Greenberg, Hall of Famer and two-time MVP

October

December

References

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