1986 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1986 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1986

World Series Champions

New York Mets

Runner Up

Boston Red Sox

Most Valuable Players

AL: Roger Clemens NL: Mike Schmidt

Cy Young Winners

AL: Roger Clemens NL: Mike Scott

Rookies of the Year

AL: Jose Canseco NL: Todd Worrell

Managers of the Year

AL: John McNamara NL: Hal Lanier

#1 Draft Pick

Jeff King (Pittsburgh Pirates)

All-Star Game

Houston,Texas

Teams

Players

953

Attendance

47,506,203

Payroll

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1986 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	161	95	66	.590	--	794	696	98	Lost World Series (Mets)	2,147,641	8	Lou Gorman	John McNamara	Fenway Park
2	3	5	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	5.5	797	738	59	dnq	2,268,030	7	Clyde King	Lou Piniella	Yankee Stadium I
3	5	6	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	8.5	798	714	84	dnq	1,899,437	11	Bill Lajoie	Sparky Anderson	Tiger Stadium
4	6	10	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	9.5	809	733	76	dnq	2,455,477	5	Pat Gillick	Jimy Williams	Exhibition Stadium
5	7	11	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	11.5	831	841	-10	dnq	1,471,805	18	Joe Klein	Pat Corrales	Cleveland Stadium
6	8	15	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	161	77	84	.478	18.0	667	734	-67	dnq	1,265,041	22	Harry Dalton	George Bamberger, Tom Trebelhorn	County Stadium
7	11	19	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	22.5	708	760	-52	dnq	1,973,176	9	Hank Peters	Earl Weaver	Memorial Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	4	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	--	786	684	102	Lost ALCS (Red Sox)	2,655,872	3	Mike Port	Gene Mauch	Anaheim Stadium
2	4	7	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	5.0	771	743	28	dnq	1,692,002	16	Tom Grieve	Bobby Valentine	Arlington Stadium
3	10	17	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	16.0	654	673	-19	dnq	2,320,794	6	John Schuerholz	Dick Howser, Mike Ferraro	Royals Stadium
4	9	16	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	16.0	731	760	-29	dnq	1,314,646	21	Sandy Alderson	Jackie Moore, Tony La Russa, Jeff Newman	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
5	12	22	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	20.0	644	699	-55	dnq	1,424,313	19	Ken Harrelson	Jim Fregosi, Tony La Russa, Doug Rader	Comiskey Park
6	13	23	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	21.0	741	839	-98	dnq	1,255,453	23	Andy MacPhail	Ray Miller, Tom Kelly	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
7	14	25	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	25.0	718	835	-117	dnq	1,029,045	25	Dick Balderson	Dick Williams, Chuck Cottier, Marty Martinez	The Kingdome
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	108	54	.667	--	783	578	205	Won World Series (Red Sox)	2,767,601	2	Frank Cashen	Davey Johnson	Shea Stadium
2	3	8	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	161	86	75	.534	21.5	739	713	26	dnq	1,933,335	10	Bill Giles	John Felske	Veterans Stadium
3	6	13	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	161	79	82	.491	28.5	601	611	-10	dnq	2,471,974	4	Dal Maxvill	Whitey Herzog	Busch Stadium II
4	7	14	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	161	78	83	.484	29.5	637	688	-51	dnq	1,128,981	24	Murray Cook	Buck Rodgers	Olympic Stadium
5	11	24	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	160	70	90	.438	37.0	680	781	-101	dnq	1,859,102	12	Dallas Green	Gene Michael, Jim Frey, John Vukovich	Wrigley Field
6	12	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	64	98	.395	44.0	663	700	-37	dnq	1,000,917	26	Syd Thrift	Jim Leyland	Three Rivers Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	2	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	96	66	.593	--	654	569	85	Lost NLCS (Mets)	1,734,276	14	Dick Wagner	Hal Lanier	Astrodome
2	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	10.0	732	717	15	dnq	1,692,432	15	Bill Bergesch	Pete Rose	Riverfront Stadium
3	5	12	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	13.0	698	618	80	dnq	1,528,748	17	Al Rosen	Roger Craig	Candlestick Park
4	8	18	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	22.0	656	723	-67	dnq	1,805,716	13	Jack McKeon	Steve Boros	Jack Murphy Stadium
5	9	20	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	23.0	638	679	-41	dnq	3,023,208	1	Al Campanis	Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
6	10	21	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	161	72	89	.447	23.5	615	719	-104	dnq	1,387,181	20	Bobby Cox	Chuck Tanner	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
26 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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