1986 New York Mets season
| 1986 New York Mets World Series Champions NL Champions NL East Champions |
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| Owner(s) | Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr. | |
| General manager(s) | Frank Cashen | |
| Manager(s) | Davey Johnson | |
| Local television | WOR-TV/SportsChannel New York (Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub) |
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| Local radio | WHN (Bob Murphy, Gary Thorne, Juan Alicea (SP)) |
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The 1986 New York Mets season was the Mets' 25th season in the National League. They began the season looking to equal or improve upon their 98–64 record from 1985 and to try to win the National League East Division. They finished the season with a 108–54 record, cruising to the division title. They went on to defeat the Houston Astros in six games in the NLCS and the American League champion Boston Red Sox in seven games in the World Series.
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[edit] Background
Darryl Strawberry made his debut in 1983, followed by Dwight Gooden, Ron Darling, Sid Fernandez and Lenny Dykstra in 1984. That was the year that the Mets hired Davey Johnson to manage the ballclub. The Mets would finish in 2nd-place for two years in a row.
In the 1985-86 offseason, general manager Frank Cashen brought in Tim Teufel, a right-handed hitting infielder from the Minnesota Twins and Bob Ojeda, a left-handed pitcher from the Boston Red Sox. The Mets added them to an existing veteran core including along with former MVPs George Foster and Keith Hernandez, veteran catcher Gary Carter and speedsters Wally Backman, and Mookie Wilson.
In their Spring Training, Davey Johnson said, to his players, that they were not only going to win but that they would dominate. That meant winning the division by double-digits.
[edit] Offseason
- November 13, 1985: Calvin Schiraldi, Wes Gardner, John Christensen, and La Schelle Tarver were traded by the Mets to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Ojeda, Tom McCarthy, John Mitchell and Chris Bayer (minors).[1]
- November 13, 1985: Kelvin Chapman was released by the New York Mets.[2]
- December 10, 1985: Clint Hurdle was drafted from the Mets by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1985 rule 5 draft.[3]
- January 16, 1986: Ronn Reynolds was traded by the New York Mets with Jeff Bittiger to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rodger Cole and Ronnie Gideon. [4]
- January 16, 1986: Billy Beane, Joe Klink, and Bill Latham were traded by the Mets to the Minnesota Twins for Tim Teufel and Pat Crosby (minors).[5]
- March 4, 1986: Tim Corcoran was signed as a free agent by the Mets.[6]
[edit] Regular season
[edit] Season standings
| NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| New York Mets | 108 | 54 | .667 | -- |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 86 | 75 | .534 | 21.5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 79 | 82 | .491 | 28.5 |
| Montreal Expos | 78 | 83 | .484 | 29.5 |
| Chicago Cubs | 70 | 90 | .438 | 37 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 64 | 98 | .395 | 44 |
[edit] Notable transactions
- April 1, 1986: Tom Gorman was released by the Mets.[7]
- June 2, 1986: 1986 Major League Baseball Draft
- Curtis Pride was drafted by the Mets in the 10th round. Player signed June 12, 1986.[8]
- John Olerud was drafted by the Mets in the 27th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign.[9]
- June 9, 1986: Tim Corcoran was released by the Mets.[6]
- August 3, 1986: Lee Mazzilli was signed as a free agent by the Mets.[10]
- August 7, 1986: George Foster was released by the Mets.[11]
- August 24, 1986: Alex Diaz was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.[12]
[edit] Month by Month
[edit] April
The Mets would have a rocky start with a 2-3 record (including two extra-inning losses to the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies respectively).[13] But when the Mets hosted the Phils in Shea Stadium, they would embark on an 11-game winning streak. Their toughest test in this stretch happened in St. Louis. On April 24, Howard Johnson hit a game-tying homer. A few games later, Wally Backman would make a series-saving double-play. The Mets would finish the month 13-3.
[edit] May
The Mets would continue dominating in May. On May 23, 1986, Mookie Wilson got 5 hits in one game versus the San Diego Padres. The turning point for the Mets season came on May 27 when third baseman Ray Knight brawled with Dodgers' pitcher Tom Niedenfuer. This gave the Mets a reputation for playing hard and fighting. Many other teams hated their curtain calls.
[edit] June
This month, the shining light came on June 10 against the Phillies when Tim Teufel hit a pinch-hit, game-winning grand slam.[14][15]
[edit] July
On July 3 against Houston, Darryl Strawberry would hit a game-tying home run. But it would be Ray Knight who won the game with a homer of his own. Dwight Gooden's first half performance was good enough for him to earn the honor of being named starting pitcher for the National League in the All-Star Game in the Astrodome. This game marked the end of a streak where the NL won 13 of the previous 14 games and served as foreshadowing for what would happen next. Later in the month, the Mets were swept by the Astros in convincing fashion (including two losses at the final at-bat). During this series, four Mets would get arrested in a popular nightclub in Houston. Their fortunes improved in a bizarre game in Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium on July 22. In the top of the ninth, Dave Parker dropped the ball that could have been the final out for the Reds, allowing the Mets to tie the game. In the bottom of the tenth, Eric Davis got to third and brawled with Ray Knight. Both men, along with Kevin Mitchell and Mario Soto, got ejected. Johnson was forced to alternate Jesse Orosco and Roger McDowell in the outfield. In the bottom of the twelfth, Carl Willis bunted into a double-play. In the top of the fourteenth, Howard Johnson hit a home run to put the Mets on top.
[edit] August
Former MVP George Foster was released. Former Mets favorite Lee Mazzilli would return. Gary Carter would be injured. While he was gone, the Mets would win 8 of 11 games. The highlight came on August 27 in Jack Murphy Stadium against the Padres when Tim Flannery would hit one into the outfield.[16] However, it was thrown to home plate to get the runner out at home and eventually Flannery.[16]
[edit] September–October
In an exhibition game against the Red Sox, Gary Carter would hit a double to test out the Green Monster. When they got to Philadelphia, droves of Mets fans were there to see if they would clinch the NL East.[17] Given what had happened to them when they got swept in a three-game series in Chicago preceding the series and not wanting to see visiting teams win a division title on their field,[17] the Phillies swept the Mets. During the series, Mets fans at Veterans Stadium became unruly and damaged seats in the upper deck (the 700 level).[18] One Mets fan was arrested after striking at two Philadelphia police officers.[18] The Phillie Phanatic summed up the Mets being swept by crushing three Mets helmets in front of the Mets dugout during the final game of the series.[18] The Phillies ended up being the only team in the league to post a winning record against the Mets, going 10-8, with a 7-2 mark at Veterans Stadium. During the post-season awards, the Mets rivalry with the Phillies and that series was played out again, as it was Mike Schmidt of the Phillies who won the National League MVP Award, ahead of the Carter, who finished third, and Keith Hernandez, who finished fourth. It was Schmidt's third career MVP.[19]
The Mets then split a two-game series St. Louis, trimming the magic number to clinch to 1 on September 16. The following day, they faced Dennis Eckersley and the Chicago Cubs. With a flu-ridden Hernandez, Dave Magadan would be the offensive source of the day. Hernandez would return in the 9th to get the final out.[20] The champagne would be popped immediately while the fans invaded the field quickly.[21] The Mets would win a team-record 108 games after defeating the Pirates.[22]
[edit] Roster
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[edit] Player stats
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[edit] Batting
[edit] Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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| C | Gary Carter | 132 | 490 | 125 | .255 | 24 | 105 | 1 |
| 1B | Keith Hernandez | 149 | 551 | 171 | .310 | 13 | 83 | 2 |
| 2B | Wally Backman | 124 | 387 | 124 | .320 | 1 | 27 | 13 |
| 3B | Ray Knight | 137 | 486 | 145 | .298 | 11 | 76 | 2 |
| SS | Rafael Santana | 139 | 394 | 86 | .218 | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| LF | George Foster | 72 | 233 | 53 | .227 | 13 | 38 | 1 |
| CF | Lenny Dykstra | 147 | 431 | 127 | .295 | 8 | 45 | 31 |
| RF | Darryl Strawberry | 136 | 475 | 123 | .259 | 27 | 93 | 28 |
[edit] Other batters
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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| Mookie Wilson | 123 | 381 | 110 | .289 | 9 | 45 | 25 |
| Kevin Mitchell | 108 | 328 | 91 | .277 | 12 | 43 | 3 |
| Tim Teufel | 93 | 279 | 69 | .247 | 4 | 31 | 1 |
| Howard Johnson | 88 | 220 | 54 | .245 | 10 | 39 | 8 |
| Danny Heep | 86 | 195 | 55 | .282 | 5 | 33 | 1 |
| Ed Hearn | 49 | 136 | 36 | .265 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Lee Mazzilli | 39 | 58 | 16 | .276 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Kevin Elster | 19 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Jefferson | 14 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| John Gibbons | 8 | 19 | 9 | .474 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Magadan | 10 | 18 | 8 | .444 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Barry Lyons | 6 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Corcoran | 6 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Pitching
[edit] Starting pitchers
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Ron Darling | 34 | 237.0 | 15 | 6 | 2.81 | 184 |
| Dwight Gooden | 33 | 250.0 | 17 | 6 | 2.84 | 200 |
| Sid Fernandez | 33 | 204.1 | 16 | 6 | 3.52 | 200 |
| Bob Ojeda | 32 | 217.1 | 18 | 5 | 2.57 | 148 |
| Rick Aguilera | 28 | 141.2 | 10 | 7 | 3.88 | 104 |
[edit] Other pitchers
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Bruce Berenyi | 14 | 39.2 | 2 | 2 | 6.35 | 30 |
| Randy Myers | 10 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 13 |
| John Mitchell | 4 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 2 |
| Terry Leach | 6 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 4 |
| Ed Lynch | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
[edit] Relief pitchers
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | SV |
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| Roger McDowell | 75 | 128.0 | 14 | 9 | 3.02 | 65 | 22 |
| Jesse Orosco | 58 | 81.0 | 8 | 6 | 2.33 | 62 | 21 |
| Doug Sisk | 41 | 70.2 | 4 | 2 | 3.06 | 31 | 1 |
| Randy Niemann | 31 | 35.2 | 2 | 3 | 3.79 | 18 | 0 |
| Rick Anderson | 15 | 49.2 | 2 | 1 | 2.72 | 21 | 1 |
[edit] NLCS
[edit] Game 1
October 8 (Astrodome, Houston, Texas)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Mike Scott (1-0) LP: Dwight Gooden (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYM – None.; HOU – Glenn Davis (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 2
October 9 (Astrodome, Houston, Texas)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| WP: Bob Ojeda (1-0) LP: Nolan Ryan (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYM – None.; HOU – None. | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 3
October 11 (Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Houston | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Jesse Orosco (1-0) LP: Dave Smith (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: HOU – Bill Doran (1); NYM – Darryl Strawberry (1), Lenny Dykstra (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 4
October 12 (Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Houston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| WP: Mike Scott (2-0) LP: Sid Fernandez (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: HOU – Alan Ashby (1), Dickie Thon (1); NYM – None. | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 5
October 14 (Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | ||||||
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| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| WP: Jesse Orosco (2-0) LP: Charlie Kerfeld (0-1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HRs: HOU – None. NYM – Darryl Strawberry (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
[edit] Game 6
October 15 (Astrodome, Houston, Texas)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | R | H | E | ||
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| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Houston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | ||
| WP: Jesse Orosco (3-0) LP: Aurelio Lopez (0-1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HRs: NYM – None. HOU – Billy Hatcher (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
[edit] World series
NL New York Mets (4) vs. AL Boston Red Sox (3)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance | Time of Game |
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| 1 | Red Sox – 1, Mets – 0 | October 18 | Shea Stadium (New York) | 57,908 | 3:18 |
| 2 | Red Sox – 9, Mets – 3 | October 19 | Shea Stadium (New York) | 57,911 | 2:44 |
| 3 | Mets – 7, Red Sox – 1 | October 21 | Fenway Park (Boston) | 33,595 | 3:09 |
| 4 | Mets – 6, Red Sox – 2 | October 22 | Fenway Park (Boston) | 33,920 | 3:22 |
| 5 | Mets – 2, Red Sox – 4 | October 23 | Fenway Park (Boston) | 34,010 | 2:55 |
| 6 | Red Sox – 5, Mets – 6 (10 inn.) | October 25 | Shea Stadium (New York) | 57,908 | 3:18 |
| 7 | Red Sox – 5, Mets – 8 | October 27 | Shea Stadium (New York) | 55,032 | 2:44 |
[edit] Game Six
One of the most famous games in baseball history is Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The Mets rallied in the bottom of the 8th inning of Game 6, tying the game on a Gary Carter sacrifice fly. Reliever Calvin Schiraldi had loaded the bases with no outs and had a 3-0 count on Carter, who swung away at the next pitch to hit the fly ball. In the ninth inning, after a walk and an error put two men on with nobody out, Howard Johnson was sent to the plate to sacrifice the winning run to third. It was then, however, that Mets manager Davey Johnson made his most criticized decision of the series. After Johnson failed in his first bunt attempt, Davey took the bunt off. Johnson ended up striking out, leaving runners at first and second with one out. Lee Mazzilli followed with a deep fly to left that would have won the game had the runner been at third. Lenny Dykstra then flied out for the third out, sending the game to extra innings.
In the top of the 10th inning, Dave Henderson homered to pull the Sox within three outs of a world championship, and Barrett singled in Wade Boggs to make it a 5-3 lead. When Wally Backman and Keith Hernandez were retired to start the bottom of the 10th, the championship seemed at hand. After Hernandez made the second out, he went to the Mets' locker room, took off his uniform, and watched the rest of the game on the clubhouse TV, thinking the game and the Series would be over soon.
Then, Carter singled to left. Pinch-hitter Kevin Mitchell then singled to center and Shea Stadium started to get loud. Knight went down in the count 0-2 bringing the Mets to their last strike but he hit the next pitch into center field for a single that scored Carter and advanced Mitchell to third base, making the score 5-4 and bringing Shea back to life. Before his at-bat, Mitchell was on the phone in the locker room making plane reservations to fly home to San Diego, thinking the game would be over. He had already gotten out of his uniform and was in street clothes, and, when he was told he was batting, got off the phone and hurriedly got dressed.
The Red Sox replaced pitcher Calvin Schiraldi with Bob Stanley to face left fielder Mookie Wilson. Wilson got the count to 2-1 but fouled the fourth pitch away to bring the Mets to their last strike again. He stayed alive fouling off two more Stanley pitches. Then, the seventh pitch sailed towards Wilson's knees sending him to the ground but the ball hit nothing and went straight to the backstop. Mitchell scored uncontested to tie the game and Shea Stadium erupted while Knight advanced to second base. The Red Sox were shocked to have blown the lead with the game all but over, much as the Angels had done to them in the ALCS almost two weeks earlier.
At one point during Wilson's at-bat with Knight on second, Knight strayed so far off the second-base bag that Marty Barrett started yelling for Stanley to try to pick him off. However, because of the raucous Shea Stadium crowd noise, Stanley couldn't hear Barrett. When things calmed down, Wilson was still at the plate and fouled off two more pitches in a fantastic at bat. Finally, on the tenth pitch, Wilson hit a slow rolling ground ball up the first base line that appeared to be easy to field. The most pressing question in the few seconds was whether the lumbering Bill Buckner, with his chronic bad ankles and knees, would be able to beat the speedy Wilson to first base to finish the inning. The question would never be answered as the ball somehow sneaked between his legs under his glove and rolled slowly into right field. Shea Stadium exploded and the Mets' players and fans looked as though they couldn't contain themselves. Knight tried to hold his helmet on while jumping towards home plate with the winning run in a scene that many fans would never forget. Buckner and the stunned Red Sox slowly walked off the field.
Vin Scully's call of the play would quickly become an iconic one to baseball fans, with the normally calm Scully growing increasingly excited:
| “ | So the winning run is at second base, with two outs, three and two to Mookie Wilson. (A) little roller up along first... behind the bag! It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight, and the Mets win it! | ” |
Scully then remained silent for more than three minutes, letting the pictures and the crowd noise tell the story. Scully resumed with:
| “ | If one picture is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words, but more than that, you have seen an absolutely bizarre finish to Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The Mets are not only alive, they are well, and they will play the Red Sox in Game 7 tomorrow! | ” |
Had the Red Sox won the World Series, not only would they have not only won their first World Series since 1918, but also made Boston the first city to have both NBA and World Series championships in the same year, giving Boston area teams its fourth championship in six years, following NBA championships by the Celtics in 1981, 1984, and just four months before. As it turned out, the Celtics championship four months before would be the last championship for Boston and for Massachusetts until the New England Patriots, who lost Super Bowl XX to the Chicago Bears in January, won Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002.
[edit] Awards and honors
- Ray Knight, Babe Ruth Award
- Ray Knight, World Series Most Valuable Player Award
- Keith Hernandez, National League First Baseman Gold Glove
- Gary Carter, National League Catcher Silver Slugger
- Dwight Gooden, Pitcher, Starter
- Darryl Strawberry, Right field, Starter
- Keith Hernandez, First Baseman, Starter
- Gary Carter, Catcher, Starter
- Sid Fernandez, Pitcher
[edit] Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbia[23]
[edit] References
- ^ "Bob Ojeda page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ojedabo01.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ "Kelvin Chapman Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chapmke01.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ "Clint Hurdle page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hurdlcl01.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynoro02.shtml
- ^ "Billy Beane page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beanebi01.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ a b "Tim Corcoran page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/corcoti01.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ "Tom Gorman page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gormato03.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ "Curtis Pride page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pridecu01.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ "John Olerud page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/olerujo01.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ "Lee Mazzilli page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mazzile01.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ "George Foster page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fostege01.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ "Alex Diaz page at Baseball Reference". Baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/diazal01.shtml. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ Durso, Joseph (April 15, 1986). "Johnson Error in 13th Leads to Mets' 6-2 Loss". New York Times: p. A25.
- ^ Durso, Joseph (June 11, 1986). "Teufel Slams Phils; Yanks Escape; Mets win in 11th, 8-4". New York Times: p. D27.
- ^ Pascarelli, Peter (June 11, 1986). "Mets Rock Phils on Grand Slam in 11th". Philadelphia Inquirer: p. F1.
- ^ a b Wolff, Craig (August 28, 1986). "Mets Win in 11 on Gibbons Play". New York Times: p. D19.
- ^ a b Pascarelli, Peter (September 12, 1986). "Mets Set to Clinch Vs. Phils". Philadelphia Inquirer: p. D1.
- ^ a b c Terry, Robert J.; Lieber, David (September 15, 1986). "30 Vet Seats Smashed by Mets Fans". Philadelphia Inquirer: p. B8.
- ^ Pascarelli, Peter (November 20, 1986). "Schmidt is National League MVP". Philadelphia Inquirer: p. A1.
- ^ Durso, Joseph (September 18, 1986). "Finally, the Mets achieve the Inevitable Title". New York Times: p. B17.
- ^ Yannis, Alex (September 18, 1986). "Fans Rip Up Field". New York Times: p. B17.
- ^ Vecsey, George (October 6, 1986). "Mets Installing Single-Wing Offense?". New York Times: p. C4.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America.
[edit] External links
- 1986 New York Mets
- 1986 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- 1986 Mets: The ballad of Doc and Darryl
- Marshall, Ash (March 10, 2010). "Remembering the 1986 New York Mets: The Five Greatest Moments". Bleacher Report. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/360324-remembering-the-1986-new-york-mets-the-five-greatest-moments. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
