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The 1986 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1986 season. The 83rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion New York Mets and the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox .
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The 1986 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1986 season.The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
April 7 – October 27, 1986: Number of games: 162: Number of teams: 26: TV partner(s) ABC, NBC: Draft; Top draft pick: Jeff King: Picked by: Pittsburgh Pirates: Regular Season; Season MVP: AL: Roger Clemens NL: Mike Schmidt : Postseason; AL champions: Boston Red Sox AL runners-up: California Angels: NL champions: New York Mets NL runners-up ...
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 one out and had a 3–0 count on Carter, who swung away at the next pitch to hit the fly ball.
February 17 – Red Ruffing, 80, Hall of Fame and six-time All-Star pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox in a span of 22 seasons from 1924 to 1947, whose 273 career victories included four straight 20-win seasons for the Yankees from 1936 to 1939, also helping the team win six World Series titles and ...
After six more years in which their best league finish was ninth, the Mets won the World Series in 1969, defeating the Baltimore Orioles in five games to earn what is widely considered one of the biggest upsets in baseball history. [4] [5] Four seasons later, the Mets returned to the World Series, where they lost to the Oakland Athletics in ...
f Atlanta, New York and Arizona of the National League West were tied for the fifth seed and the second wild card berth, but the Braves claimed the second wild card spot by winning the season series 7–6 over the Mets, and the Mets claimed the third wild card spot by winning the season series 4–3 over the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks also ...