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The 1986 New York Mets season was the Mets ' 25th season in the National League. They improved from a 98–64 record in 1985 to finish the season with a franchise record 108–54 record, giving them 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 ...
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 Mets overcame a two games to none series deficit to defeat ...
1987 →. The 1986 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven Major League Baseball postseason series between the NL East champion New York Mets and NL West champion Houston Astros. It was the 18th NLCS and the first MLB playoff series in which the opponents were two "expansion" teams that had begun play in the same season ( 1962 ).
The team's current home stadium is Citi Field, after playing two years at the Polo Grounds and 45 years at Shea Stadium. [ 1] Since their inception in 1962, the Mets have won two World Series titles and five NL championships. As of the end of the 2023 season, the Mets have won more than 4,700 regular season games, a total that ranks 20th among ...
Contents. 1986 Major League Baseball season. This article is about the 1986 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1986 in baseball. The 1986 Major League Baseball season saw the New York Mets win their second World Series title, their first since 1969.
Pitched a no-hitter on May 14, 1996. New York Mets No. 16 retired. New York Mets Hall of Fame. Dwight Eugene Gooden (born November 16, 1964), nicknamed " Dr. K " and " Doc ", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Gooden pitched from 1984 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2000 for the ...
Bob Ojeda out-dueled former 1969 Mets alum Nolan Ryan in a complete-game performance in Game 2 as the Mets won 4–1 to even the series headed to Queens. Game 3 was an offensive duel which was won by the Mets, 6–5, as Lenny Dykstra hit a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth. The Astros evened the series in Game 4 as Scott ...
Gooden and Strawberry were integral parts of the 1986 Mets, who went a major league-best 108-54 and beat Boston in a seven-game World Series, then derailed their careers with drug problems.