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26 teams in AL, NL · 2103 regular-season games · 1986-04-07 to 1986-10-05 · attendance 47,506,203

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World Series champion

New York Mets

MVP

Roger Clemens AL
Mike Schmidt NL

Cy Young

Roger Clemens AL
Mike Scott NL

Rookie of the Year

Jose Canseco AL
Todd Worrell NL

All-Star Game

1986-07-15 at Astrodome

Hall of Fame class of 1986

Bobby Doerr, Ernie Lombardi, Willie McCovey

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Boston Red Sox 4–3 California Angels	7
League Championship	New York Mets 4–2 Houston Astros	6
World Series	New York Mets 4–3 Boston Red Sox	7

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Boston Red Sox	95	66	.590	—	696	2,147,641	John McNamara	Pennant Division
2	New York Yankees	90	72	.556	5.5	738	2,268,030	Lou Piniella
3	Detroit Tigers	87	75	.537	8.5	714	1,899,437	Sparky Anderson
4	Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	.531	9.5	733	2,455,477	Jimy Williams
5	Cleveland Indians	84	78	.519	11.5	841	1,471,805	Pat Corrales
6	Milwaukee Brewers	77	84	.478	18	734	1,265,041	George Bamberger, Tom Trebelhorn
7	Baltimore Orioles	73	89	.451	22.5	760	1,973,176	Earl Weaver

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	California Angels	92	70	.568	—	684	2,655,872	Gene Mauch	Division
2	Texas Rangers	87	75	.537	5	743	1,692,002	Bobby Valentine
3	Kansas City Royals	76	86	.469	16	673	2,320,794	Dick Howser, Mike Ferraro
3	Oakland Athletics	76	86	.469	16	760	1,314,646	Jackie Moore, Jeff Newman, Tony LaRussa
5	Chicago White Sox	72	90	.444	20	699	1,424,313	Tony LaRussa, Doug Rader, Jim Fregosi
6	Minnesota Twins	71	91	.438	21	839	1,255,453	Ray Miller, Tom Kelly
7	Seattle Mariners	67	95	.414	25	835	1,029,045	Chuck Cottier, Marty Martinez, Dick Williams

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Mets	108	54	.667	—	578	2,767,601	Davey Johnson	World Series Division
2	Philadelphia Phillies	86	75	.534	21.5	713	1,933,335	John Felske
3	St. Louis Cardinals	79	82	.491	28.5	611	2,471,974	Whitey Herzog
4	Montreal Expos	78	83	.484	29.5	688	1,128,981	Buck Rodgers
5	Chicago Cubs	70	90	.438	37	781	1,859,102	Jim Frey, John Vukovich, Gene Michael
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	64	98	.395	44	700	1,000,917	Jim Leyland

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Houston Astros	96	66	.593	—	569	1,734,276	Hal Lanier	Division
2	Cincinnati Reds	86	76	.531	10	717	1,692,432	Pete Rose
3	San Francisco Giants	83	79	.512	13	618	1,528,748	Roger Craig
4	San Diego Padres	74	88	.457	22	723	1,805,716	Steve Boros
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	.451	23	679	3,023,208	Tom Lasorda
6	Atlanta Braves	72	89	.447	23.5	719	1,387,181	Chuck Tanner

Leaders

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ERA

NL

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AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Joe Cowley, Chicago White Sox vs. California Angels, 1986-09-19
Mike Scott, Houston Astros vs. San Francisco Giants, 1986-09-25

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