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1986 World Series (4-3): New York Mets (108-54) over Boston Red Sox (95-66)

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WS: NYM-BOS / ALCS: BOS-CAL / NLCS: NYM-HOU
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 18, 1986 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  5  0
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Hurst, Schiraldi (9)
              NYM - Darling, McDowell (8)

               WP - Bruce Hurst
	       LP - Ron Darling
             SAVE - Calvin Schiraldi

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,076

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 19, 1986 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  3    1  2  0    2  0  1     9 18  0
    New York Mets                0  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  0     3  8  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Clemens, Crawford (5), Stanley (7)
              NYM - Gooden, Aguilera (6), Orosco (7), Fernandez (9), Sisk (9)

               WP - Steve Crawford
	       LP - Dwight Gooden
             SAVE - Bob Stanley

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Evans, Henderson
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,076

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 21, 1986 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                4  0  0    0  0  0    2  1  0     7 13  0
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  0

    PITCHERS: NYM - Ojeda, McDowell (8)
              BOS - Boyd, Sambito (8), Stanley (8)

               WP - Bob Ojeda
	       LP - Oil Can Boyd
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - Dykstra
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,595

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 22, 1986 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  0  0    3  0  0    2  1  0     6 12  0
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: NYM - Darling, McDowell (8), Orosco (8)
              BOS - Nipper, Crawford (7), Stanley (9)

               WP - Ron Darling
	       LP - Al Nipper
             SAVE - Jesse Orosco

   HOME RUNS: NYM - Carter (2), Dykstra
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 33,920

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 23, 1986 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1     2 10  1
    Boston Red Sox               0  1  1    0  2  0    0  0  x     4 12  0

    PITCHERS: NYM - Gooden, Fernandez (5)
              BOS - Hurst

               WP - Bruce Hurst
	       LP - Dwight Gooden
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - Teufel
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,010

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 25, 1986 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               1  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    2     5 13  3
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  0    3     6  8  2

    PITCHERS: BOS - Clemens, Schiraldi (8), Stanley (10)
              NYM - Ojeda, McDowell (7), Orosco (8), Aguilera (9)

               WP - Rick Aguilera
	       LP - Calvin Schiraldi
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Henderson
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,078

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 27, 1986 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  3  0    0  0  0    0  2  0     5  9  0
    New York Mets                0  0  0    0  0  3    3  2  x     8 10  0

    PITCHERS: BOS - Hurst, Schiraldi (7), Sambito (7), Stanley (7), Nipper (8), Crawford (8)
              NYM - Darling, Fernandez (4), McDowell (7), Orosco (8)

               WP - Roger McDowell
	       LP - Calvin Schiraldi
             SAVE - Jesse Orosco

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Evans, Gedman
              NYM - Knight, Strawberry

  ATTENDANCE: 55,032

Series MVP - Ray Knight

Series Batting Stats

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New York Mets

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Rick Aguilera       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  51   8  2  .157  .479   0
#Wally Backman       6  18  4  6  0  0  0   1  3  2  .333  .429  .333  1 | 387 124  1  .320  .761  13
 Gary Carter         7  29  4  8  2  0  2   9  0  4  .276  .267  .552  0 | 490 125 24  .255  .776   1
 Ron Darling         3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  81   8  0  .099  .254   0
*Lenny Dykstra       7  27  4  8  0  0  2   3  2  7  .296  .345  .519  0 | 431 127  8  .295  .822  31
 Kevin Elster        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  30   5  0  .167  .442   0
*Sid Fernandez       3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  68  11  0  .162  .403   1
 Dwight Gooden       2   2  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |  81   7  0  .086  .230   0
*Danny Heep          5  11  0  1  0  0  0   2  1  1  .091  .167  .091  0 | 195  55  5  .282  .800   1
*Keith Hernandez     7  26  1  6  0  0  0   4  5  1  .231  .344  .231  0 | 551 171 13  .310  .859   2
#Howard Johnson      2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 220  54 10  .245  .786   8
 Ray Knight          6  23  4  9  1  0  1   5  2  2  .391  .440  .565  0 | 486 145 11  .298  .775   2
#Lee Mazzilli        4   5  2  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .400  .400  .400  0 |+151  37  3  .245  .752   4
 Roger McDowell      5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  18   5  0  .278  .594   0
 Kevin Mitchell      5   8  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  3  .250  .250  .250  0 | 328  91 12  .277  .810   3
*Bob Ojeda           2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  71   8  0  .113  .238   0
 Jesse Orosco        4   1  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |   3   0  0  .000  .333   0
 Rafael Santana      7  20  3  5  0  0  0   2  2  5  .250  .318  .250  0 | 394  86  1  .218  .539   0
 Doug Sisk           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Darryl Strawberry   7  24  4  5  1  0  1   1  4  6  .208  .321  .375  3 | 475 123 27  .259  .865  28
 Tim Teufel          3   9  1  4  1  0  1   1  1  2  .444  .500  .889  0 | 279  69  4  .247  .693   1
#Mookie Wilson       7  26  3  7  1  0  0   0  1  6  .269  .321  .308  3 | 381 110  9  .289  .775  25
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 240 32 65  6  0  7  29 21 43  .271  .330  .383  7 |        148  .263  .739 118

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Boston Red Sox

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Tony Armas          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 425 112 11  .264  .714   0
 Marty Barrett       7  30  1 13  2  0  0   4  5  2  .433  .514  .500  0 | 625 179  4  .286  .734  15
 Don Baylor          4  11  1  2  1  0  0   1  1  3  .182  .308  .273  0 | 585 139 31  .238  .783   3
*Wade Boggs          7  31  3  9  3  0  0   3  4  2  .290  .371  .387  0 | 580 207  8  .357  .939   0
 Oil Can Boyd        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Bill Buckner        7  32  2  6  0  0  0   1  0  3  .188  .212  .188  0 | 629 168 18  .267  .732   6
 Roger Clemens       2   4  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Steve Crawford      3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Dwight Evans        7  26  4  8  2  0  2   9  4  3  .308  .400  .615  0 | 529 137 26  .259  .852   3
*Rich Gedman         7  30  1  6  1  0  1   1  0 10  .200  .200  .333  0 | 462 119 16  .258  .739   1
*Mike Greenwell      4   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .250  .000  0 |  35  11  0  .314  .771   0
 Dave Henderson      7  25  6 10  1  1  2   5  2  6  .400  .448  .760  0 |+388 103 15  .265  .794   2
*Bruce Hurst         3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Al Nipper           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Spike Owen          7  20  2  6  0  0  0   2  5  6  .300  .423  .300  0 |+528 122  1  .231  .609   4
 Jim Rice            7  27  6  9  1  1  0   0  6  9  .333  .455  .444  0 | 618 200 20  .324  .874   0
 Ed Romero           3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 233  49  2  .210  .553   2
*Joe Sambito         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Calvin Schiraldi    3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Bob Stanley         5   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Dave Stapleton      3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  39   5  0  .128  .325   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 248 27 69 11  2  5  26 28 53  .278  .356  .399  0 |        144  .271  .757  41

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Mets

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Ron Darling         3   1.53 1-1  0  0 17.7 13  3 10 12 | 15-6  237  2.81  1.20 184   
*Bob Ojeda           2   2.08 1-0  0  0 13.0 13  3  5  9 | 18-5  217  2.57  1.09 148   
 Dwight Gooden       2   8.00 0-2  0  0  9.0 17  8  4  9 | 17-6  250  2.84  1.11 200   
 Roger McDowell      5   4.91 1-0  0  0  7.3 10  4  6  2 | 14-9  128  3.02  1.16  65 22
*Sid Fernandez       3   1.35 0-0  0  0  6.7  6  1  1 10 | 16-6  204  3.52  1.23 200  1
*Jesse Orosco        4   0.00 0-0  2  0  5.7  2  0  0  6 |  8-6   81  2.33  1.22  62 21
 Rick Aguilera       2  12.00 1-0  0  0  3.0  8  4  1  4 | 10-7  142  3.88  1.28 104   
 Doug Sisk           1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  0  0  1  1 |  4-2   71  3.06  1.53  31  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.29 4-3  2  0 63.0 69 23 28 53 |            3.11 1.220   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Boston Red Sox

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Bruce Hurst         3   1.96 2-0  0  1 23.0 18  5  6 17 | 13-8  174  2.99  1.26 167   
 Roger Clemens       2   3.18 0-0  0  0 11.3  9  4  6 11 | 24-4  254  2.48  0.97 238   
 Oil Can Boyd        1   7.71 0-1  0  0  7.0  9  6  1  3 | 16-10 214  3.78  1.25 129   
 Al Nipper           2   7.11 0-1  0  0  6.3 10  5  2  2 | 10-12 159  5.38  1.47  79   
 Bob Stanley         5   0.00 0-0  1  0  6.3  5  0  1  4 |  6-6   82  4.37  1.59  54 16
 Steve Crawford      3   6.23 1-0  0  0  4.3  5  3  0  4 |  0-2   57  3.92  1.53  32  4
 Calvin Schiraldi    3  13.50 0-2  1  0  4.0  7  6  3  2 |  4-2   51  1.41  1.00  55  9
*Joe Sambito         2  27.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  2  1  2  0 |  2-0   45  4.84  1.57  30 12
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.31 3-4  2  1 62.7 65 30 21 43 |            3.93 1.360   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: NYM-BOS / ALCS: BOS-CAL / NLCS: NYM-HOU

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