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1986 MLB Season Facts

The fact sheet for the 1986 MLB Season.


The list of the top 20 players who had the highest batting average (AVG) during the 1986 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Wade Boggs
.357
2
 
Don Mattingly
.352
3
 
Tim Raines
.335
4
 
Steve Sax
.332
5
 
Tony Gwynn
.329
6
 
Kirby Puckett
.328
7
 
Pat Tabler
.326
8
 
Jim Rice
.324
9
 
Robin Yount
.312
10
 
Kevin Bass
.311
11
 
Keith Hernandez
.310
12
 
Tony Fernandez
.310
13
 
Phil Bradley
.310
14
 
George Bell
.309
15
 
Ken Griffey
.306
16
 
Julio Franco
.306
17
 
Eddie Murray
.305
18
 
Von Hayes
.305
19
 
Mike Easler
.302
20
 
Joe Carter
.302

The list of the top 20 players who had the highest on base percentage (OBP) during the 1986 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Wade Boggs
.453
2
 
Tim Raines
.413
3
 
Keith Hernandez
.413
4
 
Phil Bradley
.405
5
 
George Brett
.401
6
 
Eddie Murray
.396
7
 
Don Mattingly
.394
8
 
Willie Randolph
.393
9
 
Steve Sax
.390
10
 
Mike Schmidt
.390
11
 
Brian Downing
.389
12
 
Robin Yount
.388
13
 
Pete O'Brien
.385
14
 
Jim Rice
.384
15
 
Tony Gwynn
.381
16
 
Reggie Jackson
.379
17
 
Von Hayes
.379
18
 
Ozzie Smith
.376
19
 
Dwight Evans
.376
20
 
Chili Davis
.375

The list of the top 20 players who had the highest slugging percentage (SLG) during the 1986 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Don Mattingly
.573
2
 
Jesse Barfield
.559
3
 
Mike Schmidt
.547
4
 
Kirby Puckett
.537
5
 
George Bell
.532
6
 
Gary Gaetti
.519
7
 
Joe Carter
.514
8
 
Larry Parrish
.509
9
 
Darryl Strawberry
.507
10
 
Kevin McReynolds
.504
11
 
Rob Deer
.494
12
 
Glenn Davis
.493
13
 
Kirk Gibson
.492
14
 
Ken Griffey
.492
15
 
Jim Rice
.490
16
 
Danny Tartabull
.489
17
 
Wade Boggs
.486
18
 
Kevin Bass
.486
19
 
Jim Morrison
.482
20
 
George Brett
.481

The list of the top 20 players who had the most games played during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Tony Fernandez
163
2
 
Don Mattingly
162
3
 
Alfredo Griffin
162
4
 
Joe Carter
162
5
 
Cal Ripken
162
6
 
Dave Parker
162
7
 
Brett Butler
161
8
 
Kirby Puckett
161
9
 
Dale Murphy
160
10
 
Don Baylor
160
11
 
Tony Gwynn
160
12
 
Mike Schmidt
160
13
 
Terry Pendleton
159
14
 
Ozzie Guillen
159
15
 
George Bell
159
16
 
Von Hayes
158
17
 
Marty Barrett
158
18
 
Kevin McReynolds
158
19
 
Jesse Barfield
158
20
 
Brook Jacoby
158

The list of the top 20 players who had the most at bats during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Tony Fernandez
687
2
 
Kirby Puckett
680
3
 
Don Mattingly
677
4
 
Joe Carter
663
5
 
Tony Gwynn
642
6
 
George Bell
641
7
 
Dave Parker
637
8
 
Steve Sax
633
9
 
Willie Wilson
631
10
 
Bill Buckner
629
11
 
Ryne Sandberg
627
12
 
Cal Ripken
627
13
 
Marty Barrett
625
14
 
Jim Rice
618
15
 
Jim Presley
616
16
 
Dale Murphy
614
17
 
Von Hayes
610
18
 
Rickey Henderson
608
19
 
Vince Coleman
600
20
 
Jose Canseco
600

The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs scored during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Rickey Henderson
130
2
 
Kirby Puckett
119
3
 
Don Mattingly
117
4
 
Joe Carter
108
5
 
Von Hayes
107
6
 
Tony Gwynn
107
7
 
Jesse Barfield
107
8
 
Wade Boggs
107
9
 
Alan Trammell
107
10
 
Oddibe McDowell
105
11
 
George Bell
101
12
 
Cal Ripken
98
13
 
Jim Rice
98
14
 
Eric Davis
97
15
 
Mike Schmidt
97
16
 
Lou Whitaker
95
17
 
Marty Barrett
94
18
 
Vince Coleman
94
19
 
Keith Hernandez
94
20
 
Don Baylor
93

The list of the top 20 players who had the most hits during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Don Mattingly
238
2
 
Kirby Puckett
223
3
 
Tony Fernandez
213
4
 
Tony Gwynn
211
5
 
Steve Sax
210
6
 
Wade Boggs
207
7
 
Joe Carter
200
8
 
Jim Rice
200
9
 
George Bell
198
10
 
Tim Raines
194
11
 
Von Hayes
186
12
 
Kevin Bass
184
13
 
Julio Franco
183
14
 
Marty Barrett
179
15
 
Ryne Sandberg
178
16
 
Cal Ripken
177
17
 
Johnny Ray
174
18
 
Dave Parker
174
19
 
Wally Joyner
172
20
 
Gary Gaetti
171

The list of the top 20 players who had the most doubles during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Don Mattingly
53
2
 
Wade Boggs
47
3
 
Von Hayes
46
4
 
Steve Sax
43
5
 
Marty Barrett
39
6
 
Bill Buckner
39
7
 
Jim Rice
39
8
 
George Bell
38
9
 
Shawon Dunston
37
10
 
Kirby Puckett
37
11
 
Frank White
37
12
 
Sid Bream
37
13
 
Juan Samuel
36
14
 
Joe Carter
36
15
 
Jesse Barfield
35
16
 
Jim Morrison
35
17
 
Cal Ripken
35
18
 
Tim Raines
35
19
 
Gary Gaetti
34
20
 
Scott Fletcher
34

The list of the top 20 players who had the most triples during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Brett Butler
14
2
 
Mitch Webster
13
3
 
Juan Samuel
12
4
 
Ruben Sierra
10
5
 
Tim Raines
10
6
 
Tony Fernandez
9
7
 
Joe Carter
9
8
 
Vince Coleman
8
9
 
Lonnie Smith
7
10
 
Oddibe McDowell
7
11
 
Andy Van Slyke
7
12
 
Robin Yount
7
13
 
Randy Bush
7
14
 
Leon Durham
7
15
 
Dale Murphy
7
16
 
Tony Gwynn
7
17
 
Willie McGee
7
18
 
Spike Owen
7
19
 
Lenny Dykstra
7
20
 
Alan Trammell
7

The list of the top 20 players who had the most home runs during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Jesse Barfield
40
2
 
Mike Schmidt
37
3
 
Dave Kingman
35
4
 
Gary Gaetti
34
5
 
Rob Deer
33
6
 
Jose Canseco
33
7
 
Don Mattingly
31
8
 
Kirby Puckett
31
9
 
Don Baylor
31
10
 
Glenn Davis
31
11
 
George Bell
31
12
 
Dave Parker
31
13
 
Pete Incaviglia
30
14
 
Kent Hrbek
29
15
 
Dale Murphy
29
16
 
Joe Carter
29
17
 
Steve Balboni
29
18
 
Darrell Evans
29
19
 
Larry Parrish
28
20
 
Rickey Henderson
28

The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs batted in (RBI) during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Joe Carter
121
2
 
Mike Schmidt
119
3
 
Jose Canseco
117
4
 
Dave Parker
116
5
 
Don Mattingly
113
6
 
Jim Rice
110
7
 
Gary Gaetti
108
8
 
Jesse Barfield
108
9
 
George Bell
108
10
 
Jim Presley
107
11
 
Gary Carter
105
12
 
Dave Winfield
104
13
 
Bill Buckner
102
14
 
Glenn Davis
101
15
 
Wally Joyner
100
16
 
Von Hayes
98
17
 
Dwight Evans
97
18
 
Doug DeCinces
96
19
 
Kevin McReynolds
96
20
 
Kirby Puckett
96

The list of the top 20 players who had the most stolen bases during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Vince Coleman
107
2
 
Rickey Henderson
87
3
 
Eric Davis
80
4
 
Tim Raines
70
5
 
Gary Pettis
50
6
 
John Cangelosi
50
7
 
Mariano Duncan
48
8
 
Juan Samuel
42
9
 
Bill Doran
42
10
 
Steve Sax
40
11
 
Billy Hatcher
38
12
 
Tony Gwynn
37
13
 
Mitch Webster
36
14
 
Barry Bonds
36
15
 
Kirk Gibson
34
16
 
Ryne Sandberg
34
17
 
Willie Wilson
34
18
 
Oddibe McDowell
33
19
 
Alfredo Griffin
33
20
 
Brett Butler
32

The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (batting) during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Wade Boggs
105
2
 
Dwight Evans
97
3
 
Willie Randolph
94
4
 
Keith Hernandez
94
5
 
Reggie Jackson
92
6
 
Darrell Evans
91
7
 
Brian Downing
90
8
 
Rickey Henderson
89
9
 
Mike Schmidt
89
10
 
Ken Phelps
88
11
 
Pete O'Brien
87
12
 
Chili Davis
84
13
 
Ken Oberkfell
83
14
 
Bill Doran
81
15
 
George Brett
80
16
 
Ozzie Smith
79
17
 
Willie Upshaw
78
18
 
Eddie Murray
78
19
 
Tim Raines
78
20
 
Phil Bradley
77

The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (batting) during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Pete Incaviglia
185
2
 
Rob Deer
179
3
 
Jose Canseco
175
4
 
Jim Presley
172
5
 
Danny Tartabull
157
6
 
Jesse Barfield
146
7
 
Steve Balboni
146
8
 
Juan Samuel
142
9
 
Darryl Strawberry
141
10
 
Dale Murphy
141
11
 
Brook Jacoby
137
12
 
Phil Bradley
134
13
 
Gary Pettis
132
14
 
Dave Kingman
126
15
 
Dave Parker
126
16
 
Cory Snyder
123
17
 
Lloyd Moseby
122
18
 
Mike Pagliarulo
120
19
 
Dwight Evans
117
20
 
Reggie Jackson
115

The list of the top 20 players who had the most wins during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Roger Clemens
24
2
 
Jack Morris
21
3
 
Fernando Valenzuela
21
4
 
Teddy Higuera
20
5
 
Mike Krukow
20
6
 
Dennis Rasmussen
18
7
 
Bob Ojeda
18
8
 
Mike Scott
18
9
 
Mike Witt
18
10
 
Kirk McCaskill
17
11
 
Charlie Hough
17
12
 
Dwight Gooden
17
13
 
Bob Knepper
17
14
 
Bert Blyleven
17
15
 
Oil Can Boyd
16
16
 
Sid Fernandez
16
17
 
Frank Viola
16
18
 
Tom Candiotti
16
19
 
Don Sutton
15
20
 
Rick Rhoden
15

The list of the top 20 players who had the most losses during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Rick Mahler
18
2
 
Richard Dotson
17
3
 
Mike Morgan
17
4
 
Zane Smith
16
5
 
Rick Reuschel
16
6
 
Scott McGregor
15
7
 
Jose Guzman
15
8
 
Neal Heaton
15
9
 
Mark Langston
14
10
 
Mike Smithson
14
11
 
Ed Correa
14
12
 
Orel Hershiser
14
13
 
Steve Carlton
14
14
 
Jim Clancy
14
15
 
Rick Sutcliffe
14
16
 
Bert Blyleven
14
17
 
Floyd Bannister
14
18
 
Tom Seaver
13
19
 
Tom Browning
13
20
 
Mike LaCoss
13

The list of the top 20 players who had the most complete games during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Fernando Valenzuela
20
2
 
Tom Candiotti
17
3
 
Bert Blyleven
16
4
 
Jack Morris
15
5
 
Teddy Higuera
15
6
 
Mike Witt
14
7
 
Rick Rhoden
12
8
 
Dwight Gooden
12
9
 
Bruce Hurst
11
10
 
Mike Moore
11
11
 
Oil Can Boyd
10
12
 
Kirk McCaskill
10
13
 
Roger Clemens
10
14
 
Mike Krukow
10
15
 
Mark Langston
9
16
 
Mike Morgan
9
17
 
Walt Terrell
9
18
 
Mike Smithson
8
19
 
Charlie Leibrandt
8
20
 
Bob Knepper
8

The list of the top 20 players who had the most shutouts during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Jack Morris
6
2
 
Mike Scott
5
3
 
Bob Knepper
5
4
 
Bruce Hurst
4
5
 
Teddy Higuera
4
6
 
Juan Nieves
3
7
 
Mike Witt
3
8
 
Bob Welch
3
9
 
Jim Clancy
3
10
 
Fernando Valenzuela
3
11
 
Bert Blyleven
3
12
 
Tom Candiotti
3
13
 
Scott Nielsen
2
14
 
Jimmy Key
2
15
 
Floyd Youmans
2
16
 
Tim Leary
2
17
 
Scott McGregor
2
18
 
Bob Ojeda
2
19
 
Kirk McCaskill
2
20
 
Charlie Hough
2

The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (pitching) during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Bobby Witt
143
2
 
Ed Correa
126
3
 
Mark Langston
123
4
 
Floyd Youmans
118
5
 
Jose Rijo
108
6
 
Tom Candiotti
106
7
 
Zane Smith
105
8
 
Eric Plunk
102
9
 
David Palmer
102
10
 
Walt Terrell
98
11
 
Rick Sutcliffe
96
12
 
Phil Niekro
95
13
 
Rick Mahler
95
14
 
Kevin Gross
94
15
 
Mike Moore
94
16
 
Kirk McCaskill
92
17
 
Sid Fernandez
91
18
 
Charlie Hough
89
19
 
Dave Stieb
87
20
 
Orel Hershiser
86

The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (pitching) during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Mike Scott
306
2
 
Mark Langston
245
3
 
Fernando Valenzuela
242
4
 
Roger Clemens
238
5
 
Jack Morris
223
6
 
Bert Blyleven
215
7
 
Mike Witt
208
8
 
Teddy Higuera
207
9
 
Floyd Youmans
202
10
 
Kirk McCaskill
202
11
 
Dwight Gooden
200
12
 
Sid Fernandez
200
13
 
Nolan Ryan
194
14
 
Frank Viola
191
15
 
Ed Correa
189
16
 
Ron Darling
184
17
 
Bob Welch
183
18
 
Mike Krukow
178
19
 
Jose Rijo
176
20
 
Mike Boddicker
175

The list of the top 20 players who had the most saves during the 1986 MLB Season.

1
 
Dave Righetti
46
2
 
Todd Worrell
36
3
 
Jeff Reardon
35
4
 
Don Aase
34
5
 
Dave Smith
33
6
 
Lee Smith
31
7
 
Steve Bedrosian
29
8
 
John Franco
29
9
 
Tom Henke
27
10
 
Gene Garber
24
11
 
Willie Hernandez
24
12
 
Roger McDowell
22
13
 
Rich Gossage
21
14
 
Donnie Moore
21
15
 
Jesse Orosco
21
16
 
Ernie Camacho
20
17
 
Greg Harris
20
18
 
Mark Clear
16
19
 
Bob Stanley
16
20
 
Jay Howell
16