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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