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1986 MLB Season

League Leaders

Home Runs
  1. 1Jesse BarfieldTOR40
  2. 2Mike SchmidtPHI37
  3. 3Dave KingmanATH35
Hits
  1. 1Don MattinglyNYY238
  2. 2Kirby PuckettMIN223
  3. 3Tony FernándezTOR213
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Joe CarterCLE121
  2. 2Mike SchmidtPHI119
  3. 3José CansecoATH117
Runs
  1. 1Rickey HendersonNYY130
  2. 2Kirby PuckettMIN119
  3. 3Don MattinglyNYY117
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Vince ColemanSTL107
  2. 2Rickey HendersonNYY87
  3. 3Eric DavisCIN80
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Mike ScottHOU306
  2. 2Mark LangstonSEA245
  3. 3Fernando ValenzuelaLAD242
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Roger ClemensBOS24
  2. 2Fernando ValenzuelaLAD21
  3. 3Jack MorrisDET21
Saves
  1. 1Dave RighettiNYY46
  2. 2Todd WorrellSTL36
  3. 3Jeff ReardonWSH35

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Don MattinglyBAT17.8
  2. 2Jesse BarfieldBAT17.2
  3. 3Mike SchmidtBAT16.9
  4. 4Kirby PuckettBAT16.8
  5. 5Mike ScottPITCH16.2
  6. 6Mark EichhornPITCH16.1
  7. 7Joe CarterBAT15.9
  8. 8George BellBAT15.6
  9. 9Gary GaettiBAT15.5
  10. 10Rickey HendersonBAT15.5
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Barry BondsLF358.7
  2. 2Rafael Palmeiro1B260
  3. 3Greg MadduxP256.3
  4. 4Fred McGriff1B233.7
  5. 5Mark McGwire1B206.7
  6. 6Jamie MoyerP188.6
  7. 7Will Clark1B182.8
  8. 8Dan PlesacP181.5

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Pete Rose1B266.4
  2. 2Tony Perez1B236.6
  3. 3Tom SeaverP229.9
  4. 4George FosterLF179.4
  5. 5Dave Kingman1B177.9
  6. 6Cesar CedenoCF173.2
  7. 7Toby Harrah3B164.3
  8. 8Dusty Baker Jr.LF163.8

Teams · 26

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
New York Mets108-54306.1Darryl StrawberryPlayoffs
Houston Astros96-66280.9Mike ScottPlayoffs
Boston Red Sox95-66178.1Wade BoggsPlayoffs
Los Angeles Angels92-70206Brian DowningPlayoffs
New York Yankees90-72179.5Don Mattingly
Texas Rangers87-75195.7Pete O'Brien
Detroit Tigers87-75189.9Alan Trammell
Philadelphia Phillies86-75259.8Mike Schmidt
Cincinnati Reds86-76286.7Eric Davis
Toronto Blue Jays86-76188.8Jesse Barfield
Cleveland Indians84-78185.7Joe Carter
San Francisco Giants83-79312.7Scott Garrelts
St. Louis Cardinals79-82271.4Todd Worrell
Washington Nationals78-83245.7Tim Raines Sr.
Milwaukee Brewers77-84161.6Mark Clear
Athletics76-86181.2José Canseco
Kansas City Royals76-86171.5Steve Farr
San Diego Padres74-88244.6Kevin McReynolds
Los Angeles Dodgers73-89262.5Fernando Valenzuela
Baltimore Orioles73-89182Cal Ripken Jr.
Atlanta Braves72-89242.3Dale Murphy
Chicago White Sox72-90156.9Harold Baines
Chicago Cubs70-90216.7Lee Smith
Minnesota Twins71-91157.7Kirby Puckett
Seattle Mariners67-95137.6Danny Tartabull
Pittsburgh Pirates64-98280.3Jim Morrison

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.