The 1986 New York Mets team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1986 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.
Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1986 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 1986 New York Mets salary list, a 1986 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 1986 New York Mets primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"If everyone pitched like that (Mike Scott), I don't think this game would make it. It would be too damned boring." - Keith Hernandez
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
38 | Rick Aguilera | 6-05 | 205 | Right | Right | 1961-12-31 |
32 | Rick Anderson | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Right | 1956-11-29 |
31 | Bruce Berenyi | 6-03 | 215 | Right | Right | 1954-08-21 |
12 | Ron Darling | 6-03 | 195 | Right | Right | 1960-08-19 |
50 | Sid Fernandez | 6-01 | 230 | Left | Left | 1962-10-12 |
16 | Dwight Gooden | 6-03 | 210 | Right | Right | 1964-11-16 |
26 | Terry Leach | 6-00 | 215 | Right | Right | 1954-03-13 |
36 | Ed Lynch | 6-06 | 230 | Right | Right | 1956-02-25 |
42 | Roger McDowell | 6-01 | 182 | Right | Right | 1960-12-21 |
43 | John Mitchell | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1965-08-11 |
48 | Randy Myers | 6-01 | 215 | Left | Left | 1962-09-19 |
40 | Randy Niemann | 6-04 | 200 | Left | Left | 1955-11-15 |
19 | Bob Ojeda | 6-01 | 190 | Left | Left | 1957-12-17 |
47 | Jesse Orosco | 6-02 | 205 | Left | Right | 1957-04-21 |
39 | Doug Sisk | 6-02 | 210 | Right | Right | 1957-09-26 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
8 | Gary Carter | 6-02 | 215 | Right | Right | 1954-04-08 |
35 | John Gibbons | 5-11 | 187 | Right | Right | 1962-06-08 |
49 | Ed Hearn | 6-03 | 215 | Right | Right | 1960-08-23 |
33 | Barry Lyons | 6-01 | 202 | Right | Right | 1960-06-03 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
6 | Wally Backman | 5-09 | 160 | Right | Both | 1959-09-22 |
29 | Tim Corcoran | 5-11 | 175 | Left | Left | 1953-03-19 |
2 | Kevin Elster | 6-02 | 200 | Right | Right | 1964-08-03 |
17 | Keith Hernandez | 6-00 | 195 | Left | Left | 1953-10-20 |
20 | Howard Johnson | 5-11 | 178 | Right | Both | 1960-11-29 |
22 | Ray Knight | 6-02 | 190 | Right | Right | 1952-12-28 |
29 | Dave Magadan | 6-03 | 200 | Right | Left | 1962-09-30 |
3 | Rafael Santana | 6-01 | 165 | Right | Right | 1958-01-31 |
11 | Tim Teufel | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Right | 1958-07-07 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
4 | Lenny Dykstra | 5-10 | 167 | Left | Left | 1963-02-10 |
15 | George Foster | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Right | 1948-12-01 |
25 | Danny Heep | 5-11 | 185 | Left | Left | 1957-07-03 |
27 | Stan Jefferson | 5-11 | 175 | Right | Both | 1962-12-04 |
13 | Lee Mazzilli | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Both | 1955-03-25 |
7 | Kevin Mitchell | 5-11 | 210 | Right | Right | 1962-01-13 |
18 | Darryl Strawberry | 6-06 | 200 | Left | Left | 1962-03-12 |
1 | Mookie Wilson | 5-10 | 170 | Right | Both | 1956-02-09 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1986 New York Mets Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1986 New York Mets played 162 games during the regular season, won 108 games, lost 54 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Shea Stadium (Park Factors: 97/95) where 2,767,601 fans witnessed their 1986 Mets finish the season with a .667 winning percentage.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1986 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 1986 New York Mets salary list, a 1986 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 1986 New York Mets primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1986 New York Mets Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?