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November 13, 1985: Kelvin Chapman was released by the New York Mets.November 13, 1985: Calvin Schiraldi, Wes Gardner, John Christensen, and La Schelle Tarver were traded by the Mets to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Ojeda, Tom McCarthy, John Mitchell and Chris Bayer (minors).The Mets concluded the season winning a club-record 108 games, two out of every three, and finishing the season 21 + 1⁄ 2 games in front of the Philadelphia Phillies. That meant winning the division by double digits. During spring training, Davey Johnson said to his players that they were not only going to win, but that they would dominate. With these acquisitions, many predicted an easy dominance within the division. The Mets added them to an existing veteran core including along with former MVPs George Foster and Keith Hernandez, veteran catcher Gary Carter and speedsters Wally Backman and Mookie Wilson. In the 1985–86 offseason, general manager Frank Cashen brought in Tim Teufel, a right-handed hitting infielder from the Minnesota Twins and Bob Ojeda, a left-handed pitcher from the Boston Red Sox. The rise continued in 1985, as they netted 98 wins and finished the season only 3 games behind the St. The Mets hired Davey Johnson to manage the ballclub in 1984, resulting in a solid season with 90 victories and a second-place finish. 11 57th Major League Baseball All-Star Gameĭarryl Strawberry and Ron Darling made their debuts in 1983, followed by Dwight Gooden and Sid Fernandez in 1984, and Lenny Dykstra and Roger McDowell in 1985.The team is often regarded as one of the best of all-time, being cited in 2021 by ESPN as a top contender for best MLB team of the previous half-century from 1970 to 2020. The 1986 Mets are one of just three National League teams (the other two are the 1975 Cincinnati Reds and the 2022 Los Angeles Dodgers) to have won twice as many games as lost in the regular season since 1909. They went on to defeat the Houston Astros in six games in the NLCS and the American League champion Boston Red Sox in seven games in the World Series. They improved from a 98–64 record in 1985 to finish the season with a franchise record 108–54 record, giving them the division title.

The 1986 New York Mets season was the Mets' 25th season in the National League.

( Bob Murphy, Gary Thorne, Juan Alicea (SP)) ( Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub) ( Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Steve Zabriskie, Rusty Staub)
