1986

1986 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1986.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Seibu Lions (PL) over the Hiroshima Toyo Carp (CL), 4 - 3 - 1 (Details)
    • Central League: Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Details)
    • Pacific League: Seibu Lions (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: Haitai Tigers defeated the Samsung Lions in the Korean Series (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Victoria

Europe

• European Cup: World Vision Parma, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Paris Université Club
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Mannheim Tornados
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Cleo Tijgers Amsterdam
  • Serie A1: Grohe Grosseto

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Mets (NL) over the Boston Red Sox (AL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Boston Red Sox (Details)
    • National League: New York Mets (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Indianapolis Indians (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Pulaski Braves
  • California League: Stockton Ports
  • Carolina League: Winston-Salem Spirits
  • Eastern League: Vermont Reds
  • Florida State League: St. Petersburg Cardinals
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Dodgers
  • International League: Richmond Braves (Details)
  • Midwest League: Waterloo Indians
  • New York-Penn League: St. Catharines Blue Jays
  • Northwest League: Bellingham Mariners
  • Pacific Coast League: Las Vegas Stars (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Salt Lake City Trappers
  • South Atlantic League: Columbia Mets
  • Southern League: Columbus Astros
  • Texas League: El Paso Diablos

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Angeles Negros de Puebla defeated the Sultanes de Monterrey in the finals, 4 - 1

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Industriales (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Maracaibo, Venezuela; Águilas de Mexicali (Mexico) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Tigres del Licey in the finals, 4 - 1
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Águilas de Mexicali
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Indios de Mayagüez
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Tiburones de La Guaira defeated the Leones del Caracas in the finals, 4 - 3

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): The University of Arizona defeated Florida State University in the finals, 10 - 2 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Troy State University over the Columbus State University, 5 - 0 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: Marietta College over the Ithaca College, 11 - 6 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Grand Canyon College over the Lewis-Clark State College, 6 - 5 (10 inn.) in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: San Jacinto College North
• Community College League of California: College of the Canyons over Rancho Santiago College 7 - 5 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Anchorage Glacier Pilots (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Toyo University defeated the Ryutsu-Keizai University in the final, 9 - 2 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Ikeda High School (Tokushima) defeat Utsunomiya Minami High School (Tochigi), 7 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Tenri High School (Nara) defeat Matsuyama Commercial High School (Ehime), 3 - 2 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Tainan Park (Tainan, Taiwan) defeat International (Tucson, AZ), 12 - 0 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in the Netherlands (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
• World Junior Championship in Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); United States (Bronze)
• Central American and Caribbean Games in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Netherlands Antilles (Silver); Venezuela (Bronze)
• Central American Games in Guatemala City, Guatemala (Details)
  • Nicaragua (Gold); Costa Rica (Silver); Honduras (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Fall of the Roman Umpire, by Ron Luciano and David Fisher
• Green Cathedrals, by Philip Lowry
• The Iowa Baseball Confederacy, by W.P. Kinsella
• Joe and Marilyn, by Roger Kahn
• Knuckle Balls, by Phil Niekro and Tom Bird

Song

• Right Field, by Peter, Paul and Mary

Film

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• A Winner Never Quits

Births

Further information: Births in 1986

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1986

Further Reading

• Brad Balukjian: The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2020. ISBN 978-1-4962-1874-2
• Zander Hollander, ed.: The Complete Handbook of Baseball: 1986 Season, Signet Books, New American Library, New York, NY, 1986. ISBN 0-451-14177-6