Check out stats on every major league baseball world series mvp winner since 1911 on. Counting down the 1986 mets top 10 postseason highlights. Former nl mvp george foster was released a few days. Jul 23, 2009 the 1986 boston red sox were within one strike of winning the world series on three consecutive batters, and each time, the result was a single. Madison bumgarner has put the giants in a position to win a world series with two absolutely dominant performances in games 1 and 5. The dh had been used in both the al and nl park in the world series in even years from 1976 through 1985, until the rule was changed by commissioner peter ueberroth late in the 1986 season to follow the rule of the home park starting with the 86 world series. The 1986 world series featured the major leagues best team, the new york mets 10854, who were seeking their second title in franchise history against the boston red sox 9566, who were making their first appearance since 1975 and seeking their first world series title since 1918.
The 1986 world series pitted the new york mets against the boston red sox. Nbc displayed a graphic naming sox player bruce hurst as world series mvp, and shea stadiums scoreboard congratulated the red sox as world champions. The 1986 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1986. New york bruce hurst, the mickey lolich of the 1986 world series, rates as a leading candidate for mvp. What looked to be a marquee matchup in game 2 between the mets dwight gooden the nl rookie of the year from 1984 and the nl cy young award winner from 1985 and red sox roger clemens the new phenom du jour after winning the 1986 al cy young award fizzled out in the early innings. Catching up with bruce hurst, the series mvp who wasnt. He is best remembered for his brilliant performance for the boston red sox in the 1986 postseason. Catching up with bruce hurst, the series mvp who wasnt the. Madison bumgarner, bruce hurst, and the shortest world series mvp in history. World series performance that preemptively won him the 1986 ws mvp.
The sox got off to a 20 lead in the series after bruce hurst and roger clemens beat darling and gooden. Its easy to forget that the red sox had a lead in game 7. And before that play happened, bruce hurst had already been voted most valuable player of the 1986 world series. In 1986, despite spending six midsummer weeks on the disabled list with a pulled groin, hurst posted a 2. In that game, bruce hurst of the red sox was prematurely announced as mvp of the world series. Bruce vee hurst, mlb, major league baseball pitcher for the boston red sox named 1986 world series mvp prior to the new york mets miraculous comeback. Nfl buffalo bills bruce smith collector pin series mvp premier edition ace 1st. Dennis oil can boyd added 16 wins while bruce hurst won games and had a 2. He is best remembered for his performance for the boston red sox in the 1986 postseason, named 1986 world series mvp prior to the new york mets miraculous comeback in game 6 of the world series. Hurst has won two games for the boston red sox, pitching 17 innings while allowing two. Statistics is included to allow nonenglish speakers to find our pages. Bruce hurst society for american baseball research. He is best remembered for his performance for the boston red sox in the 1986 postseason, named 1986 world series mvp prior to the new york mets miraculous comeback in game 6 of the world series boston red sox.
However, a strong finish helped win him the series mvp. Hurst was selected by the red sox with the 22nd overall pick in the 1976 major. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is ed by retrosheet. He is best remembered for his performance for the boston red sox in the 1986 postseason, named 1986 world series mvp prior to. The new york mets won the 86 world series fueled by. Bruce hurst was set to be named the world series mvp minutes before the mets comeback. In 1986, boston red sox lefthander bruce hurst put up a similar performance in games 1 and 5, and was ticketed for history as the world series mvp in bostons first world series title since 1918. Game 7 monday, october 27, 1986 at shea stadium in queens, new york. After the emotional rollercoaster of game 6 and a rainout the day after, the sox jumped out to a 30 lead in game 7 against ron darling.
New york stormed back to tie the series at 22 but fell in game five to give boston a 32 lead. Hurst was three years removed from an impressive 20, 1. Career baseball statistics for bruce hurst, plus bio information, awards and more. Their starting pitching was strong led by 24game winner roger clemens, who would eventually be named the cy young and mvp award winners in the al. The score in game 6 stood at 33 after nine innings. Is bill buckner to blame for red sox losing 1986 world series mlb. They jumped on mets starter ron darling for three runs in the top of the second inning, but bruce hurst gave the runs back in the bottom of the sixth.
Bruce vee hurst born march 24, 1958 is a former major league baseball lefthanded starting pitcher. Hurst would have been named mvp of the series had the sox held on to win. They got a complete game from bruce hurst to win game 5, giving themselves a 32 series lead and putting them just nine innings away from. Glancing over the wpa numbers for 1960, it doesnt look like law would be the natural mvp choice. I loved playing there, said southpaw bruce hurst, who hurled for the boston red sox from 1980 to 1988 before signing as a free agent with the san diego padres.
Game 6 in shea stadium is a postseason classic that rests in mets and mlb lore. Game 6 of the 1986 world series has been talked about so much over the years that game 7 is largely forgotten. Since hurst had done so well to that point after all, he was set to be named world series mvp before the mets rallied to win game 6. Jan 23, 2020 the 1986 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1986 season. The new york mets won the 86 world series fueled by cocaine. He won game one 10 and game five 42 to gave boston a 32 lead in the series. After all, the writers voted bruce hurst of the red sox the mvp of the 1986 world series in the middle of the 10th inning of game six. The 1986 boston red sox really were losers bleacher.
For the new york mets, it was a glorious comeback and a fitting championship finish to a remarkable season. Game 1 of the 1986 world series pitted lefty bruce hurst going. The mets entered the world series as big favorites, having won 108 games during the regular season. Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. Bruce hurst center sat with dejected red sox teammates wade boggs and al nipper as the 1986 world series slipped away. He won two games in the world series, including a 10 masterpiece in game 1. Mlb awards world series mvp major league baseball espn. Madison bumgarner, bruce hurst, and the shortest world series. Dec 09, 2003 orlando, florida, usa former major league baseball pitcher frank viola, right, and his wife kathy, left, and his wife kathy stand with one of their horses in front of their. And when the bats of wade boggs, jim rice, dwight evans and dave henderson pummeled dwight gooden for a 93 victory in game two, the fenway faithful began to sense that their 68 year wait for a world series championship, may soon be over. The bruce hurst world series stats seen below include his world series yearbyyear. Their bullpen had problems in the regular season and.
From unsung heroes like bruce hurst, rich gedman, marty barrett, wally backman, danny heep, and roger mcdowell, to stars like roger clemens, jim. Bostons bruce hurst dominated the mets with his looping curve and forkball, allowing only. Not absolutely certain, but its either in reference to bruce hurst, 1986 world series mvp or george hurst, cofounder of hurstcampbell which is known today as hurst performance inc. New york over houston 4 games to 2 the mets entered the world series as big favorites, having won 108 games during the regular season.
They jumped on mets starter ron darling for three runs in the top of the second inning, but bruce hurst gave the. In 2011, mlb network ranked this as the third greatest game of the preceding fifty years. Things looked promising for boston in the beginning. If the red sox had hung on to win that memorable fall classic against the mets, hurst would have been the mvp.
Oct 29, 2014 in 1986, boston red sox lefthander bruce hurst put up a similar performance in games 1 and 5, and was ticketed for history as the world series mvp in bostons first world series title since 1918. The 1986 boston red sox really were losers bleacher report. Bruce hurst career major league baseball statistics and. Jul 15, 2019 the sox got off to a 20 lead in the series after bruce hurst and roger clemens beat darling and gooden. The gritty play of alcs mvp marty barrett and rich gedman. Rene lachemanns sons, then teenagers, were in the red sox clubhouse that night in new york when the sox were one strike away from winning their first world series since 1918. The first five games of the 1986 world series featured a wild series of backandforth skirmishes. World series 1986 team siege regular season new york mets 4 deutsch wikipedia.
Those 108 wins did them little good in game 1, however, as red sox starter bruce hurst pitched eight scoreless innings, and boston took the opener 10 on an unearned run. Roger clemens got the mvp and cy young award in 1986. Bobby richardson of the 1960 new york yankees is still the only world series mvp from a losing team. For the boston red sox, it was one strike away from glory. Nfl buffalo bills bruce smith collector pin series mvp 1st edition aceaa2. The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. The 1986 boston red sox were within one strike of winning the world series on three consecutive batters, and each time, the result was a single.
Game 1 opened with both teams going neck and neck down the stretch with bostons bruce hurst topping new yorks ron darling and roger mcdowell for the 10. Bruce hurst would have been named the world series most valuable player if the red sox had held on. Madison bumgarner, bruce hurst, and the shortest world. Ray knight started off slow for the new york mets in the 1986 world series.