Here is a comprehensive summary of the 1986 New York Mets season:

The 1986 New York Mets, guided by general manager Frank Cashen and manager Davey Johnson, won their second and most recent World Series championship, posting a franchise-best 108–54 record and dominating the NL East by a staggering 21.5 games over the Philadelphia Phillies. The season began on April 8 with a victory over Pittsburgh, and the team never relinquished first place. Their postseason featured dramatic extra-inning Game 6 victories in both the NLCS against the Houston Astros and the World Series against the Boston Red Sox, each won after being down to their final at-bat. This success was the culmination of a rebuild that began with the 1980 purchase of the team by Nelson Doubleday Jr. and Fred Wilpon, who hired Cashen to develop stars like Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, and Ron Darling. Though widely considered one of the best teams in MLB history, their legacy is also famously marred by a notorious off-field culture of heavy drinking and partying during the season.