CF Lenny Dykstra .295, 8 HR, 45 RBI, 31 SB
2B Wally Backman .320, 1 HR, 27 RBI, 13 SB
1B Keith Hernandez .310, 13 HR, 83 RBI, 94 R
C Gary Carter .255, 24 HR, 105 RBI, 81 R
RF Darryl Strawberry .259, 27 HR, 93 RBI, 28 SB
3B Ray Knight .298, 11 HR, 76 RBI, 24 2B
LF Mookie Wilson .289, 9 HR, 45 RBI, 25 SB
SS Rafael Santana .218, 1 HR, 28 RBI, 36 BB
ROTATION
P Dwight Gooden 17-6, 2.84 ERA, 200 K
P Bob Ojeda 18-5, 2.57 ERA, 148 K
P Sid Fernandez 16-6, 3.52 ERA, 200 K
P Ron Darling 15-6, 3.52 ERA, 200 K
P Rick Aguilera 10-7, 3.88 ERA
Looks like a hell of a lineup and rotation to me. Their bench was also the best in the game. There was hardly a single weakness on that team; a rarity in any sport.
http://mets.scout.com/2/192750.html
A study of individual performances from the '86 Mets squad is bound to provoke the question: How did they win so many games with such mediocre stats? To answer that is to understand that the balance between pitching and offense was very much different in 1986 than it is today. That year, the Mets led the league with a .263 team batting average. By contrast, the 1999 Mets batted .279 and didn't even lead the National League. In '86, three Mets pitchers were among the top 5 in ERA, all under 3 runs per game. Today, aside from Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, and Greg Maddux, you would be hard pressed to find a team whose ace has an ERA under 3.5 and whose staff average is under 4. Darryl Strawberry led the '86 Mets in homers with 27. That was tied for 5th in the league. Today, that would be closer to 15th. Gary Carter was third in the NL in RBIs with 105. RBI machines like Manny Ramirez today can reach that total by the All-Star break.