In the bottom of the tenthinning of Game 6 of the1986 World Series between theBoston Red Sox and theNew York Mets atShea Stadium inFlushing, Queens,New York on October 25, 1986, Boston first basemanBill Buckner made a fieldingerror[1] that resulted in the Mets winning the game; it remains one of the most memorable plays inbaseball history.
With the Red Sox leading the best-of-seven series three games to two but having allowed the Mets to tie the game with three runs in the bottom of the tenth, with two outs and a runner on second base, New York'sMookie Wilson hit a seemingly routine groundball along the first base foul line that Buckner, known to be playing through injury, was unable to field. The ball rolled between Buckner's legs and into right field, allowing the Mets'Ray Knight to come around from second to score the winning run. The win tied the series at three games each; New York completed another come-from-behind victory in Game 7 to win the championship.
Despite other mitigating factors – such as that the speedy Wilson may have been safe at first even if Buckner had fielded the ball[2], or that Boston's pitching had already squandered a three-run lead and that Buckner making the play would have merely prolonged the game and not clinched victory for Boston – the play is often known as the "Buckner play" and the loss blamed on the play's eponymous figure. The play was long considered part of acurse on the Red Sox that kept them from winning theWorld Series,[3][4] and it led to years of fan anger and public mockery that Buckner handled graciously before being embraced by Red Sox fans again after their2004 World Series victory. Buckner himself, though having played a lengthy 21-season career inMajor League Baseball and amassing over 2,700 hits, remains most remembered for his error in the minds of many.[5][6]
The Boston Red Sox entered the 1986 season having not won the World Seriesin 68 years, this following a period of being a formidable power in the early 20th century. Their misfortunes during this stretch were sometimes attributed to a curse on the Red Sox, later colloquially known as theCurse of the Bambino, that supposedly prevented Boston from winning another World Series due to their infamous dealing ofBabe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920. In 1986, it appeared that theBoston Red Sox's fortunes could change. The team's hitting and offense had remained strong with Buckner,Dwight Evans,Don Baylor, and futureHall of FamersJim Rice andWade Boggs, who would win 5 batting titles.Roger Clemens led the pitching staff, going 24–4 with a 2.48ERA to win both theAmerican LeagueCy Young andMost Valuable Player awards. Clemens became the first starting pitcher to win both awards sinceVida Blue in 1971. (This feat has been replicated twice since then byJustin Verlander in 2011 andClayton Kershaw in 2014). The Red Sox took over first place in theAL East in the middle of May and did not relinquish it, ultimately winning the division, for the first time in 11 seasons, by 51⁄2 games over their rivalNew York Yankees.
Before the1986 New York Mets season,Nelson Doubleday Jr. sold his publishing company to the(then) West German multinational corporationBertelsmann AG, and used the proceeds from the sale to buy the Mets in his own name for $81 million. He then sold a half-stake toFred Wilpon, making them equal partners in the team. Unlike the league champion Mets of1969 (who went on to win theMets' only World Series title to that point) or1973, the 1986 Mets hit the ground running, breaking away from the rest of the division early and dominating throughout the entire year. They won 20 of their first 24 games, clinched theEast Division title on September 17, and finished the year 108–54, which tied with the1975 Cincinnati Reds for the third highest win total in National League history, behind the1906 Chicago Cubs (116) and the1909 Pittsburgh Pirates (110).
In 1986, 36-year-old Bill Buckner was in his 16th full season and 18th overall in the major leagues. He first appeared in 1969 for theLos Angeles Dodgers, playing for them until being traded to theChicago Cubs before the 1977 season, and playing there until being traded to the Red Sox during the 1984 season. Over his career, he had batted over .300 in seven different seasons, won the batting title in 1980, led the league in doubles twice, was an All-Star in1981 and finished in the top 10 of MVP voting in 1981 and 1982. After the 1986 regular season, he had accumulated over 2400 hits in his career to that point.
During the1985 season, Buckner started all 162 games and shattered his own big league record with 184 assists. Offensively, he batted .299, with 16 home runs and 110 runs batted in. His average dropped to .267 in 1986, but he still homered a career-high 18 times and drove in 102 runs. Toward the end of the season, the aging Buckner was hobbled by injuries to both of his ankles, but missed only nine games in the regular season. Prior to the 1986 postseason, he appeared in the postseason only one other time, as aDodger in 1974, where they won theNational League Championship Series before losing to theOakland Athletics in theWorld Series. Appearing as a left fielder in 9 games, he hit .211 with a home run and did not make a defensive error.
In theNational League Championship Series, the Mets faced theHouston Astros, who had yet to win a pennant. After splitting the first two games, the Mets won three of the next four, all by one run, courtesy of a ninth-inningLenny Dykstra two-runwalk-off homer in Game 3, a 12th-inningGary Carter walk-off RBI single in Game 5, and a 16-inning marathon Game 6 win in Houston after having entered the ninth inning down 3–0. The Mets clinched the National League pennant and earned their thirdWorld Series appearance, their first since1973; the sixteen-inning clinching victory was the longest postseason game in terms of innings at the time (fifth-longest as of 2025).[7]
The Red Sox faced theCalifornia Angels, who were also looking for their first pennant victory, in theAmerican League Championship Series. The teams split the first two games in Boston, but the Angels won the next two games at theirhome stadium to take a 3–1 series lead. California then took a 5–2 lead entering the ninth inning of Game 5, needing just three outs to advance to its first ever World Series. In the top of the ninth, Buckner led off with a single, and a subsequent two-runhomer byDon Baylor cut the lead to one, but the Angels got two outs in the inning, and the Red Sox still found themselves trailing by a run with a runner on base. With Boston just one strike away from elimination, Red Sox outfielderDave Henderson hit a two-run home run offDonnie Moore to put Boston up 6–5 (ironically, in anotherinfamous postseason baseball moment that was largely blamed on a single player in Moore). Although the Angels tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, the Red Sox won in the 11th on a Hendersonsacrifice fly off Moore. The Red Sox then won easily atFenway Park in Games 6 and 7 by a combined 13 runs to win the American League title and advance to their first World Series since1975.
Buckner was 6-for-28 batting (.214) in the series and hit safely in each of the last four games, and did not make an error in the field. In all four wins, for defensive purposes he was swapped out during the game for the youngerDave Stapleton; Stapletonpinch-ran for Buckner three of those times.
The Red Sox surprisingly won the first two games on the road over the heavily favored Mets by scores of 1–0 and 9–3, only to surrender the next two games to the Mets at home, 7–1 and 6–2. In Game 5, Boston scored four runs off New York starterDwight Gooden and held on for a 4–2 victory to take a 3–2 series lead, with the series heading back to New York for Game 6 and a potential Game 7.
Buckner struggled to a 4-for-23 (.174) mark at the plate through the first five games, but hit safely in the first two games to extend his postseason hitting streak to six, and also recorded a hit in the Game 5 win. In each of the three Red Sox wins, as in the prior series, Stapleton was used as a late-inning defensive replacement for Buckner, though Buckner did not commit an error in any of the first five games.
Boston scored one run in each of the first two innings of Game 6, but New York scored two in the fifth to tie it. In the seventh, Boston'sMarty Barrett scored on an RBI groundout fromDwight Evans in an inning that was aided by a Buckner groundout to advance Barrett and an error by Mets third basemanRay Knight. The Red Sox missed further opportunities to score however, with a runner getting thrown out at the plate to end the seventh inning and Buckner himself flying out with bases loaded and two outs in the eighth. After Red Sox manager controversially removed starting pitcherRoger Clemens for relieverCalvin Schiraldi entering the eighth, the Mets answered with a bases loadedsacrifice fly. With the score tied at 3 going into the bottom of the ninth, the Mets' first two batters reached base (one via an error by Boston catcherRich Gedman) but they did not score, and the game went intoextra innings.
Boston's Dave Henderson led off the top of the tenth inning with a home run to give the Red Sox a one-run lead. Despite another controversial McNamara move in allowing relief pitcher Schiraldi to bat instead of using apinch hitter, which led to an out, Boston scored again on a two-out double by Wade Boggs and single by Barrett, making the score 5–3. Buckner followed and washit by a pitch on his hip, but despite this, he was not pinch-ran for by Stapleton, nor was he replaced in the field in the bottom half of the inning. The next batter,Jim Rice, flied out to right to end the Red Sox half of the inning. Buckner finished 0-for-5 in Game 6, only reaching on the aforementioned hit-by-pitch.
McNamara chose to have Buckner take the field in the bottom of the inning, despite having pulled him for Stapleton in all seven previous Red Sox wins in the postseason. Schiraldi retired the first two batters,Wally Backman andKeith Hernandez, to bring Boston within an out of its first World Series win since 1918. After the second out, the scoreboard in Shea Stadium accidentally and briefly displayed "Congratulations Boston Red Sox, 1986 World Champions".
Schiraldi then surrenderedsingles toGary Carter and pinch-hitterKevin Mitchell, bringing the potential winning run to the plate inRay Knight. After Knight started his at-bat with an 0–2 count, he hit a third consecutive single, driving in Carter to make the score 5–4 and moving Mitchell, the tying run, to third. McNamara replaced Schiraldi with closerBob Stanley to face Mookie Wilson, who was hitting only .184 in the postseason. On the seventh pitch of the at-bat, with the count 2–2 and the Red Sox again one strike away from becoming champions, Stanley threw a wild pitch that nearly hit Wilson; Wilson leapt out of the way and the ball went all the way to the backstop, scoring Mitchell to tie the game at 5, and moving Knight, the winning run, to second.
Three pitches later, on the tenth pitch of the at-bat, Wilson reached out and hit a slow roller very close to the first base line, that took one big bounce before the heavy topspin caused it to skip much closer to the ground. Buckner was playing near the line but still had to move several steps over to his left in an attempt to field the ball. Approaching the ball as he was still moving to his left, and perhaps aware of Wilson's speed and trying to hurry the play, the ball rolled beside his glove, through his legs, and into right field. Knight easily scored the winning run from second base, visibly incredulous as he crossed home plate.[8] The final score was 6–5 in favor of the Mets.
Had Buckner fielded the ball but not in time to get Wilson at first, the score likely would have remained tied for the next Mets batter,Howard Johnson, with runners on first and third. Had Buckner fielded the ball and then put out Wilson at first base – either by himself or by throwing to a covering Stanley – Game 6 would have gone to an 11th inning.
The national radio coverage of the 1986 World Series was handled byCBS Radio Sports withJack Buck calling the play-by-play alongside thenDetroit Tigers managerSparky Anderson. The following is a word-for-word transcript[9] of Buck and Anderson's commentary during the final moments of Game 6:
Jack Buck: Wild pitch. Here's the pitch to Mookie Wilson. Winning run at second. Ground ball to first, it is a run—anERROR! AN ERROR BYBUCKNER! The winning run scores! The Mets win it 6–5 with three in the tenth! The ball went right through the legs of Buckner and the Mets with two men out and nobody on have scored three times to bring about a seventh game, which will be played here tomorrow night. Folks, it was unbelievable. An error, right through the legs of Buckner. There were two on, nobody out, a single byCarter, a single by Mitchell, a single by Ray Knight, a wild pitch, an error by Buckner. Three in the ninth for the Mets. They've won the game 6–5 and we shall play here... tomorrow night! Well, open up the history book, folks, we've got an entry for you...What do you think, Sparky?
Sparky Anderson: I never seen nothing like it. Here you got two out, two run lead, you figure Carter up, he can't even hurt you. He gets a base hit, another base hit, another base hit...wild pitches, ball rolls through the guys legs. I've never seen nothing like it, Jack.
Locally in Boston,radio coverage of the 1986 World Series was broadcast onWPLM withKen Coleman andJoe Castiglione on thecall.
Coleman: Knight at second. Three and two. The pitch... groundball to first base. Buckner...it goes by him! And here comes...the winning run! The Mets have won it...6 to 5 on a groundball to Buckner...that went through him...for what has to be an error! And Knight comes home. And the Mets are still alive! They are going wild inNew York! As the New York Mets after the Red Sox in the top of the 10th inning, got two with two men out and nobody on...come back and get three and win it....win it...6 to 5 to force Game 7 tomorrow night. Game 7 tomorrow night! And we'll be back with a recap...in a moment.[10]
Locally in New York,radio coverage the 1986 World Series was broadcast onWHN withBob Murphy andGary Thorne on thecall.[11]
Murphy: A slow ground ball went right through the legs of Buckner down theright field line. The Mets have won the ballgame. Three runs in the bottomhalf of the 10th inning. Three runs in the 10th inning. They were down totheir final strike twice in the bottom half of the 10th inning, they winthe ballgame. I thought the ground ball was going to be foul, it stayedfair. It went right through the legs of Billy Buckner and down the rightfield line.
Thorne: Bob, what is Billy Buckner doing in the game in the bottom of the 10th inning?
The 1986 World Series was televised byNBC withVin Scully on the call alongsideJoe Garagiola. Scully's call[12] of the final play in Game 6 of the1986 World Series would quickly become an iconic one to baseball fans, with the normally calm Scully growing increasingly excited:
So the winning run is at second base, with two outs, three and two toMookie Wilson. [A] little roller up along first... BEHIND THE BAG! IT GETS THROUGHBUCKNER! Here comesKnight, and theMets win it!
Scully then remained silent for more than three minutes, letting the pictures and the crowd noise tell the story. Scully resumed with
If one picture is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words, but more than that, you have seen an absolutely bizarre finish to Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The Mets are not only alive, they are well; and they will play theRed Sox in Game 7 tomorrow!
After the top of the tenth, NBC began setting up in the visiting clubhouse for what they believed was the inevitable postgame victory celebration by the Boston Red Sox. TheCommissioner's Trophy had been brought into the Red Sox clubhouse along with several bottles of champagne, andBob Costas was to preside over the presentation. However, afterBob Stanley's wild pitch in the bottom of the tenth, everything was quickly struck and removed from the room before the Red Sox returned. Costas later recalled the removal of all the equipment for the postgame celebration as being "like a scene change in a Broadway musical. In, out, gone, not a trace." Before the wild pitch, Costas had asked NBC Sports producerMichael Weisman in his ear what to do if the Mets tied the game, to which Weisman had replied, "Get your ass out of there as fast as you possibly can." However, Costas remained in the clubhouse with a skeletal crew until Buckner's error ended the game.
After a rainstorm postponed Game 7 by a day, Boston took a 3–0 lead on Mets starterRon Darling in the second inning via solo homers by Evans and Gedman, and an RBI single by Boggs. Boston held that margin heading into the bottom of the sixth inning when New York rallied again, scoring three runs off starterBruce Hurst to tie the game on three hits, a walk, and an unusual force out from the outfield after a Mets runner had confusion on whether the ball was caught or not. The play may have saved the Red Sox a run in that inning, but in the next inning Schiraldi entered and faltered again, allowing a leadoff home run and two more runs to give the Mets a 6–3 lead.
Buckner led off the eighth inning with a single – Boston's first baserunner since the fourth inning – as part of a 2-for-4 performance. He came around to score on a two-RBI double by Evans to make the score 6–5. However, the Mets stranded Boston's would-be tying run on second, and proceeded to score two runs of their own in the eighth on a home run byDarryl Strawberry and a surprising RBI single from relief pitcherJesse Orosco. Orosco retired Boston in order in the ninth to give the Mets their second and, as of 2024, their most recent World Series championship.
Mets pitcher Jesse Orosco ended the game by striking out Marty Barrett. Orosco then threw his glove high in the air and dropped to his knees while catcher Gary Carter ran to the mound to embrace him. This scene was captured on film and would become an iconic image, taken by Mets photographerGeorge Kalinsky, in Mets baseball history and in all of baseball. The Mets remained the only team to come within one strike of losing a World Series before recovering to become World Champions, until theSt. Louis Cardinals did it in 2011. The Mets winning this World Series is the highest-rated single World Series game to date. The Mets were also the first team to win a World Series in a potential clinching game delayed by rain, as Game 7 was postponed by one day.[13]
Regardless of any of the other perceived shortcomings that led to Boston's loss in the 1986 World Series, Buckner's error epitomized the "Curse of the Bambino"[14][15][16][17] in the minds of Red Sox fans, and he soon became the scapegoat for a frustrated fan base.[18]
While not falling under the curse in the traditional sense, Buckner's infamous gaffe in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series can also be interpreted to fit theEx-Cubs Factor and/or theCurse of the Billy Goat. Upon video analysis, Buckner, a formerChicago Cub for seven seasons, was shown to be wearing a Cubs batting glove[19] under his mitt when he made the error.
Buckner began receiving death threats and was heckled and booed by some of his own home fans, often with the false belief or implication that his play alone could have instantly won the series for the Red Sox.[20] Meanwhile, he was the focal point of derision from the fans of opposing teams on the road—especially when he faced the Mets inspring training of 1987—and during his first regular-season at bat atYankee Stadium.[21] He recorded his 2,500th career hit on May 19, an RBI single in a 4-1 road loss to theKansas City Royals, but the Red Sox released Buckner on July 23 after he recorded a .273 batting average, 2 home runs, and 42 RBI in 75 games.[22]
After spending his last few seasons with theCalifornia Angels,Kansas City Royals, and the Red Sox, Buckner became the 21st player in MLB history toplay in four decades. He ended his career with 2,715hits and 498 doubles, having batted over .300 seven times. Buckner led his league in assists four times, with his 1985 mark remaining theAmerican League (AL) record. He retired with the fourth-most assists by a first baseman (1,351) in major league history despite not playing the position regularly until he was 27 years old. After retiring as a player, Buckner became areal estate developer inIdaho. He coached a number ofMinor League Baseball (MiLB) teams before leaving baseball in 2014.
The Red Sox returned to the postseason in 1988. With the club in fourth place midway through the 1988 season at the All-Star break, managerJohn McNamara was fired and replaced byJoe Morgan on July 15. Immediately the club won 12 games in a row, and 19 of 20 overall, to surge to the AL East title in what would be referred to asMorgan Magic. But the magic was short-lived, as the team was swept by theOakland Athletics in theALCS. Ironically, the MVP of that Series was former Red Sox pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame playerDennis Eckersley, whosaved all four wins for Oakland.
While the 1986 Mets were undeniably strong, they also gained infamy for off-the-field controversy. Both Strawberry and Gooden were youngsters who wound up burning out long before their time because of various substance abuse and personal problems. Hernandez's cocaine abuse was the subject of persistent rumors even before he joined the Mets, but he publicly acknowledged his addiction in 1985 and made a successful recovery. Lenny Dykstra's reputation was recently tainted by allegations ofsteroid use andgambling problems.[23]Instead of putting together a winning dynasty, the problems caused the Mets to soon fall apart.[24]Despite Darryl Strawberry's numerous off-the-field mishaps, he remained the Mets' all-time leader in home runs until 2025 when passed byPete Alonso.
This World Series championship by the Mets had a strange twist:Lou Gorman, the general manager of the Red Sox, was vice president, player personnel, of the Mets from 1980 to 1983. Working under Mets GMFrank Cashen, with whom Gorman served with the Orioles, he helped lay the foundation for the Mets' championship.
Charlie Sheen purchased the "Buckner Ball" at auction in1992 for $93,000, and for a long time, it resided in the collection of songwriterSeth Swirsky, who refers to it as the "Mookie Ball".[25] The ball was on loan for a time from Swirsky to the Mets to display in their Mets Hall of Fame and Museum, and it was among the most popular artifacts for fans to see. On May 3, 2012, Swirsky sold the ball throughHeritage Auctions for $418,250.[26][27][28]
Buckner made a cameo appearance at the beginning of the sports parody filmThe Comebacks andwas featured in an episode of theHBO seriesCurb Your Enthusiasm, in which he redeems himself by catching a baby thrown from a burning building.”[29] Also, he made a cameo appearance in the pilot episode of the short-lived sitcomInside Schwartz, advising the title character to "just let it go." In 1995, Buckner appeared along withMichael Jordan,Stan Musial,Willie Mays andKen Griffey Jr. in a commercial for the shoemakerNike in whichSpike Lee, in character asMars Blackmon, compares Jordan's baseball skills to Musial, Mays, Griffey and Buckner. The punch line is a visual reference to Buckner's 1986 World Series error.[30] His famous 1986 World Series miscue is also referenced in the filmsCeltic Pride,Rounders, andFever Pitch. The play also is referenced in an episode ofThe Simpsons titled "Brother's Little Helper"[31] and in the musicalJohnny Baseball.[32] On October 23, 2008, during former Federal Reserve chairmanAlan Greenspan's testimony in House hearings on the2008 financial crisis,RepresentativeJohn Yarmuth referred to Greenspan as one of "three Bill Buckners."[33] Buckner and Mookie Wilson appeared in anMLB Network commercial for the 2016 postseason, "Catching Up", marking the 30th anniversary of the 1986 World Series and their roles in it.[34]
Buckner is mentioned inThe Areas of My Expertise in a series of New England sports references. In the book,John Hodgman describes a (fictional) radio personality and recounts the premonition she had regarding Buckner's infamous error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.[35]
TheLeonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, in Boston, is colloquially referred to by locals as the Bill Buckner Bridge because traffic goes between the "legs" of the bridge, like Buckner's 1986 World Series fielding error.[36][37] The nickname is now spoken fondly, since Buckner and Sox fans thought fondly of each other after the 2004 World Series win.
Leon Durham is himself widely remembered for an error that he made at first base during the1984 National League Championship Series. In the bottom of the seventh inning in the decisive fifth game[38] between Durham'sChicago Cubs and theSan Diego Padres, the Padres sent pinch-hitterTim Flannery to face the Cubs' ace pitcherRick Sutcliffe. (Coincidentally, Buckner was previously a member of the1984 Chicago Cubs but was traded to the Red Sox mid-season.)
Through the top of the sixth inning, the Cubs had a 3–0 lead, aided by Durham's home run offEric Show in the first inning.[39] In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Padres cut the Cubs' lead to 3–2 with a pair of singles byAlan Wiggins andTony Gwynn, a walk toSteve Garvey, and sacrifice flies byGraig Nettles andTerry Kennedy. The bottom of the seventh inning kicked off withCarmelo Martínez walking on four pitches from Sutcliffe.Garry Templeton then sacrificed Martínez to second, setting things up for Tim Flannery. Martinez would then score when Flannery hit a sharp grounder that trickled through Leon Durham's legs for an error.
The error became known as the "Gatorade Glove Play" because before taking his position in the field that inning,Gatorade was spilled on Durham's glove. Some Cub fans believe the Gatorade spilled on Durham's glove amounted to a curse, similar to thegoat andBartman curses of Cub lore.
The play would also turn out to be very similar, in style and effect, to Bill Buckner's much-discussed error in the1986 World Series. The coincidental connection between these two events is that Durham had been moved from the outfield to first base during the 1984 season, replacing Buckner after the Cubs traded him to theBoston Red Sox for pitcherDennis Eckersley. Buckner's error, like Durham's, would be seen as turning a post-season series around. The same joke even circulated for both incidents: That they had been despondent, jumped in front of a moving truck, and "the truck went between their legs".
The Padres wound up winning the game 6–3 to reach theWorld Series for the first time ever. The Cubs had won the first 2 games of the series (1984 marked the last time that theLeague Championship Series was a best-of-five series) over the Padres. Incidentally, Durham went 3-for-20 in the NLCS, garnering two of his three hits in the final two games on home runs (his shot in Game 4 had given the Cubs a 3–2 lead).[40]
The Phillies were the first team to have a potential clinching game in the World Series delayed by rain since the Mets and the Red Sox had to wait an extra day before playing Game 7 of the 1986 World Series, thanks to A) Bill Buckner (and accomplices) and B) a rainout the night after the Buckner game.
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