The 1986 roster for the Mets included Dwight Gooden at pitcher, Gary Carter at catcher, Keith Hernandez at first baseman, Wally Backman at second baseman and Ray Knight at third baseman.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Rick Aguilera R. Aguilera	P	6'5"	205	12/31/1961	24	San Gabriel, CA
2	Rick Anderson R. Anderson	P	6'0"	175	11/29/1956	29	Everett, WA
3	Wally Backman W. Backman	2B	5'9"	160	9/22/1959	26	Hillsboro, OR
4	Bruce Berenyi B. Berenyi	P	6'3"	215	8/21/1954	31	Bryan, OH
5	Gary Carter G. Carter	C	6'2"	215	4/8/1954	32	Culver City, CA
6	Tim Corcoran T. Corcoran	1B	5'11"	175	3/19/1953	33	Glendale, CA
7	Ron Darling R. Darling	P	6'3"	195	8/19/1960	25	Honolulu, HI
8	Lenny Dykstra L. Dykstra	OF	5'10"	167	2/10/1963	23	Santa Ana, CA
9	Kevin Elster K. Elster	SS	6'2"	200	8/3/1964	21	San Pedro, CA
10	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	P	6'1"	230	10/12/1962	23	Honolulu, HI
11	George Foster G. Foster	OF	6'1"	185	12/1/1948	37	Tuscaloosa, AL
12	John Gibbons J. Gibbons	C	5'11"	187	6/8/1962	24	Great Falls, MT
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	P	6'3"	210	11/16/1964	21	Tampa, FL
14	Ed Hearn E. Hearn	C	6'3"	215	8/23/1960	25	Stuart, FL
15	Danny Heep D. Heep	OF	5'11"	185	7/3/1957	28	San Antonio, TX
16	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	1B	6'0"	195	10/20/1953	32	San Francisco, CA
17	Stan Jefferson S. Jefferson	OF	5'11"	175	12/4/1962	23	New York, NY
18	Howard Johnson H. Johnson	3B	5'11"	178	11/29/1960	25	Clearwater, FL
19	Ray Knight R. Knight	3B	6'2"	190	12/28/1952	33	Albany, GA
20	Terry Leach T. Leach	P	6'0"	215	3/13/1954	32	Selma, AL
21	Ed Lynch E. Lynch	P	6'6"	230	2/25/1956	30	Brooklyn, NY
22	Barry Lyons B. Lyons	C	6'1"	205	6/3/1960	26	Biloxi, MS
23	Dave Magadan D. Magadan	1B	6'4"	215	9/30/1962	23	Tampa, FL
24	Lee Mazzilli L. Mazzilli	OF	6'1"	185	3/25/1955	31	New York, NY
25	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	P	6'1"	180	12/21/1960	25	Cincinnati, OH