Top 6 Most Shocking MLB Events of All-Time: The Games - #6 Game 6 1986 World Series

One could call this game The Bill Buckner & Mookie Wilson Future Card Show Appearance Game.  In other words, it was Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.  Note this followed Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS, in which the Angels Donnie Moore gave up a game-tying home run to Dave Henderson of the Red Sox.  Moore would eventually commit suicide, partially because of his pitching error (he pitched the following inning without the Sox scoring).  But compare Moore's fate to Bill Buckner's.  Buckner, a very good hitter, was hobbled and usually replaced for defense.  But on the field in the bottom of the 10th at a packed Shea Stadium with two outs in Game 6, Buckner "let" a ground ball hit off the bat of Mookie Wilson go past his glove and through his legs.  Ray Knight scored the winning run from second base, the Mets came back from the brink of a long and cold winter to win not only Game 6 but Game 7 as well.

But again, fans forget other circumstances.  Buckner wasn't the only man to blame.  Boston manager John McNamara, to this day, is criticised for not making the defensive switch, like he did in the regular season.  And while Calvin Shiraldi got two quick outs in the bottom of the 10th, he then gave up consecutive singles to Gary Carter, Kevin Mitchell and Ray Knight.  Bob Stanley relieved and promptly threw a wild pitch during the Wilson at-bat, which led Kevin Mitchell to score the tying run from third and Ray Knight to get into scoring position at 2nd base.  Buckner made the error and Game 6 was won by the Mets. 

It was a swift victory, completely surprising.  And because it involved a New York team, because Vin Scully was doing the play-by-play for NBC, and because it was against Boston, one of baseball's most storied franchises, Game 6 goes down as one of the most shocking games of all-time.

To read the #5 Most Shocking Event, go HERE.

To read the #4 Most Shocking Event, go HERE.

To read the #3 Most Shocking Event, go HERE.

To read the #2 Most Shocking Event, go HERE.

To read the #1 Most Shocking Event, go HERE.

Honorable Mentions: There are other games that produced shocking results, or shocked the country.  There was Bill Mazerowski's home run to win the 1960 World Series.  There was Bobby Thompson's "Shot Heard Round The World" in 1951.  There was Jackie Robinson's first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.  There was the first game at Yankee Stadium in 1979 after Thurman Munson's death.  What do you think is the most shocking game of all-time?