Davey Johnson, one of baseball’s notable iconoclasts, who played in four World Series in six seasons as a second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles and who later managed the New York Mets to their remarkable Series victory in 1986, died Friday in Sarasota, Fla. He was 82.

His death, in a hospital, was confirmed by Jay Horwitz, the vice president of alumni public relations for the Mets. He did not specify a cause.

Known as one of the game’s brainier and more self-assured characters, Johnson was an unusual figure in the world of baseball, with a wide range of off-the-field interests and achievements. A scratch golfer, a wealthy real estate investor, a licensed pilot, an accomplished fisherman and a scuba diving instructor, he graduated from Trinity University in Texas with a degree in mathe

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