List of New York Mets managers explained

The New York Mets are a professional Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in New York City, New York in the borough of Queens. They play in the National League East division. In the history of the Mets, there have been 23 managers that managed a game including four interim managers. Of those managers, only Joe Torre was a player-manager (a manager who also plays for the team);[1] Yogi Berra did play four games while he was a coach for the Mets in 1965. Gil Hodges, Roy McMillan, Bud Harrelson, Mike Cubbage, Dallas Green, Bobby Valentine and Willie Randolph all also played in MLB for the Mets prior to becoming the team's manager.[2]

The Mets posted their franchise record for losses in their inaugural season in the league, with 120 losses in 160 games in 1962.[3] This was the first of seven consecutive losing seasons, a season in which the winning percentage was below .500, and the most losses by a post-1900 MLB team.[4] During this stretch from 1962 to 1968, the Mets employed four managers. Seven managers have taken the Mets to the postseason; Davey Johnson, Bobby Valentine and Terry Collins have led the team to two playoff appearances each. Johnson and Gil Hodges are the only Mets managers to win a World Series: Hodges in 1969 against the Baltimore Orioles; and Johnson in 1986 against the Boston Red Sox.[5] Terry Collins is the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, with 1,134 games of service over 7 seasons.

The manager with the most wins and highest winning percentage over a full season or more is Johnson; his 595–417 record gives him a .588 winning percentage. Conversely, the worst winning percentage over a full season or more in franchise history is .302 by inaugural manager Casey Stengel, who posted a 175–404 record from 1962 to 1965.

Carlos Beltrán was hired as the Mets' manager after the 2019 season but he was fired from the position before managing any games due to his involvement in the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal.[6] Luis Rojas was hired in his place as manager for the 2020 season and managed for two losing seasons; the Mets declined their option on his contract after the 2021 season.[7] In 2022, the following manager Buck Showalter led the Mets to their first season of over 100 wins since 1988. That season, the Mets made the playoffs; however, they were eliminated in the National League Wild Card Series. After a disappointing 2023 season, Showalter announced on October 1 that he and the Mets had parted ways.[8] On November 14, 2023, Carlos Mendoza was hired as the manager starting with the 2024 season.[9]

Table key

WPct Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PA Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
WS World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
† or ‡ Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (‡ denotes induction as manager)[10]
§ Member of the New York Mets Hall of Fame[11]

Managers

Statistics current as of October 2nd, 2023

Image Manager Seasons Games Wins Losses WPct PA PW PL WS Ref
1 ठ579 175 404 .302 [12]
2379 142 237 .375 [13]
3 (Interim) 11 4 7 .364 [14]
4§ 648 339 309 .523 1 7 1 1 [15]
5† 588 292 296 .497 1 6 6 0 [16]
6 (Interim) 53 26 27 .491 [17]
7207 101 106 .488 [18]
8‡ 706 286 420 .405 [19]
9208 81 127 .389 [20]
10 (Interim) 116 52 64 .448 [21]
11§ 1012 595 417 .588 2 11 9 1 [22]
12§ 274 145 129 .529 [23]
13 (Interim) 7 3 4 .429 [24]
14200 85 115 .425 [25]
15512 229 283 .447 [26]
161003 536 467 .534 2 13 11 0 [27]
17323 137 186 .424 [28]
18555 302 253 .544 1 6 4 0 [29]
19417 204 213 .489 [30]
201134 551 583 .486 2 8 7 0 [31]
21324 163 161 .503[32]
22–2021222 103 119 .464[33]
23–324 175 148 .542 1 1 2 – [34]
24Carlos Mendoza2024–present0 0 0 .000
Totals 9478 4551 4927 .480 10 52 40 2

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New York Mets Managerial Register. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-06-28. 2009-10-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20091006101127/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/managers.shtml. live.
  2. Web site: Question Box . . Ray . Corio . 2009-07-09 . March 5, 1990 . 2014-05-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200909/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/05/sports/question-box.html . live .
  3. Web site: 1962 New York Mets. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-06-28. 2009-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20090209142708/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1962.shtml. live.
  4. Web site: Donovan. John. The (dis)honor roll: Tigers have plenty of company among all-time worst teams. CNN Sports Illustrated. September 4, 2003. 2009-06-28. 2008-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20080413105014/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/writers/john_donovan/09/04/losers/. dead.
  5. Web site: New York Mets Team History. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-06-28. 2019-05-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20190520235450/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/. live.
  6. Web site: Mets agree to part ways with manager Carlos Beltran. ESPN. 2020-01-17. January 16, 2020. 2020-01-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20200117001224/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28496773/mets-agree-part-ways-manager-carlos-beltran. live.
  7. Web site: Luis Rojas out as New York Mets manager after two losing seasons | New York Mets | the Guardian .
  8. News: Buck Showalter won't return as Mets manager in 2024. ESPN. October 1, 2023. October 1, 2023. October 1, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231001235055/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38539509/buck-showalter-return-mets-manager-2024. live.
  9. Web site: Carlos Mendoza named Mets manager. MLB.com. November 13, 2023. November 24, 2023. November 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231113215147/https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-carlos-mendoza-named-mets-manager. live.
  10. Web site: Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2010-01-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20100104093600/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof.shtml. live.
  11. Web site: Mets Hall of Fame. New York Mets. 2009-09-07. 2017-09-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20170909205733/http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/history/nym_history_halloffame.jsp. live.
  12. Web site: Casey Stengel Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2015-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924195609/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/stengca01.shtml. live.
  13. Web site: Wes Westrum Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2009-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20090703220514/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/westrwe01.shtml. live.
  14. Web site: Salty Parker Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2023-11-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20231106212819/https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/parkesa01.shtml. live.
  15. Web site: Gil Hodges Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2009-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20090826175300/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/hodgegi01.shtml. live.
  16. Web site: Yogi Berra Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2015-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924194753/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/berrayo01.shtml. live.
  17. Web site: Roy McMillan Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2017-07-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20170708162759/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/mcmilro01.shtml. live.
  18. Web site: Joe Frazier Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2010-03-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20100301045221/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/frazijo01.shtml. live.
  19. Web site: Joe Torre Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2009-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20090129220827/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/torrejo01.shtml. live.
  20. Web site: George Bamberger Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2017-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170710124218/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/bambege01.shtml. live.
  21. Web site: Frank Howard Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2008-12-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20081202083726/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/howarfr01.shtml. live.
  22. Web site: Davey Johnson Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2008-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20081218181020/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/johnsda02.shtml. live.
  23. Web site: Bud Harrelson Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2009-02-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20090214220147/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/harrebu01.shtml. live.
  24. Web site: Mike Cubbage Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2009-12-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20091220235611/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/cubbami01.shtml. live.
  25. Web site: Jeff Torborg Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2017-08-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20170831173315/https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/torboje01.shtml. live.
  26. Web site: Dallas Green Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2009-02-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20090203135155/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/greenda02.shtml. live.
  27. Web site: Bobby Valentine Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2021-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20211103124055/https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/valenbo02.shtml. live.
  28. Web site: Art Howe Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2009-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20091008020239/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/howear01.shtml. live.
  29. Web site: Willie Randolph Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2009-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20090131100306/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/randowi01.shtml. live.
  30. Web site: Jerry Manuel Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2009-09-07. 2019-03-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20190324021524/https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/manueje01.shtml. live.
  31. Web site: Terry Collins Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2015-10-21. 2022-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20220924013552/https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/collite99.shtml. live.
  32. Web site: Mickey Callaway Managerial Record. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2015-10-21. 2015-10-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20151022201320/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/. live.
  33. Web site: Mets working to finalize multi-year deal for Luis Rojas to become manager. SNY. 2020-01-22. 2020-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20200123012159/https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/mets-working-to-finalize-multi-year-deal-for-luis-rojas-to-become-manager/312509794. live.
  34. Bavazzano, Sean. "Mets Hire Buck Showalter As Manager" . New York Post. December 18, 2021.

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