List of New York Mets managers

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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] [2] 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. [3]

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The Mets posted their franchise record for losses in their inaugural season in the league, with 120 losses in 160 games in 1962. [4] This was the first of seven consecutive losing seasons, [1] a season in which the winning percentage was below .500, and the most losses by a post-1900 MLB team. [5] During this stretch from 1962 to 1968, the Mets employed four managers. [1] 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. [6] Terry Collins is the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, with 1,134 games of service over 7 seasons. [1]

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. [1] 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. [1]

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. [7] 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. [8] 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. [9] On November 14, 2023, Carlos Mendoza was hired as the manager starting with the 2024 season. [10]

Table key

WPctWinning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PAPlayoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PWPlayoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PLPlayoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
WSWorld 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) [11]
§Member of the New York Mets Hall of Fame [12]

Managers

Statistics current as of October 2nd, 2023

#ImageManagerSeasonsGamesWinsLossesWPctPAPWPLWSRef
1 Casey Stengel 1963.jpg Casey Stengel ‡§ 1962–1965 579175404.302———— [13]
2 Wes Westrum 1955.jpg Wes Westrum 1965–1967 379142237.375———— [14]
3 Salty Parker (Interim) 1967 1147.364———— [15]
4 Gil Hodges Mets.jpg Gil Hodges § 1968–1971 648339309.5231711 [16]
5 Yogi Berra 1984.jpg Yogi Berra † 1972–1975 588292296.4971660 [17]
6
Roy McMillan 1975.jpeg
Roy McMillan (Interim) 1975 532627.491———— [18]
7 Joe Frazier 1976–1977 207101106.488———— [19]
8 JoeTorre1982.jpg Joe Torre ‡ 1977–1981 706286420.405———— [2]
9 George Bamberger Orioles.jpg George Bamberger 1982–1983 20881127.389———— [20]
10 Frank Howard Dodgers.png Frank Howard (Interim) 1983 1165264.448———— [21]
11 Davey Johnson 1986 by Barry Colla.jpg Davey Johnson § 1984–1990 1012595417.58821191 [22]
12 Bud Harrelson (3767849656) (cropped).jpg Bud Harrelson § 1990–1991 274145129.529———— [23]
13 1979 Minnesota Twins Postcards Mike Cubbage.jpg Mike Cubbage (Interim) 1991 734.429———— [24]
14 Jeff Torborg Yankees postcard (cropped).jpg Jeff Torborg 1992–1993 20085115.425———— [25]
15 Dallas Green 2009.jpg Dallas Green 1993–1996 512229283.447———— [26]
16 Bobby Valentine2.jpg Bobby Valentine 1996–2002 1003536467.534213110 [27]
17 Art Howe speaks at Union Station Houston in 2014.jpg Art Howe 2003–2004 323137186.424———— [28]
18 1willie randolph.jpg Willie Randolph 2005–2008 555302253.5441640 [29]
19 Jerry Manuel (cropped).jpg Jerry Manuel 2008–2010 417204213.489———— [30]
20 Terry Collins on August 18, 2015 (cropped).jpg Terry Collins 2011–2017 1134551583.4862870 [31]
21 Mickey Callway on March 3, 2019 (cropped).jpg Mickey Callaway 2018–2019 324163161.503———— [32]
22 Luis Rojas (50381392121) (cropped).jpg Luis Rojas 2020 –2021 222103119.464———— [33]
23 Buck Showalter watches an intrasquad game, March 27, 2023 (cropped).jpg Buck Showalter 2022 – 2023 324175148.542112– [34]
24 Carlos Mendoza on Deivi Garcia (cropped).png Carlos Mendoza 2024–present000.000———— [10]
Totals947845514927.4801052402

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