List of New York Mets managers

Terry Collins, current manager of the Mets

The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Queens, in New York City, New York. They play in the National League East division. In the team's 52-year history, the Mets have employed 20 managers.[1] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[2] Of those managers, only Joe Torre was a player-manager (a manager who also plays for the team);[1][3] Yogi Berra did, however, play four games while he was a coach in 1965.[4]

The Mets posted their franchise record for losses in their inaugural season in the league, with 120 losses in 160 games in 1962.[5] 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.[6] During this stretch from 1962 to 1968, the Mets employed four managers.[1] Five managers have taken the Mets to the postseason; Davey Johnson and Bobby Valentine 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.[7] Johnson is the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, with 1,012 games of service over 7 seasons (1984–1989 and part of 1990).[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]

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)[8]
§
Member of the New York Mets Hall of Fame[9]

Managers

An African-American man, wearing a baseball hat and jacket, stands outside a baseball diamond.
Willie Randolph, manager, 2005–2008
A man, holding a baseball bat and ball in hand, prepares to hit the ball.
Jerry Manuel, manager, 2008–2010

Statistics current as of November 3, 2015

# Manager Seasons Wins Losses WPct PA PW PL WS Ref

1 Casey Stengel‡§ 1962–1965 175 404 .302 — — — — [10]
2 Wes Westrum 1965–1967 142 237 .375 — — — — [11]
3 Salty Parker (Interim) 1967 4 7 .364 — — — — [12]
4 Gil Hodges§ 1968–1971 339 309 .523 1 7 1 1 [13]
5 Yogi Berra† 1972–1975 292 296 .497 1 6 6 0 [14]
6 Roy McMillan (Interim) 1975 26 27 .491 — — — — [15]
7 Joe Frazier 1976–1977 101 106 .488 — — — — [16]
8 Joe Torre‡ 1977–1981 286 420 .405 — — — — [3]
9 George Bamberger 1982–1983 81 127 .389 — — — — [17]
10 Frank Howard (Interim) 1983 52 64 .448 — — — — [18]
11 Davey Johnson§ 1984–1990 595 417 .588 2 11 9 1 [19]
12 Bud Harrelson 1990–1991 145 129 .529 — — — — [20]
13 Mike Cubbage (Interim) 1991 3 4 .429 — — — — [21]
14 Jeff Torborg 1992–1993 85 115 .425 — — — — [22]
15 Dallas Green 1993–1996 229 283 .447 — — — — [23]
16 Bobby Valentine 1996–2002 536 467 .534 2 13 11 0 [24]
17 Art Howe 2003–2004 137 186 .424 — — — — [25]
18 Willie Randolph 2005–2008 302 253 .544 1 6 4 0 [26]
19 Jerry Manuel 2008–2010 204 213 .489 — — — — [27]
20Terry Collins 2011–present 394 416 .488 1 8 6 — [28]
Totals 3885 4237 .478 7 43 31 2

References

General
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "New York Mets Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  2. ↑ "Manager: Definition". Dictionary.Reference.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  3. 1 2 "Joe Torre Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  4. ↑ Corio, Ray (March 5, 1990). "Question Box". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  5. ↑ "1962 New York Mets". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  6. ↑ Donovan, John (September 4, 2003). "The (dis)honor roll: Tigers have plenty of company among all-time worst teams". CNN Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  7. ↑ "New York Mets Team History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  8. ↑ "Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  9. ↑ "Mets Hall of Fame". New York Mets. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  10. ↑ "Casey Stengel Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  11. ↑ "Wes Westrum Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  12. ↑ "Salty Parker Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  13. ↑ "Gil Hodges Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  14. ↑ "Yogi Berra Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  15. ↑ "Roy McMillan Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  16. ↑ "Joe Frazier Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  17. ↑ "George Bamberger Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  18. ↑ "Frank Howard Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  19. ↑ "Davey Johnson Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  20. ↑ "Bud Harrelson Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  21. ↑ "Mike Cubbage Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  22. ↑ "Jeff Torborg Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  23. ↑ "Dallas Green Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  24. ↑ "Bobby Valentine Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  25. ↑ "Art Howe Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  26. ↑ "Willie Randolph Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  27. ↑ "Jerry Manuel Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  28. ↑ "Terry Collins Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2015-10-21.

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