Carlos Mendoza is the current New York Mets manager. After going 89-73 in the 2024 New York Mets Season, he looks to send them to a World Series and win for the first time in 39 years. TheNew York Mets are a professionalMajor League Baseball (MLB)franchise based inNew York City,New York in the borough ofQueens. They play in theNational 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, onlyJoe Torre was aplayer-manager (a manager who also plays for the team);[1][2]Yogi Berra did play four games while he was acoach for the Mets in 1965.Gil Hodges,Roy McMillan,Bud Harrelson,Mike Cubbage,Dallas Green,Bobby Valentine andWillie Randolph all also played in MLB for the Mets prior to becoming the team's manager.[3]
The Mets posted their franchise record forlosses 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 thewinning 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 andTerry Collins have led the team to two playoff appearances each. Johnson andGil Hodges are the only Mets managers to win aWorld Series: Hodges in1969 against theBaltimore Orioles; and Johnson in1986 against theBoston 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 managerCasey 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 theHouston 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 managerBuck 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 theNational 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]
| 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 theplayoffs |
| 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 theNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (‡ denotes induction as manager)[11] |
| § | Member of theNew York Mets Hall of Fame[12] |
Statistics current as of October 2, 2023
| # | Image | Manager | Seasons | Games | Wins | Losses | WPct | PA | PW | PL | WS | Ref |
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| 1 |  | Casey Stengel‡§ | 1962–1965 | 579 | 175 | 404 | .302 | — | — | — | — | [13] |
| 2 |  | Wes Westrum | 1965–1967 | 379 | 142 | 237 | .375 | — | — | — | — | [14] |
| 3 | Salty Parker (Interim) | 1967 | 11 | 4 | 7 | .364 | — | — | — | — | [15] | |
| 4 |  | Gil Hodges§ | 1968–1971 | 648 | 339 | 309 | .523 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | [16] |
| 5 |  | Yogi Berra† | 1972–1975 | 588 | 292 | 296 | .497 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | [17] |
| 6 |  | Roy McMillan (Interim) | 1975 | 53 | 26 | 27 | .491 | — | — | — | — | [18] |
| 7 | Joe Frazier | 1976–1977 | 207 | 101 | 106 | .488 | — | — | — | — | [19] | |
| 8 |  | Joe Torre‡ | 1977–1981 | 706 | 286 | 420 | .405 | — | — | — | — | [2] |
| 9 |  | George Bamberger | 1982–1983 | 208 | 81 | 127 | .389 | — | — | — | — | [20] |
| 10 |  | Frank Howard (Interim) | 1983 | 116 | 52 | 64 | .448 | — | — | — | — | [21] |
| 11 |  | Davey Johnson§ | 1984–1990 | 1012 | 595 | 417 | .588 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | [22] |
| 12 | _(cropped).jpg) | Bud Harrelson§ | 1990–1991 | 274 | 145 | 129 | .529 | — | — | — | — | [23] |
| 13 |  | Mike Cubbage (Interim) | 1991 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | — | — | — | — | [24] |
| 14 | .jpg) | Jeff Torborg | 1992–1993 | 200 | 85 | 115 | .425 | — | — | — | — | [25] |
| 15 |  | Dallas Green | 1993–1996 | 512 | 229 | 283 | .447 | — | — | — | — | [26] |
| 16 |  | Bobby Valentine | 1996–2002 | 1003 | 536 | 467 | .534 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | [27] |
| 17 |  | Art Howe | 2003–2004 | 323 | 137 | 186 | .424 | — | — | — | — | [28] |
| 18 |  | Willie Randolph | 2005–2008 | 555 | 302 | 253 | .544 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | [29] |
| 19 | .jpg) | Jerry Manuel | 2008–2010 | 417 | 204 | 213 | .489 | — | — | — | — | [30] |
| 20 | .jpg) | Terry Collins | 2011–2017 | 1134 | 551 | 583 | .486 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | [31] |
| 21 | .jpg) | Mickey Callaway | 2018–2019 | 324 | 163 | 161 | .503 | — | — | — | — | [32] |
| 22 | _(cropped).jpg) | Luis Rojas | 2020–2021 | 222 | 103 | 119 | .464 | — | — | — | — | [33] |
| 23 | .jpg) | Buck Showalter | 2022–2023 | 324 | 175 | 148 | .542 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | [34] |
| 24 |  | Carlos Mendoza | 2024–present | 324 | 172 | 152 | .531 | 1 | 7 | 6 | — | [10] |
| Totals | 9478 | 4551 | 4927 | .480 | 10 | 52 | 40 | 2 | ||||
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