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 48-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]
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Table key [edit]
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Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed |
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Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs |
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Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs |
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Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs |
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World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager |
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Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (‡ denotes induction as manager)[8] |
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Member of the New York Mets Hall of Fame[9] |
Managers [edit]
Statistics current as of October 3, 2012
| # | Manager | Seasons | Wins | Losses | WPct | PA | PW | PL | WS | Ref |
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| 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | [13] |
| 5 | Yogi Berra† | 1972–1975 | 292 | 296 | .497 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | [24] |
| 17 | Art Howe | 2003–2004 | 137 | 186 | .424 | — | — | — | — | [25] |
| 18 | Willie Randolph | 2005–2008 | 302 | 253 | .544 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [26] |
| 19 | Jerry Manuel | 2008–2010 | 204 | 213 | .489 | — | — | — | — | [27] |
| 20 | Terry Collins | 2011–present | 151 | 173 | .466 | — | — | — | — | [28] |
| Totals | 3885 | 4237 | .478 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | |||
References [edit]
- General
- Gillette, Gary; Palmer, Pete (2007). The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia (Fourth ed.). New York City, New York: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 1669–1684. ISBN 978-1-4027-4771-7.
- "New York Mets History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
- "New York Mets Manager History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
- Specific
- ^ a b c d e f g "New York Mets Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Manager: Definition". Dictionary.Reference.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ a b "Joe Torre Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ Corio, Ray (March 5, 1990). "Question Box". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ "1962 New York Mets". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "New York Mets Team History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Mets Hall of Fame". New York Mets. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Casey Stengel Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Wes Westrum Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Salty Parker Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Gil Hodges Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Yogi Berra Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Roy McMillan Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Joe Frazier Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "George Bamberger Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Frank Howard Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Davey Johnson Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Bud Harrelson Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Mike Cubbage Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Jeff Torborg Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Dallas Green Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Bobby Valentine Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Art Howe Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Willie Randolph Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Jerry Manuel Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ "Terry Collins Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
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