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); 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.

The Mets posted their franchise record for losses in their inaugural season in the league, with 120 losses in 160 games in 1962. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. On November 14, 2023, Carlos Mendoza was hired as the manager starting with the 2024 season and was fired on June 26, 2026 following a disappointing start to the 2026 season and was replaced by Andy Green as the interim manager for the rest of the season.

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) § Member of the New York Mets Hall of Fame

Managers Statistics current as of October 2, 2023

# Image Manager Seasons Games Wins Losses WPct PA PW PL WS Ref1 ‡§ 579 175 404 .302 2 379 142 237 .375 3 (Interim) 11 4 7 .364 4 § 648 339 309 .523 1 7 1 1 5 † 588 292 296 .497 1 6 6 0 6 (Interim) 53 26 27 .491 7 207 101 106 .488 8 ‡ 706 286 420 .405 9 208 81 127 .389 10 (Interim) 116 52 64 .448 11 § 1012 595 417 .588 2 11 9 1 12 § 274 145 129 .529 13 (Interim) 7 3 4 .429 14 200 85 115 .425 15 512 229 283 .447 16 1003 536 467 .534 2 13 11 0 17 323 137 186 .424 18 555 302 253 .544 1 6 4 0 19 417 204 213 .489 20 1134 551 583 .486 2 8 7 0 21 324 163 161 .503 22 –2021 222 103 119 .464 23 – 324 175 148 .542 1 1 2 – Bavazzano, Sean. "Mets Hire Buck Showalter As Manager" . New York Post. December 18, 2021.24 Carlos Mendoza 2024–2026 405 206 199 .509 1 7 6 25 Andy Green 2026–present 81 40 41 .494 — — — Totals 9478 4551 4927 .480 10 52 40 2

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