List of New York Mets owners and executives
The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Queens, in New York City. They play in the National League East division. In the team's history (1962–), the Mets have employed 12 general managers (GMs).[1] The GM controls player transactions, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts.[2] The longest-tenured GM is Frank Cashen, who held the position for 11 years (1980–1990).[1]
Table key
| Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (‡ denotes induction as manager)[3] | |
| Member of the New York Mets Hall of Fame[4] |
Owners
Historical majority shareholders
- Joan Whitney Payson (1962–1975)
- Charles Shipman Payson (1975–1980)
- Doubleday & Co. (1980–1986)
- Nelson Doubleday Jr. & Fred Wilpon (1986–2002)
- Sterling Equities (2002–2020)
- Steve Cohen (2020–present)
Current ownership
As of October 30, 2020, Steve Cohen is the current owner of the Mets, with a 95% majority share with the team. The remaining 5% share belongs to the Wilpon and Katz Families.[5]
General managers
Sandy Alderson, general manager of the Mets from 2011 to 2018
| #[a] | Name | Seasons | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Weiss‡§ | 1962–1966 | [1] |
| 2 | Bing Devine | 1967 | [1] |
| 3 | Johnny Murphy§ | 1968–1969 | [1] |
| 4 | Bob Scheffing | 1970–1974 | [1] |
| 5 | Joe McDonald | 1975–1979 | [1] |
| 6 | Frank Cashen§ | 1980– 1991 | [1] |
| 7 | Al Harazin | 1992– 1993 | [1] |
| 8 | Joe McIlvaine | 1994–1997 | [1] |
| 9 | Steve Phillips | 1997 | [1] |
| — | Frank Cashen (interim) | 1998 | [1] |
| — | Steve Phillips | 1998–2003 | [1] |
| 10 | Jim Duquette | 2004 | [1] |
| 11 | Omar Minaya | 2005–2010 | [1] |
| — | John Ricco (interim) | 2010 | [1] |
| 12 | Sandy Alderson | 2010–2018 | [1] |
| — | John Ricco (interim, as part of triumvirate) | 2018 | [1] |
| — | Omar Minaya (interim, as part of triumvirate) | 2018 | [1] |
| — | J. P. Ricciardi (interim, as part of triumvirate) | 2018 | [1] |
| 13 | Brodie Van Wagenen | 2018–2020 | [1] |
| 14 | Jared Porter | 2020–2021 | [6] |
| — | Zack Scott (interim) | 2021–present | [7] |
Other executives
Footnotes
- a #: A running total of the number of Mets' GMs. Thus, any GM who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
- Assistant GM John Ricco served as interim GM following the dismissal of Minaya on October 4, 2010. He returned to Asst. GM on October 29, when Alderson was hired.
References
- "Executive Database". Baseball America. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- Schwarz, Alan (December 21, 2005). "2005 General Manager Roundtable". Baseball America. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- "Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
- "Mets Hall of Fame". New York Mets. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
- "MLB owners OK Mets sale to billionaire Cohen". ESPN.com. October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- "New York Mets GM Jared Porter fired for sending explicit texts, images to reporter". ESPN. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- "Mets name Zack Scott acting GM". January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
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