List of New York Mets owners and executives

The New York Mets are 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 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

† or ‡	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

• Joan Whitney Payson
• Charles Shipman Payson
• Doubleday & Co.
• Nelson Doubleday & Fred Wilpon
• Fred Wilpon

General managers

Sandy Alderson, current general manager of the Mets

#^[a]	Name	Seasons	Ref
1	Weiss, GeorgeGeorge Weiss^‡§	1962–1966	[1]
2	Devine, BingBing Devine	1967	[1]
3	Murphy, JohnnyJohnny Murphy^§	1968–1969	[1]
4	Scheffing, BobBob Scheffing	1970–1974	[1]
5	McDonald, JoeJoe McDonald	1975–1979	[1]
6	Cashen, FrankFrank Cashen^§	1980– 1991	[1]
7	Harazin, AlAl Harazin	1992– 1993	[1]
8	McIlvaine, JoeJoe McIlvaine	1994–1997	[1]
9	Phillips, SteveSteve Phillips	1997	[1]
—	Cashen, FrankFrank Cashen (Interim)	1998	[1]
—	Phillips, SteveSteve Phillips	1998–2003	[1]
10	Duquette, JimJim Duquette	2004	[1]
11	Minaya, OmarOmar Minaya	2005–2010	[1]
—	Ricco, JohnJohn Ricco (Interim)	2010	[1]
12	Alderson, SandySandy Alderson	2010–present	[1]

Other executives

• Paul DePodesta
• Whitey Herzog
• Gerry Hunsicker
• Wid Matthews
• Kevin Morgan
• J. P. Ricciardi
• Jack Zduriencik
• Kyle Strojny

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

1. "Executive Database". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
2. Schwarz, Alan (December 21, 2005). "2005 General Manager Roundtable". Baseball America. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
3. "Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
4. "Mets Hall of Fame". New York Mets. Retrieved 2009-09-07.

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