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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, the Mets have employed 16 general managers (GMs) (not including interim 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] The Mets owner is currently Steve Cohen.

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Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (‡ denotes induction as manager)[3]
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Member of the New York Mets Hall of Fame[4]

Owners

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Historical majority shareholders

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Current ownership

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Since October 30, 2020, Steve Cohen is the principal owner of the Mets, with a 95% majority share with the team. Sterling Equities, an entity owned by Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, owns the retaining 5%.[5]

General managers

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A man wearing a suit stands on a baseball field.
Sandy Alderson, general manager of the Mets from 2011 to 2018
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1George Weiss‡§1962–1966[1]
2Bing Devine1967[1]
3Johnny Murphy§1968–1969[1]
4Bob Scheffing1970–1974[1]
5Joe McDonald1975–1979[1]
6Frank Cashen§1980– 1991[1]
7Al Harazin1992– 1993[1]
8Joe McIlvaine1994–1997[1]
9Steve Phillips1997[1]
—Frank Cashen (interim)1998[1]
10Steve Phillips1998–2003[1]
11Jim Duquette2003-2004[1]
12Omar Minaya2005–2010[1]
—John Ricco (interim)2010[1]
13Sandy Alderson2010–2018[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]
14Brodie Van Wagenen2018–2020[1]
15Jared Porter2020–2021[6]
—Zack Scott (interim)2021[7]
—Sandy Alderson (interim)2021
16Billy Eppler2021–2023
17David Stearns2024–present[8]

Other executives

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Footnotes

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  • 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

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Executive Database". Baseball America. Archived from the original on March 10, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
  2. ↑ Schwarz, Alan (December 21, 2005). "2005 General Manager Roundtable". Baseball America. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Mets Hall of Fame". New York Mets. Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Steve Cohen completes $2.4 billion purchase of New York Mets". ESPN.com. November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ "New York Mets GM Jared Porter fired for sending explicit texts, images to reporter". ESPN. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mets name Zack Scott acting GM". MLB.com. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mets undecided about hiring a general manager".
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