NY Mets manager record for every skipper fired mid-season

When losses start stacking up in Queens, fingers start pointing everywhere. Fans want answers, sports talk hosts want a scapegoat, and managers usually end up wearing the blame, whether they earned it or not. Carlos Mendoza has found himself in the middle of that storm as the New York Mets continue to limp through an ugly start that has tested the patience of everyone watching. In this city, a manager can go from “future of the franchise” to “update your résumé” faster than the Mets can strand the bases loaded. Queens already has a long list of managers who learned that lesson the hard way during the season.

Mets manager records for every skipper fired mid-season

Yogi Berra (1972-1975)

Yogi Berra was fired on August 5, 1975, despite the Mets sitting at 56-53, making him the only manager in franchise history to be fired mid-season with a winning record. Even by Mets standards, that one takes some explaining. “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over,” apparently did not apply that day.

Joe Frazier (1976-1977)

Joe Frazier was fired on May 30, 1977, after the Mets stumbled to a 15-30 start in his second season. His dismissal opened the door for Joe Torre to take over, giving Torre a place to work out his managerial kinks long before he became a legend in the Bronx.

Davey Johnson (1984-1990)

Davey Johnson was fired on May 29, 1990, after the Mets opened the season 20-22. The manager of the franchise’s second World Series team owns a .588 winning percentage and remains the winningest skipper in Mets history, a reminder that even success has an expiration date in Queens.

Buddy Harrelson (1990-1991)

Buddy Harrelson took over in 1990 after the Mets fired Davey Johnson just 42 games into the season, but he was let go himself on September 29, 1991, with the team sitting at 74-80. Harrelson at least owns a piece of unique Mets history as the only uniformed Met to win both of the franchise’s World Series rings.

Jeff Torborg (1992-1993)

Jeff Torborg lasted parts of two seasons as Mets manager before getting the boot on May 19, 1993, after a brutal 13-25 start. His 1992 club famously earned the “Worst Team Money Could Buy” label, which the 2026 Mets seem oddly determined to compete with.

Dallas Green (1993-1996)

Dallas Green was fired on August 26, 1996, with the Mets sitting at 59-72 and 23 games behind the Braves in the division, a pace the 2026 Amazins are trying their best not to match. Bobby Valentine took over from there and went on to win 536 games with the franchise, the third-most in team history, proving this particular pink slip actually worked out pretty well.

Art Howe (2003-2004)*

Art Howe was fired on September 16, 2004, with the Mets sitting at 63-82, though he stayed on to manage the final 17 games after news of the plan leaked early. Howe said he would finish the season because he was not a quitter, which is one way to handle getting fired and still having to show up to work the next day.

Willie Randolph (2005-2008)

Willie Randolph was fired on June 17, 2008, with the Mets sitting at 34-35, after the fallout from the 2007 collapse carried over into the next season. The move came after a loss to the Dodgers at the start of a West Coast trip, with the Mets making the call in the early morning hours. Randolph owns the second-highest winning percentage in franchise history at .544, which somehow was not enough to survive one more sunrise.

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