The 3 best Mets General Managers in team history ranked

New York Mets fans have suffered a lot over the years. But they have also had some great seasons to cherish. And the one thing the Mets fan are always appreciative of…is a winner.

The performance down on the field could not possibly happen without the brain trust putting that talent together. And success usually means a championship and the top general managers in Mets history were all at the helm for a New York Mets World Series.

The three best general managers in New York Mets history were:

3. Johnny Murphy was the GM of the 1969 Miracle Mets

Johnny Murphy worked under the tutelage of some great baseball minds in George Weiss and Bing Devine in the Mets early days. And when Devine left the Mets to rejoin the St. Louis Cardinals after the 1967 season, Murphy was elevated to General Manager.

Murphy went right to work and made a trade with the Washington Senators in order to get Manager Gil Hodges to skipper the Mets. He also acquired Tommie Agee and Al Weis. Then, in 1969, sensing something big was about to happen, he made the deadline trade to acquire Donn Clendenon.

Murphy was a smart baseball man and was the captain steering the ship that led to that 1969 World Series Championship. Unfortunately, he passed away right after that season. And we’ll never know if the Mets would have continued their ascent that his work initiated.

Johnny Murphy will always be remembered as the GM who got Gil Hodges to manage the Mets and was the architect of the 1969 Miracle Mets.