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, New York. They play in the National League East division. In the team's history (1962-), the Mets have employed 12 general managers (GMs). The GM controls player transactions, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts. The longest-tenured GM is Frank Cashen, who held the position for 11 years (1980–1990).

Table key

† or ‡	Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (‡ denotes induction as manager)
§	Member of the New York Mets Hall of Fame

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

#	Name	Seasons	Ref
1	Weiss, GeorgeGeorge Weiss‡§	01 !1962–1966
2	Devine, BingBing Devine	02 !1967
3	Murphy, JohnnyJohnny Murphy§	03 !1968–1969
4	Scheffing, BobBob Scheffing	04 !1970–1974
5	McDonald, JoeJoe McDonald	05 !1975–1979
6	Cashen, FrankFrank Cashen§	06 !1980– 1991
7	Harazin, AlAl Harazin	08 !1992– 1993
8	McIlvaine, JoeJoe McIlvaine	09 !1994–1997
9	Phillips, SteveSteve Phillips	10 !1997
—	Cashen, FrankFrank Cashen (Interim)	11 !1998
—	Phillips, SteveSteve Phillips	12 !1998–2003
10	Duquette, JimJim Duquette	13 !2004
11	Minaya, OmarOmar Minaya	14 !2005–2010
—	Ricco, JohnJohn Ricco (Interim)	15 !2010
12	Alderson, SandySandy Alderson	16 !2010–present

Other executives

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

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.