Introduction
The New York Mets have officially announced that their former player, Carlos Beltran, will be the next manager of their Major League Baseball team. Although he has no coaching experience at the major league level of professional baseball the Mets believe he is the right man for the job.

Beltran played in the MLB for just under 20 seasons with 7 different franchises including the Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers.
Post Playing Career
Prior to accepting the position to manage the New York Mets Beltran interviewed to possibly manage the New York Yankees, but the Yankees decided to go with Aaron Boone instead. In December of 2018 the New York Yankees did hire Carlos Beltran as a special advisor to the general manager Brian Cashman. Now he will replace Mickey Callaway as the manager of the Mets starting in 2020.
Career Accomplishments and Awards
Throughout Beltran’s professional baseball playing career, he was a 9-time MLB All Star (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016). He was a World Series champion (2017 with Houston Astros). In 1999 he was the American League Rookie of the Year. Beltran was a 3 time gold glove award winner (2006, 2007, 2008), and he won the silver slugger award twice (2006, 2007). Beltran was also awarded the Roberto Clemente Award in 2013. One day Carlos Beltran will most likely be inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Beltran's Regular Season Career Statistics
Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | Pos | Awards |
1998 | 21 | KCR | AL | 14 | 63 | 58 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0.276 | 0.317 | 0.466 | 0.783 | 100 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
1999 | 22 | KCR | AL | 156 | 723 | 663 | 112 | 194 | 27 | 7 | 22 | 108 | 27 | 8 | 46 | 123 | 0.293 | 0.337 | 0.454 | 0.791 | 99 | 301 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | *8/D | RoY-1 |
2000 | 23 | KCR | AL | 98 | 413 | 372 | 49 | 92 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 13 | 0 | 35 | 69 | 0.247 | 0.309 | 0.366 | 0.675 | 69 | 136 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8/D97 | |
2001 | 24 | KCR | AL | 155 | 680 | 617 | 106 | 189 | 32 | 12 | 24 | 101 | 31 | 1 | 52 | 120 | 0.306 | 0.362 | 0.514 | 0.876 | 123 | 317 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | *8/D | |
2002 | 25 | KCR | AL | 162 | 722 | 637 | 114 | 174 | 44 | 7 | 29 | 105 | 35 | 7 | 71 | 135 | 0.273 | 0.346 | 0.501 | 0.847 | 114 | 319 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | *8D | |
2003 | 26 | KCR | AL | 141 | 602 | 521 | 102 | 160 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 100 | 41 | 4 | 72 | 81 | 0.307 | 0.389 | 0.522 | 0.911 | 132 | 272 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | *8/D | MVP-9 |
2004 | 27 | TOT | MLB | 159 | 708 | 599 | 121 | 160 | 36 | 9 | 38 | 104 | 42 | 3 | 92 | 101 | 0.267 | 0.367 | 0.548 | 0.915 | 133 | 328 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | *8 | AS,MVP-12 |
2004 | 27 | KCR | AL | 69 | 309 | 266 | 51 | 74 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 37 | 44 | 0.278 | 0.367 | 0.534 | 0.901 | 130 | 142 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |
2004 | 27 | HOU | NL | 90 | 399 | 333 | 70 | 86 | 17 | 7 | 23 | 53 | 28 | 0 | 55 | 57 | 0.258 | 0.368 | 0.559 | 0.926 | 135 | 186 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
2005 | 28 | NYM | NL | 151 | 650 | 582 | 83 | 155 | 34 | 2 | 16 | 78 | 17 | 6 | 56 | 96 | 0.266 | 0.33 | 0.414 | 0.744 | 97 | 241 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | *8 | AS |
2006 | 29 | NYM | NL | 140 | 617 | 510 | 127 | 140 | 38 | 1 | 41 | 116 | 18 | 3 | 95 | 99 | 0.275 | 0.388 | 0.594 | 0.982 | 150 | 303 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | *8/D | AS,MVP-4,GG,SS |
2007 | 30 | NYM | NL | 144 | 636 | 554 | 93 | 153 | 33 | 3 | 33 | 112 | 23 | 2 | 69 | 111 | 0.276 | 0.353 | 0.525 | 0.878 | 125 | 291 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | *8 | AS,MVP-20,GG,SS |
2008 | 31 | NYM | NL | 161 | 706 | 606 | 116 | 172 | 40 | 5 | 27 | 112 | 25 | 3 | 92 | 96 | 0.284 | 0.376 | 0.5 | 0.876 | 130 | 303 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | *8/D | MVP-21,GG |
2009 | 32 | NYM | NL | 81 | 357 | 308 | 50 | 100 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 47 | 43 | 0.325 | 0.415 | 0.5 | 0.915 | 144 | 154 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8/D | AS |
2010 | 33 | NYM | NL | 64 | 255 | 220 | 21 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 39 | 0.255 | 0.341 | 0.427 | 0.768 | 109 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |
2011 | 34 | TOT | NL | 142 | 598 | 520 | 78 | 156 | 39 | 6 | 22 | 84 | 4 | 2 | 71 | 88 | 0.3 | 0.385 | 0.525 | 0.91 | 154 | 273 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | *9/D | AS,MVP-20 |
2011 | 34 | NYM | NL | 98 | 419 | 353 | 61 | 102 | 30 | 2 | 15 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 61 | 0.289 | 0.391 | 0.513 | 0.904 | 151 | 181 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9/D | |
2011 | 34 | SFG | NL | 44 | 179 | 167 | 17 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 0.323 | 0.369 | 0.551 | 0.92 | 159 | 92 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
2012 | 35 | STL | NL | 151 | 619 | 547 | 83 | 147 | 26 | 1 | 32 | 97 | 13 | 6 | 65 | 124 | 0.269 | 0.346 | 0.495 | 0.842 | 128 | 271 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | *9/8D | AS,MVP-26 |
2013 | 36 | STL | NL | 145 | 600 | 554 | 79 | 164 | 30 | 3 | 24 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 90 | 0.296 | 0.339 | 0.491 | 0.83 | 127 | 272 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | *9/D | AS |
2014 | 37 | NYY | AL | 109 | 449 | 403 | 46 | 94 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 80 | 0.233 | 0.301 | 0.402 | 0.703 | 98 | 162 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | D9/3 | |
2015 | 38 | NYY | AL | 133 | 531 | 478 | 57 | 132 | 34 | 1 | 19 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 85 | 0.276 | 0.337 | 0.471 | 0.808 | 119 | 225 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | *9/D | |
2016 | 39 | TOT | AL | 151 | 593 | 552 | 73 | 163 | 33 | 0 | 29 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 101 | 0.295 | 0.337 | 0.513 | 0.85 | 122 | 283 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | D9 | AS |
2016 | 39 | NYY | AL | 99 | 387 | 359 | 50 | 109 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 70 | 0.304 | 0.344 | 0.546 | 0.89 | 133 | 196 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9D | |
2016 | 39 | TEX | AL | 52 | 206 | 193 | 23 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 0.28 | 0.325 | 0.451 | 0.776 | 102 | 87 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | D/9 | |
2017 | 40 | HOU | AL | 129 | 509 | 467 | 60 | 108 | 29 | 0 | 14 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 102 | 0.231 | 0.283 | 0.383 | 0.666 | 81 | 179 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | D7/9 | |
20 Yrs | 2586 | 11031 | 9768 | 1582 | 2725 | 565 | 78 | 435 | 1587 | 312 | 49 | 1084 | 1795 | 0.279 | 0.35 | 0.486 | 0.837 | 119 | 4751 | 203 | 51 | 18 | 110 | 104 | |||||
162 Game Avg. | 162 | 691 | 612 | 99 | 171 | 35 | 5 | 27 | 99 | 20 | 3 | 68 | 112 | 0.279 | 0.35 | 0.486 | 0.837 | 119 | 298 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |||||
G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | Pos | Awards | ||||
KCR (7 yrs) | 795 | 3512 | 3134 | 546 | 899 | 156 | 45 | 123 | 516 | 164 | 23 | 316 | 584 | 0.287 | 0.352 | 0.483 | 0.835 | 111 | 1514 | 62 | 18 | 7 | 37 | 18 | |||||
NYM (7 yrs) | 839 | 3640 | 3133 | 551 | 878 | 208 | 17 | 149 | 559 | 100 | 16 | 449 | 545 | 0.28 | 0.369 | 0.5 | 0.869 | 129 | 1567 | 56 | 13 | 7 | 38 | 55 | |||||
NYY (3 yrs) | 341 | 1367 | 1240 | 153 | 335 | 78 | 1 | 56 | 180 | 3 | 1 | 104 | 235 | 0.27 | 0.327 | 0.47 | 0.797 | 116 | 583 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 7 | |||||
STL (2 yrs) | 296 | 1219 | 1101 | 162 | 311 | 56 | 4 | 56 | 181 | 15 | 7 | 103 | 214 | 0.282 | 0.343 | 0.493 | 0.836 | 127 | 543 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | |||||
HOU (2 yrs) | 219 | 908 | 800 | 130 | 194 | 46 | 7 | 37 | 104 | 28 | 0 | 88 | 159 | 0.243 | 0.32 | 0.456 | 0.776 | 105 | 365 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||||
SFG (1 yr) | 44 | 179 | 167 | 17 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 0.323 | 0.369 | 0.551 | 0.92 | 159 | 92 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
TEX (1 yr) | 52 | 206 | 193 | 23 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 0.28 | 0.325 | 0.451 | 0.776 | 102 | 87 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
AL (11 yrs) | 1317 | 5594 | 5034 | 782 | 1396 | 275 | 46 | 200 | 776 | 168 | 24 | 466 | 952 | 0.277 | 0.338 | 0.469 | 0.808 | 109 | 2363 | 113 | 29 | 7 | 58 | 29 | |||||
NL (10 yrs) | 1269 | 5437 | 4734 | 800 | 1329 | 290 | 32 | 235 | 811 | 144 | 25 | 618 | 843 | 0.281 | 0.363 | 0.504 | 0.867 | 130 | 2388 | 90 | 22 | 11 | 52 | 75 |
Career Playoff Statistics
Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Opp | Rslt | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | WPA |
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2004 | 27 | HOU | NL | NLDS | ATL | W | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.455 | 0.5 | 1.091 | 1.591 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 |
2004 | 27 | HOU | NL | NLCS | STL | L | 7 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0.417 | 0.563 | 0.958 | 1.521 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.82 |
2006 | 29 | NYM | NL | NLDS | LAD | W | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0.222 | 0.5 | 0.222 | 0.722 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.01 |
2006 | 29 | NYM | NL | NLCS | STL | L | 7 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0.296 | 0.387 | 0.667 | 1.054 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 |
2012 | 35 | STL | NL | NLWC | ATL | W | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | 35 | STL | NL | NLDS | WSN | W | 5 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0.444 | 0.542 | 0.944 | 1.486 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.15 |
2012 | 35 | STL | NL | NLCS | SFG | L | 6 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.364 | 0.6 | 0.964 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 |
2013 | 36 | STL | NL | NLDS | PIT | W | 5 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.222 | 0.333 | 0.611 | 0.944 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.74 |
2013 | 36 | STL | NL | NLCS | LAD | W | 6 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0.286 | 0.423 | 0.476 | 0.899 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.65 |
2013 | 36 | STL | NL | WS | BOS | L | 6 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.294 | 0.4 | 0.294 | 0.694 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.16 |
2015 | 38 | NYY | AL | ALWC | HOU | L | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.04 |
2016 | 39 | TEX | AL | ALDS | TOR | L | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.182 | 0.25 | 0.182 | 0.432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.22 |
2017 | 40 | HOU | AL | ALDS | BOS | W | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 |
2017 | 40 | HOU | AL | ALCS | NYY | W | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.083 | 0.083 | 0.167 | 0.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.28 |
2017 | 40 | HOU | AL | WS | LAD | W | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.07 |
7 Yrs (15 Series) | 65 | 256 | 215 | 45 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 37 | 33 | 0.307 | 0.412 | 0.609 | 1.021 | 131 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.26 | ||||||
1 NLWC | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
1 ALWC | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.04 | ||||||
4 NLDS | 18 | 83 | 67 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0.358 | 0.47 | 0.806 | 1.276 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.09 | ||||||
2 ALDS | 6 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.333 | 0.313 | 0.646 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.14 | ||||||
4 NLCS | 26 | 111 | 92 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 0.326 | 0.441 | 0.685 | 1.126 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.53 | ||||||
1 ALCS | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.083 | 0.083 | 0.167 | 0.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.28 | ||||||
2 WS | 9 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.25 | 0.348 | 0.25 | 0.598 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 |
Media Statements
"At the beginning, it's a little bit overwhelming. There's a lot of information that you have to digest," says Beltran. "Being a player and being able to play this game for such a long time, I have seen a lot, and I have seen the importance of what players need in the clubhouse."
"Congratulations to Carlos. We are thrilled, as we know our passionate fans will be, to have him back in the family," New York Mets COO, Jeff Wilpon, stated. "Thanks to Brodie and the entire baseball operations staff on this expansive, diverse and collaborative managerial search process."
"When you're a manager, literally, your GM has to be your best friend," Beltran explained.
"It was important for all of us in the ownership group and the baseball operations department to feel like we could exhale when we walked into the manager's office," says New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen. "We didn't want to inhale in anticipation of conversations.
"Instead, we wanted to feel comfortable, we wanted to feel welcome and we wanted to feel in partnership with the manager. We can trust Carlos, and that goes a long way."
"My time one-on-one with Carlos was really the key in terms of my comfortability," Van Wagenen stated.
"I went to the Yankees' organization willing to learn," says Beltran.
"I like to call it information," Beltran expressed. "It's going to be a collaboration."
"I do need experience, and there's no doubt about that," says Beltran. "We are reaching out. We're going to reach out to coaches that have experience, but most importantly, I don't want to bring names, I want to bring guys that are passionate."
"We're going to be creative with the roster," Van Wagenen explained.
Sources:
“New York Mets hire former player Carlos Beltran as manager”, espn.com, November 1, 2019.
“Carlos Beltran: I need to be 'best friend' to Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen”, espn.com, November 4, 2019.
“Carlos Beltran”, baseball-reference.com, November 7, 2019.