New York Mets Hire their Former Player Carlos Beltran to be Manager of the Ball Club

Posted by DavidGreen
Nov 08, 2019

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
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.