Carlos Mendoza – second year bump?

As Carlos Mendoza approaches his 2nd full season at the helm of the NY Mets we thought it would be good to take a look at how Mets managers of the past did in their second season.
The table below shows how history has fared for Mets managers and their first two full seasons (we left any partial seasons out of the mix):

Manager	Seasons Managed	First Season Record	Second Season Record	Difference
Casey Stengel	1962–1965	40–120	51–111	+11
Wes Westrum	1965–1967	48–113	61–101	+13
Gil Hodges	1968–1971	73–89	100–62	+27
Yogi Berra	1972–1975	83–73	82–79	-1
Joe Torre	1977–1981	49–68	66–96	+17
Davey Johnson	1984–1990	90–72	98–64	+8
Dallas Green	1993–1996	46–78	55–58	+9
Art Howe	2003–2004	66–95	71–91	+5
Willie Randolph	2005–2008	83–79	97–65	+14
Terry Collins	2011–2017	77–85	74–88	-3
Mickey Callaway	2018–2019	77–85	86–76	+9
Buck Showalter	2022–2023	101–61	75–87	-26

As the data shows 2nd year managers have had more favorable outcomes than not
9 – improved second year
3 – declined second year

Encouraging data for the Met’s skipper, to say the least, as history is on his side. While its way too early to say where he’ll end up or what his Mets tenure will look like, we hope he can eventually be recognized as one of the best to lead the Metropolitians.