2024 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Davey Johnson

This post is part of a series covering the 2024 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Managers/Executives/Umpires ballot, covering candidates in those categories who made their greatest impact from 1980 to the present. For an introduction to the ballot, see here. The eight candidates will be voted upon at the Winter Meetings in Nashville on December 3, and anyone receiving at least 75% of the vote from the 16 committee members will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 21, 2024, along with any candidates elected by the BBWAA.
Manager | G | W-L | W-L% | G>.500 | Playoffs | Pennants | WS |
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Davey Johnson | 2443 | 1372-1071 | .562 | 301 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
AVG HOF Mgr* | 3662 | 1968-1674 | .540 | 294 | 7 | 6 | 2.6 |
Davey Johnson
Like Billy Martin before him, albeit with far less drinking and drama, Davey Johnson was renowned for his ability to turn teams around. He posted a winning record in his first full season at four of his five managerial stops and took four of the five franchises that he managed to the playoffs at least once. But after six-plus seasons managing the Mets, he never lasted even three full seasons in any other job and never replicated the success he had in piloting the 1986 Mets to 108 wins and a World Series victory. Read the rest of this entry »