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A look at the most successful managers in Mets history

NEW YORK (AP) This weekend, Terry Collins will break the record for most career games as manager of the Mets. Only five of the franchise’s 20 bench bosses have compiled 300 wins with New York. Here’s a look at the other four:

DAVEY JOHNSON

Promoted from within the minor league system, Johnson took over a young Mets team coming off seven straight losing seasons and turned it into a brash perennial winner. He went 595-417 as manager from 1984-90, guiding New York to the 1986 World Series title and a division crown two years later.