I like him for manager as well. Agreed. Padres, 1982: .500 Padres, 1983 pre-callup: .447 Padres, June 2, 1983 through 1986: .514, NL Champs 1984 Padres, 1987: .401, last place Mets, 1987-1991: .553, NL East Champs 1988 Mets, 1992: .444, 5th place Mets, 1993: .364, 7th place Mets, 1994: .487, 3rd place Mets, 1995-1996: .459 Royals, 1991: 6th place (of seven in the AL West) Royals, 1992: 5th place Royals, 1993: 3rd place (In 1994 they moved to the new five-team AL Central and finished third.) McReynolds' tenures in bold. He made his teams better; the Derek Jeter of his time.