Dan Wilson
MANAGER · AL West

Dan Wilson

Seattle Mariners March 26, 2026 – Present Active
Lineup cost 3.08 R
Record 59-66
Games 153

Decision cost by category

Record
59-66
wins-losses
Games
153
with decision data
Lineup
3.08 R 0.02 R/G
Bunts
1.25 R 0.01 R/G
IBBs
3.67 R 0.03 R/G
Relievers
31.55 R 0.25 R/G

Season to date · categories cover different scopes and aren't summed into a total — reliever selection is high-leverage spots only; the Relievers leaderboard shows a rolling 30-day window.

Cost by category

Seattle Mariners cost themselves 3.08 R from lineup decisions, 31.55 R from high-leverage reliever selection, 1.25 R from bunts, 3.67 R from intentional walks.

LINEUP DECISIONS · 3.08 R RELIEVER SELECTION · 31.55 R BUNTS · 1.25 R INTENTIONAL WALKS · 3.67 R

Season to date · shown per category, not summed — reliever selection is high-leverage spots only (the Relievers board uses a rolling 30-day window).

How this compares — league ranking

Lineup decisions

Dan Wilson ranks 10th of 30 managers in MLB.

  1. 1 Dave Roberts LAD 2.08 R
  2. 2 John Schneider TOR 2.33 R
  3. 3 Craig Stammen SD 2.34 R
  4. 10 Dan Wilson SEA 3.08 R
  5. 28 Carlos Mendoza NYM 5.24 R
  6. 29 Joe Espada HOU 5.45 R
  7. 30 Will Venable CWS 5.73 R

Bunt decisions

Dan Wilson ranks 5th of 30 managers in MLB.

  1. 1 Aaron Boone NYY 0.36 R
  2. 2 Don Kelly PIT 0.90 R
  3. 3 A.J. Hinch DET 0.93 R
  4. 5 Dan Wilson SEA 1.25 R
  5. 28 Pat Murphy MIL 4.74 R
  6. 29 John Schneider TOR 5.31 R
  7. 30 Kevin Cash TB 6.33 R

Intentional walks

Dan Wilson ranks 21st of 30 managers in MLB.

  1. 1 Joe Espada HOU 0.71 R
  2. 2 Clayton McCullough MIA 1.37 R
  3. 3 A.J. Hinch DET 1.44 R
  4. 21 Dan Wilson SEA 3.67 R
  5. 28 Pat Murphy MIL 5.29 R
  6. 29 Dave Roberts LAD 6.33 R
  7. 30 John Schneider TOR 6.59 R

Game-by-game breakdown

Last 7 in tenure · Δ R/G
Sep 16 @ LAA W Yusei Kikuchi 7-2 +0.23 Sep 15 @ LAA L Ryan Johnson 1-2 +3.60
⚐ Lineup mishaps cost ~3.54 R
 Sep 14 @ LAA L Reid Detmers 4-6 +0.79
⚐ Pulled too late cost ~0.79 R
 Sep 13 @ ATH L Jacob Lopez 7-8 +0.14 Sep 12 @ ATH W Joey Estes 19-1 +0.01 Sep 11 @ ATH L Jeffrey Springs 5-6 +0.51 Sep 10 vs TEX W Jacob deGrom 4-3 +0.54

Most costly decisions

Flagged · click for detail
SEP 15 · @ LAA +3.60 R/G
Lineup mishaps cost ~3.54 R
vs Ryan Johnson · L 1-2
SEP 14 · @ LAA +0.79 R/G
Pulled too late cost ~0.79 R
vs Reid Detmers · L 4-6

Tenure summary

Dan Wilson manages the Seattle Mariners, with their current tenure beginning March 26, 2026.

Through 153 games of decision data, their tactical decisions cost the team an estimated 8.00 R across lineup construction, bunt strategy, and intentional walks. Lineup decisions accounted for 3.08 R of that — the largest single category.

The team's 59-66 record places them 7 games under .500. Wilson has called 12 sacrifice bunts (1.25 R in expected runs). Intentional walks have been issued 17 times for an expected cost of 3.67 R.

Deep analytical views

The overview above is the SEO surface. Each link below opens the interactive analyzer for that decision type — sortable lists, per-game breakdowns, and the underlying numbers.

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How this is calculated

Stats reflect only Dan Wilson's tenure as Mariners manager — events from before the start date or after the end date are excluded. Lineup cost is the difference between an optimized batting order and the one actually used, summed across regular-season games. Bunt and intentional-walk costs come from per-decision run-expectancy deltas. Pitching cost is the sum of pull-timing and reliever-selection runs lost. Costs are shown as a season total and a per-game rate (R/G); rankings compare this tenure's per-game rate against the league-wide distribution of current and recent manager tenures. RunsLeft does not assign letter grades — the costs and rankings are descriptive analytics.

Read the full methodology. Career managing history coming in v2 with Lahman integration.

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