Terry Francona
MANAGER · NL Cent

Terry Francona

Cincinnati Reds March 26, 2026 – Present Active
Lineup cost 3.02 R
Record 66-73
Games 151

Decision cost by category

Record
66-73
wins-losses
Games
151
with decision data
Lineup
3.02 R 0.02 R/G
Bunts
2.16 R 0.02 R/G
IBBs
4.41 R 0.03 R/G
Relievers
41.44 R 0.29 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

Cincinnati Reds cost themselves 3.02 R from lineup decisions, 41.44 R from high-leverage reliever selection, 2.16 R from bunts, 4.41 R from intentional walks.

LINEUP DECISIONS · 3.02 R RELIEVER SELECTION · 41.44 R BUNTS · 2.16 R INTENTIONAL WALKS · 4.41 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

Terry Francona ranks 9th 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. 9 Terry Francona CIN 3.02 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

Terry Francona ranks 10th 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. 10 Terry Francona CIN 2.16 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

Terry Francona ranks 25th 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. 25 Terry Francona CIN 4.41 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 17 vs LAD L Landon Knack 2-8 +3.60
⚐ Lineup mishaps cost ~1.90 R
 Sep 16 vs LAD W Bobby Miller 6-2 +1.03
⚐ Pulled too late cost ~1.03 R
 Sep 15 vs LAD L Yoshinobu Yamamoto 0-4 +4.74
⚐ Lineup mishaps cost ~3.12 R
 Sep 14 vs LAD L Tarik Skubal 1-4 +3.75
⚐ Lineup mishaps cost ~2.23 R
 Sep 13 @ MIL W Robert Gasser 4-3 +0.05 Sep 12 @ MIL L Shane Drohan 9-13 +1.79
⚐ Pulled too late cost ~1.57 R
 Sep 11 @ MIL L Dustin May 0-20 +4.76
⚐ Lineup mishaps cost ~4.12 R

Most costly decisions

Flagged · click for detail
SEP 11 · @ MIL +4.76 R/G
Lineup mishaps cost ~4.12 R
vs Dustin May · L 0-20
SEP 15 · vs LAD +4.74 R/G
Lineup mishaps cost ~3.12 R
vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto · L 0-4
SEP 14 · vs LAD +3.75 R/G
Lineup mishaps cost ~2.23 R
vs Tarik Skubal · L 1-4
SEP 17 · vs LAD +3.60 R/G
Lineup mishaps cost ~1.90 R
vs Landon Knack · L 2-8

Tenure summary

Terry Francona manages the Cincinnati Reds, with their current tenure beginning March 26, 2026.

Through 151 games of decision data, their tactical decisions cost the team an estimated 9.59 R across lineup construction, bunt strategy, and intentional walks. Lineup decisions accounted for 3.02 R of that — the largest single category.

The team's 66-73 record places them 7 games under .500. Francona has called 15 sacrifice bunts (2.16 R in expected runs). Intentional walks have been issued 22 times for an expected cost of 4.41 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 Terry Francona's tenure as Reds 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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