Following a 90-win season, an AL West Division title, and an appearance in the American League Championship Series, Dan Wilson was named as the winner of the league’s Manager of the Year Award. In his first full season as Seattle’s skipper, he took his 2025 squad further than the franchise has ever traveled in the post season, falling one game short of the Fall Classic.
Wilson, 56, is a bit of a legacy when it comes to the Mariners. He played the majority of his career in Seattle, and was one of the team’s leaders throughout the 1990s. In a 14-year major league career, Wilson had a .262 career batting average along with 88 home runs and 519 runs batted in. He was inducted to the team’s Hall of Fame in 2012.