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You come in as a young pitcher and  you rely on what they are telling you or  scouting reports and all that, but you really rely on what the catcher calls. You put so much aith in the catcher because you’re scared to shake him o. But withDanny you just knew, because o the manhe is, because o the calm and sure way hewent about the game that you were in thebest hands you could be.
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-Joel Piñiero
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Danny exudes the qualities that the Seattle organization isall about. He was pretty quiet, but he was a ferce competitor. Hewill always be part o this organization and this community.
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-Jamie Moyer 
Teammates and opponents respectedDan, but no one thought more highly o him than the pitchers he helped succeed,including Jamie Moyer, Freddy Garcia andKazuhiro Sasaki.
DAN WILSON BY THE NUMBERS BEST BATTING AVERAGE  MARINERS CATCHER 
1. Dan Wilson .295 2002
2. Tom Lampkin .291 1999
3. Dan Wilson .285 1996
 MOST GAMES CAUGHT  MARINERS CATCHER 
1. Dan Wilson 1,237
2. Dave Valle 7983. Scott Bradley 425
1,000 HITS AS A MARINER 
1. Ichiro 2,521 *2. Edgar Martinez 2,2473. Ken Grifey Jr. 1,8434. Jay Buhner 1,2555. Alvin Davis 1,163
6. Dan Wilson 1,071
7. Harold Reynolds 1,063* as o 7/10/12
 Dan retired from professional baseball following the 2005 season after aremarkable career that saw him becomethe face of the Mariners franchise.
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Dan Wilson caught 1,238 games or the Mariners…only 11other players in American League history caught as manygames or one team as Wilson did or Seattle…the MajorLeague record or one team is 1,756 by Gabby Hartnett orthe Cubs (1922-40).
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Wilson spent 14 seasons in the Major Leagues, the nal 12with Seattle.
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He is in the Mariners top-10 in a bevy o ofensive categories,including games played (5th/1,251), hits (6th/1,071), extrabase hits (9th/308), total bases (8th/1,568), doubles (6th/207),RBI (9th/508), at-bats (7th/4,085) and runs (10th/433).
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Wilson owns the Mariners career home run mark or catchers,and the club single-season marks or catchers in average(.295 in 2002), home runs (18 in 1996) and RBI (83 in 1996).
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He hit 2 career inside-the-park home runs, both vs. Detroitin the Kingdome (Sept. 10, 1997 and May 3, 1998). Theinside-the-park grand slam came on May 3, 1998. Dan is oneo just seven catchers in MLB history to hit an inside-the-parkgrand-slam home run.
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He was named to the American League All-Star team in 1996.
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Dan was the catcher in 30 o the 34 postseason games inMariners ranchise history, and was the starting catcher inthe games that clinched the postseason in 1995, 1997, 2000and 2001.
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Seattle was 667-584 (.533) when Dan appeared in a regular-season game.
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Dan was the Mariners nominee or the 2005 RobertoClemente Award, given annually to the player who combinesoutstanding skills on the baseball eld with devoted work inthe community.
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When he retired, Dan ranked among the top-25 in MajorLeague history among catchers in several categories,including elding percentage, games, doubles, runs and RBI.
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All-time games as catcher (MLB) – 20th (1,281)
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All-time games as catcher (AL) – 9th (1,237)
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All-time doubles as catcher (MLB) – 22nd (209)
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All-time runs as catcher (MLB) – 25th (437)
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All-time RBI as catcher (MLB) – 24th (504)
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All-time innings played as a catcher (AL) – 9th (10,100.2)
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All-time RBI as a catcher (AL) – 9th (498)
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The way I approached the game, my frst  priority was the pitcher on the mound and  getting him through a game and calling a game or him and the other things becomekind o secondary to that.
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—Dan Wilson, on catching
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