World Series: Lake County 4, Spokane 3

Game recaps from the Strat box scores. In the World Series, the No. 3 Spokane Hooded Crows (99-63) met the No. 8 Lake County Nighthawks (x).

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Game One
Crows 4, Nighthawks 3

Starters: Mark Buehrle @ Clayton Kershaw

49,923 fans watched an exciting game at The Crows Nest. The Spokane Hooded Crows ended a long winless drought and topped the Lake County Nighthawks by the slimmest of margins, 4 to 3.

The game was won by Spokane with a run in the bottom of the 8th inning. Chris Colabello was hit by a pitch. Juan Uribe stepped up to the plate and he was hit by a pitch. After an out was recorded, Joc Pederson then slapped a single to load the bases. D.J. Lemahieu followed next and he hit a sacrifice fly scoring the run. Lake County threatened in the 9th but their rally came up short.

Carson Smith (1-0) got the win allowing no runs in 2/3 of an inning. Smith was helped out by Roberto Osuna who recorded his 4th save. Kevin Siegrist (0-1) was the loser in relief.

Round Two: Lake County 4, Mohawk Valley 1

Game recaps from the Strat box scores. In this round two matchup, the No. 5 Mohawk Valley Lions (93-69) met the No. 8 Lake County Nighthawks (88-74).

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Game One
Nighthawks 4, Lions1

Starters: Sonny Gray @ Stephen Strasburg

Sonny Gray delivered 8 solid innings at The Lion's Den where the Lake County Nighthawks beat the Mohawk Valley Lions by the score of 4 to 1.

Lake County scored 2 runs in the 5th inning with the help of 3 hits. It was enough to earn the victory.  Wade Davis pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 1st save.

Gray (1-0) got the win allowing 1 run in 8 innings. Joe Smith (0-1) was given the loss in relief. He gave up 1 run and 1 hit in 1 2/3 innings.

Round Two: Spokane 4, Death Valley 2

Game recaps from the Strat box scores. In this round two matchup, the No. 2 Death Valley Drivers (103-59) met the No. 3 Spokane Hooded Crows (99-63).

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Game One
Crows 6, Drivers 3

Starters: Clayton Kershaw @ Gerrit Cole

Alex Rodriguez slammed a home run as the Spokane Hooded Crows defeated the Death Valley Drivers by a score of 6 to 3 at Drivers Stadium.

Spokane scored the decisive runs in a big 8th inning with 2 runs on 3 hits. Chris Colabello got things going when he lofted a solo-blast downtown. After an out was recorded, Danny Valencia came to the plate and lined a one-base hit. Kyle Blanks then reached on an error. Jose Iglesias stepped in and he banged out a single scoring the final run of the inning. Spokane banged out 12 hits on the night.

Clayton Kershaw (1-2) was the winner allowing 3 runs in 7 innings. Roberto Osuna got the save, his 1st.  Clay Buchholz (0-1) absorbed the loss in relief. He surrendered 2 runs and 4 hits in 1 1/3 innings. 

Round One: Lake County 4, Goldenrod 1

Game recaps from the Strat box scores. In this round one matchup, the No. 1 Goldenrod Gators (108-54) met the No. 8 Lake County Nighthawks (88-74).

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Game One
Nighthawks 3, Gators 1

Starters: Sonny Gray @ Dallas Keuchel

Second baseman Jose Altuve had 2 base hits and Sonny Gray went the distance as the Lake County Nighthawks defeated the Goldenrod Gators by a score of 3 to 1 at Gator Grounds.

Lake County delivered all the runs required in the 5th inning when they scored 3 runs on 3 hits. The key at-bat was by Adonis Garcia who silenced the stadium when he ripped a one-base hit scoring two baserunners. The Goldenrod batters didn't put up a fight in the bottom of the 9th.

The winning pitcher was Gray (1-0), who allowed 1 run for the game. Dallas Keuchel (0-1) was the losing pitcher. He gave up 3 runs and 6 hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Round One: Spokane 4, St. Louis 3

Game recaps from the Strat box scores. In this round one matchup, the No. 3 Spokane Hooded Crows (96-63) met the No. 6 St. Louis Maulers (93-69).

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Game One
Crows 4, Maulers 0

Starters: Jacob deGrom @ Zack Greinke

Zack Greinke took a no-hitter into the 6th inning at The Crows Nest where the Spokane Hooded Crows beat the St. Louis Maulers 4 to 0.

Greinke (1-0) was indeed brilliant as he hand-cuffed the St. Louis offense. He didn't allow much, just 2 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings. Greinke whiffed an impressive total of 8 St. Louis batters.  The right-handed Greinke lost his chance for a no-hitter when Nick Hundley singled with nobody out in the 6th inning. Both teams' bats went to sleep after the 3rd inning, with no runs scored after that point.

Jacob deGrom (0-1) absorbed the loss. He pitched 7 innings, allowing 5 hits and 3 walks.

Round One: Death Valley 4, Cape Cod 2

Game recaps from the Strat box scores. In this round one matchup, the No. 2 Death Valley Drivers (103-59) met the No. 7 Cape Cod Breakers (93-69).

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Game One
Drivers 6, Breakers 2

Starters: Colby Lewis @ Gerrit Cole

The Death Valley Drivers bested the Cape Cod Breakers by a 6 to 2 score at Drivers Stadium.

Gerrit Cole (1-0) had a solid outing for Death Valley. He went 6 innings surrendering 4 hits and 1 walk. Death Valley had 11 hits for the game and Cape Cod had 8.

Cole got help from Clay Buchholz who was credited with his 1st save. Colby Lewis (0-1) took the loss. He was touched for 8 hits and 2 walks in 5 1/3 innings. 

Round One: Mohawk Valley 4, Elysian Fields 2

Game recaps from the Strat box scores. In this round one matchup, the No. 4 Elysian Fields Flying Dutchmen (94-68) met the No. 5 Mohawk Valley Lions (93-69).

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Game One
Dutchmen 4, Lions 0

Starters: David Price @ Jake Arrieta

Jake Arrieta came through with a solid 8 innings at Elysian Fields where the Elysian Fields Flying Dutchmen beat the Mohawk Valley Lions 4 to 0.

Arrieta (1-0) was indeed brilliant as he hand-cuffed the Mohawk Valley offense. He surrendered only 2 hits and 1 walk in 8 innings. Elysian Fields finished with 8 hits while Mohawk Valley ended up with 4.

Arrieta got help from Trevor Rosenthal who earned his 1st save. David Price (0-1) was the losing pitcher. He pitched 5 innings and surrendered 4 hits and 1 walk.

Final Power Ranking For 2016

The final poll for the 2016 season. Teams sorted by wins. Ties broken by run differential.

For the first time, OPS+ and ERA+ are adjusted for ballpark context.

RD stands for run differential and Pyth for Pythagorean winning percentage. BB% and SO/BB ratio do not include intentional walks.

Power Ranking 

No	Team	W	L	PCT	Division	R/G	OPS+	RA/G	ERA+	Pyth	RD
1	Goldenrod	108	54	.667	Central	4.62	124	3.12	119	.671	+243
2	Death Valley	103	59	.636	Atlantic	5.20	116	4.19	105	.597	+164
3	Spokane	99	63	.611	Pacific	3.75	93	3.13	131	.581	+100
4	Elysian Fields	94	68	.580	Pacific	4.89	116	4.23	99	.565	+106
5	Mohawk Valley	93	69	.574	Atlantic	4.75	117	3.74	105	.607	+164
	St. Louis	93	69	.574	Central	3.80	86	3.10	141	.591	+113
	Cape Cod	93	69	.574	Northeast	4.73	126	4.14	94	.560	+96
8	Miami	90	72	.556	Northeast	4.15	96	3.99	106	.517	+25
9	Lake County	88	74	.543	Central	4.40	110	4.14	102	.528	+43
10	Brooklyn	82	80	.506	Pacific	3.97	91	4.04	105	.492	–11
11	Wilmington	79	83	.488	Atlantic	4.45	105	4.32	94	.513	+21
12	Fighting Irish	77	85	.475	Northeast	4.27	98	4.59	101	.467	–52
13	Rosehill	75	87	.463	Central	4.12	92	4.14	104	.499	–2
14	Northwest	74	88	.457	Pacific	3.71	82	4.10	107	.454	–64
15	West Side	73	89	.451	Northeast	4.59	98	5.32	87	.434	–118
16	Rochester	72	90	.444	Atlantic	3.79	94	4.07	100	.467	–46
17	Northeast	70	92	.432	Northeast	3.97	96	4.68	89	.426	–115
18	California	68	94	.420	Pacific	3.74	95	4.37	93	.430	–102
19	Sudbury	51	111	.315	Atlantic	3.83	91	5.12	83	.371	–210
20	Little Rock	38	124	.235	Central	3.43	75	5.62	78	.290	–355

Ballpark-Adjusted Team Statistics For 2016

Note: I updated this file with a corrected calculation for ERA+ (March 18, 2017).

We have a complete record of game-by-game line scores for the 2016 season, and that enables me to compute comprehensive park factors for all teams.

The point of this exercise is to (1) highlight the ways in which various parks affect run scoring, and (2) to create Baseball-Reference-style index metrics, specifically OPS+ and ERA+.

Please see this page to learn more about how the calculations are made. Teams are sorted here in descending order of park factor, where 100 is average.

No	Team	Home R/G	Road R/G	Park Factor	Multiplier
1	Little Rock	9.68	8.43	115	1.074
2	Fighting Irish	9.46	8.27	114	1.072
3	Death Valley	9.99	8.78	114	1.069
4	Rosehill	8.74	7.78	112	1.062
5	St. Louis	7.25	6.57	110	1.052
6	West Side	10.36	9.47	109	1.047
7	Northwest	8.15	7.48	109	1.045
8	Miami	8.48	7.80	109	1.044
9	Brooklyn	8.28	7.73	107	1.036
10	Sudbury	9.16	8.74	105	1.024
11	Lake County	8.63	8.44	102	1.011
12	Northeast	8.53	8.77	97	0.987
13	Wilmingotn	8.59	8.95	96	0.980
14	Rochester	7.59	8.14	93	0.967
15	Elysian Fields	8.79	9.46	93	0.965
	Spokane	6.63	7.12	93	0.965
17	California	7.74	8.48	91	0.956
18	Mohawk Valley	7.77	9.22	84	0.921
19	Cape Cod	7.85	9.88	80	0.898
20	Goldenrod	6.65	8.81	75	0.877

Little Rock played as the most hitter-friendly park in the league with a factor of 115. This means that Scorpions home games featured 15 percent more runs than Scorpions in road games. At the other end of the spectrum, Goldenrod played in a park featuring a factor of 75, meaning that Gators home games saw 25 percent fewer runs than Gators road games.

2016 Wrap: Award Winners & League Leaders

A recap collecting important—or at least interesting—tidbits from the just-concluded 2016 season.

Postseason Awards

Here are the MMDA end-of-season award winners, as selected by the Strat-O-Matic game engine. The wins above replacement (WAR) metric is generated by the game engine, too, and though it exists in every computer version of the game I own, I just noticed it for the first time this year.

MVP
Player	Team	AB	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	BB	SO	SB	OBP	SLG	WAR
C.Kershaw	Crows	See Cy Young Award table below
B.Harper	Dutchmen	556	31	0	44	119	.324	117	128	5	.443	.617	9.6
A.McCutchen	Lions	617	32	8	28	82	.246	100	152	8	.365	.460	7.6
M.Trout	Dodgers	592	28	9	37	93	.285	66	177	2	.366	.551	8.5
J.Votto	N'hawks	558	25	4	29	83	.276	136	133	3	.421	.491	6.4

Elysian Fields right fielder Bryce Harper, the top position player in MVP balloting, led the MMDA in home runs (44), RBIs (119), on-base percentage (.443) slugging percentage (.617) and runs scored (119). He narrowly lost the batting title to Rochester's Christian Yelich, who out-hit him by a count of .327 to .324. Harper also walked 117 times, which ranked second in the league only to Lake County's Joey Votto and his 136 free passes.

CY YOUNG
Pitchers	Team	W	L	ERA	GS	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	H9	BB9	SO9	WAR
C.Kershaw	Crows	22	4	1.94	32	0	251	157	61	315	14	5.6	2.2	11.3	10.8
J.deGrom	Maulers	21	4	2.38	31	0	185	131	49	201	15	6.4	2.4	9.8	6.7
D.Keuchel	Gators	19	6	2.48	36	0	254	192	65	228	20	6.8	2.3	8.1	8.4
J.Lackey	Gators	23	8	2.92	37	0	240	225	54	167	16	8.4	2.0	6.3	6.2
Z.Greinke	Crows	17	6	1.51	31	0	244	162	55	209	13	6.0	2.0	7.7	12.4

Spokane lefthander Clayton Kershaw led the MMDA in strikeouts (315), winning percentage (.846) and shutouts (eight), but he cemented his Cy Young and MVP candidacy by finishing runner-up in five other important categories: wins (22), ERA (1.94), innings (251), strikeout rate per nine innings (11.31) and opponent average (.176).

Power Ranking After Block Four

An attempt to rank the league's best teams for the 2016 season. Teams sorted by run differential, then wins.

This installment finds us 108 games into the season, with two blocks and 54 games remaining.

Note that OPS+ and ERA+ are not adjusted for ballpark context during the season.

RD stands for run differential and Pyth for Pythagorean winning percentage. Pace is projected win total based on current winning percentage. BB% and SO/BB ratio do not include intentional walks.

Power Ranking 

No	Team	W	L	PCT	Division	R/G	OPS+	RA/G	ERA+	Pyth	Pace	RD
1	Death Valley	70	38	.648	Atlantic	5.16	124	4.30	95	.582	105	+93
2	Goldenrod	69	39	.639	Central	4.49	105	2.98	140	.677	104	+163
3	St. Louis	67	41	.620	Central	3.81	91	2.87	144	.626	101	+102
4	Elysian Fields	64	44	.593	Pacific	5.15	113	4.35	101	.575	96	+86
5	Spokane	61	47	.565	Pacific	3.88	91	3.41	123	.558	92	+51
6	Miami	61	47	.565	Northeast	4.31	103	4.07	100	.525	92	+25
7	Mohawk Valley	60	48	.556	Atlantic	4.35	104	3.62	118	.583	90	+79
8	Cape Cod	60	48	.556	Northeast	4.48	107	4.00	107	.551	90	+52
9	Brooklyn	58	50	.537	Pacific	4.25	103	4.09	100	.517	87	+17
10	Lake County	55	53	.509	Central	4.14	105	4.34	96	.478	83	–22
11	Rosehill	53	55	.491	Central	4.11	99	4.05	100	.507	80	+7
12	Fighting Irish	53	55	.491	Northeast	4.23	105	4.30	99	.493	80	–7
13	Northwest	52	56	.481	Pacific	3.94	87	4.12	102	.479	78	–20
14	Northeast	51	57	.472	Northeast	3.96	95	4.42	95	.451	77	–49
15	Wilmington	50	58	.463	Atlantic	4.36	104	4.40	95	.496	75	–4
16	Rochester	48	60	.444	Atlantic	3.52	89	3.82	110	.462	72	–33
17	California	43	65	.398	Pacific	3.78	93	4.54	94	.418	65	–82
18	West Side	40	68	.370	Northeast	4.40	102	5.55	78	.397	60	–124
19	Sudbury	38	70	.352	Atlantic	3.85	95	4.81	85	.401	57	–103
20	Little Rock	27	81	.250	Central	3.57	83	5.71	72	.300	41	–231

Power Ranking After Block Two

An attempt to rank the league's best teams for the 2016 season. Teams sorted by run differential, then wins.

Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order. Also, OPS+ and ERA+ are not adjusted for ballpark context during the season.

RD stands for run differential and Pyth for Pythagorean winning percentage. BB% and SO/BB ratio do not include intentional walks.

Power Ranking 

No	Team	W	L	PCT	Division	R/G	OPS+	RA/G	ERA+	Pyth	RD
1	Goldenrod	36	18	.667	Central	4.61	108	2.96	146	.692	+89
2	Spokane	36	18	.667	Pacific	3.89	89	2.81	151	.644	+58
3	St. Louis	35	19	.648	Central	4.13	100	2.74	145	.679	+75
4	Death Valley	34	20	.630	Atlantic	5.24	126	4.63	89	.556	+33
5	Lake County	32	22	.593	Central	4.50	108	4.26	100	.525	+13
6	Elysian Fields	31	23	.574	Pacific	5.13	110	4.50	96	.560	+34
7	Miami	31	23	.574	Northeast	4.33	102	4.13	99	.522	+11
8	Cape Cod	30	24	.556	Northeast	4.31	106	3.89	108	.547	+23
9	Brooklyn	29	25	.537	Pacific	4.15	97	4.17	99	.498	–1
10	Mohawk Valley	27	27	.500	Atlantic	4.48	102	4.15	107	.535	+18
11	Rochester	26	28	.481	Atlantic	3.19	81	3.39	124	.472	–11
12	Fighting	25	29	.463	Northeast	4.11	109	4.37	96	.472	–14
13	Northeast	24	30	.444	Northeast	3.93	90	4.72	86	.416	–43
14	Wilmington	23	31	.426	Atlantic	4.13	98	4.69	89	.443	–30
15	Northwest	23	31	.426	Pacific	3.41	79	4.06	105	.421	–35
16	Rosehill	22	32	.407	Central	3.98	98	4.20	97	.475	–12
17	California	22	32	.407	Pacific	4.17	103	4.67	93	.448	–27
18	West Side	22	32	.407	Northeast	4.28	99	5.33	82	.400	–57
19	Sudbury	19	35	.352	Atlantic	4.13	99	4.85	82	.427	–39
20	Little Rock	13	41	.241	Central	3.76	94	5.33	76	.345	–85

The Most And Least Valuable Up-The-Middle Defenders

By Matt Eddy

Speed never goes into a slump, or so the baseball aphorism posits. The same can be said for defense in Strat-O-Matic baseball, provided that the defender has low enough range and error ratings to convert a high percentage of X-Rolls.

Due to the nature of X-Roll probabilities around the diamond, defenders at certain positions are more consequential than others. Seasoned baseball fans implicitly understand the concept of the defensive spectrum and position value. In SOM terms, the X-Roll probabilities are distributed along these lines:

X-Rolls Per 216 Plate Appearances (108 Rolls Off Hitter Card)

63 | Shortstop
54 | Second Base
27 | Center Field, Third Base
18 | Left Field, Right Field, First Base, Pitcher

The table above illustrates why second base is referred to as the keystone, because the two infielders stationed near the second-base bag are the cornerstones of team defense. Shortstops (.29) and second basemen (.25) process more X-Rolls per plate appearance in the SOM game than (non-catcher) defenders at any other position.

Top Eight Rotations You Want To Avoid In The Playoffs

By Matt Eddy

How strong is the link between rotation quality and team success in a 20-team Strat league? In the case of the MMDA: pretty strong.

Prior to the 2015 season, I ranked the top eight MMDA rotations in terms of the quality of each club's top four starters—the quartet most likely to appear in a playoff series. As it turned out, four of the top six teams on that ranking advanced to the league semifinals in 2015. The No. 2 Miami Manatees met the No. 3 Northwest Stars in one bracket, while in the other, the No. 4 Mohawk Valley Lions combated the No. 6 Spokane Hooded Crows.

So let's give it another go. Just like last year, I will rank in this space the eight most fearsome rotations in the MMDA, at least according to the on-base and total-base units for the top four starter cards on each team.

The methodology is slightly changed this year. I used the SOM World starting pitcher rankings to remove my subjectivity and personal bias from the exercise. I also weighted the starter cards on a simple 4-3-2-1 scale to reward clubs with top-heavy rotations. After all, a club's top two starters likely will compile the most playoff innings.

Each club's top four starters—again, according to SOM World—are included here, along with their overall rank among starters. An asterisk (*) denotes that a pitcher may come back on short rest in the playoffs.

1. Spokane Hooded Crows (Pacific)
RHP Zack Greinke (2*), LHP Clayton Kershaw (3*), RHP Jesse Hahn (15), LHP Cole Hamels (16*)

Four of the top 20 starters in the 2016 set can be found in the Crows' rotation, so this is the matchup that opposing teams will want to put off as long as possible in the playoffs. Greinke (1.66 ERA) and Kershaw (301 strikeouts) form the best righty-lefty one-two punch in the game, and both of them can pitch on short rest in the playoffs. Gulp.

2016 Draft Supplemental Rounds

Results for the supplemental rounds—this year the eighth through 15th rounds—of the 2016 MMDA draft are as follows. For the first seven rounds—the "regulation" phase—visit the 2016 Draft Results.

EIGHTH ROUND

Dutchmen eighth-round pick
Preston Tucker

141 Scorpions Williams Perez, rhp, Braves
142 Breakers Tim Cooney, lhp, Cardinals
143 Dutchmen Preston Tucker, of, Astros
144 Nighthawks David Phelps, rhp, Marlins
145 Snappers Corey Knebel, rhp, Brewers
146 Bluejays Luis Avilan, lhp, Dodgers
147 Irish Pat Venditte, lhp, Athletics
148 Maulers Erik Goeddel, rhp, Mets
149 Gators Josh Osich, lhp, Giants
150 Roadrunners  Colin Rea, rhp, Padres
151 Dodgers Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c, D-backs
152 Huskies Edwin Jackson, rhp, Braves
153 Crows Martin Maldonado, c, Brewers
154 Lions Jordy Mercer, ss, Pirates

NINTH ROUND
155 Scorpions Jerome Williams, rhp, Phillies
156 Dutchmen Daniel Hudson, rhp, D-backs
157 Nighthawks Adonis Garcia, 3b, Braves
158 Bluejays Chris Stewart, c, Pirates
159 Irish Dixon Machado, ss, Tigers
160 Maulers Ben Paulsen, 1b, Rockies
161 Gators Eduardo Nunez, 3b, Twins
162 Roadrunners  Miguel Socolovich, rhp, Cardinals
163 Huskies John Danks, lhp, White Sox
164 Lions Jesus Sucre, c, Mariners

Ballpark-Adjusted Team Statistics For 2015 Season

At precisely the same point in time that I discovered how to create park factors for MMDA teams last May, the means by which those PF estimates were calculated disappeared. As some of you know, our league's 2015 LZP file did not include line scores after April 30, and those line scores are essential to computing park factors.

With the help of a veteran Strat manager who is not in the MMDA, however, I have recovered 99 percent of the line scores from the 2015 season. This third party performed emergency surgery—technically, he rebuilt the league from game files—that yielded results for 1,605 of 1,620 possible games.

In fact, we recovered all 162 data points for 11 of 20 teams and all but a handful of data points for seven others. One team, the Miami Manatees, had 12 corrupted game files—the club's entire home schedule versus Northeast Division opponents in Block 6—and thus the largest error bars among teams in terms of its park factor.

Note: I can reconstruct the complete puzzle if interested parties can find the scores from Miami's Block 6 home games against Cape Cod, Fighting Irish, Northeast and West Side.

Note 2: We also have three random missing game files, which are:

• April 4: Spokane @ Jersey

• April 17: California @ Jersey

• Sept. 4: Spokane @ Brooklyn

So three months later than I intended, I have prepared park factors for the 2015 season. Please see this page to learn more about how the calculations are made. Teams sorted in descending order of hitter friendliness.

No	Team	Home R/G	Road R/G	Park Factor	Multiplier
1	Death Valley	9.20	7.33	125	1.127
2	Brooklyn	10.16*	8.32	122	1.111
3	West Side	9.81	8.28#	119	1.093
4	Lake County	9.41	8.31	113	1.066
5	Little Rock	9.20	8.20	112	1.061
6	Cape Cod	9.23	8.69#	106	1.031
7	Northwest	8.30	7.96	104	1.021
8	Wilmington	7.80	7.86	99	0.996
9	Rochester	7.53	7.65	98	0.992
10	St. Louis	7.95	8.11	98	0.990
11	Goldenrod	7.58	7.80	97	0.986
	Miami	7.84**	8.06	97	0.986
13	Elysian Fields	7.68	8.10	95	0.974
14	Jersey	7.96^	8.48	94	0.969
15	California	8.09	8.79*	92	0.960
16	Northeast	8.11	8.90#	91	0.956
	Rosehill	7.72	8.47	91	0.956
18	Fighting Irish	8.40	10.03#	84	0.919
19	Spokane	5.62	6.84^	82	0.911
20	Mohawk Valley	6.96	8.48	82	0.910
* Sample includes 80 games (one missing) # Sample includes 78 games (three missing) ** Sample includes 69 games (12 missing) ^ Sample includes 79 games (two missing)

A Jamesian Approach To Evaluating MMDA Managers

In his 1995 book "Whatever Happened To The Hall Of Fame?," Bill James proposed a method for evaluating managers' worthiness for enshrinement in Cooperstown. He assigned weighted values to various accomplishments, such as World Series championships (eight points each), pennants not resulting in a championship (five), division titles (three), career wins (one point per 200) and 100-win seasons (one).

With the Hall of Fame announcing this week that Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza would comprise its class of 2016, I thought it would be fun to review our current membership with an HOF angle. Thus, I applied James' manager standards to the past decade of MMDA play.

In addition to the weighted values listed, James also awarded points for tenure, but since MMDA managers are not hired and fired by team owners, I did not consider this category relevant to our league context. Instead, I simply listed years in the MMDA, dating back to 2006.

Managers Clyde Elkins (three years) and Mike Renick (one) have undertaken complete rebuilds, so I did not include them in the following ranking.

No.	Manager	Years	WS	x8	Penn	x5	Div	x3	Wins*	x1	100W	x1	Total
1	John Tresca	10	1	8	2	10	8	24	1008	5	8	8	55
2	Matt Eddy	10	2	16	1	5	6	18	931	4	2	2	45
3	Ray Ross	10	1	8	2	10	5	15	947	4	3	3	40
4	Steven Tresca	10	1	8	1	5	0	0	836	4	3	3	20
5	James Bailey	10	0	0	0	0	4	12	869	4	1	1	17
6	John Lamanna	6	1	8	0	0	2	6	534	2	0	0	16
7	Steve Frediani	10	0	0	1	5	1	3	770	3	0	0	11
8	Jim Baker	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	782	3	1	1	7
9	Mike Johnson	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	669	3	0	0	6
10	Jim Derer	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	353	1	1	1	5
11	Tim Ednoff	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	342	1	0	0	4
12	Mike Siddon	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	746	3	0	0	3
	Eric Campell**	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	731	3	0	0	3
14	Ryan McCabe	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	389	1	0	0	1
	Dave Jones	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	347	1	0	0	1
	Jim Gruttadauria	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	315	1	0	0	1
	George O'Connor	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	296	1	0	0	1
	Tom Edwards	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	227	1	0	0	1
* Teams awarded one point for every 200 wins **  Kevin Kasunich takes over franchise for 2016