Active MMDA Manager Register 2016

In the continuing tradition of lifting ideas from Baseball-Reference, I created an all-time register for the 20 active managers in the MMDA.

A similar table to the one that appears here also runs at the bottom of our site's Playoff History page, but even I sometimes forget it's there. So I embellished the data from that page and created a more prominent space for it here on the blog.

Thanks to commissioner James Bailey's record keeping from the early years of the MMDA, I had access to comprehensive won-loss and playoff data back through the 1995 season. So that's where I drew the line for this table. Five active managers played in the league in 1994 or earlier, but the results of those seasons are not reflected here.

Managers are sorted here by career wins. Remember, this data goes back only through the 1995 season.

No	Manager	Yrs	W	L	Pct	G	HighW	HighL	Playoffs	WSWon	PennWon
1	John Tresca	22	2047	1517	.574	3564	120	124	16	2	5
2	Ray Ross	22	2003	1561	.562	3564	117	92	18	2	5
3	Steven Tresca	22	1976	1588	.554	3564	108	123	17	2	3
4	James Bailey	22	1891	1673	.531	3564	105	102	13	1	1
5	Steve Frediani	22	1708	1856	.479	3564	106	116	9	0	3
6	Jim Baker	22	1614	1950	.453	3564	112	117	1	0	0
7	Matt Eddy	15	1239	1191	.510	2430	113	113	9	2	3
8	Mike Siddon	16	1193	1399	.460	2592	98	103	2	0	0
9	Mike Johnson	10	831	789	.513	1620	97	97	5	0	0
10	John Lamanna	7	642	492	.566	1134	108	78	6	1	1
11	Ryan McCabe	6	466	506	.479	972	93	108	1	0	0
12	Dave Jones	6	435	537	.448	972	88	106	1	1	1
13	Jim Derer	5	428	382	.528	810	101	87	2	0	0
14	Tim Ednoff	5	424	386	.523	810	99	89	2	0	0
15	G. O'Connor	5	399	411	.493	810	103	95	2	0	0
16	J. Gruttadauria	5	388	422	.479	810	87	94	1	0	0
17	Tom Edwards	4	317	331	.489	648	90	105	1	0	0
18	Clyde Elkins	4	283	365	.437	648	94	102	1	0	0
19	Mike Renick	2	83	241	.256	324	45	124	0	0	0
20	Kevin Kasunich	1	51	111	.315	162	51	111	0	0	0

Observations

The following table summarizes all World Series championships and pennants for active managers.

Manager	World Series	Champion
Ray Ross	1995, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015	1995, 2008
John Tresca	2002, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2014	2004, 2013
Steven Tresca	2002, 2007, 2010	2002, 2010
Matt Eddy	2012, 2014, 2015	2014, 2015
Steve Frediani	2001, 2011, 2016
James Bailey	2001	2001
John Lamanna	2012	2012
Dave Jones	2016	2016

Here are postseason records for all active managers for the 1995 to 2016 period. Managers ranked by win totals.

No	Manager	Playoffs	W	L	Pct	G	SeriesWon	WSWon	PennWon
1	John Tresca	16	104	97	.517	201	19	2	5
2	Steven Tresca	17	86	76	.531	162	14	2	3
3	Ray Ross	18	77	76	.503	153	14	2	5
4	Matt Eddy	9	60	47	.561	107	12	2	3
5	Steve Frediani	9	44	46	.489	90	8	0	3
6	James Bailey	13	39	52	.429	91	4	1	1
7	John Lamanna	6	26	28	.481	54	5	1	1
8	Mike Johnson	5	17	23	.425	40	2	0	0
9	Dave Jones	1	12	5	.706	17	3	1	1
10	George O'Connor	2	8	10	.444	18	1	0	0
11	Tim Ednoff	2	8	10	.444	18	1	0	0
12	Tom Edwards	1	7	5	.583	12	1	0	0
13	Jim Baker	1	3	4	.429	7	0	0	0
14	Mike Siddon	2	3	8	.273	11	0	0	0
13	Clyde Elkins	1	2	4	.333	6	0	0	0
14	Jim Gruttadauria	1	1	4	.200	5	0	0	0
13	Ryan McCabe	1	0	4	.000	4	0	0	0

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Congratulations to John Tresca and Ray Ross for recording their 2,000th career wins (since 1995) during the 2016 season. More fanfare should have been afforded them.

Steven Tresca is on deck to clear 2,000 wins in 2017.

For perspective, Tony La Russa cleared 2,700 wins, Bobby Cox cleared 2,500 and Joe Torre cleared 2,300 in their storied major league managing careers. They rank third, fourth and fifth all time.

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In terms of qualifying for the playoffs, John Lamanna has an unrivaled track record for success. His Goldenrod Gators have reached the postseason in six of seven seasons, which is good for an 86 percent success rate. He claimed the 2012 World Series title.

Five other managers have made the playoffs more often than not (since 1995): Ray Ross (82 percent of seasons), Steven Tresca (77 percent), John Tresca (73 percent), Matt Eddy (60 percent) and James Bailey (59 percent).

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For the sake of posterity, I will record here the pre-1995 results for managers for whom we can track down results.

James Bailey went 130-194 (.401) in 1993-94
Steve Frediani went 97-65 (.599) in 1994
Steven Tresca went 45-117 (.278) in 1994

Jim Baker (1992) and Ray Ross (1989) trace their roots back even farther than the above trio, but their records for the seasons prior to 1995 may be lost to time.

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The above tables account for just 11 World Series champions for the past 22 seasons of MMDA play. Two of the most distinguished inactive managers account for nine of the missing titles.

Bob Tresca's Newton Rockcrushers won the World Series in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003, and he left the franchise in excellent shape when he stepped down after the 2003 season.

Following a one-year stewardship by Jim Callis, Kevin Burns took over the franchise in 2005 and renamed it the Bethlehem Beaz. Burns claimed league titles in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2011. He also won a pennant in 2008.

If ever you feel good about the status of your MMDA team, check out these historic runs.

Manager	From	To	W	L	Pct	G	HighW	HighL	Playoffs	WSWon	PennWon
Bob Tresca	1995	2003	1037	421	.711	1458	125	57	9	5	5
Kevin Burns	2005	2011	743	391	.655	1134	122	106	6	4	5