Active MMDA Manager Register 2017

Northwest manager Ray Ross traces his MMDA roots back to 1989 and has thus managed a league game in each of the past four decades. Next time you converse with Ray, congratulate him on finishing his 29th season in the league in 2017.

Five other MMDA managers joined up in the 1990s and remain active to this day: James Bailey, Jim Baker, Steve Frediani, John Tresca and Steven Tresca. However, a complete statistical record for the MMDA goes back only to 1995, so that's where I drew the line when creating our league's all-time managerial register.

A new wrinkle added this year is Fibonacci win points. This concept was introduced by Bill James in his book Whatever Happened To The Hall Of Fame?, and it balances teams' win totals with their winning percentage to arrive at one pleasing number.

The formula is simply wins (times) winning percentage (plus) wins (minus) losses—or W * PCT + W - L. So rather than rank managers by total wins or by winning percentage, I chose to rank them by Fibonacci win points to balance quality and quantity.

No	Manager	W	L	Pct	Yrs	Playoff	HighW	HighL	Fibonacci
1	John Tresca	2145	1581	.576	23	17	120	124	1799
2	Ray Ross	2098	1628	.563	23	19	117	92	1651
3	Steven Tresca	2064	1662	.554	23	18	108	123	1545
4	James Bailey	1973	1753	.530	23	13	105	102	1265
5	Matt Eddy	1318	1274	.508	16	9	113	113	714
6	Steve Frediani	1788	1938	.480	23	9	106	116	708
7	John Lamanna	738	558	.569	8	7	108	78	600
8	Mike Johnson	898	884	.504	11	5	97	97	467
9	Jim Baker	1705	2021	.458	23	2	112	117	464
10	Mike Siddon	1266	1488	.460	17	2	98	103	360
11	Tim Ednoff	518	454	.533	6	3	99	89	340
12	Jim Derer	514	458	.529	6	2	101	87	328
13	G. O'Connor	491	481	.505	6	3	103	95	258
14	J. Gruttadauria	468	504	.481	6	1	87	94	189
15	Ryan McCabe	534	600	.471	7	1	93	108	185
16	Tom Edwards	392	418	.484	5	1	90	105	164
17	Clyde Elkins	375	435	.463	5	2	94	102	114
18	Dave Jones	502	632	.443	7	1	88	106	92
19	Kevin Kasunich	115	209	.355	2	0	64	111	-53
20	Mike Renick	136	350	.280	3	0	53	124	-176

Remember, this data covers the 1995 through 2017 seasons.

Steven Tresca won his 2,000th game in 2017. James Bailey will join the 2,000-win pantheon in 2018.

Playoff Manager Register

Now we turn to postseason records for all active managers during the 1995 to 2017 period. Managers are ranked by Fibonacci win points.

Key to categories: Series—playoff series won. Pennants—World Series appearances. Rings—World Series won.

No	Manager	W	L	Pct	G	Series	Pennants	Rings	Fibonacci
1	John Tresca	110	103	.516	213	20	5	2	64
2	Steven Tresca	88	80	.524	168	14	3	2	54
3	Matt Eddy	60	47	.561	107	12	3	2	47
4	Ray Ross	79	80	.497	159	14	5	2	38
5	Steve Frediani	44	46	.489	90	8	3	0	20
6	John Lamanna	37	37	.500	74	7	2	1	19
7	Dave Jones	12	5	.706	17	3	1	1	15
8	G. O'Connor	20	17	.541	37	4	1	1	14
9	Tim Ednoff	15	16	.484	31	2	0	0	6
10	Tom Edwards	7	5	.583	12	1	0	0	6
11	James Bailey	39	52	.429	91	4	1	1	4
12	Mike Johnson	17	23	.425	40	2	0	0	1
13	Jim Baker	5	8	.385	13	0	0	0	-1
14	Clyde Elkins	4	8	.333	12	0	0	0	-3
15	J. Gruttadauria	1	4	.200	5	0	0	0	-3
16	Jim Derer	3	8	.273	11	0	0	0	-4
17	Mike Siddon	3	8	.273	11	0	0	0	-4
18	Ryan McCabe	0	4	.000	4	0	0	0	-4