Active MMDA Manager Register 2019

A complete statistical record for the MMDA goes back to 1995. That's the line of demarcation I used to create our league's all-time managerial register.

Managers are ranked by Fibonacci win points. This concept was introduced by Bill James in his book Whatever Happened To The Hall Of Fame? 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. So rather than rank managers by total wins or by winning percentage, I chose to rank them by Fibonacci win points to balance quality (winning percentage) and quantity (career wins).

Note that Kyle Glaser and Jeff Olson stepped away after the 2019 season, the former after only one season.

No	Manager	W	L	Pct	Yrs	Playoff	MaxW	MaxL	Fibonacci
1.	John Tresca	2305	1745	.569	25	18	120	124	1872
2.	Ray Ross	2247	1803	.555	25	15	117	98	1691
3.	Steven Tresca	2214	1836	.547	25	19	108	123	1588
4.	James Bailey	2148	1902	.530	25	14	105	102	1385
5.	Matt Eddy	1507	1409	.517	18	10	113	113	877
6.	Steve Frediani	1960	2090	.484	25	9	106	116	819
7.	John Lamanna	1023	921	.526	12	7	108	96	640
8.	Jim Baker	1896	2156	.468	25	3	112	117	627
9.	Tim Ednoff	701	595	.541	8	4	99	89	485
10.	Jim Derer	700	596	.540	8	4	101	87	482
11.	Mike Siddon	1425	1653	.463	19	2	98	103	432
12.	George O'Connor	680	616	.525	8	5	103	95	421
13.	Clyde Elkins	590	544	.520	7	4	113	102	353
14.	Ryan McCabe	691	767	.474	9	2	93	108	251
15.	Jeff Olson	891	1053	.458	12	4	109	118	246
16.	Jim Gruttadauria	621	675	.479	8	2	89	98	244
17.	Kyle Glaser	75	87	.463	1	0	75	87	23
18.	Patrick Tougas	48	114	.296	1	0	48	114	-52
19.	Kevin Kasunich	238	410	.367	4	0	65	111	-85
20.	Mike Renick	265	545	.327	5	0	67	124	-193

Remember, this data covers the 1995 through 2019 seasons.

Managerial thresholds crossed in 2019: John Tresca passed 2,300 wins, Ray Ross and Steven Tresca eclipsed 2,200 wins, James Bailey moved past 2,100 wins.

Top 10 Managers Of The 2010s

Just as every journey begins with a single step, a successful season is the culmination of several small achievements that equal a larger accomplishment.

This post celebrates the MMDA managers who achieved the most in the 2010s, both small and large.

To assess managers’ greatness, I borrowed a scoring system from Bill James.

Teams receive one point each for having a winning season, for winning 90 games and for winning 100 games.

Teams receive two points for winning a division, three points for winning a pennant and four points for winning a World Series championship.

Thus the highest score via this six-tiered scoring system is 12 points. There were four “perfect” teams in MMDA in the 2010s. These teams won 100 games, a division title and a World Series championship.

• 2013 Northeast Huskies
• 2015 Mohawk Valley Lions
• 2018 Elysian Fields Flying Dutchmen
• 2019 Spokane Hooded Crows

Now let’s see how MMDA managers stack up for the years 2010 to 2019.