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.
Playoff Manager Register
Now we turn to postseason records for all active managers during the 1995 to 2019 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 | 108 | 99 | .522 | 207 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 65 |
| 2. | Steven Tresca | 95 | 86 | .525 | 181 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 59 |
| 3. | Matt Eddy | 68 | 56 | .548 | 124 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 49 |
| 4. | Ray Ross | 82 | 84 | .494 | 166 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 39 |
| 5. | Steve Frediani | 56 | 51 | .523 | 107 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 |
| 6. | John Lamanna | 37 | 36 | .507 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 7. | Clyde Elkins | 22 | 17 | .564 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 8. | George O'Connor | 22 | 25 | .468 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 9. | Tim Ednoff | 18 | 20 | .474 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10. | Jim Baker | 13 | 15 | .464 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11. | Jeff Olson | 15 | 19 | .441 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12. | James Bailey | 41 | 60 | .406 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -2 |
| 13. | Jim Gruttadauria | 4 | 8 | .333 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| 14. | Mike Siddon | 3 | 8 | .273 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| 15. | Ryan McCabe | 2 | 8 | .200 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| 16. | Jim Derer | 8 | 19 | .296 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -9 |
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