2020 Final Power Ranking

 
The final poll for the 2020 season. Teams sorted by wins. Ties broken by run differential.

OPS+ and ERA+ are adjusted for ballpark context.

RD run differential
PF park factor multiplier
BB% does not include intentional walks
SPD speed score
BABIP is a rough estimate of team defensive quality

Power Ranking 

No	Team	W	L	PCT	Division	R/G	OPS+	RA/G	ERA+	PF	RD
1	Mohawk Valley	111	51	.685	Kranepool	5.69	112	4.25	119	1.037	+234
2	Spokane	104	58	.642	McBride	4.80	99	3.44	131	0.977	+220
3	Death Valley	97	65	.599	Doyle	5.30	98	4.60	113	1.085	+114
4	Rosehill	95	67	.586	Fidrych	5.15	115	4.28	103	0.894	+142
5	Little Rock	94	68	.580	Fidrych	5.48	106	4.74	107	1.003	+119
6	Northeast	93	69	.574	Doyle	5.00	115	4.25	102	0.871	+122
7	California	92	70	.568	McBride	5.14	110	4.32	108	0.947	+133
8	Northwest	91	71	.562	McBride	5.61	101	5.19	104	1.076	+68
9	West Side	86	76	.531	Doyle	5.11	92	4.96	108	1.070	+25
10	Wilmington	83	79	.512	Kranepool	5.03	105	4.65	104	0.971	+61
11	Fighting	80	82	.494	Doyle	4.91	92	4.72	112	1.047	+30
12	Brooklyn	79	83	.488	Fidrych	5.59	108	5.50	93	1.002	+15
13	Rochester	77	85	.475	Kranepool	4.99	97	5.20	98	1.015	-33
14	Goldenrod	72	90	.444	Fidrych	4.66	89	5.38	97	1.065	-117
15	Willamsport	71	91	.438	Fidrych	4.98	94	5.25	102	1.067	-44
16	Georgian Bay	65	97	.401	Kranepool	4.20	87	5.19	92	0.963	-160
17	Sudbury	64	98	.395	Kranepool	4.56	89	5.47	93	1.021	-147
18	Cape Cod	63	99	.389	Doyle	4.46	99	5.72	71	0.898	-205
19	Elysian Fields	61	101	.377	McBride	4.36	93	5.33	88	0.949	-157
20	Murrieta	42	120	.259	McBride	5.09	97	7.69	58	1.075	-420

MMDA League Records (2002-2020)

A summary of individual and team records covering the past 18 seasons of MMDA play.

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Individual Batting Records 

2002–2020

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No	Batting Average	Year	Team	AVG
1	Albert Pujols	2009	Northern Lehigh	.403
2	Chipper Jones	2009	Northern Lehigh	.390
3	Joe Mauer	2010	Bethlehem	.386
4	Robinson Cano	2007	Northeast	.383
5	Jason Giambi	2002	Port City	.360
6	Albert Pujols	2008	Northern Lehigh	.358
7	Mike Sweeney	2003	Port City	.356
	Miguel Cabrera	2010	Bethlehem	.356
9	Todd Helton	2005	Chicago	.355
10	Hanley Ramirez	2008	Northern Lehigh	.354

No	Home Runs	Year	Team	HR
1	Barry Bonds	2002	Rochester	82
2	Sammy Sosa	2002	Cape Cod	71
	Giancarlo Stanton	2018	Elysian Fields	71
4	David Ortiz	2007	Bethlehem	70
5	Luis Gonzalez	2002	Jersey	69
6	Jim Thome	2003	Newton	68
7	Alex Rodriguez	2008	Cape Cod	65
	Albert Pujols	2011	Northern Lehigh	65
9	Chris Davis	2014	Goldenrod	64
10	Travis Hafner	2007	Wilmington	61

2020 Wrap: Award Winners & League Leaders

 A recap collecting important—or at least interesting—tidbits from the 2020 season.

Postseason Awards

Here are the MMDA end-of-season award winners, as selected by the Strat-O-Matic game engine. 

MVP
Player	Team	AB	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	BB	SO	SB	OBP	SLG
C.Bellinger	Drivers	608	46	3	54	134	.337	80	103	14	.413	.689
M.Semien	Lions	667	41	8	35	104	.289	95	122	3	.379	.532
G.Cole	Drivers	See Cy Young results below
C.Blackmon	Lions	634	58	4	31	140	.322	56	105	3	.384	.573
N.Arenado	Hornets	654	36	1	45	112	.306	44	104	1	.352	.570

Cody Bellinger led the MMDA with 54 home runs, 205 hits, 419 total bases and a .689 slugging percentage. He ranked second with a .337 average, .413 on-base percentage and 134 RBIs. He placed third with 132 runs.

CY YOUNG
Pitcher	Team	W	L	ERA	GS	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	AVG	BB9	SO9
G.Cole	Drivers	20	6	3.55	33	0	233	180	58	348	34	.209	2.2	13.4
Z.Greinke	Lions	22	2	2.65	33	0	224	186	41	186	22	.225	1.7	7.5
J.Verlander	Lions	18	7	3.40	33	0	233	170	52	308	52	.199	2.0	11.9
K.Yates	Lions	5	2	2.67	0	41	67	42	17	90	5	.178	2.3	12.0
F.Vazquez	Drivers	1	3	1.77	0	43	61	39	8	87	5	.181	1.2	12.8

Death Valley claimed the top league hardware with Bellinger and Gerrit Cole taking the MVP and Cy Young awards. Cole led the MMDA with 348 strikeouts and 233.1 innings. He placed second with 20 wins and a 6-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio and eighth with a .209 opponent average

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.

Final Power Ranking For 2019

The final poll for the 2019 season. Teams sorted by wins. Ties broken by run differential.

OPS+ and ERA+ are adjusted for ballpark context.

RD run differential
PF park factor multiplier
BB% does not include intentional walks
SPD speed score
BABIP is a rough estimate of team defensive efficiency

Power Ranking 

No	Team	W	L	PCT	Division	R/G	OPS+	RA/G	ERA+	PF	RD
1	Wilmington	109	53	.673	Kranepool	5.45	117	3.69	117	1.006	+285
2	Spokane	105	57	.648	McBride	4.48	108	3.25	124	0.947	+198
3	Elysian Fields	102	60	.630	McBride	4.18	91	3.12	131	1.034	+171
4	Rochester	101	61	.623	Kranepool	5.88	127	4.44	102	0.989	+233
5	Cape Cod	91	71	.562	Doyle	4.94	121	4.18	93	0.891	+124
6	West Side	89	73	.549	Doyle	5.40	115	4.71	93	1.011	+112
7	Rosehill	89	73	.549	Fidrych	4.22	96	3.75	115	0.984	+77
8	Death Valley	89	73	.549	Doyle	5.15	111	4.68	96	1.032	+76
9	Mohawk Valley	87	75	.537	Kranepool	4.80	107	4.98	91	0.997	-28
10	Brooklyn	86	76	.531	Fidrych	4.65	99	4.40	112	1.093	+41
11	Northeast	84	78	.519	Doyle	4.90	110	4.91	86	0.994	-1
12	California	78	84	.481	McBride	4.04	103	4.22	94	0.879	-30
13	San Diego	75	87	.463	Fidrych	4.37	98	4.64	97	0.996	-44
14	Fighting	71	91	.438	Doyle	4.69	104	5.51	83	1.062	-134
15	Goldenrod	69	93	.426	Fidrych	3.83	88	4.39	94	0.909	-91
16	Little Rock	67	95	.414	Fidrych	3.91	78	4.75	104	1.075	-136
17	Northwest	64	98	.395	McBride	3.77	82	4.58	102	1.046	-132
18	Sudbury	58	104	.358	Kranepool	3.72	86	4.70	95	0.981	-159
19	Yankee	58	104	.358	McBride	3.77	75	5.19	98	1.134	-229
20	Georgian Bay	48	114	.296	Kranepool	3.51	80	5.56	74	0.991	-333

2019 Wrap: Award Winners & League Leaders

A recap collecting important—or at least interesting—tidbits from the 2019 season.

Postseason Awards

Here are the MMDA end-of-season award winners, as selected by the Strat-O-Matic game engine. 

MVP
Player	Team	AB	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	BB	SO	SB	OBP	SLG
J.deGrom	Crows	See Cy Young Voting
J.Ramirez	Razorbacks	603	52	3	39	113	.262	107	103	21	.380	.552
C.Yelich	Pilots	623	39	8	39	131	.294	90	156	26	.389	.570
N.Arenado	Hornets	632	43	5	38	124	.288	73	124	2	.359	.552
F.Freeman	Razorbacks	644	50	5	22	132	.297	77	147	6	.373	.492

Wilmington third baseman Jose Ramirez led all position players in MVP balloting, even though he finished second in the race to Spokane righthander Jacob deGrom. Ramirez didn't lead the league in any single category but ranked top 10 in seven major ones with 39 home runs (fourth), 113 RBIs (fifth), 52 doubles (second), 107 walks (third), 120 runs (second), a .380 on-base percentage (eighth) and .552 slugging (sixth).

CY YOUNG
Pitcher	Team	W	L	ERA	GS	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	AVG	BB9	SO9
J.deGrom	Crows	23	5	2.31	33	0	250	175	62	302	20	.195	2.2	10.9
B.Snell	Crows	19	1	1.44	26	0	188	89	79	211	8	.141	3.8	10.1
C.Sale	Dutchmen	19	4	1.79	24	0	161	110	36	247	7	.191	2.0	13.8
C.Kluber	Dutchmen	19	5	2.11	31	0	218	155	54	228	19	.197	2.2	9.4
T.Bauer	Bluejays	20	6	3.05	27	0	183	128	74	236	18	.196	3.6	11.6

Having two aces pitching at the peak of their abilities pushed Spokane to 105 wins and helped them outpace defending MMDA champion Elysian Fields in the McBride division.

Even in a season in which lefthander Blake Snell went 19-1 and established a new league record with a 1.44 ERA, the voters went with a different Spokane starter. Righthander Jacob deGrom went 23-5 with a 2.31 ERA and led the league in wins, innings (249.2) and shutouts (three). He ranked second in strikeouts (302) and home run rate (0.72 per nine innings) and third in ERA and opponent average (.195).