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.

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).