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

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.

Active MMDA Manager Register 2018

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 the return of Jeff Olson and subtraction of Mike Johnson in this year's register. Jeff previously managed in the MMDA from 2002 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2012 before returning in 2018 with a playoff team.  

No	Manager	W	L	Pct	Yrs	Playoff	HighW	HighL	Fibonacci
1	John Tresca	2221	1667	.571	24	17	120	124	1823
2	Ray Ross	2183	1705	.561	24	20	117	92	1704
3	Steven Tresca	2123	1765	.546	24	18	108	123	1517
4	James Bailey	2047	1841	.526	24	13	105	102	1284
5	Matt Eddy	1420	1334	.516	17	10	113	113	818
6	Steve Frediani	1855	2033	.477	24	9	106	116	707
7	John Lamanna	815	643	.559	9	7	108	85	628
8	Jim Baker	1787	2101	.460	24	2	112	117	507
9	Tim Ednoff	615	519	.542	7	4	99	89	430
10	Jim Derer	611	523	.539	7	3	101	87	417
11	Mike Siddon	1347	1569	.462	18	2	98	103	400
12	George O'Connor	591	543	.521	7	4	103	95	356
13	Jeff Olson	771	849	.476	10	4	109	118	289
14	Clyde Elkins	488	484	.502	6	3	113	102	249
15	Ryan McCabe	620	676	.478	8	2	93	108	241
16	Tom Edwards	468	504	.481	6	1	90	105	189
17	Jim Gruttadauria	532	602	.469	7	1	87	98	180
18	Dave Jones	569	727	.439	8	1	88	106	92
19	Kevin Kasunich	180	306	.370	3	0	65	111	-59
20	Mike Renick	198	450	.306	4	0	62	124	-192

Remember, this data covers the 1995 through 2018 seasons.

James Bailey won his 2,000th game in 2018. Matt Eddy can reach 1,500 by winning at least 80 games in 2019.
 
In the sample period, John Tresca has won the most division titles with 10. Next on the list are Matt Eddy and Ray Ross (seven each), James Bailey (five), John Lamanna (four) and Steve Frediani and Jeff Olson (three each).

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.

Examining 15 Years Of League History In Five-Year Windows

Note: I updated this file with a corrected calculation for ERA+, which altered a few pitching and balance leaders (March 18, 2017).

The MMDA just completed its 15th season of play in its "online" era. This means we have comprehensive player, team and league data for every season from 2002 through 2016.

To celebrate this odd anniversary, I sliced the data into three five-years periods to see how things shook out. Which were the best regular-season teams from 2002 to 2006? Which teams dominated the playoffs from 2007 to 2011? Which players or teams established league records from 2012 to 2016?

Now we have the answers to these esoteric questions and more.

Granted, dividing the seasons into five-year buckets based on chronology is arbitrary. So at the end of this piece, I divide MMDA history into periods along lines that a historian might draw.

In the tables below PF stands for park factor. Pyth stands for Pythagorean record.

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I. Period One: 2002–2006

The best regular season managers from 2002 to 2006 as ranked by wins.

No	Manager	W	L	Pct	R/G	OPS+	RA/G	ERA+	Home	Road	PF	Pyth
1	Steven Tresca	470	340	.580	5.89	119	4.80	103	+23	+42	100	.589
2	John Tresca	451	359	.557	4.94	101	4.52	109	+21	+25	100	.537
3	James Bailey	450	360	.556	5.48	109	4.78	107	+30	+15	109	.561
4	Ray Ross	441	369	.544	4.62	94	4.13	115	+7	+29	93	.544
5	Mike Capriotti	440	370	.543	4.65	93	4.30	112	+26	+9	104	.538