| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| April 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Preseason | Through April 1983 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 16 | - | 9 | 0.640 | 111.36 | 24.81 | - got better pch & hitting than we expected. We thought they were good, but this good? |
| 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | (1) | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 16 | - | 8 | 0.667 | 106.39 | 16.92 | - if not for a red hot LaGrange team, they would still be #1. 10-1 at home but 6-7 on the road. |
| 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 7 | Philadelphia Athletics | Anderson | 13 | - | 14 | 0.481 | 101.48 | 22.97 | - PI might be inflated after they beat up on LDR going 5-0 & outscoring them 35-9. |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | (2) | New York City Commuters | Martin | 19 | - | 7 | 0.731 | 95.42 | 6.15 | - got the hitting and certainly the wins, but pch was a bit disappointing dropping from #1. |
| 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 14 | - | 12 | 0.538 | 91.33 | 10.13 | - climbed into top 5 despite a 7-8 home record. If continue to get pch could stay here. |
| 6 | 5 | 12 | 3 | (3) | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 15 | - | 10 | 0.600 | 81.64 | -7.12 | - pch didn’t hold up and off fell off but only thing that matter is tm is winning. |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 9 | Milton Mavericks | Weaver | 15 | - | 10 | 0.600 | 81.45 | 10.99 | - off right where we expected but pch a little worse but overall things went well. |
| 8 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 13 | - | 11 | 0.542 | 78.58 | 2.31 | - drop in pch offset by imprv in off as tm held their own. If pch picks up tm will rise. |
| 9 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 3 | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 12 | - | 14 | 0.462 | 78.32 | 3.72 | - pch was even worse than expected by off was much better but didn’t translate to wins. |
| 10 | 16 | 7 | 9 | (1) | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 10 | - | 16 | 0.385 | 77.00 | -1.91 | - 4 gm sweep of CLS prevented even bigger disaster. 3-10 road record wont get it done. |
| 11 | 16 | 5 | 5 | (6) | Charleston Rays | Martin | 12 | - | 12 | 0.500 | 74.96 | -8.55 | - pch imprv but off dropped from #1 to #16. 12-12 despite Soto going 0-5. expect turnaround. |
| 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 1 | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 11 | - | 15 | 0.423 | 73.65 | 2.25 | - 0-5 vs NHH hurt their month as 11-10 vs rest. Can their off survive trading of McRae? |
| 13 | 2 | 18 | 8 | (5) | Wellington Knights | Alston | 14 | - | 12 | 0.538 | 72.98 | -6.68 | - got a nice bat with McRae, but real need might be pch. 14-12 nice job despite #16 pch. |
| 14 | 18 | 4 | 6 | (8) | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 11 | - | 15 | 0.423 | 72.73 | -9.90 | - bats ice cold .228 BA makes it hard to win even with solid pch which imprv to #4. |
| 15 | 15 | 9 | 14 | (1) | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 10 | - | 14 | 0.417 | 69.97 | -1.03 | - 0-8 vs LLG & NYC, 10-6 vs rest. 1/2 gms were 1-run gms which tm only won 5. |
| 16 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 1 | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 14 | - | 14 | 0.500 | 67.21 | -3.13 | - s/b happy with 14-14 record despite PI of 67.21. needs impv to continue to win. |
| 17 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 0 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 14 | - | 12 | 0.538 | 66.98 | -3.36 | - talk about getting the most out of a tm? Heck of a mgr to go 14-12 with this ranking. |
| 18 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 1 | Thunderbay Black Jacks | Anderson | 11 | - | 16 | 0.407 | 54.61 | -10.55 | - both off & pch right were we expected, if they get some hitting will rise. |
| 19 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 1 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 8 | - | 18 | 0.308 | 49.20 | -8.08 | - off better than expected, but didn’t translate to wins, but Hough 3-0 & 1.98 ERA was stellar. |
| 20 | 20 | 17 | 15 | (5) | London Rippers | Anderson | 8 | - | 17 | 0.320 | 36.76 | -34.21 | - 5-5 at home but got hammered on the road going 3-12. more talent that #20. |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| After 6 months of regular season and 2 preseasons, we finally have a new #1 team. LaGrange takes over as Sleepytown drops to #2. Philadelphia | |||||||||||||
| jumps 7 spots to #3, while New York despite winning the most games with 19 in April falls 2 spots to #4. Savannah grabs the #5 spot with a pretty | |||||||||||||
| comfortable margin over Oregon who fell from #3 to #6. Also, falling out of the top 5 was surprisingly Charleston as they drop from #5 all the way | |||||||||||||
| to #11. We expect this to be a temporary drop and expect Charleston to make another appearance in the top 5 soon. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller takes over as the #1 ranked offense as Charleston falls to #16 & Oregon to #5. LaGrange & Sleepytown take over as the #1 ranked pitching staffs. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown has finally relinquished the #1 spot after preseason 1982, 6 months of the 1982 season and preseason 1983. | |||||||||||||
| * In 3 seasons of BDWL and now 1 season of BDSL, the #1 ranked preseason team has never won the Championship. | |||||||||||||
| * Oregon represented the WJL in World Series despite a #11 ranking at season's end. | |||||||||||||
| * Oregon reached the playoffs despite being a #15 ranking in Def at seasons's end and Decatur reached playoffs despite a #15 ranking in off at season's end. | |||||||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||||
| Teams on the rise: Milton up 9 spots (#16 to #7), Philadelphia up 7 spots (#10 to #3) and LaGrange (#4 to #1), Barnett Shale (#11 to #8) & Fuller (#12 to #9) each up 3 spots. | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Palm Beach down 8 spots (#6 to #14), Charleston down 6 spots (#5 to #11) and Wellington (#8 to #13) & London (#15 to #20) both down 5 spots. | |||||||||||||
| CLICK HERE for Summary & Explanation of Calculations. | |||||||||||||
| Prior BDSL Power Index's | |||||||||||||
| PreSeason 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Final 1982 | |||||||||||||