| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| August 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Previous | Through August 1983 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 85 | - | 43 | 0.664 | 102.41 | -1.29 | - should cruise to 2nd consecutive 100+ win season, but still in battle w/LLG for best record. |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 85 | - | 43 | 0.664 | 97.28 | 1.86 | - back on track winning 19. Dead even w/SLD for best record & much needed home field. |
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | New York City Commuters | Martin | 86 | - | 45 | 0.656 | 93.99 | 5.17 | -set BDSL record w/23 wins in a month & in race for best record. Good time to peak. |
| 4 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 72 | - | 56 | 0.563 | 89.73 | 2.46 | - should cruise to a WC spot & strong pch could make them tough in playoffs. |
| 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | (2) | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 80 | - | 49 | 0.620 | 89.18 | -2.68 | - on way to 2nd straight Div crown as off continues to carry the day. |
| 6 | 16 | 1 | 5 | (1) | Philadelphia Athletics | Anderson | 64 | - | 68 | 0.485 | 85.03 | -3.65 | -14-12 despite hitting only .213, now that’s pch. Need some hot bats to grab a WC. |
| 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | Charleston Rays | Martin | 66 | - | 63 | 0.512 | 80.35 | -1.74 | - s/b battling for div instead a WC. Biggest mystery is how Soto is 7-15? |
| 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 66 | - | 64 | 0.508 | 78.62 | -3.13 | - 3rd straight month under .500 but still holds WC spot. Needs atleast .500 in Sept to keep it. |
| 9 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 1 | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 67 | - | 63 | 0.515 | 77.00 | -1.55 | - at 14-14 they actually had best record among BRL WC contenders. |
| 10 | 13 | 7 | 9 | (1) | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 61 | - | 69 | 0.469 | 77.00 | -1.78 | - 10-18 month might have knocked them out of WC race, but who knows in this race. |
| 11 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 0 | Wellington Knights | Alston | 60 | - | 68 | 0.469 | 77.00 | 0.00 | - missed golden opportunity this month but 11-13 doesn’t get it done as WC slipping away. |
| 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 1 | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 65 | - | 63 | 0.508 | 75.30 | 1.65 | - 2-7 on final 2 road trips of month, ruined a potentially nice month, but still hanging around. |
| 13 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 1 | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 64 | - | 67 | 0.489 | 75.12 | 1.93 | - pch drop 2 spots but bats heated up to finish 14-14 and they remain in thick of it. |
| 14 | 2 | 18 | 12 | (2) | Milton Mavericks | Weaver | 62 | - | 66 | 0.484 | 71.37 | -2.81 | - lost 7 straight to fall out of race but then won 5 straight to climb back into race. |
| 15 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 0 | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 58 | - | 74 | 0.439 | 69.97 | 1.43 | - after nice July they fell to 12-16 and more than likely done for the season. |
| 16 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 1 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 58 | - | 72 | 0.446 | 68.22 | 4.21 | - 16-10 was solid month but not enough to get back into WC race. |
| 17 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 1 | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 58 | - | 73 | 0.443 | 66.73 | 3.06 | - 14-13 is not bad but 7-20 July leaves then thinking what could have been. |
| 18 | 16 | 13 | 16 | (2) | Thunderbay Black Jacks | Anderson | 62 | - | 68 | 0.477 | 64.89 | -1.59 | - back to earth at 10-15 after 2 winning months, another tm booking Oct tee times. |
| 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 1 | London Rippers | Anderson | 38 | - | 89 | 0.299 | 52.03 | 1.76 | - in dogfight to stay out of cellar or get 4th pick overall, not a bad prize for losing. |
| 20 | 16 | 20 | 19 | (1) | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 38 | - | 92 | 0.292 | 50.23 | -4.95 | - either LDR or CLS will establish a new record for loses as both will lose over 100 gms. |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| Baring an unlikely September collapse, it looks like Sleepytown will take the #1 spot for the 2nd year in a row as they maintain a comfortable | |||||||||||||
| 5.13 pt lead over 2nd place LaGrange. Since #3 has been more shoot than ladder, #2 LaGrange looks secure to hold onto the #2 spot that they | |||||||||||||
| have now held for the 4th month in a row. In the 3 previous months, the #3 team has headed south instead of north and this month it was Oregon | |||||||||||||
| vacating the spot for New York City. Barnett Shale returns to the top 5 as they finish at #4 while Oregon falls to #5 and Philadelphia drops out of | |||||||||||||
| top 5 and finishes at #6. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Oregon remains as the #1 ranked offense, while Sleepytown & Philadelphia hold on as the #1 ranked pitching staffs. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown has been the #1 ranked team for every period during 1982 and 1983, except for April 1983 when LaGrange held the spot. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown will most likely be only team to repeat a top 5 finish as other 4 teams are all new to top 5 this year. | |||||||||||||
| * Philadelphia who was #3 in June & #4 in July has the honor of being the worse record ever to be ranked in the top 5. The only other team to be ranked | |||||||||||||
| in top 5 with a sub.500 record was Columbia in June 1982 at .494. | |||||||||||||
| * 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 pch at seasons's end and Decatur reached playoffs despite a #15 ranking in off at season's end. | |||||||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||||
| Teams on the rise: Barnett Shale up 2 spots (#6 to #4). | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Oregon (#3 to #5), Milton (#12 to #14) & Thunder Bay (#16 to #18) all down 2 spots. | |||||||||||||
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