| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| July 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Previous | Through July 1983 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 68 | - | 35 | 0.660 | 103.70 | 2.62 | - off imprv from #4 to #2, they also win on road 9-5. showing no signs of giving up #1 again. |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 66 | - | 36 | 0.647 | 95.42 | -2.86 | - after going 8-0 in 1-run gms in June, they win only 6 of 13 1-run gms in July. |
| 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 64 | - | 40 | 0.615 | 91.86 | 5.50 | - 20 wins as off rolls. Whitaker & Oliver on fire. Beattie goes 3-0 0.98 ERA, but rest SP still ?. |
| 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | New York City Commuters | Martin | 63 | - | 40 | 0.612 | 88.82 | -0.29 | - pch imprv from #6 to #4 but premarily due to bully. Only .462 QS% still a mystery. |
| 5 | 15 | 1 | 3 | (2) | Philadelphia Athletics | Anderson | 50 | - | 56 | 0.472 | 88.68 | -3.02 | -13-13 despite Hurst & Splittorf combining to go 2-8. still hanging around in WC hunt. |
| 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | (1) | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 58 | - | 43 | 0.574 | 87.27 | -2.14 | - keep winning but may not catch ORP. however unless collapses can count on a WC spot. |
| 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | Charleston Rays | Martin | 54 | - | 49 | 0.524 | 82.09 | -5.98 | - pch conitnues to drop this time 4 spots as bully blows 5 svs resulting on terrible month. |
| 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | (4) | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 54 | - | 51 | 0.514 | 81.75 | -7.98 | - off dropped from #2 to #6 as team wins only 10 of 26 this month. |
| 9 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 0 | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 51 | - | 51 | 0.500 | 78.78 | -1.74 | - only 4-8 on the road this month as tm misses opportunity to gain ground on WC. |
| 10 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 0 | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 53 | - | 49 | 0.520 | 78.55 | 0.03 | - 1-6 in 1-run gms as they cant pull away from pack as off drops 2 spots. |
| 11 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | Wellington Knights | Alston | 49 | - | 55 | 0.471 | 77.00 | 3.06 | - happy to be back intra league as they go 15-12. off imprv 4 spots. |
| 12 | 2 | 17 | 11 | (1) | Milton Mavericks | Weaver | 51 | - | 53 | 0.490 | 74.18 | -2.82 | - 13-13 was a good month in BRL, despite bully blowing 6 svs & .481 QS%. |
| 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | (1) | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 53 | - | 50 | 0.515 | 73.65 | -1.65 | - 0-6 in interleague ruined this month. Lopez the closer was 1-5 as tm lost several late. |
| 14 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 0 | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 50 | - | 53 | 0.485 | 73.19 | 0.00 | - pch imprv 4 spots as tm has nice 14-12 month. Needs someone to get hot on off. |
| 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 1 | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 46 | - | 58 | 0.442 | 68.54 | 5.52 | - finally they win going 17-12, but might be too late. Needs huge AUG to climb into race. |
| 16 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 2 | Thunderbay Black Jacks | Anderson | 52 | - | 53 | 0.495 | 66.48 | 6.07 | - only 20 wins in 1st 2 mos, but now 32 wins in last two mos puts them in WC race. |
| 17 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 0 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 42 | - | 62 | 0.404 | 64.01 | 1.27 | - PI up a tick but tm still heading south. Will have to play spoiler rest of this year. |
| 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | (3) | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 44 | - | 60 | 0.423 | 63.67 | -5.06 | - we said July might determine their fate. With only 7 wins, they are probably done. |
| 19 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 0 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 34 | - | 69 | 0.330 | 55.18 | 3.39 | - after winning 8 gms in each of 1st 3 mos, they imprv total by 25% but that was only 10. |
| 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 0 | London Rippers | Anderson | 32 | - | 71 | 0.311 | 50.27 | 0.59 | - only 8 wins this month, but still in battle with CLS for worse record. |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| Sleepytown tightens their hold on #1 as they increase their lead over #2 LaGrange from 2.8 pts to 8.28 pts. LaGrange must now look in their review mirror | |||||||||||||
| as Oregon catches fire jumping from #8 to #3. If Oregon can string together another month like July, they could challenge LaGrange for the #2 spot. | |||||||||||||
| New York City returns to the #4 spot after a 1-month holiday down at #6. Philadelphia drops from #3 to #5 but is only 1.41 pts ahead of Barnett Shale who | |||||||||||||
| is odd man out of the top 5 this month. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Oregon bumps Milton as the #1 ranked offense, while Sleepytown holds on as the #1 ranked pitching staff but is joined this time by Philadelphia. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown has been the #1 ranked team for every period during 1982 and 1983, except for April 1983 when LaGrange held the spot. | |||||||||||||
| * Philadelphia sits at #4 (last month was #3) and 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: Oregon up 5 spots (#8 to #3) and Thunder Bay (#18 to #16), New York City (#6 to #4) & Wellington (#13 to #11) up 2 spots. | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Savannah down 4 spots (#4 to #8), Decatur down 3 spots (#15 to #18) and Philadelphia down 2 spots (#3 to #5). | |||||||||||||
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