| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| June 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Previous | Through June 1983 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 49 | - | 27 | 0.645 | 101.08 | -3.24 | - they have a +.467 diff between home and road winning% … unmatched in BD*L history! |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 51 | - | 23 | 0.689 | 98.28 | 1.95 | - moved back to co-leader in pch with SLD. 8-0 in 1-run gms in June. |
| 3 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | Philadelphia Athletics | Anderson | 37 | - | 43 | 0.463 | 91.70 | 3.63 | -finally had success at 15-11, but still sub .500 dispite +54 run diff. expect late season run. |
| 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | (1) | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 44 | - | 35 | 0.557 | 89.73 | -5.69 | - took step back this month at 13-15 as pch fell from #6 to #9. Off still rolling up to #2. |
| 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 42 | - | 30 | 0.583 | 89.41 | -1.57 | - pch continues to impv moving to #5 and off held at #10 resulted in acceptable 14-12 record. |
| 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | (2) | New York City Commuters | Martin | 48 | - | 29 | 0.623 | 89.11 | -3.40 | - off slipped a bit from #6 to #8 but still winning 16-12. bully is superb, but SP s/b better. |
| 7 | 12 | 4 | 6 | (1) | Charleston Rays | Martin | 43 | - | 32 | 0.573 | 88.07 | -0.94 | - off heated up moving from #16 to #12 but pch dropped 2 spots. Cant argue with 18 wins. |
| 8 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 44 | - | 33 | 0.571 | 86.36 | 1.64 | - Schmidt 89rbi/32hr at mid point but only 3 iw? Will go as far as Schmidt will carry them. |
| 9 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 3 | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 39 | - | 36 | 0.520 | 80.52 | 5.22 | - 17 wins very impressive for tm in seller mode. SP has stepped it up a notch. |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 1 | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 41 | - | 36 | 0.532 | 78.52 | 3.00 | - pch impv 2 more spots & off dropped 1 and tm continues slow rise up 1 overall. |
| 11 | 1 | 17 | 10 | (1) | Milton Mavericks | Weaver | 38 | - | 40 | 0.487 | 77.00 | 1.40 | - 17 loses as dominant off cant offset a very weak SP staff. Still hanging in WC race. |
| 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 2 | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 39 | - | 35 | 0.527 | 75.30 | 3.39 | - imprv both off 2 spots and pch 1 spot & tm moved up 2 spots despite -3 run diff in mos. |
| 13 | 6 | 15 | 9 | (4) | Wellington Knights | Alston | 34 | - | 43 | 0.442 | 73.94 | -4.58 | - bottom fell out in June with 19 loses. 10-24 interleague but 24-19 intraleague. |
| 14 | 18 | 7 | 13 | (1) | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 36 | - | 41 | 0.468 | 73.19 | 0.46 | - off impv a bit but off dropped 4 spots as tm finished June under .500 again. |
| 15 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 2 | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 37 | - | 40 | 0.481 | 68.73 | 8.32 | - recovered from disasterous May to win 14 in June. July may determine their fate for '83. |
| 16 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 0 | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 29 | - | 46 | 0.387 | 63.02 | -2.61 | - from bad to worse with only 9 wins in June. Bad SP is still mystery, we still expect better. |
| 17 | 8 | 18 | 15 | (2) | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 29 | - | 47 | 0.382 | 62.74 | -6.86 | - record continues to drop in line with PI. Maybe long summer in Toronto. |
| 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 0 | Thunderbay Black Jacks | Anderson | 34 | - | 42 | 0.447 | 60.41 | 2.27 | - solid month with 14 wins (7-7 on road). If they can repeat in July, we may have something. |
| 19 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 0 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 24 | - | 53 | 0.312 | 51.79 | -2.68 | - now Hough has stopped winning but tm still hit their 8 win quota for the month. |
| 20 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 0 | London Rippers | Anderson | 24 | - | 51 | 0.320 | 49.68 | 4.12 | - bright spot … 7-5 on the road this month. They only had 4 road wins coming into month. |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| Sleepytown's PI continues to drop, but they retain the #1 spot for the 2nd month in a row. LaGrange, the only other team in BDSL to hold the #1 spot, | |||||||||||||
| retains the #2 spot, but is nipping at the Dukes' heels only 2.8 pts behind. Philadelphia re enters the top 5 as they jump 4 spots from #7 to #3 despite a sub .500 record. | |||||||||||||
| Savannah falls 1 spot to #4 and is just percentage points ahead of #5 Barnett Shale. New York City is odd man out as they drop to #6 but are only | |||||||||||||
| .30 points behind #5 and only .62 points behind #4. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Milton remains the #1 ranked offense, while Sleepytown holds on as the #1 ranked pitching staff but is joined again by LaGrange. | |||||||||||||
| * 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 #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. | |||||||||||||
| * 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: Philadelphia up 4 spots (#7 to #3), San Diego up 3 spots (#12 to #9) and Decatur (#17 to #15) & North Hollywood (#14 to #12) up 2 spots. | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Wellington down 4 spots (#9 to #13) and New York City (#4 to #6) & Toronto (#15 to #17) down 2 spots. | |||||||||||||
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