| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| May 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Previous | Through May 1983 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 32 | - | 16 | 0.667 | 104.32 | -2.07 | - pitchers love home cooking … .577OPS allowed at home vs .652OPS allowed on the road. |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | (1) | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 31 | - | 17 | 0.646 | 96.33 | -15.03 | - we thought last month was a bit of a stretch … team is good but not a 111.36 PI. |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 31 | - | 20 | 0.608 | 95.42 | 4.09 | - got some off this month & pch held and wins followed as they go 17-8 this month. |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | New York City Commuters | Martin | 32 | - | 17 | 0.653 | 92.51 | -2.91 | - still not showing pch we expected & if pch finally kicks in could make run at top spot. |
| 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 28 | - | 18 | 0.609 | 90.98 | 12.40 | - went from #12 to #6 in pch which more than offset 3 spot drop in off. |
| 6 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 5 | Charleston Rays | Martin | 25 | - | 22 | 0.532 | 89.01 | 14.05 | - off still a mystery at #16 but strong pch is carrying the tm. If off heats up they will be tough. |
| 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | (4) | Philadelphia Athletics | Anderson | 22 | - | 32 | 0.407 | 88.07 | -13.41 | - only 9-18 despite +3 run diff. when they win, they win big just not often enough. |
| 8 | 2 | 11 | 6 | (2) | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 29 | - | 20 | 0.592 | 84.72 | 3.08 | - schmidt put tm on this back this month and carried them to 14 wins. |
| 9 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | Wellington Knights | Alston | 27 | - | 24 | 0.529 | 78.52 | 5.54 | - much imprv pch this month from #18 to #13 is positive sign. Now about where we expected. |
| 10 | 1 | 18 | 7 | (3) | Milton Mavericks | Weaver | 27 | - | 23 | 0.540 | 75.60 | -5.85 | - off & pch heading in diff directions which didn’t have a positive overall affect on record. |
| 11 | 3 | 16 | 9 | (2) | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 28 | - | 23 | 0.549 | 75.52 | -2.80 | - pch does rule! Pch imprv by 3 spots & off dropped 2 spots but club won 16 gms. |
| 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 0 | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 22 | - | 27 | 0.449 | 75.30 | 1.65 | - off actually imprv a tick after trading McRae. A .500 record would be accomplishment. |
| 13 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 1 | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 23 | - | 26 | 0.469 | 72.73 | 0.00 | - off has flatlined but solid pch enabled them to finish month above .500. |
| 14 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 1 | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 24 | - | 24 | 0.500 | 71.91 | 1.94 | - climbed to .500 but PI indicates that might be short lived. Pch or off must imprv or will drop. |
| 15 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 2 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 21 | - | 29 | 0.420 | 69.60 | 2.62 | - thought downward correction in record was coming but PI went up but only won 7gms. |
| 16 | 18 | 9 | 10 | (6) | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 20 | - | 29 | 0.408 | 65.63 | -11.37 | - only .400 at home is trouble. We still think pch is stronger than they shown so far. |
| 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | (1) | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 23 | - | 28 | 0.451 | 60.41 | -6.80 | - didn’t think .500 record could last at their PI & it didn’t with only 9 wins in May. |
| 18 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 0 | Thunderbay Black Jacks | Anderson | 20 | - | 30 | 0.400 | 58.14 | 3.53 | - 2-9 on the road killed their month. Gains in off didn’t offset drop in pch. |
| 19 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 0 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 16 | - | 33 | 0.327 | 54.47 | 5.27 | - Hough is 6-1 while rest of staff is 10-32 … did they have cloning in 1983? |
| 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 0 | London Rippers | Anderson | 13 | - | 36 | 0.265 | 45.56 | 8.80 | - 4-22 on the road so far this season, though 9-14 at home not so good either. |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| They're back!! Sleepytown after a 1-month hiatus is back in the #1 spot after LaGrange returned to earth as their PI dropped 15.03 pts dropping them | |||||||||||||
| into the #2 spot. Savannah with a strong May took over #3 and are breathing down LaGrange's neck for the #2 spot. New York City remains at #4, while | |||||||||||||
| Barnett Shale joins the top 5 for the 1st time in franchise history with a 3 spot jump thanks to a +12.40 in PI this month. Philadelphia drops out of the top 5 | |||||||||||||
| as they fall to #7. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Milton takes over as the #1 ranked off as Fuller falls to #3 after being #1 after April. Sleepytown holds on as the #1 ranked pitching staff as April co-leader LaGrange falls to #3. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown relinquished the #1 spot in April after preseason 1982, 6 months of the 1982 season and preseason 1983, but is back again as #1 in May. | |||||||||||||
| * 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: Charleston up 5 spots (#11 to #6), Wellington up 4 spots (#13 to #9) and Barnett Shale up 3 spots (#8 to #5). | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Vegas down 6 spots (#10 to #16), Philadelphia down 4 spots (#3 to #7) and Milton down 3 spots (#7 to #10). | |||||||||||||
| CLICK HERE for Summary & Explanation of Calculations. | |||||||||||||
| Prior BDSL Power Index's | |||||||||||||
| April 1983 | |||||||||||||
| PreSeason 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Final 1982 | |||||||||||||