| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| September 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Previous | Through September 1983 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 103 | - | 51 | 0.669 | 105.59 | 3.18 | - our preseason #1 tm finishes exactly where we said they would. |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 102 | - | 52 | 0.662 | 97.28 | 0.00 | - finished as #5 off and #4 pch was we predicted but higher rank and better record. |
| 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 88 | - | 66 | 0.571 | 93.30 | 3.57 | - we predicted #11 but also thought they could surprise with better pch & they did. |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | (1) | New York City Commuters | Martin | 100 | - | 54 | 0.649 | 92.51 | -1.48 | - cant argue with 100 wins but we thought they would have better pch. |
| 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 93 | - | 61 | 0.604 | 86.36 | -2.82 | - off carries tm to top 5 finish despite #11 pch which was even worse then we predicted. |
| 6 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | Philadelphia Athletics | Anderson | 75 | - | 79 | 0.487 | 85.03 | 0.00 | - strong finish was not a surprise, as surprise was 22-32 start to season. |
| 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | Charleston Rays | Martin | 85 | - | 69 | 0.552 | 83.86 | 3.51 | - recovered nicely and finish 1 gm better than predicted, but where was #1 off we predicted? |
| 8 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | Wellington Knights | Alston | 79 | - | 75 | 0.513 | 81.54 | 4.54 | - it took a Sept surge but they finished where we predicted. Almost right on off, pch & record. |
| 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | (1) | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 76 | - | 78 | 0.494 | 80.28 | 1.66 | - 31-20 after May & then 45-68 rest of way is big disappointment as they miss WC spot. |
| 10 | 5 | 14 | 9 | (1) | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 81 | - | 73 | 0.526 | 80.06 | 3.06 | - got much better off than we expected which translated into a WC spot … nice season. |
| 11 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 2 | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 73 | - | 81 | 0.474 | 77.00 | 1.88 | - we predicted #6 but they werent the balanced tm we predicted as off was missing. |
| 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 0 | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 75 | - | 79 | 0.487 | 75.22 | -0.08 | - got better pch then predicted which resulted in a few more wins and a bit better ranking. |
| 13 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 2 | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 71 | - | 83 | 0.461 | 73.48 | 3.51 | - hit better then we predicted but did pch as well and they dropped in record & rank. |
| 14 | 14 | 8 | 10 | (4) | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 70 | - | 84 | 0.455 | 71.52 | -5.48 | - only 2 wins below our prediction, they got much better pch but less off than expected. |
| 15 | 2 | 19 | 14 | (1) | Milton Mavericks | Weaver | 72 | - | 82 | 0.468 | 70.04 | -1.33 | - got much better off but pch was as bad as predicted leaving them where we expected. |
| 16 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 0 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 67 | - | 87 | 0.435 | 68.03 | -0.19 | - like MTM, they couldn’t get pch so even though better off they couldn’t impv on prediction. |
| 17 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 1 | Thunderbay Black Jacks | Anderson | 75 | - | 79 | 0.487 | 63.03 | -1.86 | - 75 wins is a nice accomplishment for a 63.03 PI, 10 more wins than we predicted. |
| 18 | 18 | 14 | 17 | (1) | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 64 | - | 90 | 0.416 | 61.49 | -5.24 | - got better pch but less off than expected and this meant less wins than predicted. |
| 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 0 | London Rippers | Anderson | 46 | - | 108 | 0.299 | 49.68 | -2.35 | - we missed on this one as we predicted 25 more wins. We were way off in pch. |
| 20 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 0 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 45 | - | 109 | 0.292 | 49.12 | -1.11 | - we expected them to be #20 but they got 12 less wins than predicted despite better off. |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| Sleepytown makes it 2 for 2 as they claim the #1 spot for the 2nd year in a row as they pull away from #2 LaGrange and win by 8.31 pts. | |||||||||||||
| LaGrange takes the #2 spot despite a September surge by Barnett Shale who jumps from #4 to finish at #3. New York City dropped from the #2 spot | |||||||||||||
| to #3 while Oregon holds on to the #5 spot. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown takes over as the #1 ranked offense & holds on as the #1 ranked pitching staff. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown has been the #1 ranked team for every period during 1982 and 1983, except for April 1983 when LaGrange held the spot. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown is the 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: Wellington up 3 spots (#11 to #8) and Palm Beach (#13 to #11) & Vegas (#15 to #13) up 2 spots. | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: San Diego down 4 spots (#10 to #14). | |||||||||||||
| CLICK HERE for Summary & Explanation of Calculations. | |||||||||||||
| Prior BDSL Power Index's | |||||||||||||
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| PreSeason 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Final 1982 | |||||||||||||