| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| April 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Pre-Season | through April 1984 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 20 | - | 6 | 0.769 | 104.32 | 6.01 | -knew they were very good, but they played EVEN better. Could break record of 110 wins. |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 15 | - | 10 | 0.600 | 98.82 | 11.19 | - gave FLF 1/3 of their loses but just cannot match their hitting. Will Ry deal or standpat? |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 16 | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 17 | - | 11 | 0.607 | 91.79 | 29.77 | - up 16 spots? Dawson has remarkable month to carry team. May will prove if this is real. |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | Bay City Barracudas | Anderson | 15 | - | 12 | 0.556 | 90.65 | 9.38 | - Off was better than advertised, if that continues they could be front runner in Div. |
| 5 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 11 | Kingston Thunder | Weaver | 15 | - | 11 | 0.577 | 88.37 | 19.31 | - SP has been great imprv from #17 to #3 plus Off has been solid. Could chase CLS. |
| 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 13 | - | 11 | 0.542 | 83.70 | 7.07 | - another surprise tm as Off at #4 much better than predicted which makes them dangerous. |
| 7 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 14 | - | 12 | 0.538 | 82.95 | 0.86 | - Pch better than expected but hitting not as good, net result leaves them were expected. |
| 8 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | Wellington Knights | Martin | 13 | - | 13 | 0.500 | 80.35 | 15.79 | - up 9 spots as Pch & Off better than predicted. Should remain in hunt in weak Div. |
| 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | (2) | Thunderbay Black Jacks | Anderson | 15 | - | 12 | 0.556 | 77.00 | -5.34 | - Pch was off in Apr but should improve & keep them in the race for Div. |
| 9 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 2 | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 13 | - | 13 | 0.500 | 77.00 | -1.44 | - Off lives & dies with Darryl 5 RBI 0 HRs in Apr was death as Off dropped to #19. |
| 11 | 6 | 14 | 3 | (8) | Chicago Outlaws | Alston | 15 | - | 11 | 0.577 | 75.38 | -9.97 | - despite a 4.22 ERA they still won 15gms. Imagine if Pch gets back to #4 ranking. |
| 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 1 | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 12 | - | 14 | 0.462 | 75.30 | -0.99 | - off was couple of ticks better but Pch couple of ticks worse keeps them on target for 76. |
| 13 | 6 | 17 | 5 | (8) | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 12 | - | 13 | 0.480 | 70.75 | -13.55 | - Pch dropped to #17 & they fell to bottom of Div. They should recover in May. |
| 14 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 1 | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 12 | - | 13 | 0.480 | 67.21 | -6.60 | - started red hot winning 9 of 12 but finished by losing 10 of 13 to send owner off deep end. |
| 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | (5) | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 14 | - | 12 | 0.538 | 66.48 | -12.60 | - Off & Pch both dropped along with PI but SDA has last laugh as they sit atop Div. |
| 16 | 20 | 9 | 6 | (10) | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 7 | - | 17 | 0.292 | 65.93 | -17.80 | - Off was ice cold dropping from #7 to #20. It took 2 1/2 months last yr for them to lose 17. |
| 17 | 12 | 17 | 4 | (13) | New York City Commuters | Martin | 10 | - | 14 | 0.417 | 63.98 | -20.83 | - They need Off to compete, didn’t get it in April & it hurt them. Should recover in May. |
| 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | (4) | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 8 | - | 16 | 0.333 | 63.35 | -10.49 | - nothing clicked in Apr which earned them 16 loses. They are better than a .333% team. |
| 19 | 15 | 19 | 18 | (1) | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 7 | - | 19 | 0.269 | 59.00 | -4.60 | - not a good month despite getting better than expected Off. Tough to be in Div w/FLF & CLS. |
| 20 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 0 | London Rippers | Anderson | 9 | - | 16 | 0.360 | 57.60 | 2.95 | - good news is Off imprv from #18 to #11 but bad news it only got them 9 wins. |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| Fuller retains the top spot despite a surge by Columbia who improved their PI by +11.19pts. Columbia sits at #2 and cut into Fuller's preseason | |||||||||||||
| margin of +10.63. Decatur came from the bowls of the ranking in preseason to finish at #3 which is their 1st visit to the top 5. Bay City is the 2nd | |||||||||||||
| of 3 teams to make a long journey into the top 5 as they started at #9 in preseason and now are at #4, while Kingston finishes at #5 after starting | |||||||||||||
| at #16 in preseason. Chicago, Oregon and New York City all dropped out of the top 5 this month. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller remains as the #1 ranked offenses and the #1 ranked defense. | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller retains the #1 spot making it 2 in a row. Other than LaGrange in April 1983, Sleepytown has held the top spot every other time. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown was the 1st team in BD*L history to be ranked #1 and win the Championship after beating #2 LaGrange in the 1983 World Series. | |||||||||||||
| * Oregon at #7 in 1982 is the lowest ranked team in preseason to make it to the World Series. | |||||||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||||
| Teams on the rise: Decatur up 16 spots, Kingston up 11 spots (#16 to #5), Wellington 9 spots (#17 to #8), Barnett Shale up 6 spots (#12 to #6) and Bay City up 5 spots (#9 to #4). | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: New York City down 13 spots (#4 to #17), Sleepytown 10 spots (#6 to #16), Oregon (#5 to #13) & Chicago (#3 to #11) 8 spots and San Diego 5 spots (#10 to #15). | |||||||||||||
| CLICK HERE for Summary & Explanation of Calculations. | |||||||||||||
| Prior BDSL Power Index's | |||||||||||||
| PreSeason 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Final 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Final 1982 | |||||||||||||