| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| August 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Previous | through August 1984 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 91 | - | 39 | 0.700 | 112.31 | 3.87 | - returned to form in Aug winning 23 gms & removed any doubt that they are tm to beat. |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 73 | - | 56 | 0.566 | 88.82 | 1.80 | - this mos benefitted from tms dropping this mos but they remain consistantly good. |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | (1) | Bay City Barracudas | Anderson | 77 | - | 55 | 0.583 | 88.54 | -2.92 | - #2 Off is fueled by 2 rookies David & Bell, has chance to go deep in playoffs. |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | (1) | Thunder Bay Black Jacks | Anderson | 71 | - | 59 | 0.546 | 87.02 | -3.31 | - tm was under .500 for 1st time & now needs strong Sept to grab a WC spot. |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 68 | - | 60 | 0.531 | 87.02 | -1.52 | - followed up most wins in a mos w/fewest wins, will get WC spot but we expected more. |
| 6 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 74 | - | 54 | 0.578 | 84.03 | 1.69 | - 37 wins over last 2 mos is best in WJL, they are peaking at the right time. |
| 7 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 72 | - | 59 | 0.550 | 83.39 | 1.64 | - there up after a down mos continued with an up Aug w/17 wins to keep them in race. |
| 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | (3) | Chicago Outlaws | Alston | 79 | - | 49 | 0.617 | 82.09 | -5.43 | - tm continues to out perform PI. Record is what we expect but PI is not. |
| 9 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 67 | - | 61 | 0.523 | 77.00 | 0.00 | - looks like the poor Apr might keep them out of playoffs unless Sept is big. |
| 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 66 | - | 63 | 0.512 | 77.00 | 0.00 | - 58 wins after Apr matches div leader SDA. Looking like a playoff tm with 17 wins in Aug. |
| 9 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 4 | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 63 | - | 68 | 0.481 | 77.00 | 1.78 | - 36 loses over last 2 months pretty much ends the season for Dawgs. |
| 12 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 2 | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 72 | - | 58 | 0.554 | 73.80 | 1.77 | - have taken control of Div with 2nd 17 win mos in a row, but PI only up a tick? |
| 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | (2) | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 61 | - | 67 | 0.477 | 73.72 | -1.66 | - only 9 wins in Aug & another tm that has checked out of playoff race. |
| 13 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 3 | Kingston Thunder | Weaver | 56 | - | 74 | 0.431 | 73.72 | 3.42 | - played better in Aug but still only 11 wins, only question is if they can catch LLG for 3rd? |
| 15 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 0 | Wellington Knights | Martin | 61 | - | 69 | 0.469 | 72.25 | 1.64 | - 2nd mos with 15 wins keeps them with shot at WC, but has work cut out for them. |
| 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | (5) | New York City Commuters | Martin | 65 | - | 63 | 0.508 | 72.03 | -3.35 | - Off is heading in wrong direction, still in WC hunt but not playing like they deserve it. |
| 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 0 | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 52 | - | 78 | 0.400 | 59.60 | -3.07 | - we stuck fork in them last mos but only 6 wins is even worse then we expected. |
| 18 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 0 | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 48 | - | 83 | 0.366 | 59.16 | -1.54 | - double digit wins is an imprv but 18 loses is not. Thx goodness only 1 more month. |
| 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 0 | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 44 | - | 88 | 0.333 | 56.23 | 0.51 | - only 8 wins yet PI imprv, not really sure what that means but no matter what not good. |
| 20 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 0 | London Rippers | Anderson | 35 | - | 92 | 0.276 | 50.27 | 0.59 | - needs 11 wins in Sept to avoid matching CLS record of 109 loses in 1983. |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| Fuller after a 2 month lull finally shows some fury as they up their PI by +3.87pts and pretty much seal up the top spot as their lead is now +23.42 | |||||||||||||
| over #2 Oregon. Oregon jumped back into the top 5 as they move up 4 spots to #2 holding a slim lead over former #2 Bay City. Thunder Bay the | |||||||||||||
| former #3 team also drops 1 spot into a tie with Columbia for the #4 spot. Chicago falls out of the top 5 as they finish the month at #8. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller remains as the #1 ranked offenses and the #1 ranked defense. | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller retains the #1 spot making it 6 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. | |||||||||||||
| * The worst a division winner has been ranked at the end of a season is #4 (NYC in 1983 and WLK in 1982). San Diego currently leads Martin division but ranked #12. | |||||||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||||
| Teams on the rise: Oregon (#6 to #2) and Decatur (#13 to #9) both up 4 spots and Kingston up 3 spots (#16 to #13). | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: New York City down 5 spots (#11 to #16) and Chicago down 3 spots (#5 to #8). | |||||||||||||
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