| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| July 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Previous | through July 1984 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 68 | - | 34 | 0.667 | 108.44 | -3.58 | - no need to panic but now looks like a very good tm instead of a record setting tm. |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | Bay City Barracudas | Anderson | 63 | - | 43 | 0.594 | 91.46 | 1.13 | - unexpected Off continues as they imprv to 18 wins, they look like legit contender. |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Thunder Bay Black Jacks | Anderson | 59 | - | 46 | 0.562 | 90.33 | 6.63 | - Off & Pch both imprv from #6 to #3 which keeps them on BCB's heels. |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 57 | - | 47 | 0.548 | 88.54 | 5.00 | - The Senators are back in session wiith 16 wins after 2 mos. Expect further imprv. |
| 5 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 4 | Chicago Outlaws | Alston | 66 | - | 38 | 0.635 | 87.52 | 5.31 | - Pch leads them to 19 wins & into top 5 & now has breathing room in Alston Div. |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | (1) | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 58 | - | 46 | 0.558 | 87.02 | 3.48 | - not playing bad just hotter tms have pushed them out of top 5. |
| 7 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 3 | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 56 | - | 45 | 0.554 | 82.34 | 5.34 | - we wrote them off last month & they catch fire & post 19 wins! They are back in biz. |
| 8 | 3 | 10 | 5 | (3) | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 55 | - | 48 | 0.534 | 81.75 | -1.79 | - not sure which Elk tm will show each month, but they need the good one in Aug. |
| 9 | 14 | 8 | 8 | (1) | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 54 | - | 49 | 0.524 | 77.00 | -5.48 | - need to figure out how to win on the road only .373 while at .673 in Sleepytown. |
| 9 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 4 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 49 | - | 54 | 0.476 | 77.00 | 4.85 | - Off imprv in June now big imprv in Pch in July as 15 more wins & they climb into race. |
| 11 | 8 | 13 | 10 | (1) | New York City Commuters | Martin | 53 | - | 50 | 0.515 | 75.38 | -1.62 | - still not getting the Off we expected (#2 in preseason), but 15 more wins. |
| 11 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1 | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 52 | - | 50 | 0.510 | 75.38 | 0.04 | - sputters a bit as only 13 wins but remains in WC race. Needs Cy Young finish by Stieb. |
| 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | (10) | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 52 | - | 52 | 0.500 | 75.22 | -8.81 | - midnight strikes as tm implodes in July dropping 10 spots. This might be reality. |
| 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 1 | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 55 | - | 47 | 0.539 | 72.03 | 1.73 | - much needed 17 win month thx to uptick in Off & Pch but div leader at #14? Very strange! |
| 15 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 2 | Wellington Knights | Martin | 46 | - | 58 | 0.442 | 70.61 | 4.40 | - nice recovery with 15 wins after 2 terrible mos … we need to see more before we believe. |
| 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | (2) | Kingston Thunder | Weaver | 45 | - | 58 | 0.437 | 70.30 | -1.61 | - time has run out on Thunder this yr as they muster only 9 wins in July. |
| 17 | 17 | 10 | 16 | (1) | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 46 | - | 59 | 0.438 | 62.67 | -7.30 | - 2nd straight month of 16 loses sticks a fork in the Joes for 1984. |
| 18 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 0 | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 38 | - | 65 | 0.369 | 60.70 | 0.00 | - only 9 wins as Hornets flat line with 2 very long months left … ugh! |
| 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | (1) | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 36 | - | 68 | 0.346 | 55.72 | -4.98 | - 12 wins is actually not bad considering their Pch dropped from #12 to #18. |
| 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 0 | London Rippers | Anderson | 26 | - | 77 | 0.252 | 49.68 | -3.58 | - 4 wins ties CLS (83) for fewest in a month. Might be 1st tm to go 0 for a month? |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| Fuller continues at the top but for the 2nd month in a row their PI has dropped. However, they still have a comfortable +16.98 lead over #2 Bay City | |||||||||||||
| and with only 2 months left, it looks like they will finish the season in the top spot. Bay City might not catch Fuller for the #1 spot in the PI rankings | |||||||||||||
| but their continued success might land them the best record in the BDSL by season's end. They are being pushed by another hot Anderson Division team, | |||||||||||||
| the Thunder Bay Black Jacks move up 1 spot to #3 and are only +1.13 behind Bay City. Columbia recovers from their June drop to move from #5 to #4, not | |||||||||||||
| far behind #2 and #3. Chicago finally makes a regular season appearance to the top 5 (as predicted) moving up 4 spots (almost was 5 spots). | |||||||||||||
| Palm Beach and Oregon who were tied at #5 with Columbia last month have fallen to #8 and #6, respectively. We are still looking for Decatur who | |||||||||||||
| was #3 and now has disappeared. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller remains as the #1 ranked offenses and the #1 ranked defense. | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller retains the #1 spot making it 5 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 #14. | |||||||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||||
| Teams on the rise: Chicago (#9 to #5) and Toronto (#13 to #9) both up 4 spots and Barnett Shale up 3 spots (#10 to #7). | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Decatur down 10 spots (#3 to #13) and Palm Beach down 3 spots (#5 to #8). | |||||||||||||
| CLICK HERE for Summary & Explanation of Calculations. | |||||||||||||
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