| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| May 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Previous | through May 1984 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 39 | - | 12 | 0.765 | 117.56 | 13.24 | - best start in BDSL history and no reason to think they wont keep rolling along. |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 27 | - | 23 | 0.540 | 94.40 | -4.42 | - 12-13 in May despite +15 run diff. We expect winning to resume in June. |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Bay City Barracudas | Anderson | 30 | - | 24 | 0.556 | 89.41 | -1.24 | - Off dropped a bit but Pch imprv from #6 to #3. Solid rankings so should be in Div mix. |
| 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 26 | - | 20 | 0.565 | 83.70 | 0.00 | - Pre season Off ranking of #16 looking way off base so was overall ranking of #12? |
| 5 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 11 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 22 | - | 26 | 0.458 | 82.63 | 16.70 | - look like they are back after a 1-month hiatus. Amazingly up 16 spots! |
| 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | (3) | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 29 | - | 22 | 0.569 | 82.34 | -9.45 | - small down tick but still surprisingly impressive results after presason prediction of #19. |
| 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 23 | - | 26 | 0.469 | 82.21 | -0.74 | - bad results in May at 9-14 but ranking held. Question is whether it was bad luck or reality? |
| 8 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 26 | - | 23 | 0.531 | 80.28 | 9.53 | - As predicted they recoverd nicely in May especially Pch which imprv from #17 to #11. |
| 9 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | Thunderbay Black Jacks | Anderson | 29 | - | 21 | 0.580 | 78.66 | 1.66 | - Pch at #11 still not where we expect but they are getting the wins so who can complain. |
| 10 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | Chicago Outlaws | Alston | 29 | - | 22 | 0.569 | 77.00 | 1.62 | - another tm that’s getting the wins but still ranked way lower than predicted. |
| 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 24 | - | 27 | 0.471 | 77.00 | 1.70 | - pretty much performing as expected which unfortunately will leave them short of playoffs. |
| 12 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | New York City Commuters | Martin | 24 | - | 24 | 0.500 | 72.25 | 8.27 | - Off improv from #12 to #5 & wins followed. Expectation for further imprv in June. |
| 12 | 5 | 16 | 8 | (4) | Wellington Knights | Martin | 22 | - | 28 | 0.440 | 72.25 | -8.10 | - Pch dropped dramatically now closer to where predicted & loses followed. |
| 14 | 14 | 11 | 5 | (9) | Kingston Thunder | Weaver | 23 | - | 26 | 0.469 | 71.79 | -16.58 | - free fall in May results in only 8 wins after impressive Apr. Should still compete for WC#2. |
| 15 | 10 | 15 | 14 | (1) | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 24 | - | 24 | 0.500 | 70.46 | 3.25 | - better than expected Off pushes them to .500 which will keep them in hunt for WC#2 |
| 16 | 19 | 5 | 9 | (7) | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 23 | - | 26 | 0.469 | 67.12 | -9.88 | - Darryl finally hit in May but didn’t imprv Off & translated to less wins. |
| 17 | 12 | 18 | 15 | (2) | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 25 | - | 24 | 0.510 | 65.72 | -0.76 | - Leads div despite being ranked #17 this can't continue … but what happens is the question? |
| 18 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 1 | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 16 | - | 33 | 0.327 | 60.28 | 1.28 | - doesn’t look to be VVK's year as they just don’t have the Off to get it done this season. |
| 19 | 14 | 19 | 18 | (1) | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 19 | - | 28 | 0.404 | 58.47 | -4.88 | - 11-12 in May is better than Apr. Needs continued imprv in June to get into the race. |
| 20 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 0 | London Rippers | Anderson | 14 | - | 35 | 0.286 | 54.26 | -3.34 | - unfortunately we think they have found their home for 1984 at #20. |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| Fuller not only retains the top spot but they are running away from the pack as their lead increased to +23.16pts over #2 Columbia. Including | |||||||||||||
| pre season, this now makes it 3 straight at #2 for Columbia as the Weaver division continues to hold the 2 top spots. Bay City moves up one spot | |||||||||||||
| from #4 to #3 while Barnett Shale moves up two spots from #6 into the top 5 at #4. However, the real story is Sleepytown, who started at #6 in | |||||||||||||
| pre season, dropped all the way to #16 after April but then jumped up 16 spots to #5 after May. Decatur left the top 5 this month as they dropped | |||||||||||||
| from #3 to #6, but they didn’t fall as badly as Kingston who are following the opposite track from Sleepytown. Kingston moved up 11 spots after | |||||||||||||
| April to take the #5 spot but fell out of the top 5 after May falling 9 spots to #14. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller remains as the #1 ranked offenses and the #1 ranked defense. | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller retains the #1 spot making it 3 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 #17. | |||||||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||||
| Teams on the rise: Sleepytown up 11 spots (#16 to #5), Oregon (#13 to #5) & New York City (#17 to #5) up 5 spots and Barnett Shale (#6 to #4) & Savannah (#12 to #10) up 2 spots. | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Kingston down 9 spots (#5 to #14), North Hollywood down 7 spots (#9 to #16), Wellington down 4 spots (#8 to #12) and Decatur down 3 spots (#3 to #6). | |||||||||||||
| CLICK HERE for Summary & Explanation of Calculations. | |||||||||||||
| Prior BDSL Power Index's | |||||||||||||
| April 1984 | |||||||||||||
| PreSeason 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Final 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Final 1982 | |||||||||||||