| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| September 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Previous | through September 1984 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 108 | - | 46 | 0.701 | 108.44 | -3.87 | - just missed the record of 110 wins as they complete a dominating season. |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Bay City Barracudas | Anderson | 93 | - | 61 | 0.604 | 91.79 | 3.25 | - pulled off the biggest trade of the offseason with FLF & they finish #1 & #2. |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 83 | - | 71 | 0.539 | 88.82 | 1.80 | - recovered in Sept with 15 wins which wins them 1st rd match up with FLF. |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 90 | - | 64 | 0.584 | 87.52 | 3.49 | - 16 more wins in Sept gets them the Alston Div crown, talk about imprv after a trade. |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | (3) | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 88 | - | 66 | 0.571 | 85.46 | -3.36 | - solid season as they finished exactly where we predicted them to finish. |
| 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 85 | - | 69 | 0.552 | 85.08 | 1.69 | - 9-14 record in May cost them a playoff spot but still 85 wins best ever for franchise. |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | (3) | Thunder Bay Black Jacks | Anderson | 80 | - | 74 | 0.519 | 83.86 | -3.16 | - ran out of steam with only 9 wins in Sept but still finished above .500 for 1st time. |
| 8 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | Chicago Outlaws | Alston | 89 | - | 65 | 0.578 | 82.21 | 0.12 | - balloon burst in Sept with 10-16 record but still managed to grab a WC spot. |
| 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 82 | - | 72 | 0.532 | 80.35 | 3.35 | - another tm hurt by 1 bad month, for them it was Apr where they only won 7 games. |
| 10 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | New York City Commuters | Martin | 84 | - | 70 | 0.545 | 78.66 | 6.63 | - Off finally showed up as they imprv from #14 to #6 winning 19 gms along the way. |
| 11 | 16 | 5 | 9 | (2) | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 71 | - | 83 | 0.461 | 77.00 | 0.00 | - 45-22 1st half of season but 26-51 in the 2nd half left them out in the cold. |
| 12 | 6 | 12 | 9 | (3) | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 79 | - | 75 | 0.513 | 75.38 | -1.62 | - 13-12 in Sept just wasn’t quite good enough but nice run after a slow start to season. |
| 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 89 | - | 65 | 0.578 | 75.38 | 1.58 | - extracted 14 more wins than PI indicated which is very impressive. |
| 14 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 1 | Wellington Knights | Martin | 72 | - | 82 | 0.468 | 72.25 | 0.00 | - didn’t enjoy 1st season in BRL as they finish under .500 for 1st time. |
| 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | (2) | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 68 | - | 86 | 0.442 | 72.03 | -1.69 | - 7 wins in Sept caps a tough season for the Gunmen who also finish under .500 for 1st time. |
| 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | (2) | Kingston Thunder | Weaver | 66 | - | 88 | 0.429 | 72.03 | -1.69 | - after two 15 win mos they fell to 10 wins in Sept and still looking for 1st .500 season. |
| 17 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 0 | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 66 | - | 88 | 0.429 | 61.11 | 1.51 | - out of nowhere 14-10 in Sept is great finish but also still looking for 1st .500 season. |
| 18 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 0 | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 52 | - | 102 | 0.338 | 59.16 | 0.00 | - horrible ending with only 4 wins to finish with their worst record ever with only 52 wins. |
| 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 0 | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 53 | - | 101 | 0.344 | 58.14 | 1.91 | - 9 wins in Sept makes in single digit wins in 5 of 6 months … ouch. |
| 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 0 | London Rippers | Anderson | 42 | - | 112 | 0.273 | 46.22 | -4.05 | - proud owner of new record for loses of 112, still looking for 1st season of .400 ball. |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| Fuller takes the top spot by a mile! Despite a -3.87pt drop in September, they ended up with a winning margin of +16.65pts which is the largest spread | |||||||||||||
| between #1 and #2 in BDSL history. Previously the largest margin of victory was +12.86pts by Sleepytown over North Hollywood in 1982. Bay City's | |||||||||||||
| strong September jumped them back into the #2 spot as they held off another strong finisher in Columbia who moved up to #3. Barnett Shale who | |||||||||||||
| were as low as #10 in July finish at #4 as they improved 2 spots in September. Oregon dropped 3 spots and barely remained in the Top 5 as | |||||||||||||
| Palm Beach closed the gap to .38pts. Leaving the Top 5 this month was Thunder Bay who dropped from #4 to finish at #7. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller remains as the #1 ranked offenses and the #1 ranked defense making a clean sweep for the season. | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller retains the #1 spot making it 7 in a row (Preseason through September). 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. | |||||||||||||
| * San Diego at #12 becomes the lowest ranked team to win a division as they take the Martin Division Crown. Previously the lowest rank was #4 (NYC in 1983 & WLK in 1982). | |||||||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||||
| Teams on the rise: New York City up 6 spots (#16 to #10) and Barnett Shale up 2 spots (#6 to #4). | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Oregon Pioneers (#2 to #5), Thunder Bay (#4 to #7) and Toronto (#9 to #12) all down 3 spots. | |||||||||||||
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