| BDSL Power Index | ||||||||||||||
| June 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Previous | through June 1985 | Power | ||||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bay City Barracudas | Anderson | 57 | - | 23 | 0.713 | 107.74 | 3.46 | -s/b here to stay! Gooden, Hurst & Black combine for 12-0 record as their pch dominates. | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 55 | - | 23 | 0.705 | 101.48 | 1.47 | - prob wont catch BCB but wont be caught either as they are cream of BRL. | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 46 | - | 29 | 0.613 | 95.89 | 0.74 | - as expected off imprv even more from #6 to #3, but story is Tudor who could win 30, | |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 42 | - | 35 | 0.545 | 88.84 | -5.19 | - stopped the bleeding with .500 month, now question is where so they go from here? | |
| 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 46 | - | 30 | 0.605 | 87.54 | -6.12 | - continue to win but some concerns. Storm & Leib combine 8-1 but rest of staff 9-10. | |
| 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | New York City Commuters | Martin | 38 | - | 36 | 0.514 | 87.06 | 2.86 | - Off imprv from #13 to #8 & Pch held as tm goes over .500. If Off continues could contend. | |
| 7 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 2 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 41 | - | 34 | 0.547 | 82.61 | 1.54 | - got solid SP in June, but bats were ice cold (BA .222) & they suffer 1st sub.500 month. | |
| 8 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 4 | Wellington Knights | Martin | 37 | - | 39 | 0.487 | 80.51 | 3.38 | - Murphy hits again & tm starts to win again. Cant afford another down month. | |
| 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | (3) | Fuller Furries | Weaver | 42 | - | 35 | 0.545 | 79.90 | -8.03 | - both Pch & Off dipped this month after strong May. 4-10 on the road offset solid home 8-4. | |
| 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 1 | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 35 | - | 39 | 0.473 | 77.90 | -0.62 | - Pch held but Off fell off a bit & they only won 12 of 26. July will determine if WC in future. | |
| 11 | 7 | 15 | 10 | (1) | London Rippers | Anderson | 37 | - | 38 | 0.493 | 74.19 | -6.75 | - won 16 in May, but lose 16 in June but still remain in WC hunt. July needs to be closer to May. | |
| 12 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 2 | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 34 | - | 41 | 0.453 | 73.75 | 2.65 | - Pch imprv in May with 3.04 & they won 13 gms but continued winning tough with #19 Off. | |
| 13 | 16 | 11 | 8 | (5) | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 38 | - | 41 | 0.481 | 73.74 | -8.98 | - won 15 despite -3 RPG as Off continues to drop along with PI. Needs Off to heat up soon. | |
| 14 | 9 | 13 | 13 | (1) | Chicago Outlaws | Alston | 32 | - | 45 | 0.416 | 73.02 | 1.09 | - June was better but not enough wins as tm on verge of falling out of WC race. | |
| 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 1 | Clairemont Eagles | Anderson | 38 | - | 38 | 0.500 | 64.20 | 1.47 | - very low ranking for a .500 club? Being hurt by .459 W% at home vs .538 W% on road. | |
| 16 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 1 | Kingston Thunder | Weaver | 31 | - | 46 | 0.403 | 62.04 | 0.84 | - 2nd straight tough month after strong Apr. which ends hopes for this season. | |
| 17 | 20 | 14 | 15 | (2) | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 33 | - | 44 | 0.429 | 61.42 | -1.39 | - Off has now hit rock bottom and loses mount but still has outside WC shot if they can rally. | |
| 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 1 | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 25 | - | 52 | 0.325 | 61.16 | 9.70 | - best month yet with 13 wins & +9.7pts increase to PI but too little too late. | |
| 19 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 1 | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 28 | - | 44 | 0.389 | 53.36 | 10.61 | - doubled season wins by winning 14 in May as Off catches fire lead by Donnie Baseball. | |
| 20 | 13 | 19 | 18 | (2) | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 27 | - | 50 | 0.351 | 51.43 | -4.89 | - Off dropped from #6 to #13 but still hit there 9 win avg. | |
| Top 5 Recap | ||||||||||||||
| Prior to June, there was a lot of movement in the top 5 including 3 different #1 teams. However, in June nothing changed as all the top 5 | ||||||||||||||
| teams stayed where they were. Bay City increased their lead over #2 Columbia who increased their lead over #3 San Diego. The #4 team, Decatur, | ||||||||||||||
| and the #5 team, Sleepytown, both saw drops in their PI's but managed to hold their spots despite the 3 Martin Division teams, New York City, Toronto | ||||||||||||||
| and Wellington all improving their PI's. | ||||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | ||||||||||||||
| * Bay City continues as both the #1 ranked offense and the the #1 ranked defense. | ||||||||||||||
| * Bay City holds onto the #1 spot for the 2nd month in a row & are 6th team to hold the #1 spot and the 3rd different team this season which is the most in one season. | ||||||||||||||
| Savannah in April was the 5th team & Columbia was 4th team in preseason. Fuller held it all of 1984, Sleepytown held it prior to that with only exception being LaGrange held the top spot in April 1983. | ||||||||||||||
| * 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. | ||||||||||||||
| * Bay City at #9 in 1984 is the lowest ranked team in preseason to make it to the World Series and also lowest to win World Series. | ||||||||||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||||||||
| Teams on the rise: Wellington (#12 to #8) up 4 spots and Toronto (#9 to #7) & Vegas (#14 to #12) both up 2 spots. | ||||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Savannah (#8 to #13) down 5 spots, Fuller (#6 to #9) down 3 spots and Palm Beach (#15 to #17) & Oregon (#18 to #20) both down 2 spots. | ||||||||||||||
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