| BDWL Power Index | |||||||||||||||
| July 1974 | |||||||||||||||
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| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Rank# | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Burbank Barnstormers | Martin | 64 | - | 38 | 0.627 | 101.27 | -3.05 | - not a great month record wise 14-13 but moved up to #2 in Pch & holds top spot. | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 63 | - | 42 | 0.600 | 93.99 | 5.17 | - big jump as Pch & Off both improv from #6 to #4, in weaker Div so could make run at top. | |
| 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | San Diego Conquistadors | Martin | 65 | - | 38 | 0.631 | 91.33 | -1.56 | - 18 wins puts them at top of Div but still holds at #3 as Off drops a notch. | |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Dallas Hilltoppers | Alston | 64 | - | 40 | 0.615 | 90.02 | 0.84 | - Moret, Reed & Longborg combine 12-2 only 16 ER in 15 GS as Pch imprv from #10 to #8. | |
| 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | (3) | 11 | Cincinnati Chilis | Weaver | 62 | - | 42 | 0.596 | 88.54 | -9.15 | - Pch free falls from #4 to #8 as Tiant goes 0-5. Is this a blip or trend … Aug important month. | |
| 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | (1) | 9 | St. Louis Shrikes | Anderson | 58 | - | 45 | 0.563 | 87.27 | -1.84 | - 14-14 stops the bleeding after terrible June. May not catch SLD but has lock on #1 WC spot. | |
| 7 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | Wellington Boots | Weaver | 59 | - | 43 | 0.578 | 83.30 | 2.03 | - 18 wins despite Ryan getting hit hard. 2.90 ERA in JUNE … imagine if they could hit? | |
| 8 | 2 | 15 | 7 | (1) | 7 | Fremont Indians | Martin | 61 | - | 42 | 0.592 | 82.99 | -2.98 | - Schueler 6-0 rest of staff 9-11, Pch still a ?. Only hit .255 but .348 OB% drives Off. | |
| 9 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 6 | Northern Great Whites | Weaver | 50 | - | 54 | 0.481 | 80.71 | 1.88 | - 16 more wins but 7 win May still haunting them. S/b .500+ by end of season but no playoffs. | |
| 10 | 6 | 15 | 8 | (2) | 15 | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 50 | - | 54 | 0.481 | 77.00 | -4.64 | - seems to be running out of steam as hold on WC is weakening. Needs to regroup in Aug. | |
| 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 10 | Atlanta Crackers | Alston | 45 | - | 59 | 0.433 | 77.00 | 1.70 | - we wrote them off last month but sinking SSJ has opened door for playoff push. | |
| 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 12 | Oregon Pioneers | Anderson | 48 | - | 55 | 0.466 | 73.65 | 4.92 | -they smell SSJ blood despite Koos 1-6 in July. May get WC with sub .500 record. | |
| 13 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 16 | Asbury Park Rockers | Martin | 48 | - | 56 | 0.462 | 71.66 | 6.48 | - great Pch in July 2.57 ERA leads to surprising 16-12 July. Impv from #14 to #10 in Pch. | |
| 14 | 6 | 18 | 13 | (1) | 14 | Cooperstown Double Days | Weaver | 46 | - | 56 | 0.451 | 71.01 | 2.79 | - 2nd great month in a row 15 wins gives them chance to not finish in Div cellar for 1st time. | |
| 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | (1) | 8 | Texas Fire Ants | Weaver | 45 | - | 58 | 0.437 | 69.97 | 2.99 | - someone turned the calendar back to 1970 on them. Jenkins/Bly combined 18-27 for season? | |
| 16 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 13 | Chicago White Stockings | Alston | 43 | - | 58 | 0.426 | 68.97 | 3.98 | - sad to waste playoff quality Pch but lack of hitting is killing them despite Rose .376 in July. | |
| 17 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 17 | Pittsburgh Crawfords | Anderson | 45 | - | 61 | 0.425 | 62.14 | 0.00 | - Same PI, same rankings, same result of 11 wins for 3rd straight month … all not so good. | |
| 18 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 18 | Florida Elks | Anderson | 38 | - | 65 | 0.369 | 58.06 | -3.09 | - both Off & Pch fell this month but they ecked out 12 wins which ain't bad for Elk these days. | |
| 19 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 19 | Wisconsin Snow Goblins | Alston | 39 | - | 66 | 0.371 | 55.57 | 0.60 | - battle with TCR to avoid #20 continues with WSG moving to #19 this month. | |
| 20 | 18 | 17 | 19 | (1) | 20 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 41 | - | 62 | 0.398 | 51.59 | -6.04 | - WSG & TCR are only franchises to finish at #20 and one should be there again this year. | |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||||
| We have our 1st repeat #1 ranking this season, as Burbank despite a -3.05 drop on their PI retains the top spot due primarily to the fact that the June | |||||||||||||||
| #2 and #3 teams couldn’t take advantage as their PI's also dropped. Sleepytown returns to the top 5 after falling to #6 in June thanks to a +5.17 in PI | |||||||||||||||
| to take the #2 spot … their highest ranking this season. San Diego stays at #3 and Dallas holds at #4 and Cincinnati finishes at #5 a drop of 3 spots. | |||||||||||||||
| St. Louis who was #9 in Preseason, but took #1 in April but fell to #2 in May and then #5 in June continues to slid as they fall out of top 5 at #6. | |||||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||||
| * Wellington retains the #1 ranked pitching staff and Burbank retaines the #1 ranked offense. | |||||||||||||||
| * The #1 ranked team at season's end has never won the BDWL championship. In 1970 its was #2 Florida, in 1971 it was #2 Fremont, in 1972 it was #4 Dallas and in 1973 #5 Fremont that has won the championship. | |||||||||||||||
| * In 1973, Fremont at #5 was the lowest ranked team at season's end to win the BDWL championship. | |||||||||||||||
| * In the history of the BDWL a team has finished with a PI over 100 only 6 times. Texas has now done it a 3rd straight time. Here is list: | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Burbank (1972) 116.00 | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Texas (1973) 110.58 | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Northern (1972) 106.80 | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Texas (1972) 106.04 | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Texas (1971) 105.80 | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Dallas (1972) 100.83 | |||||||||||||||
| * Texas and Cincinnati become the 1st two teams from the same division to finish the season ranked #1 & #2. | |||||||||||||||
| * The biggest jump in BDWL history is 12 spots by San Diego in April 1973 from their preseason ranking. | |||||||||||||||
| * No team ranked below #6 in preseason has ever won the BDWL championship. Prior to 1972 when Dallas ranked #4 won it all, it had been the #6 ranked team to win in 1970 & 1971. | |||||||||||||||
| In 1973, Fremont was ranked #5 in the preseason so it remains no team ranked lower than #6 or higher than #4 has ever won a championship. | |||||||||||||||
| * The best finish for a 72 Expansion team was #14 by Brookline in 1972. Brookline became Savannah in 1973 and they are currently #10 this season. | |||||||||||||||
| * In the history of the BDWL, there have only been 7 teams to hold the #1 spot and they are as follows: | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Texas held it for 11 times (preseason 1971 through Sept 1971 and then June 1973 through September 1973) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Burbank held it 8 times (preseason 1972 through April 1972, June 1972 through Sept 1972 and then May 1974 through June 1974) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Cincinnati held it 4 times (preseason 1970, August & Sept 1970 and then preseason 1973) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Fort Worth (now Pittsburgh) held it 4 times (April 1970 through July 1970) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Dallas held it 3 times (May 1972 & April 1973 through May 1973) | |||||||||||||||
| 6. San Diego held it 1 time (Preseason 1974) | |||||||||||||||
| 7. St. Louis held it 1 time (April 1974) | |||||||||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||||||
| Teams on the rise: Sleepytown up 4 spots (#6 to #2) and Wellington (#9 to #7) & Asbury Park (#15 to #13) both up 2 spots. | |||||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Cincinnati down 3 spots (#2 to #5) and Savannah down 2 spots (#8 to #10). | |||||||||||||||
| CLICK HERE for Summary & Explanation of Calculations. | |||||||||||||||
| Prior BDWL Power Index's | |||||||||||||||
| June 1974 | |||||||||||||||
| May 1974 | |||||||||||||||
| April 1974 | |||||||||||||||
| PreSeason 1974 | |||||||||||||||
| Final 1973 | |||||||||||||||
| Final 1972 | |||||||||||||||
| Final 1971 | |||||||||||||||
| Final 1970 | |||||||||||||||