| BDWL Power Index | ||||||||||||||
| September 1974 | ||||||||||||||
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| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Rank# | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Burbank Barnstormers | Martin | 100 | - | 54 | 0.649 | 96.37 | -1.32 | -#1 & hit 100 wins, however last time they were here they didn’t get out of 1st rd. |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | Cincinnati Chilis | Weaver | 93 | - | 61 | 0.604 | 93.59 | 0.38 | - pch continues to imprv, now at #4 which is good sign for playoffs. Preseason #11? Geez! |
| 3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | San Diego Conquistadors | Martin | 95 | - | 59 | 0.617 | 91.70 | 1.97 | - their pch was as good as expected but Off kept them out of predicted #1 spot. |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | (1) | 4 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 92 | - | 62 | 0.597 | 90.65 | 0.32 | - finished right were predicted but better PI thx to stronger off than expected. |
| 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Dallas Hilltoppers | Alston | 96 | - | 58 | 0.623 | 89.73 | 0.28 | - Preseason ranked #5 in pch, but finishes #10 in pitchers park. SP maybe ? In playoffs. |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | St. Louis Shrikes | Anderson | 88 | - | 66 | 0.571 | 88.82 | 2.03 | - pch finished strong combines with potent off, so could make noise in playoffs. |
| 7 | 16 | 1 | 6 | (1) | 5 | Wellington Boots | Weaver | 85 | - | 69 | 0.552 | 83.12 | -6.24 | - failed trade negotiation at deadline for bat did them in as they waste dominating pch. |
| 8 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | Northern Great Whites | Weaver | 73 | - | 81 | 0.474 | 80.91 | 0.20 | - we expected 80+ wins & PI supports that, just a hard luck season & time to rebuild. |
| 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 12 | Oregon Pioneers | Anderson | 78 | - | 76 | 0.506 | 78.66 | 1.66 | - recovered nicely from 20-29 start to finish at 78 wins, exactly what we predicted. |
| 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 10 | Atlanta Crackers | Alston | 71 | - | 83 | 0.461 | 78.62 | 0.00 | - we predicted 79 wins, PI supports that but they fell short at 71 which sends then golfing. |
| 11 | 4 | 15 | 9 | (2) | 7 | Fremont Indians | Martin | 88 | - | 66 | 0.571 | 78.55 | -1.45 | - predicted to be #7 & 83 wins , finished #11 & PI supports 79 wins but got 88. that’s a mgr! |
| 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 8 | Texas Fire Ants | Weaver | 73 | - | 81 | 0.474 | 75.26 | 3.35 | - we thought they had 1 more playoff run in them, but looks like great run has ended for now. |
| 13 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 16 | Asbury Park Rockers | Martin | 71 | - | 83 | 0.461 | 71.52 | -0.14 | - got better pch & off than expected to finish better than expected … nice job. |
| 14 | 9 | 16 | 11 | (3) | 15 | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 66 | - | 88 | 0.429 | 70.75 | -6.25 | - looked like playoff tm 1st 1/2 of season but 27-50 finish killed that. Overall though not bad. |
| 15 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 13 | Chicago White Stockings | Alston | 69 | - | 85 | 0.448 | 67.38 | 0.00 | - trade of Monday before season hurt off but could payoff big time in draft lottery. |
| 16 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 14 | Cooperstown Double Days | Weaver | 61 | - | 93 | 0.396 | 66.66 | -0.21 | - 29-22 June thru July but 32-71 rest of months, but still got 60+ wins for 1st time. |
| 17 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 17 | Pittsburgh Crawfords | Anderson | 65 | - | 89 | 0.422 | 66.21 | 2.75 | - this should be rock bottom for franchise as too much talent to remain down here. |
| 18 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 19 | Wisconsin Snow Goblins | Alston | 63 | - | 91 | 0.409 | 62.82 | 3.96 | - 15-9 to finish also gets them to 60+ wins fo 1st time and something to build on! |
| 19 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 18 | Florida Elks | Anderson | 56 | - | 98 | 0.364 | 57.19 | 0.00 | - now 3 straight yrs under 60 wins after 2 playoff runs. Time to trade Tom Terrific? ;) |
| 20 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 20 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 57 | - | 97 | 0.370 | 49.68 | -1.91 | -good news .. 57 wins is by far best in history but 3rd straight year at #20 not so good. |
| Top 5 Recap | ||||||||||||||
| Burbank's index dropped for the 3rd straight month, but they retain the #1 spot as no one else made a series run. Cincinnati did get pushed by San Diego | ||||||||||||||
| but they also held their ground finishing at #2 just 1.89 pts ahead of San Diego. This makes it 2 years in a row at #2 for Cincinnati. For San Diego this is the | ||||||||||||||
| best finish in franchise history and 1st time finishing in the top 5 as they jump over Sleepytown for the #3 spot. This is also the 1st time to finish in the top 5 | ||||||||||||||
| for Sleepytown as they take #4 by 0.92pts over perennial top 5 team Dallas who grabbed the #5 spot. This makes 4 straight years finishing in the top 5 for | ||||||||||||||
| Dallas, but the 1st time at #5 (#3 in 1971, #4 in 1972 & #3 in 1973). | ||||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | ||||||||||||||
| * Wellington retains the #1 ranked pitching staff and Burbank retaines the #1 ranked offense. | ||||||||||||||
| * Burbank has now finished at #1 for the 2nd time as they 1st did it in 1972. This ties Texas who also has done it twice (1971 & 1973). Cincinnati is the only other team to finish #1 as they did it in 1970. | ||||||||||||||
| * 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 3 straight times (1971 thru 1973). 1974 is the 1st season since 1970 without a team over 100. | ||||||||||||||
| Here is the 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. | ||||||||||||||
| In 1974, going into the playoffs we have 4 teams that have shot to beat that mark (Cincinnati #11, St. Louis #9, Oregon #12 & Fremont #7). | ||||||||||||||
| * The best finish for a 72 Expansion team was #14 by Brookline (currently Savannah) in 1972 and they duplicated the feat again in 1974 finishing #14. | ||||||||||||||
| * 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 9 times (preseason 1972 through April 1972, June 1972 through Sept 1972 and then May 1974 through September 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: Oregon up 2 spots (#11 to #9). | ||||||||||||||
| Team heading south Savannah down 3 spots (#11 to #14) and Fremont down 2 spots (#9 to #11). | ||||||||||||||
| CLICK HERE for Summary & Explanation of Calculations. | ||||||||||||||
| Prior BDWL Power Index's | ||||||||||||||
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| May 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| April 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| PreSeason 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| Final 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Final 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| Final 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| Final 1970 | ||||||||||||||