| BDWL Power Index | |||||||||||||||
| August 1975 | |||||||||||||||
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| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Rank# | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Burbank Barnstormers | Martin | 82 | - | 48 | 0.631 | 95.48 | 1.08 | -Freisleben (1.11era) added to rotation ignites big imprv as staff racks up 7 SHO in Aug. | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | (1) | 5 | Pittsburgh Crawfords | Anderson | 80 | - | 52 | 0.606 | 94.60 | -1.77 | - acq of Nolan starting to payoff as he goes 4-0 in Aug, could make big diff on playoffs. | |
| 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | St. Louis Shrikes | Anderson | 68 | - | 59 | 0.535 | 92.85 | 3.84 | - tm has 30 wins since Jun, most in div, as Hunter & Forsch combine for 17 to stay in WC race. | |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | (1) | 2 | Oregon Pioneers | Anderson | 72 | - | 59 | 0.550 | 90.70 | -1.81 | - 15-13 despite Koos & Holtz 3-7 combined. Litterally saved by Goose who was 10 for 10. | |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | Dallas Hilltoppers | Alston | 79 | - | 49 | 0.617 | 87.34 | 6.63 | - Reggie, Joe & Roy catch fire as Off looks much imprv. 20-4 in Aug all but locks up 5th div title. | |
| 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | (1) | 9 | Wellington Boots | Weaver | 75 | - | 53 | 0.586 | 86.32 | -1.20 | - since terrible April, their 65 wins is best in BDWL, but is 4.60era in Aug sign of trouble? | |
| 7 | 1 | 19 | 6 | (1) | 10 | Fremont Indians | Martin | 76 | - | 55 | 0.580 | 86.19 | -0.83 | - 805 runs is 97 better than anyone else. Will reach 900 which hasn’t happened since 72! | |
| 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 | (1) | 11 | Hunnefield Flyers | Alston | 70 | - | 58 | 0.547 | 81.19 | -5.38 | - major power outage as only 8 hrs in Aug as they suffer 2nd straight sub .500 month. | |
| 9 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 15 | Northern Great Whites | Weaver | 67 | - | 65 | 0.508 | 81.08 | 0.37 | - Pch continues to be solid but bats ice cold other than Bench. Still has shot if bats heat up. | |
| 10 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 8 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 71 | - | 59 | 0.546 | 80.36 | 1.58 | - bats heat up .279 in Aug but couldn’t score. Saved by Tanana 5-0 1.57era in Aug. | |
| 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | (3) | 3 | San Diego Conquistadors | Martin | 67 | - | 61 | 0.523 | 79.20 | -3.01 | - Bonds was MIA in Aug hitting only .169. A 7-0 finish to got them to 12-13 & shot at WC. | |
| 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | Asbury Park Rockers | Martin | 63 | - | 67 | 0.485 | 76.50 | 1.16 | - Ellis & Osteen combine for 7-2 rest of staff 4-13 as tm hurt by losing 6 of 8 1-run gms. | |
| 13 | 16 | 7 | 12 | (1) | 19 | Wisconsin Snow Goblins | Alston | 62 | - | 68 | 0.477 | 76.33 | -0.67 | - 10-3 at home leads to impressive 14-11 for Aug & very respectable .477 win% for season. | |
| 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 14 | Cincinnati Chilis | Weaver | 72 | - | 56 | 0.563 | 74.17 | 4.03 | - finally a bit of uptick in PI but still wide gap between PI & their record. Will it hold thru Sept? | |
| 15 | 18 | 6 | 14 | (1) | 12 | Atlanta Crackers | Alston | 56 | - | 75 | 0.427 | 72.45 | -2.62 | - unfortunately success in July didn’t carry over. They did hit 29hrs but scored only 96 runs? | |
| 16 | 8 | 16 | 15 | (1) | 13 | Texas Fire Ants | Weaver | 51 | - | 79 | 0.392 | 67.76 | -4.49 | - strange to see this franchise down here as things have gone from bad to worse. | |
| 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 17 | Cooperstown Double Days | Weaver | 62 | - | 68 | 0.477 | 62.80 | 3.20 | - 16 wins in Aug making them 29-24 since June as this is turning into impressive season. | |
| 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 18 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 41 | - | 88 | 0.318 | 52.51 | 2.21 | - another tough season but should finish above #20 for 1st time since 1972. | |
| 19 | 12 | 20 | 18 | (1) | 20 | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 40 | - | 89 | 0.310 | 51.28 | -3.62 | - July was bad but Aug got worse with only 4 wins as tm misses Boog. | |
| 20 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 16 | Florida Elks | Anderson | 41 | - | 87 | 0.320 | 46.68 | -2.34 | - after 3 straight seasons at #19 unfortunately might be 1st non-exp tm to finish at #20. | |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh's 3 month run at the top has come to an end as the preseason #1 team, Burbank, moves up 1 spot to take #1 for the 11th time in their franchise history. | |||||||||||||||
| However, Pittsburgh did not fall far as they land at #2 only +.88pts behind the leader but only +1.75pts ahead of #3 St. Louis who moved up 1 spot this month. | |||||||||||||||
| The 3rd Anderson Division team, Oregon, fell from #3 to #4 but is still within striking distance of the top spot. Dallas who was the preseason #4 team had fallen | |||||||||||||||
| as far as #11 in June, finally wakes up in a big way as they jump 4 spots thanks to a +6.63pts increase in their PI to take over #5. Falling out of the top 5 was | |||||||||||||||
| Wellington who sits at #6 but only +1.02pts out of the top 5. | |||||||||||||||
| Fremont is retains sole possession of the #1 offense for 3rd month in a row while St. Louis holds onto the #1 pitching spot for the 5th month in a row. | |||||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||||
| * 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, in 1973 #5 Fremont and in 1974 was #2 Cincinnati. | |||||||||||||||
| * In 1973, Fremont at #5 was the lowest ranked team at season's end to win the BDWL Championship. | |||||||||||||||
| * In 1974, Cincinnati at #11 became the lowest ranked preseason team to win the BDWL Championship. | |||||||||||||||
| * In 1970, Great Lake won their Division (Anderson) with the lowest ranking #9 and PI 80.59 in BDWL history. | |||||||||||||||
| * Northern who jumped from #15 in preseason to #1 (14 spots) in April became the biggest jump in BDWL history topping the 12 spots by San Diego in April 1973 from their preseason ranking. | |||||||||||||||
| * In the history of the BDWL a team has finished with a PI over 100 only 6 times. 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 | |||||||||||||||
| * In the history of the BDWL, there have only been 9 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 11 times (preseason 1972 through April 1972, June 1972 through Sept 1972, May 1974 through September 1974, Preseason 1975 and August 1975 ) | |||||||||||||||
| 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. Pittsburgh held it 3 time (May 1975 through July 1975) | |||||||||||||||
| 7. San Diego held it 1 time (Preseason 1974) | |||||||||||||||
| 8. St. Louis held it 1 time (April 1974) | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Northern held it 1 time (April 1975) | |||||||||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||||||
| Teams on the rise: Dallas up 4 spots (#9 to #5) and Cincinnati up 2 spots (#16 to #14). | |||||||||||||||
| Team heading south: San Diego down 3 spots (#8 to #11). | |||||||||||||||
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| Prior BDWL Power Index's | |||||||||||||||
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| Final 1974 | |||||||||||||||
| Final 1973 | |||||||||||||||
| Final 1972 | |||||||||||||||
| Final 1971 | |||||||||||||||
| Final 1970 | |||||||||||||||