| BDWL Power Index | ||||||||||||||
| July 1975 | ||||||||||||||
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| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Rank# | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | Pittsburgh Crawfords | Anderson | 65 | - | 41 | 0.613 | 96.37 | -1.79 | - 3-7 on the road against tms with winning records, not a good sign for future. |
| 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Burbank Barnstormers | Martin | 64 | - | 38 | 0.627 | 94.40 | 4.41 | - roster moves pay off as tm has best month of season 18 wins. |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | (1) | 2 | Oregon Pioneers | Anderson | 57 | - | 46 | 0.553 | 92.51 | -0.38 | - rankings held but tough month at 12-14 as they had trouble on road at 5-8. |
| 4 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | St. Louis Shrikes | Anderson | 54 | - | 49 | 0.524 | 89.01 | 1.84 | - only tm in Div over .500 at 16-12 as they show life & climb back into the race. |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | Wellington Boots | Weaver | 58 | - | 44 | 0.569 | 87.52 | 3.66 | - Off has not imprv from #18 in Apr to #6 & now Pch is getting hot as result is 20 wins. |
| 6 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 10 | Fremont Indians | Martin | 59 | - | 44 | 0.573 | 87.02 | 2.21 | - Rogers tumbles to 2-4 but club still goes 16-10 as they continue to pound the ball on Off. |
| 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | (3) | 11 | Hunnefield Flyers | Alston | 57 | - | 44 | 0.564 | 86.57 | -1.46 | - Matlack goes 5-0 but rest go 9-15 for 1st sub .500 month. Jenkins only 1-3 in 1st month. |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | (3) | 3 | San Diego Conquistadors | Martin | 55 | - | 48 | 0.534 | 82.21 | -5.31 | - Powell was big boost to Off as they win 16 despite drop on Pch from #4 to #8. |
| 9 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 15 | Northern Great Whites | Weaver | 54 | - | 50 | 0.519 | 80.71 | 1.93 | - Pch imprv big time #8 to #3 & Off also imprv #14 to #12 but only won 6 of 16 at home. |
| 9 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | Dallas Hilltoppers | Alston | 59 | - | 45 | 0.567 | 80.71 | 1.97 | - there is the DLH Pch we know .261 ERA as Pch imprv from #10 to #3 & win 16. |
| 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | (5) | 8 | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 56 | - | 49 | 0.533 | 78.78 | -8.49 | - big step backwards as bats go cold .219 & first losing month at 13-16, but still in hunt. |
| 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 19 | Wisconsin Snow Goblins | Alston | 48 | - | 57 | 0.457 | 77.00 | 0.00 | - Off imprv by 4 spots but Pch dropped by 4 spots. Could have been big month but 3-11 away. |
| 13 | 8 | 13 | 12 | (1) | 6 | Asbury Park Rockers | Martin | 52 | - | 52 | 0.500 | 75.34 | -1.66 | - 31-23 over last 2 months as thye climb to .500, not bad for tm that was seller at deadline. |
| 14 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 12 | Atlanta Crackers | Alston | 45 | - | 59 | 0.433 | 75.07 | 3.85 | - luck turns as tm wins 16 but needs to make up a lot of ground to climb into the race. |
| 15 | 6 | 16 | 14 | (1) | 13 | Texas Fire Ants | Weaver | 43 | - | 60 | 0.417 | 72.25 | -1.62 | - won only 9 gms but didn’t play that bad as they lost 8 of 9 1-run gms. |
| 16 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 14 | Cincinnati Chilis | Weaver | 59 | - | 45 | 0.567 | 70.14 | -0.32 | - what is tm tied for Div lead doing down here? I guess fielding does matter as they are tops. |
| 17 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 17 | Cooperstown Double Days | Weaver | 46 | - | 56 | 0.451 | 59.60 | -2.61 | - amazingly 13-12 but only 5-7 at home. If they could win at home they could be .500 club. |
| 18 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 20 | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 36 | - | 68 | 0.346 | 54.90 | 0.43 | - only 7 wins but PI went up as tm continues to play tough. |
| 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 18 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 33 | - | 70 | 0.320 | 50.30 | 1.89 | - impressive 7-7 at home but only 3-10 on the road. For season .472 home only .160 on road. |
| 20 | 20 | 17 | 19 | (1) | 16 | Florida Elks | Anderson | 34 | - | 69 | 0.330 | 49.02 | 0.61 | - bad on the road & bad at home as team looks forward to 1976. |
| Top 5 Recap | ||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh retains the #1 spot but their margin has slipped to just +1.97pts over #2 Burbank and +3.86pts over #3 Oregon. Burbank moved passed Oregon | ||||||||||||||
| this month thanks to a +4.41pts increase and along with Pittsburgh are the only 2 teams to stay in the Top 5 the entire season. St. Louis jumped 3 spots | ||||||||||||||
| to return to top 5 as they finish at #4 slightly ahead of a 1st timer this season, Wellington who moved up 4 spots to round out the Top 5. Fremont who has moved | ||||||||||||||
| up 5 spots in the last 3 months now sits at #6 only +.50pts behind Wellington. Hunnefield and San Diego both fell out of the Top 5 but remain within striking distance | ||||||||||||||
| along with Northern and Dallas. | ||||||||||||||
| Fremont is retains sole possession of the #1 offense for 2nd month in a row while St. Louis holds onto the #1 pitching spot for the 4th 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 10 times (preseason 1972 through April 1972, June 1972 through Sept 1972, May 1974 through September 1974, and then Preseason 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: Wellington up 4 spots (#9 to #5) and St. Louis up 3 spots (#7 to #4). | ||||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Sleepytown down 5 spots (#6 to #11) and Hunnefield (#4 to #7) & San Diego (#5 to #8) down 3 spots. | ||||||||||||||
| CLICK HERE for Summary & Explanation of Calculations. | ||||||||||||||
| Prior BDWL Power Index's | ||||||||||||||
| June 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| May 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| April 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| PreSeason 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| Final 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| Final 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Final 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| Final 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| Final 1970 | ||||||||||||||