BDWL Power Index
June 1975
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Current	Ranking		Previous		pre-			Through June 1975				Power
Rank#	offense	pitching	Rank#	+ / -	Rank#		Division	W	-	L	Win%	Index	Diff.
1	3	3	1	0	5	Pittsburgh Crawfords	Anderson	52	-	28	0.650	98.16	4.57	- PCH imprv to #3 despite Preseason  of #15. Addition of Nolan to staff should keep them here.
2	5	2	7	5	2	Oregon Pioneers	Anderson	45	-	32	0.584	92.89	10.26	- Off finally woke up (#14 to #5) plus they added leading hitter in BDWL for stretch run.
3	2	13	4	1	1	Burbank Barnstormers	Martin	46	-	29	0.613	89.99	1.20	- Traded 8 players incl save leader & batting leader, not sure where that leaves them.
4	4	11	6	2	11	Hunnefield Flyers	Alston	43	-	29	0.597	88.03	4.49	- Another tm that helped themselves adding Jenkins to staff. Off was for real & now Pch is.
5	8	4	9	4	3	San Diego Conquistadors	Martin	39	-	35	0.527	87.52	5.18	- Pch continues to imprv was #10 in Apr now #4 and Powell & Bando should spark Off.
6	5	6	5	(1)	8	Sleepytown Dukes	Anderson	43	-	33	0.566	87.27	-0.52	- Off now at #5 after starting at #13 in Apr, but cant seem to get Pch to click on all cylinders.
7	16	1	2	(5)	7	St. Louis Shrikes	Anderson	38	-	37	0.507	87.17	-4.43	- lack of Off starts to take its toll, couldn’t close on a bat & that may cost them.
8	1	19	10	2	10	Fremont Indians	Martin	43	-	34	0.558	84.81	2.78	- Rogers goes 4-1 in 1st mos as Pch imprv from #20 to #19. Tm & Pch should continue climb.
9	8	8	8	(1)	9	Wellington Boots	Weaver	38	-	36	0.514	83.86	1.38	- Ryan is 3-7 as tm is starting to win with Off. Off has imprv 10 spots since Apr.
10	14	8	3	(7)	15	Northern Great Whites	Weaver	40	-	35	0.533	78.78	-10.63	- PI has dropped -22.7pts since being #1 in Apr. Traded for bat & bully help to right ship.
11	11	10	11	0	4	Dallas Hilltoppers	Alston	43	-	34	0.558	78.74	-1.87	- 4.62 ERA in Jun is very unusual for DLH. Only 25-26 after 18-8 start. Expect big July.
12	8	12	12	0	6	Asbury Park Rockers	Martin	37	-	39	0.487	77.00	0.00	- was seller at trade deadline but with 16 wins in Jun maybe shouldn’t have been.
12	16	4	15	3	19	Wisconsin Snow Goblins	Alston	36	-	43	0.456	77.00	1.88	- Richard was 5-0 but rest of tm was 7-16 in Jun. Still playing tough as were only  -1 Mgn.
14	5	15	13	(1)	13	Texas Fire Ants	Weaver	34	-	43	0.442	73.87	-1.61	- Loss of Bando & Jenkins will stick fork in 75 as they are officially in rebuild mode.
15	18	6	17	2	12	Atlanta Crackers	Alston	29	-	48	0.377	71.22	6.95	- more imprv to PI but again another losing month. Tough luck season continues.
16	11	14	14	(2)	14	Cincinnati Chilis	Weaver	46	-	32	0.590	70.46	-4.96	- mirror image of ALC as PI goes done yet they won 17 gms in Jun. Poster tm for fielding %.
17	15	16	16	(1)	17	Cooperstown Double Days	Weaver	33	-	44	0.429	62.21	-4.27	- tough month as Pch disappointed resulting in only 9 wins. Still on pace for franchise best %.
18	11	20	18	0	20	Savannah Shoeless Joes	Alston	29	-	48	0.377	54.47	-7.35	- Just doesn’t have the Pch so it would be nice accomplishment to stay above #20.
19	19	17	19	0	18	Toronto Crown Royals	Martin	23	-	52	0.307	48.41	-2.49	- Crown Royals just don’t travel well. Very respectable 18-21 at home but dismal 5-31 on road.
19	19	17	20	1	16	Florida Elks	Anderson	25	-	51	0.329	48.41	0.67	- after solid May, 8-20 in Jun is big disappointment. This wont be the yr the Elks recover.
Top 5 Recap
The Top 5 remains in flux as only one team stayed put and it was the #1 team Pittsburgh as they upped their PI to 98.16. They are now chased by Oregon who
had a huge month as their PI increased by +10.26 and their ranking went from #7 to #2. At #3 is Burbank who moved up one notch from #4 and replacing them
at #4 is Hunnefield who jumped up from #6. The final spot was taken by San Diego who improved from #9 to #5.
Leaving the Top 5 was St. Louis who fell from #2 to #7 and Northern who fell from #3 to #10.
Fremon is now has sole possession of the #1 offense as Burbank falls to #2 while St. Louis holds onto the #1 pitching spot for the 3rd 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.
* 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 2 time (May 1975 & June 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: Oregon up 5 spots (#7 to #2), San Diego up 4 spots (#9 to #5) and Wisconsin up 3 spots (#15 to #12).
Team heading south: Northern down 7 spots (#3 to #10) & St. Louis down 5 spots (#2 to #7).
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Prior BDWL Power Index's
May 1975
April 1975
PreSeason 1975
Final 1974
Final 1973
Final 1972
Final 1971
Final 1970