BDWL Power Index
May 1975
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Current	Ranking		Previous		pre-			Through May 1975				Power
Rank#	offense	pitching	Rank#	+ / -	Rank#		Division	W	-	L	Win%	Index	Diff.
1	3	5	5	4	5	Pittsburgh Crawfords	Anderson	33	-	21	0.611	93.59	1.89	- Pch held & got imprv Off (#9 to #3) in May resulted in solid 17 wins & top spot.
2	15	1	9	7	7	St. Louis Shrikes	Anderson	27	-	22	0.551	91.60	11.84	- still no pop on Off as only 4 hrs in May but they are hitting .290 & scoring 5+rpg.
3	8	2	1	(2)	15	Northern Great Whites	Weaver	29	-	20	0.592	89.41	-12.07	- Off & Pch ranking held despite big drop in PI. Jury still out on how good this tm can be.
4	1	17	2	(2)	1	Burbank Barnstormers	Martin	30	-	19	0.612	88.79	-12.32	- pre-season Pch was #2, now has fallen to #17 making tm look very beatable & they were.
5	9	2	8	3	8	Sleepytown Dukes	Anderson	28	-	22	0.560	87.79	2.76	- Gamble sparked nice imprv in Off & Blue went 2-0 which is good sign for future success.
6	5	10	3	(3)	11	Hunnefield Flyers	Alston	27	-	19	0.587	83.54	-12.83	- solid Pch early but will need to maintain it all season to wrestle Div from Dallas.
7	14	2	4	(3)	2	Oregon Pioneers	Anderson	28	-	21	0.571	82.63	-10.26	- strange to see ORP tm ranked only #14 in Off & winning with solid Pch?
8	12	5	13	5	9	Wellington Boots	Weaver	23	-	25	0.479	82.48	11.78	- as expected Off imprv from #18 to #12 & wins followed. Should continue on upward.
9	10	7	7	(2)	3	San Diego Conquistadors	Martin	23	-	25	0.479	82.34	-7.68	- Pch imprv but bats went dead BA .231. Big bat coming in July but will it be too late?
10	1	20	11	1	10	Fremont Indians	Martin	27	-	22	0.551	82.03	9.97	- #1 Off landed Ace for staff which might make them tm to beat in the BRL now.
11	12	7	6	(5)	4	Dallas Hilltoppers	Alston	30	-	21	0.588	80.61	-9.45	- did not expect this drop but Off is struggling. Big 4 should hit, but questions about rest?
12	6	13	12	0	6	Asbury Park Rockers	Martin	21	-	29	0.420	77.00	5.86	- Pch imprv & PI heading upward. We expect them to climb closer to .500.
13	4	15	14	1	13	Texas Fire Ants	Weaver	22	-	27	0.449	75.48	6.75	- Stargell led Off & tm showed some life at 12-11, but this might be as good as it gets.
14	6	14	15	1	14	Cincinnati Chilis	Weaver	29	-	21	0.580	75.42	6.88	- got 16 wins as they continue to outperform PI thx to clutch def w/10 PPO so far.
15	15	7	10	(5)	19	Wisconsin Snow Goblins	Alston	24	-	27	0.471	75.12	0.16	- another solid Pch month with 17Qs as they continue to play well only hurt by six 1-run loses.
16	15	12	16	0	17	Cooperstown Double Days	Weaver	24	-	27	0.471	66.48	1.59	- won the close ones (7 of 10 one-run gms) on way to impressive 13-12 monh
17	18	11	18	1	12	Atlanta Crackers	Alston	18	-	33	0.353	64.27	5.56	- PI imprv but worst record in WJL? Something is wrong here, expect wins in June.
18	10	19	17	(1)	20	Savannah Shoeless Joes	Alston	19	-	30	0.388	61.82	1.54	- 3-10 on the road more than offset solid 6-5 at home but still 1st exp tm to reach 200wins.
19	19	18	19	0	18	Toronto Crown Royals	Martin	15	-	32	0.319	50.90	-4.94	- R.Jones 0-5 earned him a trade to HFF as tm collapses with 19 loses in May.
20	20	16	20	0	16	Florida Elks	Anderson	17	-	31	0.354	47.74	6.52	- 12-12 is great recovery thx to 5-5 on road in May vs 1-12 in April.  Something to build on?
Top 5 Recap
This is shaping up to be a very unusual season for our PI rankings. Last month Great Northern jumped up 14 spots from their preseason ranking to take the top spot and this
month topped that for unusualness. The top 4 teams from April all suffered double-digit drops in their PI in May, leaving Pittsburgh as the last team standing at #1 with the
lowest PI for a #1 team since September 1970 when Cincinnati was #1 with a PI of 88.74 (150 game schedule). The PI rankings have become a game of Chutes and Ladders!
Making a big jump this month was Pittsburgh's division rival, St. Louis, who had a +11.94pts increase to move from #9 to #2 only 1.99pts behind the top spot.
The Northern Great Whites had a -12.07pts drop in their PI but that was still a smaller drop than Burbank (-12.32pts) and Hunnefield (-12.83pts) so they only fell to #3 with
Burbank falling to #4. Sleepytown despite only a +2.76pts increase was able to jump 3 spots to round out the top 5. Hunnefield dropped from #3 to #6 and Oregon after
a -10.26pts drop fell from #4 to #7. As a final note --- something we missed last month was Dallas dropped out of the top 5 for the 1st time since September 1970 ending
a truly amazing streak. Unfortunately, fortunes did not improve in May for Dallas as they dropped even further from #6 to #11.
Fremon has rejoined Burbank for the #1 offense while St. Louis holds onto the #1 pitching spot for the 2nd 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. San Diego held it 1 time (Preseason 1974)
	7. St. Louis held it 1 time (April 1974)
	8. Northern held it 1 time (April 1975)
	9. Pittsburgh held it 1 time (May 1975)
Notes:
Teams on the rise: St. Louis up 7 spots (#9 to #2), Wellington up 5 spots (#13 to #8) and Pittsburgh up 4 spots (#5 to #1).
Team heading south: Dallas (#6 to #11) & Wisconsin (#15 to #10) both down 5 spots and Hunnefield (#6 to #3) & Oregon (#7 to #4) both down 3 spots.
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Prior BDWL Power Index's
April 1975
PreSeason 1975
Final 1974
Final 1973
Final 1972
Final 1971
Final 1970