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Weekly Team Power Rankings
Monday, August 2nd , 1976
Here are the current team power rankings for Major League Baseball:

Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Cleveland Bobcats (128.6, +)
2) San Francisco Seagulls (117.5, ++)
3) Denver Burros (117.5, -)
4) Pittsburgh Industrials (107.5, +)
5) New York Empires (105.7, +)
6) Houston Drillers (103.4, -)
7) Los Angeles Pobladores (102.3, ++)
8) Baltimore Lords (101.8, --)
9) Dallas Wranglers (101.5, -)
10) New York Knickerbockers (99.5, ++)
11) Atlanta Generals (98.4, ++)
12) Chicago Traders (95.1, +)
13) Kansas City Bulls (93.8, --)
14) St. Louis Explorers (92.1, --)
15) Montreal Habitants (89.9, ++)
16) Detroit Wolverines (89.0, ++)
17) San Diego Captains (87.9, --)
18) Brooklyn Bluebirds (80.5, -)
19) Cincinnati Packers (78.2, ++)
20) Los Angeles Blockbusters (78.2, +)
21) Chicago Hawks (74.6, ++)
22) Toronto Hurons (73.5, --)
23) Boston Terriers (72.6, --)
24) Philadelphia Quakers (70.6, ++)
25) Washington Eagles (69.5, -)
26) Twin Cities Northmen (66.6, o)
27) Seattle Emeralds (65.7, --)
28) Milwaukee Dairymen (59.8, -)
BNN Stats: Career Batting Leaders
Monday, August 2nd , 1976
So, who is the leader in the Major League Baseball in career games started?

Harry Osborn, -, 2942
Witness York, -, 2867
Hamilton Craft, -, 2843
Harold Batkin, -, 2791
Armando Landa, -, 2677
Bargiel of Atlanta ABL's Standout Player
Monday, August 2nd , 1976
The American Baseball League announced the winner of this week's Player of the Week Award was Atlanta starting pitcher Ron Bargiel. He topped the league with 2 wins over the last week and was chosen the league's number one player.

For the week the Generals hurler was 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA. He allowed 17 hits and fanned 5 in 15 innings.

For the season, Bargiel has logged 5 wins and 3 losses and struck out 25 batters in 73 innings while compiling a 2.71 ERA.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Bobby Tapia - SFS
.359
2 Darrell Conley SDC .347
3 Chris Taylor KCB .340
4 Rafael Fuentes CHI .329
4 Kent Schiffer SDC .329
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Don Keough - PIT
24
2 Jim Brookins LAB 22
3 Chris Taylor KCB 21
4 Ed Hudson MON 20
5 2 tied with   19
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Don Keough - PIT
83
2 Duane Simmons DAL 67
2 Chris Taylor KCB 67
4 Bobby Tapia SFS 66
5 Greg Landrum BRO 65
LEAGUE LEADERS W
3 tied with
14
1 Francisco Castro HOU 14
1 Larry Cox CHI 14
1 Keith Williams DEN 14
4 Bobby Peters CHI 13
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Jim Arndt - LAP
1.65
2 Dan Valenti BAL 1.72
3 Ray Heath SFS 1.74
4 Joe Clabaugh CLE 1.82
5 Nate Frampton NYE 1.90
LEAGUE LEADERS K
2 tied with
135
1 Larry Bilski HOU 135
1 Larry Mitchell LAB 135
3 Bruce Shurtleff BOS 133
4 Jerry Patrick SFS 125
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NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
Denver Burros 70 40 .636 -
Kansas City Bulls 59 52 .532 11.5
San Diego Captains 56 55 .505 14.5
Chicago Traders 55 56 .495 15.5
St. Louis Explorers 54 55 .495 15.5
Los Angeles Blockbusters 48 61 .440 21.5
Milwaukee Dairymen 40 71 .360 30.5
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Cleveland Bobcats 73 36 .670 -
Pittsburgh Industrials 65 46 .586 9.0
New York Knickerbockers 56 53 .514 17.0
Brooklyn Bluebirds 53 56 .486 20.0
Cincinnati Packers 52 59 .468 22.0
Washington Eagles 46 65 .414 28.0
Philadelphia Quakers 43 65 .398 29.5
AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
Houston Drillers 65 45 .591 -
San Francisco Seagulls 62 48 .564 3.0
Los Angeles Pobladores 59 49 .546 5.0
Dallas Wranglers 59 51 .536 6.0
Seattle Emeralds 46 62 .426 18.0
Chicago Hawks 45 65 .409 20.0
Twin Cities Northmen 45 65 .409 20.0
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
New York Empires 64 44 .593 -
Baltimore Lords 61 48 .560 3.5
Montreal Habitants 55 54 .505 9.5
Detroit Wolverines 55 55 .500 10.0
Atlanta Generals 53 55 .491 11.0
Toronto Hurons 51 59 .464 14.0
Boston Terriers 45 65 .409 20.0
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Chicago Kansas City 7-1 1:05 PM PT L.Cox (14-10, 2.94 ERA) W.Hardaway (7-10, 4.00 ERA)
Denver San Diego 2-5 12:05 PM PT R.McKenzie (5-10, 3.39 ERA) J.Thurlow (8-4, 2.96 ERA)
Denver San Diego 5-4 3:05 PM PT M.Hartman (1-1, 3.70 ERA) E.Payne (4-9, 3.74 ERA)
Los Angeles St. Louis 4-1 1:05 PM PT B.Duprey (6-1, 2.24 ERA) R.Juarez (7-9, 3.27 ERA)
Brooklyn Cleveland 6-7 1:05 PM PT S.Cheatham (3-3, 4.63 ERA) M.Gregory (1-4, 3.76 ERA)
Washington New York 1-3 1:05 PM PT C.Hull (8-7, 3.12 ERA) C.Kirkley (8-7, 3.28 ERA)
Milwaukee Philadelphia 0-6 1:05 PM PT R.Weintraub (9-8, 2.79 ERA) A.Campbell (6-11, 4.75 ERA)
Cincinnati Pittsburgh 5-6 1:05 PM PT J.Nall (1-1, 3.99 ERA) D.Rutherford (6-12, 3.66 ERA)
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Dallas Chicago 0-1 12:05 PM PT A.Villatoro (8-4, 4.24 ERA) C.Sokol (10-7, 2.83 ERA)
Dallas Chicago 5-2 3:05 PM PT S.Coomes (10-10, 3.93 ERA) M.Haskett (11-11, 4.28 ERA)
Houston Los Angeles 1-2 1:05 PM PT L.Seger (7-7, 3.51 ERA) T.McAteer (3-11, 3.11 ERA)
San Francisco Seattle 6-4 1:05 PM PT R.Heath (6-4, 1.74 ERA) D.Goldberg (8-11, 3.79 ERA)
Montreal Twin Cities 4-3 1:05 PM PT R.Barron (9-7, 3.67 ERA) E.Trask (4-11, 4.09 ERA)
Toronto Atlanta 2-5 12:05 PM PT G.Palmer (6-13, 4.37 ERA) J.Scott (6-4, 3.70 ERA)
Toronto Atlanta 1-3 3:05 PM PT R.Bargiel (5-3, 2.71 ERA) D.Hamilton (2-12, 3.76 ERA)
Boston Baltimore 3-7 12:05 PM PT F.Governor (6-6, 3.08 ERA) B.Shurtleff (3-12, 3.02 ERA)
Boston Baltimore 6-5 3:05 PM PT D.Juarez (8-7, 3.84 ERA) D.Boyd (2-4, 2.67 ERA)
Detroit New York 3-7 12:05 PM PT A.Humphrey (3-0, 0.85 ERA) J.Bryant (5-6, 4.27 ERA)
Detroit New York 4-2 3:05 PM PT B.Anderson (8-6, 3.44 ERA) J.Pierce (9-6, 2.77 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Chicago (55-56, Road: 27-28) Pittsburgh (65-46, Home: 36-19) 7:05 PM PT RHP J.Mojica (7-9, 3.12 ERA) LHP B.Briggs (9-9, 3.24 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Toronto (51-59, Road: 20-35) Chicago (45-65, Home: 23-32) 7:05 PM PT LHP T.Lloyd (0-0, 1.35 ERA) LHP K.Edwards (7-8, 4.24 ERA)
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