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Weekly Team Power Rankings
Monday, May 17th , 1976
Here are the current team power rankings for Major League Baseball:

Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) New York Empires (134.4, o)
2) Cleveland Bobcats (131.7, o)
3) Houston Drillers (120.4, +)
4) Cincinnati Packers (117.9, ++)
5) Denver Burros (112.1, o)
6) Pittsburgh Industrials (110.2, ++)
7) Twin Cities Northmen (104.5, ++)
8) San Francisco Seagulls (104.2, -)
9) Baltimore Lords (100.5, ++)
10) Atlanta Generals (98.9, --)
11) St. Louis Explorers (98.5, --)
12) Dallas Wranglers (97.7, ++)
13) Brooklyn Bluebirds (97.2, --)
14) Chicago Traders (94.4, --)
15) Los Angeles Pobladores (91.5, ++)
16) Chicago Hawks (85.3, ++)
17) Kansas City Bulls (83.0, --)
18) Milwaukee Dairymen (80.0, ++)
19) San Diego Captains (72.8, --)
20) New York Knickerbockers (72.1, o)
21) Washington Eagles (72.1, +)
22) Boston Terriers (68.9, --)
23) Seattle Emeralds (68.8, --)
24) Detroit Wolverines (66.0, +)
25) Los Angeles Blockbusters (60.0, -)
26) Montreal Habitants (59.2, +)
27) Philadelphia Quakers (57.3, +)
28) Toronto Hurons (55.0, --)
BNN Stats: Single-Season Records
Monday, May 17th , 1976
Who holds the single season record in the Major League Baseball for intentional walks?

Don Keough, PIT, 39, 1975
Don Keough, PIT, 35, 1973
Don Keough, PIT, 32, 1974
Charlie Hall, SEA, 32, 1975
Ed Hudson, MON, 30, 1975
Hudson Sticks It to ABL Pitchers
Monday, May 17th , 1976
Montreal sports fans can't stop singing the praises of Ed Hudson, who has been selected the American Baseball League Player of the Week.

Hudson was in a comfort zone all week, finishing with a .455 average (10-for-22), 6 RBIs and 3 home runs.

In 38 games Hudson is hitting .260 this season with 32 hits, 6 home runs, 13 RBIs, 23 walks, .389 OBP and has scored 22 runs.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Mike Lockhart - HOU
.386
2 John Hembree CIN .383
3 Darrell Conley SDC .377
4 Ken Frederick LAB .365
5 Bobby Tapia SFS .363
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
2 tied with
9
1 Don Keough PIT 9
1 Ed Mika ATL 9
3 Rick Lintner NYE 8
4 5 tied with   7
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Mike Lockhart - HOU
35
2 Scott Wagner SFS 34
3 Ed Mika ATL 31
4 Don Keough PIT 30
5 Mark Sisson HOU 26
LEAGUE LEADERS W
9 tied with
6
1 Jim Arndt LAP 6
1 Larry Bilski HOU 6
1 Larry Cox CHI 6
1 6 more tied with   6
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Tim McDonald - KCB
1.01
2 Jim Arndt LAP 1.02
3 Antonio Valerio BRO 1.37
4 Frank Combs DEN 1.49
5 2 tied with   1.50
LEAGUE LEADERS K
Larry Bilski - HOU
62
2 Jerry Patrick SFS 52
3 Jon Pierce NYE 47
4 Larry Stanford NYE 44
5 2 tied with   43
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NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
Denver Burros 22 15 .595 -
St. Louis Explorers 21 17 .553 1.5
Chicago Traders 20 17 .541 2.0
Kansas City Bulls 18 18 .500 3.5
San Diego Captains 16 21 .432 6.0
Milwaukee Dairymen 14 21 .400 7.0
Los Angeles Blockbusters 14 23 .378 8.0
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Cleveland Bobcats 25 12 .676 -
Cincinnati Packers 23 15 .605 2.5
Pittsburgh Industrials 22 16 .579 3.5
Brooklyn Bluebirds 21 16 .568 4.0
Washington Eagles 15 21 .417 9.5
New York Knickerbockers 15 21 .417 9.5
Philadelphia Quakers 12 25 .324 13.0
AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
Houston Drillers 25 14 .641 -
San Francisco Seagulls 22 16 .579 2.5
Twin Cities Northmen 21 17 .553 3.5
Dallas Wranglers 19 20 .487 6.0
Los Angeles Pobladores 18 19 .486 6.0
Chicago Hawks 18 20 .474 6.5
Seattle Emeralds 16 22 .421 8.5
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
New York Empires 27 10 .730 -
Atlanta Generals 21 15 .583 5.5
Baltimore Lords 19 18 .514 8.0
Boston Terriers 15 22 .405 12.0
Detroit Wolverines 14 23 .378 13.0
Toronto Hurons 14 23 .378 13.0
Montreal Habitants 14 24 .368 13.5
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
New York Chicago 2-1 1:05 PM PT T.Fried (3-3, 3.14 ERA) D.Scorza (1-6, 3.60 ERA)
St. Louis Denver 8-3 12:05 PM PT J.Gonzalez (4-2, 3.42 ERA) J.Hamby (0-3, 5.00 ERA)
St. Louis Denver 1-5 3:05 PM PT J.Ramirez (3-1, 2.66 ERA) R.Goolsby (1-2, 2.84 ERA)
Brooklyn Milwaukee 2-7 1:05 PM PT J.Williams (2-3, 4.83 ERA) K.Wade (3-3, 3.83 ERA)
Los Angeles Cincinnati 3-4 1:05 PM PT A.Ledington (6-0, 2.65 ERA) T.Benson (0-5, 4.05 ERA)
San Diego Cleveland 0-5 1:05 PM PT M.Baird (4-2, 1.97 ERA) R.McKenzie (2-4, 2.12 ERA)
Kansas City Pittsburgh 1-3 1:05 PM PT J.Munoz (6-2, 1.88 ERA) S.Carter (3-3, 4.61 ERA)
Philadelphia Washington 3-2 1:05 PM PT A.Wohlt (2-4, 3.48 ERA) R.Kingery (1-4, 2.94 ERA)
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Toronto Dallas 1-2 1:05 PM PT A.Stager (1-1, 3.60 ERA) J.Scott (2-1, 1.35 ERA)
Seattle Houston 5-7 12:05 PM PT B.Switzer (4-0, 3.42 ERA) D.Collins (1-4, 6.16 ERA)
Seattle Houston 0-1 3:05 PM PT L.Bilski (6-0, 2.59 ERA) E.Roe (0-1, 3.00 ERA)
Atlanta Los Angeles 3-5 1:05 PM PT J.Arndt (6-1, 1.02 ERA) G.Palmer (3-5, 4.79 ERA)
Detroit San Francisco 5-3 1:05 PM PT L.Black (2-3, 3.52 ERA) P.Ragsdale (3-2, 2.36 ERA)
Chicago Boston 6-2 1:05 PM PT K.Edwards (2-4, 6.29 ERA) T.Jepperson (2-5, 5.66 ERA)
Baltimore Montreal 7-3 1:05 PM PT B.Dunsley (3-3, 3.09 ERA) B.Schar (2-5, 4.18 ERA)
Twin Cities New York 0-5 1:05 PM PT N.Frampton (3-1, 1.50 ERA) S.Farooqi (3-3, 3.88 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Kansas City (18-18, Road: 8-10) Chicago (20-17, Home: 9-10) 7:05 PM PT RHP D.Greenlee (2-3, 2.89 ERA) LHP S.Crawford (5-4, 2.17 ERA)
Milwaukee (14-21, Road: 4-14) Los Angeles (14-23, Home: 7-11) 7:05 PM PT RHP A.Campbell (2-4, 3.86 ERA) RHP L.Mitchell (2-4, 3.12 ERA)
St. Louis (21-17, Road: 11-9) San Diego (16-21, Home: 9-10) 7:05 PM PT RHP B.Trout (5-2, 2.17 ERA) RHP D.Fontanez (3-2, 2.61 ERA)
Pittsburgh (22-16, Road: 11-8) Brooklyn (21-16, Home: 10-8) 7:05 PM PT LHP D.Visco (5-2, 3.21 ERA) RHP A.Valerio (3-1, 1.37 ERA)
Cincinnati (23-15, Road: 11-7) Philadelphia (12-25, Home: 5-14) 7:05 PM PT RHP D.Rutherford (2-2, 2.52 ERA) RHP P.Moore (1-3, 2.45 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Seattle (16-22, Road: 7-12) Toronto (14-23, Home: 11-7) 1:05 PM PT RHP P.Burkholder (3-3, 3.04 ERA) RHP D.Hamilton (1-5, 3.02 ERA)
San Francisco (22-16, Road: 10-8) Houston (25-14, Home: 13-7) 7:05 PM PT RHP R.Heath (2-1, 1.56 ERA) RHP F.Castro (4-1, 3.16 ERA)
Boston (15-22, Road: 7-12) Detroit (14-23, Home: 9-10) 7:05 PM PT RHP K.Torkelson (1-5, 5.56 ERA) RHP J.Bryant (2-1, 4.24 ERA)
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