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Weekly Team Power Rankings
Monday, September 13th , 1976
Here are the current team power rankings for Major League Baseball:

Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Cleveland Bobcats (122.2, o)
2) Houston Drillers (121.0, +)
3) Denver Burros (116.2, -)
4) Baltimore Lords (115.9, +)
5) Chicago Traders (109.0, +)
6) Pittsburgh Industrials (107.5, ++)
7) Kansas City Bulls (103.1, --)
8) San Francisco Seagulls (102.6, -)
9) New York Empires (100.5, +)
10) Detroit Wolverines (93.3, ++)
11) Los Angeles Pobladores (93.1, o)
12) Atlanta Generals (91.9, --)
13) Brooklyn Bluebirds (91.8, o)
14) St. Louis Explorers (90.2, ++)
15) Montreal Habitants (87.7, ++)
16) Twin Cities Northmen (87.2, ++)
17) San Diego Captains (85.9, -)
18) Cincinnati Packers (84.3, ++)
19) New York Knickerbockers (83.5, --)
20) Dallas Wranglers (81.1, --)
21) Los Angeles Blockbusters (78.7, o)
22) Boston Terriers (76.6, ++)
23) Seattle Emeralds (76.1, --)
24) Philadelphia Quakers (74.6, +)
25) Toronto Hurons (74.4, --)
26) Washington Eagles (58.6, --)
27) Chicago Hawks (53.4, o)
28) Milwaukee Dairymen (52.9, o)
BNN Stats: Size Matters
Monday, September 13th , 1976
Here is a list of the tallest players in the Major League Baseball...

Ralph Richter, CLE, 6' 8"
John Suozzo, DEN, 6' 8"
Don Callahan, KCB, 6' 7"
Art Ledington, CIN, 6' 7"
Rich Barron, MON, 6' 7"
ABL's #1 Player, Plumley of Detroit
Monday, September 13th , 1976
Jerry Plumley is respected by most Detroit Wolverines fans for his no-frills style of play. The 29-year-old right fielder went about his business with vigor last week to grab the American Baseball League Player of the Week honors.

He compiled a .565 average (13-for-23) with 2 home runs, 4 RBIs and 8 runs scored.

At present, Plumley is batting .308 and has collected 15 home runs, 74 RBIs, .388 OBP and scored 72 runs.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Bobby Tapia - SFS
.358
2 Chris Taylor KCB .355
3 Darrell Conley SDC .341
4 Rafael Fuentes CHI .333
5 Guillaume Moret DEN .318
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Chris Taylor - KCB
35
2 Ramon Montoya SDC 30
3 Ed Hudson MON 25
4 Jim Brookins LAB 24
4 3 more tied with   24
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Chris Taylor - KCB
105
2 Greg Landrum BRO 92
2 Ramon Montoya SDC 92
2 Bobby Tapia SFS 92
5 Duane Simmons DAL 86
LEAGUE LEADERS W
2 tied with
19
1 Larry Cox CHI 19
1 Bobby Peters CHI 19
3 Mike Brown KCB 18
4 5 tied with   17
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Jim Arndt - LAP
1.85
2 Larry Mitchell LAB 1.89
3 Frank Combs DEN 1.90
4 Joe Clabaugh CLE 2.00
5 Dan Valenti BAL 2.14
LEAGUE LEADERS K
Larry Bilski - HOU
179
2 Bob Briggs PIT 176
3 Larry Mitchell LAB 174
4 Barry Gilmore DAL 168
5 Jerry Patrick SFS 164
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NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
Denver Burros 96 54 .640 -
Kansas City Bulls 86 64 .573 10.0
Chicago Traders 82 67 .550 13.5
St. Louis Explorers 73 76 .490 22.5
San Diego Captains 72 77 .483 23.5
Los Angeles Blockbusters 66 83 .443 29.5
Milwaukee Dairymen 50 100 .333 46.0
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Cleveland Bobcats 98 50 .662 -
Pittsburgh Industrials 84 65 .564 14.5
Brooklyn Bluebirds 76 73 .510 22.5
New York Knickerbockers 72 76 .486 26.0
Cincinnati Packers 69 80 .463 29.5
Washington Eagles 61 88 .409 37.5
Philadelphia Quakers 58 90 .392 40.0
AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
Houston Drillers 90 60 .600 -
San Francisco Seagulls 85 64 .570 4.5
Dallas Wranglers 78 71 .523 11.5
Los Angeles Pobladores 77 72 .517 12.5
Seattle Emeralds 68 81 .456 21.5
Twin Cities Northmen 66 84 .440 24.0
Chicago Hawks 57 93 .380 33.0
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Baltimore Lords 86 63 .577 -
New York Empires 84 65 .564 2.0
Atlanta Generals 79 71 .527 7.5
Detroit Wolverines 77 73 .513 9.5
Montreal Habitants 74 76 .493 12.5
Toronto Hurons 64 85 .430 22.0
Boston Terriers 61 88 .409 25.0
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Washington Chicago 5-6 1:05 PM PT R.Weisenberg (4-4, 1.47 ERA) R.Grill (5-7, 5.30 ERA)
San Diego Denver 6-4 1:05 PM PT R.Schifsky (6-3, 2.83 ERA) K.Williams (15-9, 2.63 ERA)
Milwaukee Los Angeles 0-3 1:05 PM PT L.Mitchell (10-12, 1.89 ERA) A.Campbell (8-15, 4.43 ERA)
Kansas City St. Louis 3-4 1:05 PM PT M.Clark (2-5, 4.64 ERA) W.Hardaway (12-11, 3.57 ERA)
Cincinnati Cleveland 7-5 1:05 PM PT K.Foster (5-5, 4.09 ERA) F.Rudin (3-2, 5.04 ERA)
Brooklyn Philadelphia 1-2 12:05 PM PT P.Jacobs (2-2, 1.29 ERA) F.D'Amico (3-5, 2.34 ERA)
Brooklyn Philadelphia 5-11 3:05 PM PT J.Foster (2-0, 4.64 ERA) J.Sandoval (12-12, 3.22 ERA)
New York Pittsburgh 2-7 1:05 PM PT B.Briggs (16-10, 3.05 ERA) V.Gould (13-10, 2.81 ERA)
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Toronto Boston 1-0 4:35 PM PT D.Hamilton (4-14, 3.95 ERA) B.Elsner (5-8, 4.66 ERA)
Houston Dallas 4-1 1:05 PM PT B.Switzer (15-9, 3.15 ERA) B.Gilmore (9-12, 2.82 ERA)
Seattle San Francisco 6-7 1:05 PM PT R.Eubanks (2-2, 6.10 ERA) B.Valentine (3-3, 1.93 ERA)
Los Angeles Twin Cities 1-3 1:05 PM PT E.Trask (10-13, 3.39 ERA) D.Wynn (12-8, 2.45 ERA)
Detroit Atlanta 2-3 1:05 PM PT R.Bargiel (7-6, 3.12 ERA) J.Rodriguez (7-12, 3.45 ERA)
Chicago Baltimore 0-12 1:05 PM PT J.Fredrick (9-10, 2.86 ERA) K.Eldridge (6-19, 5.12 ERA)
Toronto Boston 1-2 1:05 PM PT J.Trent (6-6, 3.69 ERA) A.Price (0-1, 7.20 ERA)
Montreal New York 6-7 12:05 PM PT D.Kretz (7-7, 2.77 ERA) E.Koenig (12-13, 3.21 ERA)
Montreal New York 9-5 3:05 PM PT D.Quinlan (4-2, 4.62 ERA) D.Kretz (7-7, 2.77 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
St. Louis (73-76, Road: 34-38) Chicago (82-67, Home: 46-32) 7:05 PM PT RHP D.Lott (11-14, 3.10 ERA) LHP B.Peters (19-10, 2.86 ERA)
San Diego (72-77, Road: 31-46) Los Angeles (66-83, Home: 36-38) 7:05 PM PT LHP B.Weingartz (13-10, 3.50 ERA) LHP B.Duprey (9-5, 2.91 ERA)
New York (72-76, Road: 25-52) Brooklyn (76-73, Home: 37-34) 7:05 PM PT RHP M.Gresley (2-3, 7.40 ERA) LHP K.Wade (14-8, 2.99 ERA)
Cincinnati (69-80, Road: 30-44) Cleveland (98-50, Home: 51-25) 1:05 PM PT RHP A.Ledington (15-7, 3.05 ERA) RHP M.Baird (17-10, 2.47 ERA)
Philadelphia (58-90, Road: 24-46) Washington (61-88, Home: 35-36) 7:05 PM PT RHP B.Fite (0-1, 6.75 ERA) RHP M.Cooper (6-14, 3.04 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Chicago (57-93, Road: 27-51) Houston (90-60, Home: 47-25) 7:05 PM PT LHP M.Haskett (11-16, 4.23 ERA) RHP F.Castro (17-4, 2.56 ERA)
New York (84-65, Road: 36-35) Boston (61-88, Home: 34-43) 7:05 PM PT RHP A.Humphrey (7-2, 1.20 ERA) RHP K.Torkelson (6-10, 4.79 ERA)
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