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Weekly Team Power Rankings
Monday, August 30th , 1976
Here are the current team power rankings for Major League Baseball:

Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Cleveland Bobcats (130.2, o)
2) Denver Burros (120.4, o)
3) San Francisco Seagulls (109.0, o)
4) Houston Drillers (108.6, o)
5) Atlanta Generals (105.9, ++)
6) Dallas Wranglers (104.1, ++)
7) Chicago Traders (102.2, -)
8) Baltimore Lords (102.2, o)
9) New York Empires (101.3, --)
10) Kansas City Bulls (99.6, --)
11) Pittsburgh Industrials (99.6, -)
12) Brooklyn Bluebirds (98.4, -)
13) Detroit Wolverines (95.0, -)
14) Los Angeles Pobladores (90.4, -)
15) St. Louis Explorers (89.0, o)
16) Seattle Emeralds (88.3, +)
17) San Diego Captains (88.3, +)
18) Montreal Habitants (87.7, -)
19) New York Knickerbockers (87.0, +)
20) Washington Eagles (77.1, +)
21) Los Angeles Blockbusters (76.4, -)
22) Cincinnati Packers (75.3, --)
23) Toronto Hurons (73.1, +)
24) Twin Cities Northmen (71.7, ++)
25) Chicago Hawks (64.2, +)
26) Philadelphia Quakers (58.1, -)
27) Milwaukee Dairymen (54.7, +)
28) Boston Terriers (53.9, --)
BNN Stats: Single-Season Records
Monday, August 30th , 1976
Who holds the single season record in the Major League Baseball for total bases?

Irwin Edson, PHI, 435, 1894
Barry Sheridan, CIN, 429, 1955
Don Keough, PIT, 418, 1973
Joe Gallagher, DAL, 410, 1925
Fred Crumley, PHI, 408, 1950
Tapia Selected Player of the Week
Monday, August 30th , 1976
Bobby Tapia is respected by most San Francisco Seagulls fans for his no-frills style of play. The 29-year-old left fielder went about his business with vigor last week to grab the American Baseball League Player of the Week honors.

He compiled a .444 average (12-for-27) with 4 home runs, 8 RBIs and 7 runs scored.

So far this year, Tapia is hitting .367 with 14 home runs.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Bobby Tapia - SFS
.367
2 Darrell Conley SDC .346
2 Chris Taylor KCB .346
4 Rafael Fuentes CHI .337
5 Kent Schiffer SDC .320
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Chris Taylor - KCB
29
2 Ramon Montoya SDC 26
3 Ed Hudson MON 25
4 Jim Brookins LAB 24
4 Don Keough PIT 24
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Bobby Tapia - SFS
88
2 Chris Taylor KCB 87
3 Greg Landrum BRO 84
4 Ed Hudson MON 83
4 Don Keough PIT 83
LEAGUE LEADERS W
2 tied with
17
1 Larry Cox CHI 17
1 Bobby Peters CHI 17
3 Myron Baird CLE 16
3 3 more tied with   16
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Jim Arndt - LAP
1.71
2 Frank Combs DEN 1.84
3 Bill Davis ATL 1.91
4 Larry Mitchell LAB 1.96
5 Jerry Patrick SFS 1.97
LEAGUE LEADERS K
Larry Bilski - HOU
167
2 Larry Mitchell LAB 162
3 Barry Gilmore DAL 153
4 Bruce Shurtleff BOS 150
5 Jerry Patrick SFS 149
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NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
Denver Burros 90 48 .652 -
Kansas City Bulls 76 60 .559 13.0
Chicago Traders 72 64 .529 17.0
St. Louis Explorers 66 69 .489 22.5
San Diego Captains 66 70 .485 23.0
Los Angeles Blockbusters 60 76 .441 29.0
Milwaukee Dairymen 47 90 .343 42.5
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Cleveland Bobcats 90 46 .662 -
Pittsburgh Industrials 76 60 .559 14.0
Brooklyn Bluebirds 70 65 .519 19.5
New York Knickerbockers 66 69 .489 23.5
Cincinnati Packers 63 73 .463 27.0
Washington Eagles 59 77 .434 31.0
Philadelphia Quakers 50 84 .373 39.0
AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
Houston Drillers 79 57 .581 -
San Francisco Seagulls 78 57 .578 .5
Dallas Wranglers 75 60 .556 3.5
Los Angeles Pobladores 70 65 .519 8.5
Seattle Emeralds 63 73 .463 16.0
Twin Cities Northmen 55 81 .404 24.0
Chicago Hawks 55 82 .401 24.5
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
New York Empires 76 59 .563 -
Baltimore Lords 75 61 .551 1.5
Atlanta Generals 74 62 .544 2.5
Detroit Wolverines 70 67 .511 7.0
Montreal Habitants 69 68 .504 8.0
Toronto Hurons 59 77 .434 17.5
Boston Terriers 54 83 .394 23.0
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Pittsburgh Los Angeles 5-4 1:05 PM PT R.Williams (2-4, 5.22 ERA) B.Kaiser (8-5, 3.94 ERA)
Denver Milwaukee 3-5 12:05 PM PT G.Ortega (3-1, 3.56 ERA) M.Esparza (2-2, 1.05 ERA)
Denver Milwaukee 7-1 3:05 PM PT J.Ramirez (15-5, 2.68 ERA) A.Campbell (7-13, 4.58 ERA)
Washington San Diego 4-0 1:05 PM PT D.Alexander (9-13, 3.84 ERA) B.John (9-12, 3.28 ERA)
St. Louis Brooklyn 4-7 1:05 PM PT K.Wade (13-7, 2.98 ERA) B.Trout (12-14, 2.95 ERA)
Chicago Cincinnati 6-1 1:05 PM PT J.Mojica (10-10, 2.83 ERA) A.Fonseca (8-14, 3.95 ERA)
Philadelphia Cleveland 4-6 1:05 PM PT M.Baird (16-9, 2.47 ERA) D.Terry (4-13, 4.48 ERA)
Kansas City New York 8-1 1:05 PM PT W.Hardaway (10-10, 3.77 ERA) D.Fontanez (9-7, 3.27 ERA)
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Atlanta Chicago 1-0 1:05 PM PT B.Davis (15-5, 1.91 ERA) M.Haskett (11-14, 3.97 ERA)
Boston Dallas 2-4 1:05 PM PT D.Perez (9-7, 3.93 ERA) B.Falcon (4-6, 4.45 ERA)
New York Houston 0-4 1:05 PM PT B.Switzer (13-8, 3.16 ERA) J.Neenan (11-7, 2.77 ERA)
Twin Cities Seattle 2-8 12:05 PM PT P.Burkholder (8-9, 3.26 ERA) E.Trask (7-13, 3.71 ERA)
Twin Cities Seattle 7-4 3:05 PM PT B.Hall (7-12, 2.83 ERA) F.Wild (3-5, 3.29 ERA)
San Francisco Baltimore 1-4 1:05 PM PT J.Gannon (9-11, 3.53 ERA) P.Ragsdale (13-5, 2.13 ERA)
Detroit Montreal 2-7 12:05 PM PT B.Schar (13-11, 3.15 ERA) B.Anderson (9-7, 3.26 ERA)
Detroit Montreal 11-5 3:05 PM PT J.Bryant (7-8, 4.33 ERA) L.Connor (10-9, 2.95 ERA)
Los Angeles Toronto 0-2 1:05 PM PT A.Sosa (7-5, 2.82 ERA) P.Lester (8-17, 3.01 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Washington (59-77, Road: 25-43) Los Angeles (60-76, Home: 32-36) 7:05 PM PT RHP M.Cooper (6-12, 3.15 ERA) LHP B.Duprey (8-3, 2.82 ERA)
Pittsburgh (76-60, Road: 32-36) San Diego (66-70, Home: 39-30) 7:05 PM PT RHP G.Steinhauer (6-10, 3.77 ERA) LHP B.Weingartz (11-9, 3.79 ERA)
St. Louis (66-69, Road: 32-34) New York (66-69, Home: 45-23) 7:05 PM PT RHP D.Lott (11-12, 2.69 ERA) RHP T.Fried (9-6, 2.54 ERA)
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