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Weekly Team Power Rankings
Monday, August 5th , 1974
Here are the current team power rankings for Major League Baseball:

Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Pittsburgh Industrials (117.0, +)
2) San Francisco Seagulls (114.4, -)
3) Philadelphia Quakers (111.8, ++)
4) San Diego Captains (106.4, -)
5) Montreal Habitants (105.5, o)
6) St. Louis Explorers (101.5, -)
7) Houston Drillers (100.8, o)
8) Los Angeles Pobladores (98.8, ++)
9) Detroit Wolverines (98.4, +)
10) Chicago Traders (97.1, ++)
11) New York Knickerbockers (97.1, ++)
12) Kansas City Bulls (94.0, --)
13) Baltimore Lords (93.1, +)
14) New York Empires (92.2, ++)
15) Dallas Wranglers (89.9, ++)
16) Cleveland Bobcats (89.6, --)
17) Brooklyn Bluebirds (88.1, --)
18) Los Angeles Blockbusters (86.9, ++)
19) Boston Terriers (85.2, --)
20) Twin Cities Northmen (85.2, --)
21) Toronto Hurons (82.9, -)
22) Seattle Emeralds (79.3, --)
23) Washington Eagles (78.4, --)
24) Cincinnati Packers (71.7, +)
25) Atlanta Generals (69.0, o)
26) Denver Burros (69.0, -)
27) Chicago Hawks (63.4, o)
28) Milwaukee Dairymen (51.5, o)
BNN Stats: Active Career Batting Leaders
Monday, August 5th , 1974
So, who is the active leader in the Major League Baseball in career games started?

Hamilton Craft, -, 2843
Harold Batkin, CLE, 2750
Ralph King, BOS, 2640
Armando Landa, DEN, 2639
Grammercy Locke, -, 2503
ABL Names Best Player
Monday, August 5th , 1974
When it came to hitting the baseball, Paul McCarthy was in a class by himself in the American Baseball League this past week. Nobody did it better.

The outstanding left fielder for Los Angeles tagged opposing pitchers for a .448 average and was voted the Player of the Week Award. Included in his stats were 13 hits in 29 at-bats, 0 homers, 6 runs scored and 4 RBIs.

Currently McCarthy is batting .294 with 110 hits and 7 home runs. He has knocked in 52 runs and scored 37 times.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Randy Barnes - SDC
.354
2 Guillermo Morales DEN .340
3 Bobby Tapia SFS .335
4 Rafael Fuentes CHI .334
5 Guillaume Moret DEN .330
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Guillaume Moret - DEN
24
2 Steve Wright NYK 22
3 Randy Barnes SDC 21
3 Jorge Luna TOR 21
3 Earl Peters SDC 21
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Randy Barnes - SDC
79
2 Bobby Tapia SFS 75
2 Steve Wright NYK 75
4 Alex Robinson PIT 70
5 Jackie Cooper BRO 69
LEAGUE LEADERS W
Barry Gilmore - DAL
16
2 Tim Stambaugh SFS 15
2 Dave Teckenbrock BRO 15
2 Bob Trout STL 15
5 2 tied with   14
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Barry Gilmore - DAL
1.81
2 Tim Stambaugh SFS 2.05
3 Joe Clabaugh CLE 2.11
4 Larry Diego BAL 2.12
5 Bill John TOR 2.14
LEAGUE LEADERS K
Barry Gilmore - DAL
175
2 Larry Mitchell LAB 132
3 Bruce Shurtleff BOS 130
4 Jon Pierce NYE 124
5 2 tied with   123
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NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
San Diego Captains 65 45 .591 -
St. Louis Explorers 62 48 .564 3.0
Kansas City Bulls 57 51 .528 7.0
Chicago Traders 58 53 .523 7.5
Los Angeles Blockbusters 53 58 .477 12.5
Denver Burros 46 63 .422 18.5
Milwaukee Dairymen 33 76 .303 31.5
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh Industrials 69 39 .639 -
Philadelphia Quakers 64 46 .582 6.0
New York Knickerbockers 56 51 .523 12.5
Cleveland Bobcats 55 53 .509 14.0
Brooklyn Bluebirds 54 55 .495 15.5
Washington Eagles 49 62 .441 21.5
Cincinnati Packers 44 65 .404 25.5
AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
San Francisco Seagulls 68 40 .630 -
Los Angeles Pobladores 59 52 .532 10.5
Houston Drillers 59 52 .532 10.5
Dallas Wranglers 55 54 .505 13.5
Twin Cities Northmen 51 58 .468 17.5
Seattle Emeralds 50 58 .463 18.0
Chicago Hawks 41 67 .380 27.0
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Montreal Habitants 62 48 .564 -
Detroit Wolverines 59 50 .541 2.5
Baltimore Lords 57 52 .523 4.5
New York Empires 58 54 .518 5.0
Boston Terriers 51 58 .468 10.5
Toronto Hurons 51 61 .455 12.0
Atlanta Generals 46 63 .422 15.5
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Chicago Kansas City 4-0 1:05 PM PT B.Peters (11-8, 2.42 ERA) D.Scorza (11-6, 3.72 ERA)
Los Angeles Milwaukee 1-7 12:05 PM PT K.Williams (3-16, 4.24 ERA) D.Fontanez (7-7, 4.69 ERA)
Los Angeles Milwaukee 7-1 3:05 PM PT L.Mitchell (13-10, 3.04 ERA) D.Valenti (7-12, 4.19 ERA)
San Diego St. Louis 4-1 1:05 PM PT E.Payne (11-3, 2.16 ERA) J.Gonzalez (6-3, 2.52 ERA)
Brooklyn Cincinnati 2-5 12:05 PM PT S.Meckley (3-3, 5.59 ERA) F.D'Amico (1-3, 6.33 ERA)
Brooklyn Cincinnati 7-5 3:05 PM PT K.Wade (6-5, 4.42 ERA) E.Koenig (7-11, 4.46 ERA)
Denver Philadelphia 5-8 1:05 PM PT A.Wohlt (4-3, 4.79 ERA) J.Suozzo (5-11, 6.47 ERA)
Cleveland Pittsburgh 1-2 1:05 PM PT B.Briggs (14-6, 2.49 ERA) D.Lawrence (0-4, 4.75 ERA)
New York Washington 11-3 12:05 PM PT J.Forbes (8-10, 3.54 ERA) D.Alexander (12-10, 3.82 ERA)
New York Washington 1-4 3:05 PM PT P.Nunez (7-15, 3.96 ERA) C.Hull (4-8, 3.74 ERA)
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Dallas Chicago 4-5 1:05 PM PT J.Russell (4-4, 2.96 ERA) S.Coomes (12-10, 3.16 ERA)
Twin Cities Los Angeles 0-4 12:05 PM PT D.Wynn (6-8, 4.28 ERA) K.Glanden (10-7, 2.35 ERA)
Twin Cities Los Angeles 7-2 3:05 PM PT R.Long (7-13, 4.97 ERA) J.Arndt (9-12, 3.20 ERA)
Houston San Francisco 7-6 12:05 PM PT J.Ferguson (6-5, 3.72 ERA) D.Wood (4-4, 3.14 ERA)
Houston San Francisco 2-10 3:05 PM PT J.Trent (1-1, 2.11 ERA) R.McStay (10-5, 4.42 ERA)
Montreal Seattle 7-3 1:05 PM PT J.Hess (4-4, 3.91 ERA) D.Goldberg (13-8, 3.59 ERA)
Atlanta Boston 4-2 12:05 PM PT B.Davis (9-7, 3.07 ERA) A.Alonso (5-8, 3.28 ERA)
Atlanta Boston 7-8 3:05 PM PT S.Cisneros (6-2, 4.56 ERA) R.Norton (0-1, 3.46 ERA)
Toronto Detroit 2-8 12:05 PM PT J.Bryant (8-6, 3.27 ERA) A.Sosa (6-6, 3.46 ERA)
Toronto Detroit 4-3 3:05 PM PT S.Persenaire (2-3, 2.92 ERA) G.Doll (2-2, 2.68 ERA)
Baltimore New York 2-8 12:05 PM PT J.Pierce (13-7, 2.49 ERA) J.Rodriguez (6-5, 3.88 ERA)
Baltimore New York 5-2 3:05 PM PT P.Morris (1-2, 3.53 ERA) T.Duncan (3-5, 3.74 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Brooklyn (54-55, Road: 25-31) Pittsburgh (69-39, Home: 37-18) 7:05 PM PT RHP D.Rutherford (9-11, 3.49 ERA) LHP D.Visco (9-8, 3.05 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Dallas (55-54, Road: 26-30) Los Angeles (59-52, Home: 33-26) 7:05 PM PT LHP C.Sokol (4-9, 3.85 ERA) LHP B.Powell (4-8, 4.53 ERA)
Houston (59-52, Road: 34-24) Seattle (50-58, Home: 31-24) 7:05 PM PT RHP F.Castro (7-8, 3.39 ERA) RHP P.Geary (6-6, 4.81 ERA)
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