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Weekly Team Power Rankings
Monday, July 1st , 1974
Here are the current team power rankings for Major League Baseball:

Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Pittsburgh Industrials (125.5, +)
2) San Francisco Seagulls (124.4, -)
3) San Diego Captains (115.4, -)
4) Baltimore Lords (113.6, +)
5) Chicago Traders (112.1, -)
6) Montreal Habitants (101.8, -)
7) New York Empires (101.4, ++)
8) Kansas City Bulls (99.6, +)
9) Detroit Wolverines (96.9, ++)
10) Los Angeles Pobladores (96.4, -)
11) Philadelphia Quakers (92.8, o)
12) Cleveland Bobcats (91.7, --)
13) Washington Eagles (91.2, ++)
14) New York Knickerbockers (90.5, --)
15) Brooklyn Bluebirds (89.2, ++)
16) Los Angeles Blockbusters (85.6, +)
17) Seattle Emeralds (85.3, +)
18) Twin Cities Northmen (84.3, ++)
19) Dallas Wranglers (83.7, --)
20) Denver Burros (81.8, ++)
21) Houston Drillers (81.3, --)
22) St. Louis Explorers (78.7, --)
23) Toronto Hurons (75.5, --)
24) Chicago Hawks (73.3, --)
25) Boston Terriers (70.2, -)
26) Atlanta Generals (69.5, +)
27) Cincinnati Packers (54.5, -)
28) Milwaukee Dairymen (51.2, o)
First-Year Fame: Atlanta Hurler Honored
Monday, July 1st , 1974
Last month Paul Darch bullied and bewildered the American Baseball League hitters and chalked up 1 victories.
In addition Atlanta hurler also copped the league's Rookie of the Month honors.

In June the 24-year-old Darch recorded a 1-0 won-lost mark with a 1.50 ERA and 4 strikeouts in 12 innings.

This season, Darch has no saves in 5 relief appearances with a 1-0 record and 1.50 ERA.
June's Best NBL Rookie Named
Monday, July 1st , 1974
When it came to hitting the baseball, Paul Parkyn had few peers in the National Baseball League last month. The gifted first baseman for San Diego tagged opposing pitchers for a .300 average and was voted the Rookie of the Month for June.

Included in his stats were 12 hits, 0 homers, 5 runs scored and 3 RBIs.

This season, Parkyn has hit 1 home run and posted a .276 batting average.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Guillermo Morales - MIL
.351
2 Randy Barnes SDC .349
3 Bobby Tapia SFS .344
4 Rafael Fuentes CHI .340
5 Ken Frederick LAB .331
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Steve Wright - NYK
20
2 Randy Barnes SDC 19
2 Jorge Luna TOR 19
4 Don Keough PIT 18
4 Earl Peters SDC 18
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Steve Wright - NYK
69
2 Randy Barnes SDC 62
3 Bobby Tapia SFS 61
4 Alex Robinson PIT 56
5 Bill May LAB 55
LEAGUE LEADERS W
3 tied with
12
1 Barry Gilmore DAL 12
1 Dave Teckenbrock BRO 12
1 Bob Trout STL 12
4 Bruce Shurtleff BOS 11
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Barry Gilmore - DAL
1.59
2 Bill John TOR 1.60
3 Larry Diego BAL 1.67
4 Joe Clabaugh CLE 1.81
5 Tim Stambaugh SFS 1.84
LEAGUE LEADERS K
Barry Gilmore - DAL
118
2 Nate Frampton NYE 99
3 Bruce Shurtleff BOS 98
4 Frank Combs ATL 92
5 Larry Mitchell LAB 90
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NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
San Diego Captains 50 28 .641 -
Chicago Traders 47 32 .595 3.5
Kansas City Bulls 39 36 .520 9.5
St. Louis Explorers 38 40 .487 12.0
Los Angeles Blockbusters 37 40 .481 12.5
Denver Burros 32 44 .421 17.0
Milwaukee Dairymen 24 53 .312 25.5
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh Industrials 49 28 .636 -
New York Knickerbockers 41 34 .547 7.0
Philadelphia Quakers 41 36 .532 8.0
Cleveland Bobcats 40 36 .526 8.5
Washington Eagles 36 41 .468 13.0
Brooklyn Bluebirds 36 41 .468 13.0
Cincinnati Packers 28 49 .364 21.0
AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
San Francisco Seagulls 50 26 .658 -
Los Angeles Pobladores 40 37 .519 10.5
Dallas Wranglers 37 39 .487 13.0
Twin Cities Northmen 36 40 .474 14.0
Houston Drillers 37 41 .474 14.0
Seattle Emeralds 36 40 .474 14.0
Chicago Hawks 31 44 .413 18.5
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Baltimore Lords 45 31 .592 -
New York Empires 43 34 .558 2.5
Montreal Habitants 42 36 .538 4.0
Detroit Wolverines 40 35 .533 4.5
Boston Terriers 33 42 .440 11.5
Toronto Hurons 34 44 .436 12.0
Atlanta Generals 31 46 .403 14.5
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Cleveland Chicago 3-10 1:05 PM PT R.Birch (5-6, 4.48 ERA) R.Scherf (7-4, 5.70 ERA)
St. Louis Denver 4-5 1:05 PM PT D.Keene (3-2, 3.63 ERA) R.Sandoval (0-3, 4.26 ERA)
Milwaukee Los Angeles 5-2 1:05 PM PT T.Rockliffe (1-1, 2.95 ERA) J.Hamby (1-7, 6.12 ERA)
Kansas City San Diego 4-1 1:05 PM PT B.Weingartz (3-1, 2.76 ERA) M.Pike (6-3, 3.20 ERA)
Brooklyn Philadelphia 11-2 1:05 PM PT D.Teckenbrock (12-2, 2.68 ERA) B.Freeland (5-5, 3.36 ERA)
New York Pittsburgh 4-6 1:05 PM PT J.Fagan (2-0, 5.20 ERA) B.Williams (6-6, 4.09 ERA)
Cincinnati Washington 4-5 12:05 PM PT P.Nunez (6-11, 4.58 ERA) K.Foster (2-10, 5.74 ERA)
Cincinnati Washington 1-9 3:05 PM PT M.Jimenez (1-2, 4.15 ERA) F.Lopez (6-10, 6.11 ERA)
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
San Francisco Dallas 1-0 1:05 PM PT R.Juarez (8-6, 3.26 ERA) V.Gould (2-7, 3.14 ERA)
Seattle Houston 3-2 1:05 PM PT P.Burkholder (6-7, 3.53 ERA) B.Switzer (5-4, 3.12 ERA)
Los Angeles Twin Cities 10-1 1:05 PM PT D.Turner (7-4, 2.17 ERA) B.Hall (6-6, 4.07 ERA)
Baltimore Atlanta 3-2 1:05 PM PT L.Diego (9-2, 1.67 ERA) R.Cwiklinski (3-6, 4.18 ERA)
Montreal Boston 10-3 1:05 PM PT J.Hess (2-1, 3.09 ERA) B.Falcon (0-4, 3.31 ERA)
Chicago Detroit 0-7 1:05 PM PT W.Matz (9-6, 3.24 ERA) K.Edwards (7-6, 4.01 ERA)
Toronto New York 2-6 1:05 PM PT N.Frampton (8-8, 3.07 ERA) T.Lloyd (6-6, 3.49 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
St. Louis (38-40, Road: 14-24) Denver (32-44, Home: 19-20) 1:05 PM PT LHP J.Gonzalez (1-2, 3.84 ERA) RHP J.Suozzo (3-5, 6.99 ERA)
Milwaukee (24-53, Road: 8-34) Los Angeles (37-40, Home: 21-14) 1:05 PM PT RHP D.Guerra (5-10, 3.64 ERA) RHP D.Fontanez (4-5, 3.86 ERA)
Kansas City (39-36, Road: 21-22) San Diego (50-28, Home: 23-12) 1:05 PM PT LHP T.McDonald (8-6, 2.45 ERA) RHP R.Heath (9-1, 2.71 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Los Angeles (40-37, Road: 16-19) Twin Cities (36-40, Home: 24-18) 1:05 PM PT LHP P.Lester (9-3, 2.41 ERA) RHP G.Gross (6-7, 2.41 ERA)
Baltimore (45-31, Road: 23-17) Montreal (42-36, Home: 19-18) 7:05 PM PT RHP J.Fredrick (7-3, 2.93 ERA) RHP O.Rodela (7-2, 3.59 ERA)
Toronto (34-44, Road: 16-24) New York (43-34, Home: 21-17) 1:05 PM PT RHP B.John (9-4, 1.60 ERA) RHP A.Humphrey (7-5, 2.28 ERA)
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