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Weekly Team Power Rankings
Monday, May 5th , 1975
Here are the current team power rankings for Major League Baseball:

Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) San Francisco Seagulls (137.6, +)
2) Detroit Wolverines (129.6, -)
3) Chicago Traders (125.4, +)
4) Denver Burros (122.2, ++)
5) San Diego Captains (116.7, ++)
6) Dallas Wranglers (116.2, -)
7) Pittsburgh Industrials (113.2, --)
8) Montreal Habitants (109.0, +)
9) New York Empires (106.8, ++)
10) Houston Drillers (103.8, ++)
11) Seattle Emeralds (101.8, --)
12) Los Angeles Blockbusters (98.6, ++)
13) Cleveland Bobcats (96.8, -)
14) New York Knickerbockers (96.8, --)
15) Kansas City Bulls (92.4, -)
16) Brooklyn Bluebirds (89.4, o)
17) St. Louis Explorers (85.4, --)
18) Toronto Hurons (83.4, -)
19) Milwaukee Dairymen (70.0, ++)
20) Los Angeles Pobladores (66.3, ++)
21) Atlanta Generals (63.8, o)
22) Twin Cities Northmen (62.0, --)
23) Baltimore Lords (60.9, ++)
24) Boston Terriers (59.8, --)
25) Chicago Hawks (56.6, +)
26) Washington Eagles (53.9, -)
27) Philadelphia Quakers (52.4, +)
28) Cincinnati Packers (42.6, --)
BNN Stats: Single-Season Records
Monday, May 5th , 1975
Who holds the single season record in the Major League Baseball for shutouts?

Matthew Sullivan, CHI, 16, 1909
Jacob Norwood, CHI, 15, 1910
Joe Shannon, CHI, 12, 1942
Brock Rutherford, STL, 12, 1926
Percell Russell, LAP, 11, 1946
Morrison Wins ABL Player of the Week Prize
Monday, May 5th , 1975
It was an extraordinary week for Pete Morrison of the Detroit Wolverines. First he goes on a hot hitting streak, batting .462, then he is voted the Player of the Week in the American Baseball League. Last week Morrison went 12-for-26, racked up 4 home runs and 9 RBIs and scored 7 runs. It was a heck of a week for the Detroit right fielder.

This season, Morrison is batting .358 with 34 hits, 8 home runs, 25 RBIs, .415 OBP and has scored 17 runs.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Benito Olivas - CLE
.412
2 Jackie Cooper BRO .407
3 Harvey Katzen LAB .398
4 Alejandro Rebolledo DEN .390
5 Ken Frederick LAB .388
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Don Keough - PIT
10
2 Pete Morrison DET 8
2 Steve Wright NYK 8
4 Randy Barnes SDC 7
4 4 more tied with   7
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Ken Frederick - LAB
28
2 Chuck Carr DEN 27
3 Pete Morrison DET 25
4 Guillermo Morales DEN 24
5 3 tied with   23
LEAGUE LEADERS W
Barry Gilmore - DAL
6
2 Larry Black DET 5
2 Pat Burkholder SEA 5
2 Skip Crawford CHI 5
2 3 more tied with   5
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Scott Litwak - DET
0.93
2 Larry Black DET 1.11
3 Charlie Sokol DAL 1.38
4 Phil Moore SEA 1.63
5 Myron Baird CLE 1.66
LEAGUE LEADERS K
2 tied with
38
1 Bill Davis ATL 38
1 John Gannon MIL 38
3 Jon Pierce NYE 37
4 Barry Gilmore DAL 35
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NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
Chicago Traders 17 8 .680 -
Denver Burros 16 9 .640 1.0
San Diego Captains 16 10 .615 1.5
Los Angeles Blockbusters 13 12 .520 4.0
St. Louis Explorers 12 13 .480 5.0
Kansas City Bulls 12 13 .480 5.0
Milwaukee Dairymen 10 15 .400 7.0
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh Industrials 16 9 .640 -
New York Knickerbockers 14 11 .560 2.0
Cleveland Bobcats 14 11 .560 2.0
Brooklyn Bluebirds 12 13 .480 4.0
Washington Eagles 8 16 .333 7.5
Cincinnati Packers 8 17 .320 8.0
Philadelphia Quakers 7 18 .280 9.0
AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
San Francisco Seagulls 18 7 .720 -
Dallas Wranglers 16 9 .640 2.0
Houston Drillers 14 11 .560 4.0
Seattle Emeralds 14 11 .560 4.0
Twin Cities Northmen 10 15 .400 8.0
Los Angeles Pobladores 10 16 .385 8.5
Chicago Hawks 8 17 .320 10.0
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Detroit Wolverines 18 7 .720 -
Montreal Habitants 15 10 .600 3.0
New York Empires 14 11 .560 4.0
Toronto Hurons 12 13 .480 6.0
Atlanta Generals 9 16 .360 9.0
Boston Terriers 9 16 .360 9.0
Baltimore Lords 8 16 .333 9.5
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Brooklyn Chicago 1-0 1:05 PM PT D.Gaultney (3-0, 2.38 ERA) R.Birch (4-1, 1.83 ERA)
St. Louis Denver 2-1 1:05 PM PT B.Cardenas (2-2, 3.19 ERA) T.Reid (1-1, 2.63 ERA)
Pittsburgh Kansas City 2-3 1:05 PM PT B.Crosby (1-0, 1.12 ERA) J.Lonergan (0-2, 15.75 ERA)
New York Milwaukee 0-7 1:05 PM PT A.Campbell (2-3, 3.92 ERA) D.Abril (2-2, 7.46 ERA)
Los Angeles Cincinnati 6-0 1:05 PM PT B.Duprey (5-1, 2.08 ERA) D.Rutherford (1-4, 10.50 ERA)
San Diego Cleveland 2-0 1:05 PM PT J.DeWitt (2-1, 5.18 ERA) R.Scherf (1-2, 2.79 ERA)
Washington Philadelphia 7-13 1:05 PM PT A.Jarry (1-1, 2.16 ERA) M.Rice (0-1, 16.88 ERA)
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Seattle Houston 3-2 1:05 PM PT P.Burkholder (5-0, 2.45 ERA) B.Switzer (1-3, 3.96 ERA)
Atlanta Los Angeles 2-0 1:05 PM PT B.Davis (2-3, 3.92 ERA) P.Lester (1-4, 4.25 ERA)
Detroit San Francisco 1-8 1:05 PM PT T.Stambaugh (5-0, 2.20 ERA) J.Bryant (3-3, 2.84 ERA)
Montreal Baltimore 1-2 1:05 PM PT D.Boyd (3-4, 2.51 ERA) B.Schar (3-1, 2.21 ERA)
Chicago Boston 6-5 1:05 PM PT K.Eldridge (2-0, 2.73 ERA) M.Sutter (1-1, 7.50 ERA)
Twin Cities New York 4-5 1:05 PM PT S.Carroll (1-0, 3.75 ERA) G.Forgette (0-4, 5.56 ERA)
Dallas Toronto 6-3 1:05 PM PT B.Gilmore (6-0, 1.91 ERA) D.Crumm (4-2, 2.66 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
New York (14-11, Road: 7-5) Chicago (17-8, Home: 8-4) 7:05 PM PT RHP J.Forbes (2-3, 2.13 ERA) LHP B.Peters (3-1, 3.23 ERA)
St. Louis (12-13, Road: 7-8) Denver (16-9, Home: 8-5) 1:05 PM PT RHP H.Estes (2-2, 4.60 ERA) RHP B.Langham (2-1, 4.65 ERA)
Brooklyn (12-13, Road: 5-8) Milwaukee (10-15, Home: 5-7) 7:05 PM PT LHP R.Haney (4-1, 4.11 ERA) RHP D.Valenti (1-4, 4.00 ERA)
San Diego (16-10, Road: 7-5) Cincinnati (8-17, Home: 5-11) 7:05 PM PT RHP D.Fontanez (4-1, 2.72 ERA) RHP A.Estrada (1-3, 4.73 ERA)
Los Angeles (13-12, Road: 9-4) Cleveland (14-11, Home: 8-4) 7:05 PM PT RHP R.Weintraub (0-3, 5.08 ERA) RHP M.Baird (2-2, 1.66 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Detroit (18-7, Road: 7-5) Los Angeles (10-16, Home: 7-6) 7:05 PM PT LHP S.Litwak (3-0, 0.93 ERA) RHP D.Turner (1-2, 4.45 ERA)
Atlanta (9-16, Road: 5-11) San Francisco (18-7, Home: 10-2) 7:05 PM PT RHP G.Ovitt (0-5, 4.14 ERA) RHP J.Patrick (2-2, 3.41 ERA)
Twin Cities (10-15, Road: 4-8) Boston (9-16, Home: 3-9) 7:05 PM PT RHP B.Hall (0-1, 3.24 ERA) RHP D.Juarez (2-1, 6.48 ERA)
Chicago (8-17, Road: 4-9) New York (14-11, Home: 6-7) 7:05 PM PT LHP M.Haskett (1-4, 6.89 ERA) LHP L.Stanford (3-1, 3.63 ERA)
Baltimore (8-16, Road: 1-8) Toronto (12-13, Home: 8-5) 7:05 PM PT LHP J.Pardoe (1-1, 3.81 ERA) LHP D.Crumm (4-2, 2.66 ERA)
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