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Weekly Team Power Rankings
Monday, August 9th , 1976
Here are the current team power rankings for Major League Baseball:

Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Denver Burros (123.5, +)
2) Cleveland Bobcats (116.9, -)
3) Pittsburgh Industrials (116.6, +)
4) Dallas Wranglers (115.8, ++)
5) Kansas City Bulls (110.1, ++)
6) Baltimore Lords (105.3, +)
7) New York Empires (102.8, -)
8) San Francisco Seagulls (102.4, --)
9) Atlanta Generals (102.3, +)
10) Houston Drillers (99.0, --)
11) Los Angeles Pobladores (97.3, --)
12) Chicago Traders (92.3, o)
13) Brooklyn Bluebirds (90.3, ++)
14) Montreal Habitants (87.3, +)
15) San Diego Captains (86.3, +)
16) New York Knickerbockers (86.0, --)
17) St. Louis Explorers (84.7, --)
18) Cincinnati Packers (84.6, +)
19) Detroit Wolverines (82.4, --)
20) Seattle Emeralds (78.0, ++)
21) Chicago Hawks (77.0, o)
22) Twin Cities Northmen (77.0, ++)
23) Washington Eagles (75.9, +)
24) Los Angeles Blockbusters (73.3, --)
25) Toronto Hurons (70.6, --)
26) Boston Terriers (66.4, --)
27) Milwaukee Dairymen (61.6, +)
28) Philadelphia Quakers (57.9, --)
BNN Stats: Single-Season Records
Monday, August 9th , 1976
Who holds the single season record in the Major League Baseball for WHIP?

Matthew Sullivan, CHI, 0.694, 1909
Paul Burke, SFS, 0.716, 1946
Brock Rutherford, STL, 0.771, 1926
Percell Russell, LAP, 0.775, 1946
Jacob Norwood, CHI, 0.780, 1908
Week's Top Player: Detroit's Voss
Monday, August 9th , 1976
When it came to hitting the baseball, Joe Voss was in a class by himself in the American Baseball League this past week. Nobody did it better.

The outstanding third baseman for Detroit tagged opposing pitchers for a .524 average and was voted the Player of the Week Award. Included in his stats were 11 hits in 21 at-bats, 2 homers, 3 runs scored and 9 RBIs.

Hitting .263 to date, Voss has 9 home runs and 58 RBIs. He has played in 113 games.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Bobby Tapia - SFS
.362
2 Chris Taylor KCB .353
3 Darrell Conley SDC .349
4 Rafael Fuentes CHI .328
5 Kent Schiffer SDC .325
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Don Keough - PIT
24
2 Chris Taylor KCB 23
3 Jim Brookins LAB 22
4 Ed Hudson MON 20
4 Ed Mika ATL 20
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Don Keough - PIT
83
2 Chris Taylor KCB 73
3 Duane Simmons DAL 72
4 Bobby Tapia SFS 71
5 Ed Hudson MON 68
LEAGUE LEADERS W
2 tied with
15
1 Francisco Castro HOU 15
1 Larry Cox CHI 15
3 Keith Williams DEN 14
4 6 tied with   13
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Jim Arndt - LAP
1.62
2 Ray Heath SFS 1.63
3 Frank Combs DEN 1.87
4 Dan Valenti BAL 1.89
5 Pete Ragsdale SFS 1.99
LEAGUE LEADERS K
Larry Bilski - HOU
142
2 Larry Mitchell LAB 141
3 Bruce Shurtleff BOS 137
4 Bob Briggs PIT 131
5 Jerry Patrick SFS 130
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NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
Denver Burros 75 41 .647 -
Kansas City Bulls 65 52 .556 10.5
San Diego Captains 58 59 .496 17.5
Chicago Traders 58 59 .496 17.5
St. Louis Explorers 56 59 .487 18.5
Los Angeles Blockbusters 50 65 .435 24.5
Milwaukee Dairymen 42 75 .359 33.5
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
Cleveland Bobcats 76 40 .655 -
Pittsburgh Industrials 70 47 .598 6.5
New York Knickerbockers 58 58 .500 18.0
Brooklyn Bluebirds 57 58 .496 18.5
Cincinnati Packers 55 62 .470 21.5
Washington Eagles 50 67 .427 26.5
Philadelphia Quakers 43 71 .377 32.0
AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Western Division W L PCT GB
Houston Drillers 67 49 .578 -
Dallas Wranglers 65 51 .560 2.0
San Francisco Seagulls 64 52 .552 3.0
Los Angeles Pobladores 61 53 .535 5.0
Seattle Emeralds 50 64 .439 16.0
Chicago Hawks 49 67 .422 18.0
Twin Cities Northmen 49 67 .422 18.0
Eastern Division W L PCT GB
New York Empires 67 47 .588 -
Baltimore Lords 64 51 .557 3.5
Atlanta Generals 59 56 .513 8.5
Montreal Habitants 57 58 .496 10.5
Detroit Wolverines 57 59 .491 11.0
Toronto Hurons 52 64 .448 16.0
Boston Terriers 47 70 .402 21.5
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Chicago Los Angeles 7-0 1:05 PM PT S.Crawford (11-14, 2.80 ERA) F.Lopez (4-12, 3.95 ERA)
Milwaukee San Diego 5-1 1:05 PM PT C.Davalos (10-11, 3.71 ERA) B.John (8-11, 3.33 ERA)
Denver St. Louis 4-3 1:05 PM PT M.Hartman (2-1, 3.16 ERA) B.Trout (10-12, 3.03 ERA)
New York Cincinnati 2-3 1:05 PM PT A.Fonseca (8-11, 3.87 ERA) W.Houston (3-9, 4.82 ERA)
Kansas City Cleveland 7-2 1:05 PM PT T.McDonald (9-9, 3.56 ERA) M.Baird (12-9, 2.49 ERA)
Philadelphia Pittsburgh 1-2 1:05 PM PT B.Hoel (6-2, 2.81 ERA) A.Wohlt (5-11, 3.97 ERA)
Brooklyn Washington 4-1 1:05 PM PT K.Wade (11-5, 2.83 ERA) D.Alexander (8-13, 4.07 ERA)
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Los Angeles Chicago 1-2 1:05 PM PT A.Villatoro (9-4, 4.02 ERA) D.Wynn (11-6, 2.48 ERA)
Detroit Dallas 1-10 1:05 PM PT B.Gilmore (9-7, 2.40 ERA) W.Matz (3-5, 6.29 ERA)
Houston Seattle 3-6 1:05 PM PT M.Harris (8-9, 2.51 ERA) B.Switzer (11-6, 3.16 ERA)
San Francisco Twin Cities 3-2 1:05 PM PT J.Patrick (13-5, 2.22 ERA) B.Hall (6-11, 2.83 ERA)
Atlanta Boston 6-2 12:05 PM PT G.Ovitt (11-8, 2.27 ERA) B.Elsner (4-3, 4.25 ERA)
Atlanta Boston 7-0 3:05 PM PT B.Owen (8-5, 2.52 ERA) S.Papa (1-3, 2.40 ERA)
Toronto Montreal 1-3 1:05 PM PT E.Koenig (9-9, 3.05 ERA) D.Crumm (9-6, 2.28 ERA)
Baltimore New York 5-2 1:05 PM PT G.Rivera (3-2, 2.51 ERA) D.Molina (3-6, 6.09 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - National Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Chicago (58-59, Road: 30-31) Los Angeles (50-65, Home: 26-31) 1:05 PM PT LHP B.Peters (13-10, 3.25 ERA) RHP L.Mitchell (8-9, 2.01 ERA)
Denver (75-41, Road: 39-21) St. Louis (56-59, Home: 27-32) 1:05 PM PT RHP J.Ramirez (12-4, 2.97 ERA) RHP D.Lott (9-10, 2.78 ERA)
Cleveland (76-40, Road: 37-18) Brooklyn (57-58, Home: 28-26) 7:05 PM PT LHP S.Dubyak (11-6, 2.41 ERA) RHP A.Valerio (7-8, 3.60 ERA)
Philadelphia (43-71, Road: 17-36) Pittsburgh (70-47, Home: 41-20) 1:05 PM PT LHP J.Jordan (9-6, 3.32 ERA) RHP J.Munoz (10-8, 2.77 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - American Baseball League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Los Angeles (61-53, Road: 25-31) Chicago (49-67, Home: 27-34) 1:05 PM PT LHP P.Lester (7-13, 3.21 ERA) RHP K.Eldridge (6-13, 4.70 ERA)
Houston (67-49, Road: 31-29) Seattle (50-64, Home: 30-29) 1:05 PM PT RHP J.Zaruba (9-9, 3.32 ERA) RHP P.Burkholder (7-7, 3.23 ERA)
Baltimore (64-51, Road: 30-28) Boston (47-70, Home: 24-34) 7:05 PM PT RHP J.Fredrick (5-8, 3.29 ERA) RHP K.Torkelson (4-8, 5.77 ERA)
New York (67-47, Road: 30-23) Detroit (57-59, Home: 29-27) 7:05 PM PT RHP J.Neenan (9-4, 2.17 ERA) RHP L.Black (10-6, 2.44 ERA)
Toronto (52-64, Road: 21-40) Montreal (57-58, Home: 29-25) 1:05 PM PT LHP D.Crumm (9-6, 2.28 ERA) RHP O.Rodela (6-11, 3.81 ERA)
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