Buoyed by a 15-game winning streak, the Houston Astros continue to rank No. 1 in the latest
Sporting News Joy in Mudville Power Rankings.
In the meantime, the New York Mets moved up two spots to second. Baltimore and Kansas City rank third and fourth respectively.
The entire JIM Power Rankings appear below:
Major League 1970 08-02-1976
Team Power Rankings | |
| Rank Last Week | Team | Points | Tendency | Record | PCT | AVG | ERA | Pyt.Rec | Diff |
| 1st (1st) | Houston | 160 | o | 82-27 | .752 | .275 | 2.83 | 79-30 | 3 |
| 2nd (4th) | New York | 114 | + | 65-42 | .607 | .275 | 3.60 | 64-43 | 1 |
| 3rd (5th) | Baltimore | 108 | + | 59-44 | .573 | .263 | 2.78 | 67-36 | -8 |
| 4th (3rd) | Kansas City | 108 | - | 60-43 | .583 | .259 | 3.14 | 57-46 | 3 |
| 5th (2nd) | San Diego | 105 | -- | 69-40 | .633 | .271 | 3.34 | 64-45 | 5 |
| 6th (6th) | Detroit | 103 | o | 59-45 | .567 | .257 | 3.08 | 63-41 | -4 |
| 7th (10th) | Cincinnati | 98 | ++ | 52-53 | .495 | .262 | 3.86 | 52-53 | 0 |
| 8th (9th) | Cleveland | 97 | + | 55-48 | .534 | .250 | 3.80 | 50-53 | 5 |
| 9th (7th) | Minnesota | 95 | - | 55-50 | .524 | .261 | 3.32 | 51-54 | 4 |
| 10th (13th) | Texas | 95 | ++ | 55-48 | .534 | .253 | 3.74 | 52-51 | 3 |
| 11th (12th) | California | 92 | + | 53-52 | .505 | .255 | 3.36 | 54-51 | -1 |
| 12th (8th) | Philadelphia | 92 | -- | 53-50 | .515 | .268 | 4.05 | 50-53 | 3 |
| 13th (11th) | Chicago | 90 | - | 50-56 | .472 | .247 | 2.73 | 52-54 | -2 |
| 14th (14th) | St. Louis | 88 | o | 50-54 | .481 | .278 | 3.90 | 52-52 | -2 |
| 15th (15th) | Pittsburgh | 87 | o | 51-53 | .490 | .250 | 3.91 | 47-57 | 4 |
| 16th (18th) | Boston | 87 | + | 47-56 | .456 | .237 | 3.62 | 44-59 | 3 |
| 17th (16th) | Oakland | 82 | - | 51-54 | .486 | .235 | 3.07 | 55-50 | -4 |
| 18th (21st) | San Francisco | 78 | ++ | 45-61 | .425 | .255 | 3.99 | 49-57 | -4 |
| 19th (17th) | Atlanta | 71 | - | 52-54 | .491 | .260 | 3.54 | 53-53 | -1 |
| 20th (19th) | Los Angeles | 69 | - | 41-65 | .387 | .226 | 3.65 | 42-64 | -1 |
| 21st (23rd) | Chicago | 66 | + | 40-67 | .374 | .247 | 3.83 | 46-61 | -6 |
| 22nd (24th) | Milwaukee | 66 | + | 40-61 | .396 | .265 | 3.84 | 47-54 | -7 |
| 23rd (22nd) | Montreal | 58 | - | 35-69 | .337 | .242 | 5.02 | 37-67 | -2 |
| 24th (20th) | New York | 54 | -- | 38-65 | .369 | .246 | 4.05 | 32-71 | 6 |