Things remain pretty much the same atop
The Sporting News Joy in Mudville Power Poll.
Houston and San Diego, a pair of National League West clubs, remain two of the strongest teams in the league. Meanwhile, the New York Mets continue to impress in pursuit of their first NL East title.
Baltimore, a six-time winner of the American League East, finds itself falling in the rankings and three games behind Detroit in the division standings.
Major League 1970 09-01-1976
Team Power Rankings | |
| Rank Last Week | Team | Points | Tendency | Record | PCT | AVG | ERA | Pyt.Rec | Diff |
| 1st (1st) | Houston | 137 | o | 101-35 | .743 | .274 | 2.76 | 98-38 | 3 |
| 2nd (3rd) | New York | 115 | + | 79-52 | .603 | .273 | 3.54 | 77-54 | 2 |
| 3rd (2nd) | San Diego | 113 | - | 83-51 | .619 | .272 | 3.44 | 78-56 | 5 |
| 4th (4th) | Detroit | 111 | o | 77-55 | .583 | .265 | 3.27 | 78-54 | -1 |
| 5th (5th) | Baltimore | 111 | o | 74-58 | .561 | .267 | 2.66 | 88-44 | -14 |
| 6th (7th) | Kansas City | 102 | + | 77-55 | .583 | .258 | 3.14 | 75-57 | 2 |
| 7th (6th) | Atlanta | 97 | - | 70-64 | .522 | .263 | 3.75 | 65-69 | 5 |
| 8th (9th) | Texas | 97 | + | 71-60 | .542 | .254 | 3.59 | 68-63 | 3 |
| 9th (8th) | Minnesota | 96 | - | 69-64 | .519 | .263 | 3.59 | 63-70 | 6 |
| 10th (13th) | St. Louis | 92 | ++ | 65-66 | .496 | .279 | 3.90 | 68-63 | -3 |
| 11th (15th) | Chicago | 90 | ++ | 65-67 | .492 | .244 | 2.91 | 64-68 | 1 |
| 12th (10th) | California | 88 | - | 67-65 | .508 | .253 | 3.37 | 68-64 | -1 |
| 13th (16th) | Oakland | 87 | ++ | 62-69 | .473 | .237 | 3.20 | 66-65 | -4 |
| 14th (11th) | Philadelphia | 87 | -- | 66-66 | .500 | .263 | 4.00 | 64-68 | 2 |
| 15th (12th) | Cincinnati | 83 | -- | 62-71 | .466 | .259 | 3.91 | 66-67 | -4 |
| 16th (17th) | Pittsburgh | 82 | + | 60-71 | .458 | .248 | 4.07 | 56-75 | 4 |
| 17th (14th) | San Francisco | 80 | -- | 59-73 | .447 | .256 | 4.02 | 63-69 | -4 |
| 18th (19th) | Boston | 80 | + | 59-72 | .450 | .238 | 3.71 | 55-76 | 4 |
| 19th (20th) | Milwaukee | 79 | + | 56-74 | .431 | .265 | 3.64 | 62-68 | -6 |
| 20th (21st) | Los Angeles | 75 | + | 54-78 | .409 | .225 | 3.64 | 52-80 | 2 |
| 21st (18th) | Cleveland | 75 | -- | 63-68 | .481 | .248 | 3.81 | 61-70 | 2 |
| 22nd (22nd) | New York | 65 | o | 49-82 | .374 | .250 | 4.19 | 42-89 | 7 |
| 23rd (24th) | Chicago | 61 | + | 50-83 | .376 | .251 | 3.89 | 58-75 | -8 |
| 24th (23rd) | Montreal | 58 | - | 45-84 | .349 | .247 | 5.09 | 48-81 | -3 |