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Weekly Team Power Rankings
Monday, June 30th , 1975
Here are the current team power rankings for Baseball Association of Nippon:

Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Hosho Reliables (129.2, o)
2) Kobe Bulls (119.4, +)
3) Nagasaki Stars (106.9, -)
4) Denki Dynamics (94.4, +)
5) Kyoto Owls (93.9, -)
6) Vesutan Bees (91.4, ++)
7) Kinboshi Kites (90.6, -)
8) Rakisuta Rams (83.8, -)
9) Sapporo Bears (72.2, +)
10) Yokohama Kingfishers (69.8, +)
11) Osaka Sailors (63.3, +)
12) Fukuoka Falcons (59.9, --)
BNN Stats: Starting Pitching Rookie Leaders
Monday, June 30th , 1975
So, which rookie starting pitchers are leading the Baseball Association of Nippon in strikeouts?

Bill Knox, VES, 50
Yoshifumi Kuramoto, SAP, 46
Johnny Travis, NAG, 40
Kakuro Watanabe, YOK, 38
Shizuma Komada, DNK, 30
WL Names Top Player of the Week
Monday, June 30th , 1975
There's no arguing that 40-year-old Shougo Iwai has paid his dues and this week he collected. The Vesutan Bees first baseman had one of the best weeks of his career and captured the Western League Player of the Week trophy.

He hit .476 while collecting 10 hits in 21 at-bats, 3 home runs, 10 RBIs and 7 runs scored.

Iwai is currently batting .287 with 10 home runs and 33 RBIs.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
2 tied with
.327
1 Yasuhiko Kawasaki FUK .327
1 Kenichi Hotta SAP .327
3 Sukeichi Jimbo DNK .325
4 2 tied with   .316
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Yasuhiko Kawasaki - FUK
22
2 Hank Dunham HSH 20
3 Shigeru Ishida DNK 19
4 Jouta Hayashida KOB 18
4 Yukio Watanabe HSH 18
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Hank Dunham - HSH
50
2 Bungo Arai KYO 49
3 Jouta Hayashida KOB 48
4 Yasuhiko Kawasaki FUK 45
5 Kinnojo Hirao DNK 43
LEAGUE LEADERS W
Roku Yamakawa - KOB
9
2 Takashi Masuda HSH 8
2 Tatsuharu Oto KOB 8
2 Keiji Tamura KIN 8
5 4 tied with   7
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Kakuro Watanabe - YOK
1.21
2 Akimasa Murakami NAG 1.66
3 Roku Yamakawa KOB 1.95
4 Ukita Tomita KYO 2.22
5 Rei Matsumura FUK 2.24
LEAGUE LEADERS K
Rei Matsumura - FUK
80
2 Kinnosuke Shimabukuro OSA 73
3 Isaburo Muraoka FUK 67
4 Kiyoharu Kawamoto HSH 63
5 Niou Nagao VES 62
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EASTERN LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Hosho Reliables 36 17 .679 -
Kyoto Owls 29 26 .527 8.0
Denki Dynamics 28 26 .519 8.5
Rakisuta Rams 27 29 .482 10.5
Sapporo Bears 23 32 .418 14.0
Yokohama Kingfishers 21 34 .382 16.0
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Kobe Bulls 34 20 .630 -
Nagasaki Stars 30 22 .577 3.0
Kinboshi Kites 28 27 .509 6.5
Vesutan Bees 27 28 .491 7.5
Fukuoka Falcons 24 30 .444 10.0
Osaka Sailors 20 36 .357 15.0
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - Eastern League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Rakisuta Kyoto 3-4 12:35 PM ET N.Takai (4-5, 3.84 ERA) K.Wada (5-6, 3.36 ERA)
Sapporo Hosho 2-5 7:35 PM ET K.Kawamoto (7-4, 3.38 ERA) K.Hashimoto (3-6, 4.82 ERA)
Denki Yokohama 0-3 7:05 PM ET K.Watanabe (5-0, 1.21 ERA) T.Mihara (6-5, 4.52 ERA)
YESTERDAY'S GAMES - Western League
Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Vesutan Osaka 1-3 2:05 PM ET G.Matsumoto (2-3, 2.08 ERA) B.Knox (5-6, 4.83 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - Eastern League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Kyoto (29-26, Road: 12-13) Denki (28-26, Home: 15-9) 7:35 PM ET RHP M.Sekiguchi (3-5, 4.00 ERA) RHP H.Brooks (4-6, 5.10 ERA)
Hosho (36-17, Road: 18-9) Yokohama (21-34, Home: 10-18) 7:35 PM ET RHP T.Masuda (8-1, 3.23 ERA) RHP K.Nakamura (5-4, 3.21 ERA)
Sapporo (23-32, Road: 11-16) Rakisuta (27-29, Home: 16-12) 7:35 PM ET LHP T.Takada (3-5, 3.93 ERA) RHP J.Esaki (2-7, 4.78 ERA)
TODAY'S GAMES - Western League
Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team
Nagasaki (30-22, Road: 15-9) Osaka (20-36, Home: 13-15) 7:05 PM ET RHP A.Murakami (6-2, 1.66 ERA) RHP M.Carroll (4-4, 3.36 ERA)
Kinboshi (28-27, Road: 14-13) Fukuoka (24-30, Home: 14-11) 11:05 AM ET RHP K.Ikeda (4-6, 4.63 ERA) RHP T.Fujiwara (4-7, 4.59 ERA)
Kobe (34-20, Road: 15-12) Vesutan (27-28, Home: 16-11) 12:35 PM ET RHP A.Komatsu (4-4, 3.29 ERA) RHP T.Oda (3-6, 4.65 ERA)
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