Sports headlines for Wednesday July 31, 1974:

• Strike Negotiations Go Around Clock; No Progress Told
• Small Crowds Mark WFL Contests; Americans, Stars And Texans Win

Today's baseball transactions:

•	Indians placed Jack Brohamer on the disabled list
•	Tigers placed Mickey Stanley on the disabled list
•	Expos released Bob Babcock
•	Pirates activated Dave Parker
•	Cardinals traded Bob Heise to Angels for Doug Howard (acquired 10/7/1974)

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   1974 MLB team and player statistics as of this date:

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Team R H E LOB Cleveland Indians (52-49) 4 5 1 6 Baltimore Orioles (52-50) 7 8 0 7 Win: Dave McNally (9-8)   Loss: Gaylord Perry (15-5) T: 2:35   Att: 12,781 at Memorial Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Detroit Tigers (49-53) 4 10 0 5 Boston Red Sox (55-47) 5 5 0 3 Win: Luis Tiant (16-7)   Loss: Lerrin LaGrow (7-11) T: 2:19   Att: 24,935 at Fenway Park Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Chicago White Sox (51-51) 4 2 3 3 California Angels (41-64) 14 17 1 9 Win: Luis Quintana (1-1)   Loss: Skip Pitlock (3-3) T: 2:38   Att: 8,236 at Anaheim Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB New York Yankees (51-52) 4 10 0 7 Milwaukee Brewers (51-52) 3 7 0 7 Win: Dick Tidrow (8-8)   Loss: Bill Travers (2-2)   Save: Sparky Lyle (11) T: 2:44   Att: 14,836 at County Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Kansas City Royals (51-50) 3 7 0 5 Minnesota Twins (50-54) 2 8 0 8 Win: Steve Busby (15-9)   Loss: Bert Blyleven (10-12)   Save: Doug Bird (8) T: 2:22   Att: 18,479 at Metropolitan Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Texas Rangers (53-52) 7 10 1 12 Oakland A's (61-43) 6 7 1 6 Win: Steve Foucault (4-4)   Loss: Paul Lindblad (4-3) T: 3:11   Att: 8,886 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Boxscore
Team R H E LOB San Francisco Giants (48-58) 0 4 3 4 Atlanta Braves (54-51) 9 10 0 10 Win: Phil Niekro (11-9)   Loss: John D'Acquisto (9-9) T: 2:18   Att: 5,631 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (48-53) 7 9 0 12 Chicago Cubs (42-58) 4 6 2 6 Win: Chuck Taylor (4-1)   Loss: Bill Bonham (9-13) 1st game of doubleheader T: 2:41 Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Montreal Expos (49-53) 4 6 0 6 Chicago Cubs (42-59) 0 2 1 6 Win: Dennis Blair (6-3)   Loss: Herb Hutson (0-1) 2nd game of doubleheader T: 2:06   Att: 19,329 at Wrigley Field Boxscore	Team R H E LOB Houston Astros (55-50) 0 2 2 4 Cincinnati Reds (63-43) 4 8 1 8 Win: Don Gullett (13-7)   Loss: Tom Griffin (11-4) T: 2:19   Att: 26,253 at Riverfront Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Pittsburgh Pirates (50-54) 8 15 3 9 New York Mets (45-56) 3 6 3 7 Win: Dock Ellis (7-8)   Loss: Tom Seaver (7-7) T: 3:26   Att: 23,281 at Shea Stadium Boxscore	Team R H E LOB St. Louis Cardinals (53-50) 9 14 0 9 Philadelphia Phillies (53-50) 8 12 0 6 Win: Bob Gibson (6-9)   Loss: Dick Ruthven (4-8)   Save: Al Hrabosky (4) T: 2:42   Att: 33,431 at Veterans Stadium Boxscore
Team R H E LOB Los Angeles Dodgers (68-37) 15 12 1 11 San Diego Padres (44-63) 4 7 2 5 Win: Doug Rau (10-6)   Loss: Dave Freisleben (7-6) T: 3:00   Att: 27,820 at San Diego Stadium Boxscore

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