The American Circuit

Welcome to the American Circuits

This is a fictional OOTP league based very loosely on Major League Baseball, but with some twists. We simmed 70 years of A.I.-run “pre-history” to establish a context for our first season with human GMs, which was 1946. The buttons on the left provide more detailed information about the league’s concepts and history.

1972 Season

Standings prior to the games of June 5, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	33	23	.589	—	Philadelphia	34	23	.596	—
Denver	30	27	.526	3.5	Pittsburgh	31	26	.544	3
Chicago	28	28	.500	5	Washington	31	27	.534	3.5
St. Louis	28	29	.491	5.5	New York	31	29	.517	4.5
Milwaukee	27	29	.482	6	Cleveland	28	28	.500	5.5
Kansas City	26	31	.456	7.5	Cincinnati	24	33	.421	10
Los Angeles	25	32	.439	8.5	Brooklyn	23	34	.404	11

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	38	20	.655	—	Montreal	36	22	.621	—
Twin Cities	34	24	.586	4	New York	32	25	.561	3.5
Houston	32	26	.552	6	Atlanta	30	24	.556	4
Seattle	26	29	.473	10.5	Detroit	29	29	.500	7
Los Angeles	26	32	.448	12	Baltimore	26	32	.448	10
Dallas	26	34	.433	13	Toronto	26	31	.456	9.5
Chicago	19	38	.333	18.5	Boston	22	36	.379	14

Standings prior to the games of May 29, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	31	18	.633	—	Philadelphia	29	21	.571	—
Chicago	26	23	.531	5	Pittsburgh	28	21	.571	.5
Denver	26	25	.510	6	Washington	28	23	.549	1.5
St. Louis	25	25	.500	6.5	New York	27	25	.519	3
Milwaukee	24	25	.490	7	Cleveland	23	26	.469	5.5
Kansas City	21	28	.429	10	Cincinnati	21	30	.412	8.5
Los Angeles	21	30	.412	11	Brooklyn	20	30	.400	9

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	33	18	.647	—	Montreal	31	20	.608	—
Twin Cities	29	22	.569	4	New York	30	20	.600	.5
Houston	28	22	.560	4.5	Atlanta	28	20	.583	1.5
Seattle	22	27	.449	10	Detroit	27	25	.519	4.5
Dallas	22	30	.423	11.5	Baltimore	23	29	.442	8.5
Los Angeles	21	29	.420	11.5	Toronto	21	29	.420	9.5
Chicago	17	32	.347	15	Boston	21	30	.412	10

Standings prior to the games of May 22, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	27	15	.643	—	Pittsburgh	25	18	.581	—
Chicago	24	19	.558	3.5	Philadelphia	24	20	.545	1.5
Denver	24	20	.545	4	New York	25	21	.543	1.5
St. Louis	23	21	.523	5	Washington	24	21	.533	2
Milwaukee	20	23	.465	7.5	Cleveland	19	24	.442	6
Los Angeles	19	26	.422	9.5	Brooklyn	19	25	.432	6.5
Kansas City	16	27	.372	11.5	Cincinnati	18	27	.400	8

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	29	15	.659	—	Montreal	29	15	.659	—
Twin Cities	27	17	.614	2	New York	25	18	.581	3.5
Houston	23	21	.523	6	Atlanta	23	19	.548	5
Seattle	19	24	.442	9.5	Detroit	22	22	.500	7
Los Angeles	19	25	.432	10	Toronto	19	24	.442	9.5
Dallas	19	27	.413	11	Baltimore	19	26	.422	10.5
Chicago	15	28	.349	13.5	Boston	18	25	.419	10.5

Standings prior to the games of May 15, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	21	15	.583	—	Philadelphia	22	16	.579	—
Denver	22	16	.579	—	Pittsburgh	21	16	.568	.5
St. Louis	21	17	.553	1	Washington	21	16	.568	.5
Chicago	19	17	.528	2	New York	20	18	.526	2
Milwaukee	17	20	.459	4.5	Cleveland	17	20	.459	4.5
Los Angeles	17	21	.447	5	Brooklyn	15	22	.405	6.5
Kansas City	14	23	.378	7.5	Cincinnati	14	24	.368	8

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	25	12	.676	—	Montreal	24	14	.632	—
Twin Cities	23	14	.622	2	New York	22	15	.595	1.5
Houston	21	17	.553	4.5	Atlanta	19	17	.528	4
Dallas	17	22	.436	9	Detroit	19	19	.500	5
Los Angeles	16	21	.432	9	Toronto	17	20	.459	6.5
Seattle	14	23	.378	11	Boston	16	21	.432	7.5
Chicago	13	24	.351	12	Baltimore	16	23	.410	8.5

Standings prior to the games of May 8, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	18	12	.600	—	Pittsburgh	19	12	.613	—
Denver	18	14	.563	1	Washington	19	12	.613	—
St. Louis	18	14	.563	1	Philadelphia	18	14	.563	1.5
Chicago	15	15	.500	3	New York	17	15	.531	2.5
Los Angeles	13	18	.419	5.5	Brooklyn	14	17	.452	5
Milwaukee	12	18	.400	6	Cleveland	14	17	.452	5
Kansas City	11	20	.355	7.5	Cincinnati	12	20	.375	7.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	20	11	.645	—	Montreal	21	11	.656	—
Twin Cities	19	12	.613	1	Atlanta	19	11	.633	1
Houston	16	15	.516	4	New York	19	12	.613	1.5
Seattle	14	17	.452	6	Detroit	15	16	.484	5.5
Chicago	12	18	.400	7.5	Toronto	14	17	.452	6.5
Dallas	13	20	.394	8	Boston	12	19	.387	8.5
Los Angeles	12	19	.387	8	Baltimore	12	20	.375	9

Standings prior to the games of May 1, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	16	9	.640	—	Pittsburgh	15	10	.600	—
St. Louis	15	10	.600	1	Washington	15	10	.600	—
San Diego	13	11	.542	2.5	New York	14	12	.538	1.5
Kansas City	11	14	.440	5	Philadelphia	14	12	.538	1.5
Los Angeles	11	14	.440	5	Cincinnati	11	14	.440	4
Chicago	10	14	.417	5.5	Cleveland	11	14	.440	4
Milwaukee	10	14	.417	5.5	Brooklyn	8	16	.333	6.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	17	8	.680	—	Atlanta	17	7	.708	—
Twin Cities	15	10	.600	2	Montreal	16	9	.640	1.5
Houston	14	11	.560	3	New York	15	10	.600	2.5
Seattle	11	13	.458	5.5	Toronto	12	12	.500	5
Dallas	10	16	.385	7.5	Detroit	11	14	.440	6.5
Los Angeles	9	16	.360	8	Baltimore	11	15	.423	7
Chicago	8	16	.333	8.5	Boston	8	17	.320	9.5

Standings prior to the games of April 24, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	13	6	.684	—	Philadelphia	12	7	.632	—
San Diego	10	8	.556	2.5	Washington	12	7	.632	—
Kansas City	9	10	.474	4	Pittsburgh	11	8	.579	1
St. Louis	9	10	.474	4	Cleveland	9	10	.474	3
Chicago	8	10	.444	4.5	New York	9	10	.474	3
Los Angeles	8	11	.421	5	Cincinnati	8	11	.421	4
Milwaukee	7	11	.389	5.5	Brooklyn	6	12	.333	5.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	14	5	.737	—	Atlanta	13	8	.722	—
Twin Cities	12	7	.632	2	Montreal	12	7	.632	1.5
Seattle	9	9	.500	4.5	New York	10	9	.526	3.5
Houston	9	10	.474	5	Detroit	9	9	.500	4
Chicago	7	11	.389	6.5	Toronto	9	9	.500	4
Los Angeles	7	12	.368	7	Baltimore	8	11	.421	5.5
Dallas	7	13	.350	7.5	Boston	5	14	.263	8.5

Standings prior to the games of April 17, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	10	3	.769	—	Pittsburgh	7	5	.583	—
Kansas City	6	6	.500	3.5	Washington	7	5	.583	—
San Diego	6	6	.500	3.5	New York	7	6	.538	.5
St. Louis	6	6	.500	3.5	Cincinnati	6	6	.500	1
Los Angeles	6	7	.462	4	Cleveland	6	6	.500	1
Milwaukee	5	7	.417	4.5	Philadelphia	6	7	.462	1.5
Chicago	4	8	.333	5.5	Brooklyn	4	8	.333	3

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Twin Cities	8	4	.667	—	Montreal	9	4	.692	—
San Francisco	7	5	.583	1	Toronto	8	4	.667	.5
Los Angeles	6	6	.500	2	Atlanta	7	5	.583	1.5
Dallas	5	7	.417	3	Baltimore	7	6	.538	2
Houston	5	7	.417	3	Detroit	5	7	.417	3.5
Seattle	5	7	.417	3	Boston	5	8	.385	4
Chicago	4	8	.333	4	New York	5	8	.385	4

Standings prior to the games of April 10, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	4	2	.667	—	Cleveland	4	2	.667	—
Milwaukee	4	2	.667	—	Pittsburgh	4	2	.667	—
Denver	3	3	.500	1	Brooklyn	3	3	.500	1
Kansas City	3	3	.500	1	Cincinnati	3	3	.500	1
St. Louis	3	3	.500	1	Washington	3	3	.500	1
Chicago	2	4	.333	2	New York	2	4	.333	2
San Diego	2	4	.333	2	Philadelphia	2	4	.333	2

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	4	2	.667	—	Atlanta	5	1	.833	—
Twin Cities	4	2	.667	—	Montreal	5	1	.667	—
Dallas	3	3	.500	1	Baltimore	4	2	.667	1
Los Angeles	3	3	.500	1	Toronto	4	2	.667	1
Houston	2	4	.333	2	Boston	2	4	.333	3
Seattle	2	4	.333	2	Detroit	2	4	.333	3
Chicago	1	5	.167	3	New York	1	5	.167	4

◀ 1971 weekly standings