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.

1952 Season

Final Standings

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	102	60	.630	—	Buffalo	87	75	.537	—
Chicago	100	62	.617	2	New York	85	77	.525	2
St. Louis	83	79	.512	19	Pittsburgh	80	82	.494	7
Cleveland	72	90	.444	30	Brooklyn	75	87	.463	12
Cincinnati	63	99	.389	39	Philadelphia	63	99	.389	24

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	89	74	.546	—	Baltimore	95	67	.586	—
Seattle	88	75	.540	1	Toronto	82	80	.506	13
San Francisco	82	80	.506	6.5	Boston	80	82	.494	15
Chicago	72	90	.444	16.5	New York	79	83	.488	16
Houston	72	90	.444	16.5	Montreal	72	90	.444	23

Standings after the games of September 28, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	99	57	.635	—	Buffalo	83	73	.532	—
Chicago	95	61	.609	4	New York	81	75	.519	2
St. Louis	79	77	.506	20	Pittsburgh	75	81	.481	8
Cleveland	71	85	.455	28	Brooklyn	73	83	.468	10
Cincinnati	62	94	.397	37	Philadelphia	62	94	.397	21

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	85	71	.545	—	Baltimore	90	66	.577	—
Los Angeles	84	72	.538	1	Toronto	80	76	.513	10
San Francisco	79	77	.506	6	New York	76	80	.487	14
Chicago	72	84	.462	13	Boston	75	81	.481	15
Houston	68	88	.436	17	Montreal	71	85	.455	19

Standings after the games of September 21, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	95	55	.633	—	New York	80	70	.533	—
Chicago	91	59	.607	4	Buffalo	79	71	.527	1
St. Louis	76	73	.510	18.5	Pittsburgh	70	80	.467	10
Cleveland	69	80	.463	25.5	Brooklyn	68	82	.453	12
Cincinnati	60	90	.400	35	Philadelphia	61	89	.407	19

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	81	69	.540	—	Baltimore	86	63	.577	—
Los Angeles	79	71	.527	2	Toronto	78	72	.520	8.5
San Francisco	78	72	.520	3	New York	75	74	.503	11
Chicago	71	79	.473	10	Boston	69	81	.460	17.5
Houston	65	84	.436	15.5	Montreal	66	83	.443	20

Standings after the games of September 14, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	89	54	.622	—	Buffalo	74	69	.517	—
Chicago	87	56	.608	2	New York	74	69	.517	—
St. Louis	76	66	.535	12.5	Pittsburgh	67	76	.469	7
Cleveland	67	75	.472	21.5	Brooklyn	66	77	.462	8
Cincinnati	58	85	.406	31	Philadelphia	56	87	.392	18

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	77	66	.538	—	Baltimore	82	60	.577	—
Los Angeles	75	68	.524	2	Toronto	76	67	.531	6.5
San Francisco	75	68	.524	2	New York	72	70	.507	10
Chicago	67	76	.469	10	Boston	67	76	.469	15.5
Houston	61	81	.430	15.5	Montreal	61	81	.430	21

Standings after the games of September 7, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	86	50	.632	—	New York	72	63	.533	—
Detroit	84	52	.618	2	Buffalo	68	68	.500	4.5
St. Louis	71	64	.526	14.5	Pittsburgh	64	72	.471	8.5
Cleveland	60	74	.448	25	Brooklyn	63	73	.463	9.5
Cincinnati	55	81	.404	31	Philadelphia	55	81	.404	17.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	72	64	.529	—	Baltimore	80	55	.593	—
San Francisco	72	64	.529	—	Toronto	70	66	.515	10.5
Seattle	72	64	.529	—	New York	69	66	.511	11
Chicago	62	74	.456	10	Boston	64	72	.471	16.5
Houston	58	77	.430	13.5	Montreal	59	76	.437	21

Standings after the games of August 31, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	81	48	.626	—	New York	68	60	.531	—
Chicago	79	50	.612	2	Buffalo	64	65	.496	4.5
St. Louis	70	58	.547	10.5	Pittsburgh	60	69	.465	8.5
Cleveland	58	69	.457	22	Brooklyn	57	72	.442	11.5
Cincinnati	52	77	.403	29	Philadelphia	54	75	.419	14.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	70	59	.543	—	Baltimore	76	52	.594	—
Los Angeles	68	61	.527	2	Toronto	66	63	.512	10.5
San Francisco	68	61	.527	2	New York	64	64	.500	12
Chicago	61	68	.473	9	Boston	60	69	.465	16.5
Houston	56	72	.438	13.5	Montreal	54	74	.422	22

Standings after the games of August 24, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	77	46	.626	—	New York	64	58	.525	—
Chicago	74	49	.602	3	Buffalo	62	61	.504	2.5
St. Louis	66	56	.541	10.5	Pittsburgh	59	64	.480	5.5
Cleveland	55	66	.455	21	Brooklyn	55	68	.447	9.5
Cincinnati	48	75	.390	29	Philadelphia	53	70	.431	11.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	66	57	.537	—	Baltimore	74	48	.607	—
Seattle	66	57	.537	—	Toronto	64	59	.520	10.5
Los Angeles	65	58	.528	1	New York	59	63	.484	15
Chicago	58	65	.472	8	Boston	57	66	.463	17.5
Houston	53	69	.434	12.5	Montreal	51	71	.418	23

Standings after the games of August 17, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	74	43	.632	—	New York	61	55	.526	—
Chicago	68	48	.586	5.5	Buffalo	58	59	.496	3.5
St. Louis	64	51	.557	9	Pittsburgh	57	60	.487	4.5
Cleveland	50	64	.439	22 1/2	Brooklyn	53	63	.457	8
Cincinnati	45	72	.385	29	Philadelphia	51	66	.436	10.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	65	52	.556	—	Baltimore	69	47	.595	—
Seattle	63	54	.538	2	Toronto	61	56	.521	8.5
Los Angeles	62	55	.530	3	New York	57	59	.491	12
Chicago	54	63	.462	11	Boston	54	63	.462	15.5
Houston	50	66	.431	14.5	Montreal	48	68	.414	21

Standings after the games of August 10, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	68	42	.618	—	New York	60	49	.550	—
Chicago	62	47	.569	5.5	Buffalo	55	55	.500	5.5
St. Louis	60	48	.556	7	Pittsburgh	54	56	.491	6.5
Cleveland	47	61	.435	20	Brooklyn	50	60	.455	10.5
Cincinnati	42	68	.382	26	Philadelphia	49	61	.445	11.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	61	49	.555	—	Baltimore	66	43	.606	—
Seattle	59	51	.536	2	Toronto	59	51	.536	7.5
Los Angeles	56	54	.509	5	New York	52	57	.477	14
Chicago	52	58	.473	9	Boston	53	58	.473	14.5
Houston	46	63	.422	14.5	Montreal	45	64	.413	21

Standings after the games of August 3, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	63	39	.618	—	New York	54	47	.535	—
Chicago	58	43	.574	4.5	Buffalo	52	50	.510	2.5
St. Louis	56	44	.560	6	Pittsburgh	49	53	.480	5.5
Cleveland	46	54	.460	16	Brooklyn	46	56	.451	8.5
Cincinnati	40	62	.392	23	Philadelphia	43	59	.422	11.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	56	46	.549	—	Baltimore	61	40	.604	—
Seattle	56	46	.539	—	Toronto	54	48	.529	7.5
Los Angeles	52	50	.510	4	New York	48	53	.475	13
Chicago	50	52	.490	6	Boston	48	54	.471	13.5
Houston	42	59	.416	13.5	Montreal	41	60	.406	20

Standings after the games of July 27, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	60	35	.632	—	New York	50	44	.532	—
Chicago	54	40	.574	5.5	Buffalo	50	45	.526	.5
St. Louis	52	41	.559	7	Pittsburgh	47	47	.500	3
Cleveland	43	49	.467	15.5	Brooklyn	41	54	.432	9.5
Cincinnati	35	59	.372	24.5	Philadelphia	38	56	.404	12

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	52	43	.547	—	Baltimore	56	38	.596	—
Los Angeles	51	44	.537	1	Toronto	52	43	.547	4.5
San Francisco	51	44	.537	1	New York	46	48	.489	10
Chicago	45	50	.474	7	Boston	44	51	.463	12.5
Houston	37	57	.394	14.5	Montreal	39	55	.415	17

Standings after the games of July 20, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	55	33	.625	—	New York	46	41	.529	—
Chicago	54	34	.614	1	Buffalo	46	42	.523	.5
St. Louis	51	36	.586	3.5	Pittsburgh	42	46	.477	4.5
Cleveland	38	47	.447	15.5	Brooklyn	36	52	.409	10.5
Cincinnati	34	54	.386	21	Philadelphia	35	52	.402	11

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	49	39	.557	—	Baltimore	53	34	.609	—
Seattle	48	40	.545	1	Toronto	48	40	.545	5.5
San Francisco	45	43	.511	4	New York	43	44	.494	10
Chicago	40	48	.455	9	Boston	40	48	.455	13.5
Houston	35	52	.402	13.5	Montreal	37	50	.425	16

Standings after the games of July 13, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	54	30	.643	—	New York	44	39	.530	—
Detroit	51	33	.607	3	Buffalo	44	40	.524	.5
St. Louis	48	35	.578	5.5	Pittsburgh	38	46	.452	6.5
Cleveland	35	46	.432	17.5	Brooklyn	36	48	.429	8.5
Cincinnati	33	51	.393	21	Philadelphia	34	49	.410	10

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	47	37	.560	—	Baltimore	49	34	.590	—
Seattle	47	37	.560	—	Toronto	45	39	.536	4.5
San Francisco	42	42	.500	5	New York	42	41	.506	7
Chicago	38	46	.452	9	Boston	39	45	.464	10.5
Houston	33	50	.398	13.5	Montreal	36	47	.434	13

Standings after the games of July 6, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	48	28	.632	—	New York	40	35	.533	—
St. Louis	46	29	.613	1.5	Buffalo	40	36	.526	.5
Detroit	46	30	.605	2	Pittsburgh	33	43	.434	7.5
Cleveland	33	40	.452	13.5	Philadelphia	32	43	.427	8
Cincinnati	27	49	.355	21	Brooklyn	32	44	.421	8.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	43	33	.566	—	Toronto	44	32	.579	—
Seattle	42	34	.553	1	Baltimore	43	32	.573	.5
San Francisco	41	35	.539	2	New York	35	40	.467	8.5
Chicago	36	40	.474	7	Boston	34	42	.447	10
Houston	28	47	.373	14.5	Montreal	32	43	.427	11.5

Standings after the games of June 29, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	45	24	.652	—	New York	37	31	.544	—
Detroit	41	28	.594	4	Buffalo	37	32	.536	.5
St. Louis	40	28	.588	4.5	Pittsburgh	31	38	.449	6.5
Cleveland	29	37	.439	14.5	Philadelphia	29	39	.426	8
Cincinnati	24	45	.348	21	Brooklyn	29	40	.420	8.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	39	30	.565	—	Toronto	41	27	.603	—
Seattle	39	30	.565	—	Baltimore	38	30	.559	3
San Francisco	37	32	.536	2	Montreal	30	38	.441	11
Chicago	34	35	.493	5	Boston	30	39	.435	11.5
Houston	25	43	.368	13.5	New York	29	38	.433	11.5

Standings after the games of June 22, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	41	22	.651	—	New York	34	27	.557	—
Detroit	38	25	.603	3	Buffalo	34	29	.540	1
St. Louis	36	26	.581	4.5	Pittsburgh	29	34	.460	6
Cleveland	27	33	.450	12.5	Brooklyn	27	36	.429	8
Cincinnati	19	43	.306	21.5	Philadelphia	26	36	.410	8.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	35	28	.556	—	Toronto	40	22	.645	—
Seattle	35	28	.556	—	Baltimore	33	29	.532	7
San Francisco	34	29	.540	1	Boston	29	34	.460	11.5
Chicago	30	33	.476	5	Montreal	27	36	.429	13.5
Houston	24	38	.387	10.5	New York	26	36	.419	14

Standings after the games of June 15, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	36	21	.632	—	New York	32	23	.582	—
Chicago	35	21	.625	.5	Buffalo	31	26	.544	2
St. Louis	33	24	.579	3	Pittsburgh	26	31	.456	7
Cleveland	24	31	.436	11	Brooklyn	25	32	.439	8
Cincinnati	16	39	.291	19	Philadelphia	23	33	.411	9.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	34	23	.596	—	Toronto	35	21	.625	—
Los Angeles	32	25	.561	2	Baltimore	31	26	.544	4.5
Seattle	31	26	.544	3	Boston	26	31	.456	9.5
Chicago	27	30	.474	7	New York	23	33	.411	12
Houston	22	35	.386	12	Montreal	23	34	.404	12.5

Standings after the games of June 8, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	31	18	.633	—	New York	28	20	.583	—
Detroit	31	19	.620	.5	Buffalo	29	21	.580	—
St. Louis	29	21	.580	2.5	Pittsburgh	22	27	.449	6.5
Cleveland	21	26	.447	9	Brooklyn	21	29	.420	8
Cincinnati	14	34	.292	16.5	Philadelphia	19	30	.388	9.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	30	20	.600	—	Toronto	31	18	.633	—
Los Angeles	28	22	.560	2	Baltimore	28	22	.560	3.5
Seattle	27	23	.540	3	Boston	25	25	.500	6.5
Chicago	21	29	.420	9	New York	20	29	.408	11
Houston	19	31	.380	11	Montreal	20	30	.400	11.5

Standings after the games of June 1, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	26	16	.619	—	New York	26	15	.634	—
Detroit	26	17	.605	.5	Buffalo	25	18	.581	2
St. Louis	26	17	.605	.5	Pittsburgh	19	24	.442	8
Cleveland	19	22	.463	6.5	Brooklyn	18	25	.419	9
Cincinnati	10	31	.244	15.5	Philadelphia	16	26	.381	10.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	25	18	.581	—	Toronto	27	15	.643	—
Seattle	24	19	.558	1	Baltimore	23	20	.535	4.5
Los Angeles	23	20	.535	2	Boston	21	22	.488	6.5
Chicago	19	24	.442	6	Montreal	18	25	.419	9.5
Houston	17	26	.395	8	New York	17	25	.405	10

Standings after the games of May 25, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	21	14	.600	—	New York	24	10	.706	—
Detroit	20	16	.556	1.5	Buffalo	20	16	.556	5
St. Louis	20	16	.556	1.5	Pittsburgh	18	18	.500	7
Cleveland	13	21	.382	7.5	Brooklyn	16	20	.444	9
Cincinnati	9	25	.265	11.5	Philadelphia	15	20	.429	9.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	22	14	.611	—	Toronto	24	12	.667	—
San Francisco	21	15	.583	1	Boston	19	17	.528	5
Los Angeles	19	17	.528	3	Baltimore	18	18	.500	6
Chicago	14	22	.389	8	Montreal	16	20	.444	8
Houston	11	25	.306	11	New York	16	20	.444	8

Standings after the games of May 18, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	17	12	.586	—	New York	20	8	.714	—
Detroit	17	13	.567	.5	Buffalo	18	12	.600	3
St. Louis	16	14	.533	1.5	Pittsburgh	17	13	.567	4
Cleveland	10	18	.357	6.5	Brooklyn	13	17	.433	8
Cincinnati	6	22	.214	10.5	Philadelphia	12	17	.414	8.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	19	11	.633	—	Toronto	19	11	.633	—
San Francisco	17	13	.567	2	Baltimore	17	13	.567	2
Chicago	13	17	.433	6	Boston	15	15	.500	4
Los Angeles	13	17	.433	6	New York	14	16	.467	5
Houston	10	20	.333	9	Montreal	13	17	.433	6

Standings after the games of May 11, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	13	10	.565	—	New York	18	5	.783	—
Detroit	13	11	.542	.5	Pittsburgh	15	9	.625	3.5
St. Louis	12	12	.500	1.5	Buffalo	13	11	.542	5.5
Cleveland	8	15	.348	5	Philadelphia	11	12	.478	7
Cincinnati	5	17	.227	7.5	Brooklyn	9	15	.375	9.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	15	9	.625	—	Baltimore	14	10	.583	—
San Francisco	13	11	.542	2	Toronto	14	10	.583	—
Los Angeles	11	13	.458	4	Boston	13	11	.542	1
Chicago	10	14	.417	5	Montreal	11	13	.458	3
Houston	8	16	.333	7	New York	11	13	.458	3

Standings after the games of May 4, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	11	6	.647	—	New York	13	4	.765	—
Detroit	10	8	.556	1.5	Pittsburgh	12	6	.667	1.5
St. Louis	9	9	.500	2.5	Buffalo	10	8	.556	2.5
Cleveland	7	11	.389	4.5	Philadelphia	8	10	.444	4.5
Cincinnati	2	14	.125	8.5	Brooklyn	6	12	.333	8.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	11	7	.611	—	Baltimore	12	6	.667	—
Chicago	9	9	.500	2	Boston	10	8	.556	2
Los Angeles	8	10	.444	3	Toronto	10	8	.556	2
San Francisco	7	11	.389	4	Montreal	9	9	.500	3
Houston	5	13	.278	6	New York	9	9	.500	3

Standings after the games of April 27, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	9	2	.818	—	New York	9	3	.750	—
Detroit	7	5	.583	2.5	Pittsburgh	9	3	.750	—
St. Louis	6	6	.500	3.5	Buffalo	8	4	.667	1
Cleveland	3	9	.250	6.5	Philadelphia	4	8	.333	5
Cincinnati	2	9	.182	7	Brooklyn	2	10	.167	7

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	7	5	.583	—	Baltimore	9	3	.750	—
Chicago	6	6	.500	1	Boston	8	4	.667	1
Los Angeles	5	7	.417	2	Toronto	8	4	.667	1
San Francisco	4	8	.333	3	New York	6	6	.500	3
Houston	2	10	.167	5	Montreal	5	7	.417	4

Standings after the games of April 20, 1952

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	5	1	.833	—	New York	6	0	1.000	—
Chicago	4	1	.800	.5	Pittsburgh	4	2	.667	2
St. Louis	3	3	.500	2	Buffalo	3	3	.500	3
Cleveland	1	5	.167	4	Philadelphia	2	4	.333	4
Cincinnati	0	5	.167	4.5	Brooklyn	1	5	.167	5

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

◀ 1951 weekly standings