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.

1964 Season

Standings prior to the games of July 20, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	54	35	.607	—	Cleveland	60	29	.674	—
St. Louis	52	37	.584	2	Pittsburgh	50	39	.562	10
Milwaukee	50	39	.562	4	Washington	40	49	.449	20
Chicago	47	42	.528	7	Brooklyn	36	53	.404	24
Dallas	44	45	.494	10	New York	36	53	.404	24
Cincinnati	34	55	.382	20	Philadelphia	31	58	.348	29

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	53	36	.596	—	Boston	58	31	.652	—
Chicago	50	39	.562	3	Montreal	50	39	.562	8
Twin Cities	48	41	.539	5	New York	45	44	.506	13
Seattle	43	46	.483	10	Detroit	40	49	.449	18
San Francisco	36	53	.404	17	Toronto	40	49	.449	18
Houston	35	54	.393	18	Baltimore	36	53	.404	22

Standings prior to the games of July 13, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	52	32	.619	—	Cleveland	58	26	.690	—
St. Louis	50	34	.595	2	Pittsburgh	48	36	.571	10
Milwaukee	47	37	.560	5	Washington	37	47	.440	21
Chicago	43	41	.512	9	New York	35	49	.417	23
Dallas	40	44	.476	12	Brooklyn	34	50	.405	24
Cincinnati	31	53	.369	21	Philadelphia	29	55	.345	29

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	51	33	.607	—	Boston	55	29	.655	—
Chicago	46	38	.548	5	Montreal	48	36	.571	7
Twin Cities	46	38	.548	5	New York	43	41	.512	12
Seattle	41	43	.488	10	Detroit	37	47	.440	18
San Francisco	35	49	.417	16	Toronto	36	48	.429	19
Houston	33	51	.393	18	Baltimore	33	51	.393	22

Standings prior to the games of July 6, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	49	29	.628	—	Cleveland	54	24	.692	—
St. Louis	47	31	.603	2	Pittsburgh	46	32	.590	8
Milwaukee	44	34	.564	5	Washington	34	44	.436	20
Chicago	40	38	.513	9	Brooklyn	32	46	.410	24
Dallas	36	42	.462	13	New York	30	48	.385	24
Cincinnati	29	49	.372	20	Philadelphia	27	51	.346	27

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	48	30	.615	—	Boston	51	26	.662	—
Twin Cities	45	33	.577	3	Montreal	43	35	.551	8.5
Chicago	41	37	.526	7	New York	40	38	.513	11.5
Seattle	36	42	.462	12	Detroit	35	43	.449	16.5
San Francisco	34	44	.436	14	Toronto	34	43	.442	17
Houston	30	48	.385	18	Baltimore	30	48	.385	21.5

Standings prior to the games of June 29, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	45	26	.634	—	Cleveland	48	23	.676	—
St. Louis	43	28	.606	2	Pittsburgh	42	29	.592	6
Milwaukee	40	31	.563	5	Washington	31	40	.437	17
Chicago	37	34	.521	8	Brooklyn	29	42	.408	19
Dallas	32	39	.451	13	New York	28	43	.394	20
Cincinnati	27	44	.380	18	Philadelphia	24	47	.338	24

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	44	27	.620	—	Boston	46	25	.648	—
Twin Cities	40	31	.563	4	New York	37	34	.521	9
Chicago	38	33	.535	6	Montreal	36	34	.514	9.5
San Francisco	32	39	.451	12	Toronto	33	37	.471	12.5
Seattle	30	41	.423	14	Detroit	33	38	.465	13
Houston	29	42	.408	15	Baltimore	27	44	.380	19

Standings prior to the games of June 22, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	41	24	.631	—	Cleveland	43	22	.662	—
St. Louis	39	26	.600	2	Pittsburgh	37	28	.569	6
Milwaukee	37	28	.569	4	Washington	29	36	.446	14
Chicago	35	30	.538	6	Brooklyn	27	38	.415	16
Dallas	29	36	.446	12	New York	27	38	.415	16
Cincinnati	25	40	.385	16	Philadelphia	21	44	.323	22

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	41	24	.631	—	Boston	41	24	.631	—
Twin Cities	36	29	.554	5	New York	35	30	.538	6
Chicago	34	31	.523	7	Montreal	32	32	.500	8.5
San Francisco	30	35	.462	11	Toronto	31	33	.484	9.5
Seattle	27	38	.415	14	Detroit	31	34	.477	10
Houston	26	39	.400	15	Baltimore	25	40	.385	16

Standings prior to the games of June 15, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	35	24	.593	—	Cleveland	40	19	.678	—
St. Louis	35	24	.593	—	Pittsburgh	34	25	.576	6
Chicago	34	25	.576	1	Washington	28	31	.475	12
Milwaukee	33	26	.559	2	New York	26	33	.441	14
Dallas	26	33	.441	9	Brooklyn	24	35	.407	16
Cincinnati	23	36	.390	12	Philadelphia	16	43	.271	24

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	38	21	.644	—	Boston	36	23	.610	—
Chicago	34	25	.576	4	New York	33	26	.559	3
Twin Cities	32	27	.542	6	Montreal	28	30	.483	7.5
San Francisco	25	34	.424	13	Detroit	28	31	.475	8
Seattle	25	34	.424	13	Toronto	27	31	.466	8.5
Houston	24	35	.407	14	Baltimore	23	36	.390	13

Standings prior to the games of June 8, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Milwaukee	31	20	.608	—	Cleveland	36	15	.706	—
Kansas City	30	21	.588	1	Pittsburgh	30	21	.588	6
Chicago	29	22	.569	2	Washington	24	27	.471	12
St. Louis	29	22	.569	2	Brooklyn	21	30	.412	15
Dallas	22	29	.431	9	New York	20	31	.392	16
Cincinnati	21	30	.412	10	Philadelphia	13	38	.255	23

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	35	16	.686	—	Boston	32	19	.627	—
Chicago	29	22	.569	6	New York	28	23	.549	4
Twin Cities	27	24	.529	8	Montreal	23	27	.460	8.5
San Francisco	23	28	.451	12	Detroit	23	28	.440	9.5
Houston	22	29	.431	13	Toronto	22	28	.440	9.5
Seattle	21	30	.412	14	Baltimore	20	31	.392	12

Standings prior to the games of June 1, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	27	17	.614	—	Cleveland	32	12	.727	—
Milwaukee	27	17	.614	—	Pittsburgh	27	17	.614	5
Kansas City	24	20	.545	3	Washington	21	23	.477	11
St. Louis	24	20	.545	3	Brooklyn	17	27	.386	15
Dallas	19	25	.432	8	New York	16	28	.364	16
Cincinnati	18	26	.409	9	Philadelphia	12	32	.273	20

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	31	13	.705	—	Boston	27	17	.614	—
Chicago	27	17	.614	4	New York	25	19	.568	2
Twin Cities	23	21	.523	8	Montreal	21	22	.488	5.5
San Francisco	19	25	.432	12	Detroit	21	23	.477	6
Houston	18	26	.409	13	Toronto	19	24	.442	7.5
Seattle	18	26	.409	13	Baltimore	14	30	.318	13

Standings prior to the games of May 25, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	21	15	.583	—	Cleveland	25	11	.694	—
Kansas City	21	15	.583	—	Pittsburgh	21	15	.583	4
Milwaukee	21	15	.583	—	Washington	21	15	.583	4
St. Louis	20	16	.556	1	Brooklyn	14	22	.389	11
Dallas	18	18	.500	3	New York	11	25	.306	14
Cincinnati	14	22	.389	7	Philadelphia	9	27	.250	16

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	27	9	.750	—	Boston	21	15	.583	—
Chicago	23	13	.639	4	Detroit	19	17	.528	2
Twin Cities	18	18	.500	9	New York	19	17	.528	2
Houston	15	21	.417	12	Montreal	17	18	.486	3.5
Seattle	15	21	.417	12	Toronto	17	18	.486	3.5
San Francisco	14	22	.389	13	Baltimore	10	26	.278	11

Standings prior to the games of May 18, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Milwaukee	18	12	.600	—	Cleveland	21	9	.700	—
Chicago	17	13	.567	1	Pittsburgh	19	11	.633	2
St. Louis	17	13	.567	1	Washington	18	12	.600	3
Kansas City	16	14	.533	2	Brooklyn	12	18	.400	9
Dallas	15	15	.500	3	New York	9	21	.300	12
Cincinnati	10	20	.333	8	Philadelphia	8	22	.267	13

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	24	6	.800	—	Boston	16	14	.533	—
Chicago	20	10	.667	4	Detroit	16	14	.533	—
Twin Cities	17	13	.567	7	New York	16	14	.533	—
San Francisco	13	17	.433	11	Toronto	13	16	.448	2.5
Seattle	13	17	.433	11	Montreal	12	17	.414	3.5
Houston	11	19	.367	13	Baltimore	8	22	.267	8

Standings prior to the games of May 11, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	14	10	.583	—	Cleveland	18	6	.750	—
Milwaukee	14	10	.583	—	Pittsburgh	15	9	.625	3
Chicago	13	11	.542	1	Washington	13	11	.542	5
St. Louis	13	11	.542	1	Brooklyn	11	13	.458	7
Dallas	12	12	.500	2	New York	7	17	.292	11
Cincinnati	8	16	.333	6	Philadelphia	6	18	.250	12

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	19	5	.792	—	Boston	14	10	.583	—
Chicago	16	8	.667	3	Detroit	13	11	.542	1
Twin Cities	14	10	.583	5	New York	13	11	.542	1
San Francisco	10	14	.417	9	Montreal	11	12	.478	2.5
Seattle	10	14	.417	9	Toronto	10	13	.435	3.5
Houston	8	16	.333	11	Baltimore	5	19	.208	9

Standings prior to the games of May 4, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	11	7	.611	—	Cleveland	15	3	.833	—
Milwaukee	11	7	.611	—	Pittsburgh	13	5	.722	2
Chicago	10	8	.556	1	Washington	11	7	.611	4
St. Louis	9	9	.500	2	Brooklyn	7	11	.389	8
Dallas	8	10	.444	3	New York	5	13	.278	10
Cincinnati	5	13	.278	6	Philadelphia	3	15	.167	12

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	14	4	.778	—	Boston	11	7	.611	—
Twin Cities	13	5	.722	—	New York	11	7	.711	—
Chicago	12	6	.667	2	Montreal	10	7	.588	.5
San Francisco	7	11	.389	7	Detroit	9	9	.500	2
Seattle	5	13	.278	9	Toronto	8	9	.471	2.5
Houston	3	15	.167	11	Baltimore	4	14	.222	7

Standings prior to the games of April 27, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Milwaukee	9	3	.750	—	Pittsburgh	10	2	.833	—
Kansas City	8	4	.667	1	Cleveland	9	3	.750	1
Chicago	5	7	.417	4	Washington	6	6	.500	4
Dallas	5	7	.417	4	Brooklyn	5	7	.417	5
St. Louis	5	7	.417	4	New York	4	8	.333	6
Cincinnati	4	8	.333	5	Philadelphia	2	10	.167	8

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	9	3	.750	—	New York	8	4	.667	—
Los Angeles	9	3	.750	—	Montreal	8	4	.667	—
Twin Cities	9	3	.750	—	Detroit	7	5	.583	1
San Francisco	4	8	.333	5	Boston	6	6	.500	2
Seattle	3	9	.250	6	Toronto	4	8	.333	4
Houston	2	10	.167	7	Baltimore	3	9	.250	5

Standings prior to the games of April 20, 1964

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Milwaukee	6	0	1.000	—	Cleveland	5	1	.833	—
Kansas City	4	2	.667	2	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833	—
Dallas	3	3	.500	3	Brooklyn	4	2	.667	1
Chicago	2	4	.333	4	New York	2	4	.333	3
Cincinnati	2	4	.333	4	Washington	2	4	.333	3
St. Louis	1	5	.167	5	Philadelphia	0	6	.000	5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	4	2	.667	—	Boston	4	2	.667	—
Los Angeles	4	2	.667	—	Detroit	4	2	.667	—
Twin Cities	4	2	.667	—	Montreal	4	2	.667	—
Houston	2	4	.333	2	Baltimore	2	4	.333	2
San Francisco	2	4	.667	2	New York	2	4	.667	2
Seattle	2	4	.333	2	Toronto	2	4	.333	2

◀ 1963 weekly standings