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

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