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.

1950 Season

Standings after the games of September 17, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	93	57	.620	—	Pittsburgh	87	63	.580	—
Detroit	85	65	.567	8	Philadelphia	75	75	.500	12
Cincinnati	81	69	.540	12	New York	74	76	.493	13
St. Louis	79	71	.527	14	Buffalo	73	77	.487	14
Cleveland	52	98	.347	41	Brooklyn	51	99	.340	36

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	87	63	.580	—	Boston	89	61	.593	—
San Francisco	76	74	.507	11	Toronto	89	61	.593	—
Los Angeles	67	83	.447	20	Baltimore	83	67	.553	6
Houston	60	90	.400	27	Montreal	72	78	.480	17
Chicago	55	95	.367	32	New York	72	78	.480	17

Standings after the games of September 10, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	86	57	.601	—	Pittsburgh	85	59	.590	—
Detroit	82	62	.569	4.5	Philadelphia	73	71	.507	12
Cincinnati	79	65	.549	7.5	New York	71	73	.493	14
St. Louis	76	69	.521	11.5	Buffalo	68	76	.472	17
Cleveland	49	95	.340	37.5	Brooklyn	51	92	.357	33.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	81	63	.562	—	Toronto	87	57	.604	—
San Francisco	74	69	.517	6.5	Boston	85	59	.590	2
Los Angeles	66	78	.458	15	Baltimore	79	64	.552	7.5
Houston	58	86	.403	23	New York	69	75	.479	18
Chicago	52	91	.364	28.5	Montreal	67	76	.469	19.5

Standings after the games of September 3, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	81	53	.604	—	Pittsburgh	83	53	.610	—
Detroit	77	59	.566	5	Philadelphia	69	66	.511	13.5
Cincinnati	74	62	.544	8	New York	67	69	.493	16
St. Louis	71	65	.522	11	Buffalo	63	73	.463	20
Cleveland	45	91	.331	37	Brooklyn	48	87	.356	34.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	78	58	.574	—	Toronto	83	53	.610	—
San Francisco	72	63	.533	5.5	Boston	79	57	.581	4
Los Angeles	61	75	.449	17	Baltimore	75	60	.556	7.5
Houston	54	82	.397	24	New York	67	69	.493	16
Chicago	48	87	.356	29.5	Montreal	61	74	.452	21.5

Standings after the games of August 27, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	77	50	.606	—	Pittsburgh	81	48	.628	—
Cincinnati	72	56	.562	5.5	Philadelphia	64	63	.504	16
Detroit	71	58	.550	7	New York	63	66	.488	18
St. Louis	64	65	.496	14	Buffalo	62	67	.481	19
Cleveland	42	87	.326	36	Brooklyn	46	82	.359	34.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	74	55	.574	—	Toronto	79	50	.612	—
San Francisco	71	57	.555	2.5	Baltimore	75	53	.586	3.5
Los Angeles	59	70	.457	15	Boston	72	57	.558	7
Houston	50	79	.388	24	New York	62	66	.484	16.5
Chicago	44	83	.346	29	Montreal	56	72	.438	22.5

Standings after the games of August 20, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	73	47	.608	—	Pittsburgh	78	44	.639	—
Detroit	68	54	.557	6	Philadelphia	62	59	.512	15.5
Cincinnati	66	56	.541	8	New York	61	61	.500	17
St. Louis	59	63	.484	15	Buffalo	59	63	.484	19
Cleveland	39	83	.320	35	Brooklyn	43	78	.355	34.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	69	53	.566	—	Toronto	74	48	.607	—
San Francisco	68	53	.552	.5	Baltimore	70	51	.579	3.5
Los Angeles	55	67	.451	14	Boston	70	52	.574	4
Houston	48	74	.393	21	New York	60	62	.492	14
Chicago	40	81	.331	28.5	Montreal	54	67	.446	19.5

Standings after the games of August 13, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	69	43	.616	—	Pittsburgh	74	40	.649	—
Detroit	65	49	.570	5	New York	57	57	.500	17
Cincinnati	62	52	.544	8	Buffalo	56	58	.491	18
St. Louis	53	61	.465	17	Philadelphia	54	58	.482	19
Cleveland	37	77	.325	33	Brooklyn	40	72	.357	33

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	64	49	.566	—	Toronto	70	44	.614	—
Seattle	63	51	.553	1.5	Baltimore	66	46	.589	3
Los Angeles	50	64	.439	14.5	Boston	65	48	.575	4.5
Houston	44	70	.386	20.5	New York	56	58	.491	14
Chicago	39	74	.345	25	Montreal	50	63	.442	19.5

Standings after the games of August 6, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	65	40	.619	—	Pittsburgh	69	38	.645	—
Detroit	61	46	.570	5	Buffalo	53	54	.495	16
Cincinnati	57	50	.533	9	New York	52	55	.486	17
St. Louis	50	57	.467	16	Philadelphia	51	54	.486	17
Cleveland	36	71	.336	30	Brooklyn	38	67	.362	30

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	63	43	.594	—	Baltimore	64	41	.610	—
Seattle	60	47	.561	3.5	Toronto	63	44	.589	2
Los Angeles	48	59	.449	15.5	Boston	59	47	.557	5.5
Houston	40	67	.374	23.5	New York	51	56	.477	14
Chicago	36	70	.340	27	Montreal	48	58	.453	16.5

Standings after the games of July 30, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	59	37	.615	—	Pittsburgh	64	34	.653	—
Detroit	54	44	.551	6	Buffalo	50	48	.510	14
Cincinnati	53	45	.541	7	New York	48	50	.490	16
St. Louis	43	55	.439	17	Philadelphia	47	49	.490	16
Cleveland	34	64	.347	26	Brooklyn	35	61	.365	28

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	59	38	.608	—	Baltimore	57	39	.594	—
Seattle	55	43	.561	4.5	Toronto	56	42	.571	2
Los Angeles	44	54	.449	15.5	Boston	54	43	.557	3.5
Houston	38	60	.388	21.5	Montreal	46	51	.474	11.5
Chicago	33	64	.340	26	New York	45	53	.459	13

Standings after the games of July 23, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	54	35	.607	—	Pittsburgh	60	30	.667	—
Cincinnati	49	41	.544	5.5	Buffalo	47	43	.522	13
Detroit	49	41	.544	5.5	Philadelphia	46	43	.517	13.5
St. Louis	38	52	.422	16.5	New York	43	47	.478	17
Cleveland	31	59	.344	23.5	Brooklyn	31	57	.352	28

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	53	35	.602	—	Baltimore	52	36	.591	—
Seattle	51	39	.567	3	Boston	51	38	.573	1.5
Los Angeles	43	47	.478	11	Toronto	50	40	.556	3
Houston	34	55	.382	19.5	Montreal	42	47	.472	10.5
Chicago	31	58	.348	22.5	New York	39	51	.433	14

Standings after the games of July 16, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	48	34	.585	—	Pittsburgh	55	28	.663	—
Detroit	47	35	.573	1	Philadelphia	44	38	.537	10.5
Cincinnati	44	39	.530	4.5	Buffalo	44	39	.530	11
St. Louis	36	47	.434	12.5	New York	39	43	.476	15.5
Cleveland	27	56	.325	21.5	Brooklyn	28	53	.346	26

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	48	33	.593	—	Boston	47	35	.573	—
Seattle	46	37	.554	3	Baltimore	45	36	.556	1.5
Los Angeles	39	44	.470	10	Toronto	46	37	.554	1.5
Houston	32	50	.390	16.5	Montreal	41	41	.500	6
Chicago	31	51	.378	17.5	New York	36	47	.434	11.5

Standings after the games of July 9, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	46	31	.597	—	Pittsburgh	50	27	.649	—
Detroit	45	32	.584	1	Philadelphia	44	33	.571	6
Cincinnati	41	37	.526	5.5	Buffalo	39	39	.500	11.5
St. Louis	34	44	.436	12.5	New York	36	41	.468	14
Cleveland	25	53	.321	21.5	Brooklyn	26	49	.347	23

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	45	31	.592	—	Baltimore	44	31	.587	—
Seattle	43	35	.551	3	Boston	45	32	.584	—
Los Angeles	38	40	.487	8	Toronto	43	34	.558	2
Houston	29	48	.377	16.5	Montreal	39	38	.506	6
Chicago	27	50	.351	18.5	New York	32	46	.410	13.5

Standings after the games of July 2, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	43	28	.606	—	Pittsburgh	45	26	.634	—
Detroit	42	29	.592	1	Philadelphia	42	30	.583	3.5
Cincinnati	37	35	.514	6.5	Buffalo	36	36	.500	9.5
St. Louis	33	39	.458	10.5	New York	32	39	.451	13
Cleveland	23	49	.319	20.5	Brooklyn	24	46	.343	20.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	41	29	.586	—	Boston	43	29	.597	—
Seattle	39	33	.542	3	Baltimore	40	30	.571	2
Los Angeles	35	37	.486	7	Toronto	39	32	.549	3.5
Houston	27	44	.380	14.5	Montreal	36	35	.507	6.5
Chicago	26	45	.366	15.5	New York	30	42	.417	13

Standings after the games of June 25, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	40	25	.615	—	Pittsburgh	44	21	.677	—
Detroit	38	27	.585	2	Philadelphia	39	27	.591	5.5
Cincinnati	33	32	.508	7	Buffalo	31	35	.470	13.5
St. Louis	29	37	.439	11.5	New York	27	37	.422	16.5
Cleveland	22	44	.333	18.5	Brooklyn	23	41	.359	20.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	40	24	.625	—	Boston	41	25	.621	—
Seattle	36	30	.545	5	Baltimore	36	28	.562	4
Los Angeles	31	35	.470	10	Toronto	34	31	.523	6.5
Houston	25	39	.391	15	Montreal	32	33	.492	8.5
Chicago	22	42	.344	18	New York	28	38	.424	13

Standings after the games of June 18, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	34	25	.576	—	Pittsburgh	40	19	.678	—
Detroit	33	26	.559	1	Philadelphia	35	25	.583	5.5
Cincinnati	32	27	.542	2	Buffalo	29	31	.483	11.5
St. Louis	28	32	.467	6.5	New York	24	34	.414	15.5
Cleveland	20	40	.333	14.5	Brooklyn	21	37	.362	18.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	35	23	.603	—	Boston	38	22	.633	—
Seattle	35	25	.583	1	Baltimore	33	25	.569	4
Los Angeles	28	32	.467	8	Toronto	31	28	.525	6.5
Houston	21	37	.362	14	Montreal	28	31	.475	9.5
Chicago	20	38	.345	15	New York	26	34	.433	12

Standings after the games of June 11, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	33	21	.611	—	Pittsburgh	34	19	.642	—
Cincinnati	32	21	.604	.5	Philadelphia	30	24	.556	4.5
Detroit	31	22	.585	1.5	Buffalo	26	28	.481	8.5
St. Louis	27	27	.500	6	New York	19	33	.365	14.5
Cleveland	16	38	.296	17	Brooklyn	19	34	.358	15

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	33	20	.623	—	Boston	34	20	.630	—
Seattle	30	24	.556	3.5	Baltimore	32	21	.604	1.5
Los Angeles	25	29	.463	8.5	Toronto	27	26	.509	6.5
Chicago	19	34	.358	14	New York	26	28	.481	8
Houston	17	35	.327	15.5	Montreal	24	30	.444	10

Standings after the games of June 4, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	29	19	.604	—	Pittsburgh	31	16	.660	—
Detroit	28	20	.583	1	Philadelphia	27	21	.562	4.5
Cincinnati	27	20	.574	1.5	Buffalo	23	25	.479	8.5
St. Louis	24	24	.500	5	Brooklyn	18	29	.383	13
Cleveland	14	34	.292	15	New York	17	30	.362	14

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	30	17	.638	—	Baltimore	29	18	.619	—
Seattle	25	23	.521	5.5	Boston	29	19	.604	.5
Los Angeles	21	27	.438	9.5	New York	24	24	.500	5.5
Chicago	19	28	.404	11	Toronto	23	24	.489	6
Houston	14	32	.304	15.5	Montreal	23	25	.479	6.5

Standings after the games of May 28, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	24	18	.571	—	Pittsburgh	27	15	.643	—
Detroit	24	18	.571	—	Philadelphia	23	19	.548	4
Cincinnati	22	19	.537	1.5	Buffalo	21	21	.500	6
St. Louis	22	20	.524	2	Brooklyn	18	24	.429	9
Cleveland	12	30	.286	12	New York	16	25	.390	10.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	25	16	.610	—	Baltimore	26	16	.619	—
Seattle	24	18	.571	1.5	Boston	25	17	.595	1
Los Angeles	18	24	.429	7.5	New York	22	20	.524	4
Chicago	15	26	.366	10	Montreal	21	21	.500	5
Houston	11	29	.275	13.5	Toronto	21	21	.500	5

Standings after the games of May 21, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	21	15	.583	—	Pittsburgh	23	13	.639	—
Chicago	20	16	.556	1	Buffalo	18	18	.500	5
Cincinnati	19	16	.543	1.5	Philadelphia	18	18	.500	5
St. Louis	18	18	.500	3	Brooklyn	16	20	.444	7
Cleveland	12	24	.333	9	New York	14	21	.400	8.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	22	13	.629	—	Baltimore	23	13	.639	—
Seattle	21	15	.583	1.5	Boston	20	16	.556	3
Chicago	13	22	.371	9	New York	20	16	.556	3
Los Angeles	13	23	.361	9.5	Montreal	19	17	.528	4
Houston	11	23	.324	10.5	Toronto	16	20	.444	7

Standings after the games of May 14, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	19	11	.633	—	Pittsburgh	18	12	.600	—
Chicago	16	14	.533	3	Philadelphia	16	14	.533	2
Cincinnati	15	14	.517	3.5	Buffalo	14	16	.467	4
St. Louis	15	15	.500	4	New York	13	16	.448	4.5
Cleveland	11	19	.367	8	Brooklyn	12	18	.400	6

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	18	12	.600	—	Baltimore	19	11	.633	—
Seattle	17	13	.567	1	Boston	18	12	.600	1
Chicago	12	17	.414	5.5	Montreal	17	13	.567	2
Houston	9	20	.310	8.5	New York	16	14	.533	3
Los Angeles	9	21	.300	9	Toronto	14	16	.467	5

Standings after the games of May 7, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	15	9	.625	—	Pittsburgh	15	9	.625	—
St. Louis	13	11	.542	2	Buffalo	13	11	.542	2
Cincinnati	11	12	.478	3.5	Philadelphia	13	11	.542	2
Chicago	11	13	.458	4	New York	11	12	.478	3.5
Cleveland	7	17	.292	8	Brooklyn	10	14	.417	5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	15	9	.625	—	Baltimore	15	9	.625	—
Seattle	13	11	.542	2	Boston	14	10	.583	1
Chicago	9	14	.391	5.5	Montreal	14	10	.583	1
Los Angeles	8	16	.333	7	New York	12	12	.500	3
Houston	7	16	.304	7.5	Toronto	12	12	.500	3

Standings after the games of April 30, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	12	6	.667	—	Pittsburgh	12	6	.667	—
Chicago	10	8	.556	2	Philadelphia	9	9	.500	3
Cincinnati	9	8	.529	2.5	Brooklyn	8	10	.444	4
St. Louis	9	9	.500	3	Buffalo	8	10	.444	4
Cleveland	6	12	.333	6	New York	6	11	.353	5.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	12	6	.667	—	Boston	12	6	.667	—
Seattle	8	10	.444	4	Baltimore	11	7	.611	1
Chicago	6	11	.353	5.5	Montreal	11	7	.611	1
Houston	6	11	.353	5.5	New York	10	8	.556	2
Los Angeles	5	13	.278	7	Toronto	8	10	.444	4

Standings after the games of April 23, 1950

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	8	4	.667	—	Pittsburgh	7	5	.583	—
Cincinnati	7	5	.583	1	Brooklyn	6	6	.500	1
Chicago	6	6	.500	2	Buffalo	5	7	.417	2
St. Louis	6	6	.500	2	New York	5	7	.417	2
Cleveland	5	7	.417	3	Philadelphia	5	7	.417	2

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	9	3	.750	—	Baltimore	7	5	.583	—
Chicago	5	6	.455	3.5	Boston	7	5	.583	—
Seattle	5	7	.417	4	Montreal	7	5	.583	—
Houston	4	7	.364	4.5	New York	6	6	.500	1
Los Angeles	3	9	.250	6	Toronto	6	6	.500	1

Standings after the games of April 16, 1950

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

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

◀ 1949 weekly standings