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.

1953 Season

Standings after the games of October 4, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	92	70	.568	—	Brooklyn	87	75	.537	—
Detroit	91	71	.562	1	Buffalo	83	79	.512	4
St. Louis	87	75	.537	5	Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	5
Cincinnati	80	82	.494	12	New York	76	86	.469	11
Cleveland	74	88	.457	18	Philadelphia	58	104	.358	29

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	92	70	.568	—	Boston	88	74	.543	—
San Francisco	83	79	.512	9	Baltimore	87	75	.537	1
Houston	82	80	.506	10	New York	84	78	.519	4
Los Angeles	74	88	.457	18	Toronto	79	83	.488	9
Chicago	69	93	.426	23	Montreal	72	90	.444	16

Standings after the games of September 27, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	88	68	.564	—	Brooklyn	85	71	.545	—
Detroit	87	69	.558	1	Buffalo	79	77	.506	6
St. Louis	84	72	.538	4	Pittsburgh	78	78	.500	7
Cincinnati	79	77	.506	9	New York	72	84	.462	13
Cleveland	73	83	.468	15	Philadelphia	55	101	.353	30

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	90	66	.577	—	Boston	85	71	.545	—
Houston	80	76	.513	10	New York	83	73	.532	2
San Francisco	79	77	.506	11	Baltimore	81	75	.519	4
Los Angeles	71	85	.455	19	Toronto	75	81	.481	10
Chicago	67	89	.429	23	Montreal	69	87	.442	16

Standings after the games of September 20, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	86	64	.573	—	Brooklyn	82	68	.547	—
Detroit	85	65	.567	1	Buffalo	76	74	.507	6
St. Louis	80	70	.533	6	Pittsburgh	76	74	.507	6
Cincinnati	73	77	.487	13	New York	68	82	.453	14
Cleveland	69	81	.460	17	Philadelphia	55	95	.367	27

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	88	62	.587	—	Boston	82	68	.547	—
Houston	77	73	.513	11	Baltimore	78	72	.520	4
San Francisco	75	75	.500	13	New York	78	72	.520	4
Los Angeles	70	80	.467	18	Toronto	74	76	.493	8
Chicago	64	86	.427	24	Montreal	64	86	.427	18

Standings after the games of September 13, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	83	61	.576	—	Brooklyn	77	67	.535	—
Chicago	82	62	.569	1	Pittsburgh	74	70	.514	3
St. Louis	75	69	.521	8	Buffalo	73	71	.507	4
Cincinnati	70	74	.486	13	New York	66	78	.458	11
Cleveland	66	78	.458	17	Philadelphia	54	90	.375	23

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	84	60	.583	—	Boston	81	63	.562	—
Houston	73	71	.507	11	Baltimore	76	68	.528	5
San Francisco	71	73	.493	13	New York	73	71	.507	8
Los Angeles	68	76	.472	16	Toronto	72	72	.500	9
Chicago	60	84	.417	24	Montreal	62	82	.431	19

Standings after the games of September 6, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	79	57	.581	—	Brooklyn	72	64	.529	—
Detroit	77	59	.566	2	Buffalo	70	66	.515	2
St. Louis	69	67	.507	10	Pittsburgh	70	66	.515	2
Cincinnati	66	70	.485	13	New York	64	72	.471	8
Cleveland	63	73	.463	16	Philadelphia	50	86	.368	22

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	82	54	.603	—	Boston	78	58	.574	—
Houston	69	67	.507	13	Baltimore	73	63	.537	5
San Francisco	65	71	.478	17	New York	66	70	.485	12
Los Angeles	64	72	.471	18	Toronto	65	71	.478	13
Chicago	59	77	.434	23	Montreal	59	77	.434	19

Standings after the games of August 30, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	75	55	.577	—	Buffalo	69	61	.531	—
Detroit	74	56	.569	1	Pittsburgh	68	62	.523	1
Cincinnati	64	66	.492	11	Brooklyn	67	63	.515	2
St. Louis	64	66	.492	11	New York	62	68	.477	7
Cleveland	60	70	.462	15	Philadelphia	47	83	.362	22

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	79	51	.608	—	Boston	76	54	.585	—
Houston	65	65	.500	14	Baltimore	70	60	.538	6
San Francisco	62	68	.477	17	Toronto	63	67	.485	13
Los Angeles	61	69	.469	18	New York	62	68	.477	14
Chicago	56	74	.431	23	Montreal	56	74	.431	20

Standings after the games of August 23, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	70	54	.565	—	Buffalo	68	56	.548	—
Detroit	70	54	.565	—	Brooklyn	63	61	.508	5
Cincinnati	64	60	.516	6	New York	62	62	.500	6
St. Louis	61	63	.492	9	Pittsburgh	62	62	.500	6
Cleveland	56	68	.452	14	Philadelphia	44	80	.355	24

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	75	49	.605	—	Boston	74	50	.597	—
Houston	61	63	.492	14	Baltimore	68	56	.548	6
San Francisco	58	66	.468	17	Toronto	60	64	.484	14
Los Angeles	57	67	.460	18	New York	59	65	.476	15
Chicago	54	70	.435	21	Montreal	54	70	.435	20

Standings after the games of August 16, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	67	50	.573	—	Buffalo	64	53	.547	—
Detroit	66	51	.564	1	Brooklyn	59	58	.504	5
Cincinnati	59	58	.504	8	New York	59	58	.504	5
St. Louis	56	61	.479	11	Pittsburgh	59	58	.504	5
Cleveland	54	63	.462	13	Philadelphia	42	75	.359	22

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	70	47	.598	—	Boston	71	46	.607	—
Houston	55	62	.470	15	Baltimore	64	53	.547	7
Los Angeles	55	62	.470	15	Toronto	57	60	.487	14
San Francisco	53	64	.453	17	New York	55	62	.470	16
Chicago	52	65	.444	18	Montreal	53	64	.453	18

Standings after the games of August 9, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	63	46	.578	—	Buffalo	61	48	.560	—
Chicago	61	48	.560	2	Pittsburgh	57	52	.523	4
Cincinnati	54	55	.495	9	Brooklyn	54	55	.495	7
St. Louis	53	56	.486	10	New York	53	56	.486	8
Cleveland	49	60	.450	14	Philadelphia	40	69	.367	21

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	65	44	.596	—	Boston	66	43	.606	—
Houston	52	57	.477	13	Baltimore	60	49	.550	6
Los Angeles	51	58	.468	14	Toronto	54	55	.495	12
San Francisco	51	58	.468	14	Montreal	50	59	.459	16
Chicago	47	62	.431	18	New York	49	60	.450	17

Standings after the games of August 2, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	60	43	.583	—	Buffalo	58	45	.563	—
Chicago	56	47	.544	4	Pittsburgh	54	49	.524	4
Cincinnati	52	51	.505	8	Brooklyn	50	53	.485	8
St. Louis	50	53	.485	10	New York	50	53	.485	8
Cleveland	46	57	.447	14	Philadelphia	39	64	.379	19

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	63	40	.612	—	Boston	63	40	.612	—
Houston	49	54	.476	14	Baltimore	58	45	.563	5
Los Angeles	49	54	.476	14	Toronto	50	53	.485	13
San Francisco	48	55	.466	15	Montreal	47	56	.456	16
Chicago	43	60	.417	20	New York	45	58	.437	18

Standings after the games of July 26, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	58	38	.604	—	Buffalo	53	43	.552	—
Chicago	53	43	.552	5	Pittsburgh	50	46	.521	3
Cincinnati	50	46	.521	8	New York	46	50	.479	7
St. Louis	47	49	.490	11	Brooklyn	45	51	.469	8
Cleveland	43	53	.448	15	Philadelphia	35	61	.365	18

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	59	37	.615	—	Boston	57	39	.594	—
San Francisco	47	49	.490	12	Baltimore	53	43	.552	4
Los Angeles	45	51	.469	14	Toronto	48	48	.500	9
Houston	43	53	.448	16	Montreal	45	51	.469	12
Chicago	41	55	.427	18	New York	42	54	.438	15

Standings after the games of July 19, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	53	35	.602	—	Buffalo	49	39	.557	—
Chicago	51	37	.580	2	Pittsburgh	44	44	.500	5
Cincinnati	46	42	.523	7	Brooklyn	41	47	.466	8
St. Louis	46	42	.523	7	New York	40	48	.455	9
Cleveland	38	50	.432	15	Philadelphia	32	56	.364	17

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	54	34	.614	—	Boston	52	36	.591	—
San Francisco	44	44	.500	10	Toronto	47	41	.534	5
Los Angeles	42	46	.477	12	Baltimore	46	42	.523	6
Houston	40	48	.455	14	Montreal	42	46	.477	10
Chicago	34	54	.386	20	New York	39	49	.443	13

Standings after the games of July 12, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	50	34	.595	—	Buffalo	47	37	.560	—
Chicago	49	35	.583	1	Pittsburgh	43	41	.512	4
Cincinnati	44	40	.524	6	Brooklyn	39	45	.464	8
St. Louis	43	41	.512	7	New York	38	46	.452	9
Cleveland	36	48	.429	14	Philadelphia	31	53	.369	16

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	51	33	.607	—	Boston	50	34	.595	—
San Francisco	44	40	.524	7	Toronto	44	40	.524	6
Los Angeles	41	43	.488	10	Baltimore	43	41	.512	7
Houston	38	46	.452	13	Montreal	40	44	.476	10
Chicago	33	51	.393	18	New York	36	48	.429	14

Standings after the games of July 5, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	47	31	.603	—	Buffalo	43	35	.551	—
Detroit	45	33	.577	2	Pittsburgh	40	38	.513	3
Cincinnati	41	37	.526	6	New York	36	42	.462	7
St. Louis	40	38	.513	7	Brooklyn	35	43	.449	8
Cleveland	34	44	.436	13	Philadelphia	29	49	.372	14

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	48	30	.615	—	Boston	46	32	.590	—
San Francisco	40	37	.519	7.5	Toronto	43	34	.558	2.5
Houston	35	43	.449	13	Baltimore	42	36	.538	4
Los Angeles	35	43	.449	13	Montreal	36	42	.462	10
Chicago	32	46	.410	16	New York	32	46	.410	14

Standings after the games of June 28, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	42	28	.600	—	Buffalo	39	31	.557	—
Detroit	42	28	.600	—	Pittsburgh	38	32	.543	1
Cincinnati	37	33	.529	5	Brooklyn	33	37	.471	6
St. Louis	35	35	.500	7	New York	32	38	.457	7
Cleveland	27	43	.386	15	Philadelphia	25	45	.357	14

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	42	29	.592	—	Boston	44	27	.620	—
San Francisco	37	34	.511	5	Toronto	38	33	.535	6
Los Angeles	34	36	.486	7.5	Baltimore	37	34	.521	7
Chicago	29	41	.414	12.5	Montreal	32	38	.457	11.5
Houston	29	41	.414	12.5	New York	31	40	.437	13

Standings after the games of June 21, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	38	26	.594	—	Buffalo	36	28	.562	—
Chicago	37	27	.578	1	Pittsburgh	35	29	.547	1
Cincinnati	33	31	.516	5	Brooklyn	31	33	.484	5
St. Louis	31	33	.484	7	New York	31	33	.484	5
Cleveland	26	38	.406	12	Philadelphia	22	42	.344	14

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	37	27	.578	—	Boston	39	25	.609	—
San Francisco	34	30	.531	3	Toronto	33	31	.516	6
Los Angeles	30	34	.469	7	Baltimore	32	32	.500	7
Chicago	28	36	.438	9	Montreal	31	33	.484	8
Houston	27	37	.422	10	New York	29	35	.453	10

Standings after the games of June 14, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	36	21	.632	—	Buffalo	33	24	.579	—
Chicago	32	25	.561	4	Pittsburgh	31	26	.544	2
Cincinnati	29	28	.509	7	Brooklyn	24	29	.491	5
St. Louis	26	31	.456	10	New York	27	30	.474	6
Cleveland	23	34	.404	13	Philadelphia	20	37	.351	13

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	33	24	.560	—	Boston	34	23	.596	—
San Francisco	29	28	.509	4	Baltimore	29	28	.509	5
Los Angeles	28	29	.491	5	Toronto	29	28	.509	5
Chicago	27	30	.474	6	Montreal	28	29	.491	6
Houston	21	36	.368	12	New York	27	30	.474	7

Standings after the games of June 7, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	34	16	.680	—	Buffalo	30	20	.600	—
Chicago	29	21	.580	5	Pittsburgh	28	22	.560	2
Cincinnati	23	27	.460	11	New York	24	26	.480	6
St. Louis	23	27	.460	11	Brooklyn	23	27	.460	7
Cleveland	20	30	.400	14	Philadelphia	16	34	.320	14

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	28	22	.560	—	Boston	30	20	.600	—
San Francisco	27	23	.540	1	Toronto	27	23	.540	3
Los Angeles	25	25	.500	3	Baltimore	26	24	.520	4
Chicago	24	26	.480	4	Montreal	25	25	.500	5
Houston	15	35	.300	13	New York	23	27	.460	7

Standings after the games of May 31, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	30	13	.698	—	Buffalo	27	16	.628	—
Chicago	26	17	.605	4	Pittsburgh	24	19	.558	3
St. Louis	20	23	.465	10	New York	22	21	.512	5
Cincinnati	19	24	.442	11	Brooklyn	19	24	.442	8
Cleveland	15	28	.349	15	Philadelphia	13	30	.302	14

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	27	16	.628	—	Boston	25	18	.581	—
San Francisco	23	20	.535	4	Toronto	24	19	.558	1
Los Angeles	22	21	.512	5	Baltimore	23	20	.535	2
Chicago	20	23	.465	7	Montreal	21	22	.488	4
Houston	13	30	.302	14	New York	17	26	.395	8

Standings after the games of May 24, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	27	9	.750	—	Buffalo	22	14	.611	—
Chicago	21	15	.583	6	Pittsburgh	21	15	.583	1
Cincinnati	16	20	.444	11	New York	18	18	.500	4
St. Louis	16	20	.444	11	Brooklyn	16	20	.444	6
Cleveland	13	23	.361	14	Philadelphia	10	26	.278	12

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	23	13	.639	—	Toronto	21	15	.583	—
Los Angeles	19	17	.528	4	Baltimore	20	16	.556	1
San Francisco	19	17	.528	4	Boston	19	17	.528	2
Chicago	17	19	.472	6	Montreal	18	18	.500	3
Houston	11	25	.306	12	New York	13	23	.361	8

Standings after the games of May 17, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	22	8	.733	—	Buffalo	20	10	.667	—
Chicago	17	13	.567	5	Pittsburgh	17	13	.567	3
Cincinnati	14	16	.467	6	New York	16	14	.533	4
St. Louis	12	18	.400	10	Brooklyn	13	17	.433	7
Cleveland	11	19	.367	11	Philadelphia	8	22	.267	12

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	21	9	.700	—	Baltimore	16	14	.533	—
Chicago	17	13	.567	4	Toronto	16	14	.533	—
Los Angeles	16	14	.533	5	Boston	15	15	.500	1
San Francisco	16	14	.533	5	Montreal	13	17	.433	3
Houston	9	21	.300	12	New York	11	19	.367	5

Standings after the games of May 10, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	18	6	.750	—	Buffalo	16	8	.667	—
Chicago	15	9	.625	3	New York	15	9	.625	1
Cincinnati	11	13	.458	7	Pittsburgh	14	10	.583	2
St. Louis	9	15	.375	9	Brooklyn	9	15	.375	7
Cleveland	8	16	.333	10	Philadelphia	5	19	.208	11

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	16	8	.667	—	Baltimore	15	9	.625	—
Los Angeles	13	11	.542	3	Toronto	13	11	.542	2
Chicago	12	12	.500	4	Boston	12	12	.500	3
San Francisco	12	12	.500	4	Montreal	10	14	.417	5
Houston	7	17	.292	9	New York	10	14	.417	5

Standings after the games of May 3, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	13	5	.722	—	New York	12	6	.667	—
Chicago	12	6	.667	1	Pittsburgh	12	6	.667	—
Cincinnati	9	9	.500	4	Buffalo	11	7	.611	1
St. Louis	7	11	.389	6	Brooklyn	7	11	.389	5
Cleveland	4	14	.222	9	Philadelphia	3	15	.167	9

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	11	7	.611	—	Boston	11	7	.611	—
Seattle	11	7	.611	—	Baltimore	11	7	.611	—
San Francisco	9	9	.500	2	Toronto	10	8	.556	1
Los Angeles	8	10	.444	3	Montreal	8	10	.444	3
Houston	5	13	.278	6	New York	6	12	.333	5

Standings after the games of April 26, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	9	3	.750	—	New York	9	3	.750	—
Chicago	8	4	.667	1	Buffalo	8	4	.667	1
St. Louis	5	7	.417	4	Pittsburgh	8	4	.667	1
Cincinnati	4	8	.333	5	Brooklyn	7	5	.583	2
Cleveland	2	10	.167	7	Philadelphia	0	12	.000	9

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	7	5	.583	—	Toronto	8	4	.667	—
Seattle	7	5	.583	—	Baltimore	7	5	.583	1
Los Angeles	6	6	.500	1	Boston	7	5	.583	1
San Francisco	5	7	.417	2	Montreal	6	6	.500	2
Houston	3	9	.250	4	New York	4	8	.333	4

Standings after the games of April 19, 1953

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	5	1	.833	—	Brooklyn	5	1	.833	—
Chicago	3	3	.500	2	New York	5	1	.833	—
St. Louis	3	3	.500	2	Buffalo	4	2	.667	1
Cincinnati	1	5	.167	4	Pittsburgh	3	3	.500	2
Cleveland	1	5	.167	4	Philadelphia	0	6	.000	5

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

◀ 1952 weekly standings