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.

1966 Season

Standings prior to the games of June 13, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	40	19	.678	—	Cleveland	37	22	.627	—
Los Angeles	36	21	.632	3	Washington	36	23	.610	1
Denver	31	26	.544	8	Pittsburgh	32	27	.542	5
St. Louis	30	29	.508	10	Cincinnati	29	31	.483	8.5
Chicago	24	34	.414	15.5	New York	29	31	.483	8.5
Milwaukee	22	34	.393	16.5	Brooklyn	26	33	.441	11
San Diego	13	45	.224	26.5	Philadelphia	24	34	.414	12.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	36	19	.655	—	New York	36	23	.610	—
Los Angeles	31	25	.554	5.5	Detroit	36	24	.600	.5
Seattle	30	27	.526	7	Baltimore	31	27	.534	4.5
Houston	27	30	.474	10	Boston	30	28	.517	5.5
San Francisco	27	31	.466	10.5	Montreal	27	30	.474	8
Chicago	25	34	.424	13	Atlanta	24	32	.429	10.5
Twin Cities	22	34	.393	14.5	Toronto	20	38	.345	15.5

Standings prior to the games of June 6, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	37	15	.712	—	Washington	32	21	.604	—
Los Angeles	31	18	.633	4.5	Cleveland	31	21	.596	.5
Denver	26	23	.531	9.5	Pittsburgh	29	23	.558	2.5
St. Louis	25	27	.481	12	Cincinnati	26	26	.500	5.5
Chicago	21	30	.412	15.5	New York	25	27	.481	6.5
Milwaukee	20	30	.400	16	Brooklyn	25	28	.472	7
San Diego	12	39	.235	24.5	Philadelphia	20	32	.385	11.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	33	16	.673	—	New York	33	20	.623	—
Los Angeles	27	23	.540	6.5	Detroit	30	23	.566	3
Seattle	27	23	.540	6.5	Boston	28	23	.549	4
San Francisco	26	25	.510	8	Baltimore	28	24	.538	4.5
Houston	23	28	.451	11	Montreal	26	25	.510	6
Chicago	22	29	.431	12	Atlanta	21	29	.420	10.5
Twin Cities	16	34	.320	17.5	Toronto	17	35	.327	15.5

Standings prior to the games of May 30, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	32	12	.727	—	Washington	28	18	.609	—
Los Angeles	28	14	.667	3	Cleveland	27	18	.600	.5
Denver	23	19	.548	8	New York	24	21	.533	3.5
St. Louis	20	25	.444	12.5	Pittsburgh	24	21	.533	3.5
Milwaukee	18	25	.419	13.5	Brooklyn	22	23	.489	5.5
Chicago	15	28	.349	16.5	Cincinnati	22	23	.489	5.5
San Diego	11	32	.256	20.5	Philadelphia	15	30	.333	12.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	26	16	.619	—	New York	27	18	.600	—
Los Angeles	26	17	.605	.5	Baltimore	26	19	.578	1
Seattle	23	19	.548	3	Detroit	26	19	.578	1
San Francisco	24	20	.545	3	Boston	25	19	.568	1.5
Houston	19	25	.432	8	Montreal	21	23	.477	5.5
Chicago	17	27	.386	10	Atlanta	15	28	.349	11
Twin Cities	16	27	.372	10.5	Toronto	15	29	.341	11.5

Standings prior to the games of May 23, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	25	11	.694	—	Cleveland	24	14	.632	—
Kansas City	26	12	.684	—	Washington	23	16	.590	1.5
Denver	19	17	.528	6	New York	20	18	.526	4
St. Louis	18	21	.462	8.5	Cincinnati	20	19	.513	4.5
Milwaukee	17	20	.459	8.5	Pittsburgh	19	19	.500	5
Chicago	13	24	.351	12.5	Brooklyn	18	21	.462	6.5
San Diego	10	27	.270	15.5	Philadelphia	13	26	.333	11.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	22	14	.611	—	Detroit	22	15	.595	—
Seattle	20	15	.571	1.5	New York	23	16	.590	—
Los Angeles	21	16	.568	1.5	Baltimore	22	16	.579	.5
San Francisco	20	17	.541	2.5	Montreal	20	16	.556	1.5
Houston	17	21	.447	6	Boston	19	18	.514	3
Twin Cities	15	22	.405	7.5	Atlanta	13	24	.351	9
Chicago	14	23	.378	8.5	Toronto	11	26	.297	11

Standings prior to the games of May 16, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	22	8	.733	—	Cleveland	19	12	.613	—
Kansas City	22	9	.710	.5	Washington	19	14	.576	1
Denver	18	12	.600	4	New York	17	15	.531	2.5
St. Louis	16	16	.500	7	Brooklyn	15	17	.469	4.5
Milwaukee	14	17	.452	8.5	Cincinnati	15	17	.469	4.5
Chicago	10	21	.323	12.5	Pittsburgh	15	17	.469	4.5
San Diego	7	24	.226	15.5	Philadelphia	11	21	.344	8.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	19	12	.613	—	Detroit	20	12	.625	—
Seattle	18	12	.600	.5	New York	18	14	.562	2
Dallas	16	14	.533	2.5	Montreal	16	14	.533	3
San Francisco	15	16	.484	4	Baltimore	17	15	.531	3
Houston	15	17	.469	4.5	Boston	15	16	.484	4.5
Twin Cities	14	17	.452	5	Atlanta	12	18	.400	7
Chicago	12	19	.387	7	Toronto	10	21	.323	9.5

Standings prior to the games of May 9, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	19	6	.760	—	Washington	16	10	.615	—
Kansas City	18	8	.692	1.5	Cleveland	15	10	.600	.5
Denver	16	8	.667	2.5	Brooklyn	13	12	.520	2.5
St. Louis	12	14	.462	7.5	New York	11	14	.440	4.5
Milwaukee	11	14	.440	8	Pittsburgh	11	14	.440	4.5
Chicago	9	16	.360	10	Cincinnati	10	15	.400	5.5
San Diego	6	19	.240	13	Philadelphia	9	16	.360	6.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	16	9	.640	—	Detroit	17	9	.654	—
Seattle	14	10	.583	1.5	Montreal	13	11	.542	3
Dallas	13	11	.542	2.5	Baltimore	14	12	.58	3
Houston	13	12	.520	3	New York	13	13	.500	4
San Francisco	13	12	.520	3	Atlanta	10	14	.417	6
Twin Cities	11	14	.440	5	Boston	10	15	.400	6.5
Chicago	9	15	.375	6.5	Toronto	8	17	.320	8.5

Standings prior to the games of May 2, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	16	3	.842	—	Washington	14	5	.737	—
Kansas City	14	5	.737	2	Cleveland	12	7	.632	2
Denver	12	6	.667	3.5	Brooklyn	10	9	.526	4
Milwaukee	8	11	.421	8	Philadelphia	7	11	.389	6.5
St. Louis	8	12	.400	8.5	Pittsburgh	7	11	.389	6.5
Chicago	7	11	.389	8.5	Cincinnati	7	12	.368	7
San Diego	3	16	.158	13	New York	6	12	.333	7.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	13	6	.684	—	Detroit	12	7	.632	—
Seattle	11	7	.611	1.5	New York	10	9	.526	2
Houston	10	9	.526	3	Montreal	9	9	.500	2.5
San Francisco	10	9	.526	3	Baltimore	9	10	.474	3
Dallas	9	9	.500	3.5	Atlanta	8	10	.444	3.5
Twin Cities	7	12	.368	6	Toronto	8	10	.444	3.5
Chicago	6	12	.333	6.5	Boston	8	11	.421	4

Standings prior to the games of April 25, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	11	1	.917	—	Washington	10	3	.769	—
Kansas City	9	4	.692	2.5	Cleveland	8	5	.615	2
Denver	8	4	.667	3	Brooklyn	7	6	.538	3
Milwaukee	6	6	.500	5	Pittsburgh	6	6	.500	3.5
Chicago	5	7	.417	6	Cincinnati	6	7	.462	4
St. Louis	4	9	.308	7.5	New York	4	8	.333	5.5
San Diego	0	12	.000	11	Philadelphia	3	9	.250	6.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	9	3	.750	—	Detroit	8	5	.615	—
Seattle	9	3	.750	—	Baltimore	7	5	.583	.5
Dallas	6	6	.500	3	New York	7	6	.538	1
Houston	6	6	.500	3	Toronto	6	6	.500	1.5
San Francisco	6	6	.500	3	Atlanta	5	7	.417	2.5
Twin Cities	5	7	.417	4	Montreal	5	7	.417	2.5
Chicago	2	10	.167	7	Boston	4	8	.333	3.5

Standings prior to the games of April 18, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	5	1	.833	—	Brooklyn	5	1	.833	—
Milwaukee	4	2	.667	1	Washington	5	1	.833	—
Chicago	3	2	.600	1.5	Cincinnati	3	3	.500	2
Denver	3	2	.600	1.5	Cleveland	3	3	.500	2
Kansas City	3	3	.500	2	Pittsburgh	3	3	.500	2
St. Louis	2	4	.333	3	New York	2	4	.333	3
San Diego	0	6	.000	5	Philadelphia	0	6	.000	5

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

◀ 1965 weekly standings