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.

1972 Season

Standings prior to the games of August 7, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	72	43	.626	—	Pittsburgh	67	49	.578	—
Denver	66	49	.574	6	New York	62	55	.530	5.5
Chicago	60	55	.522	12	Philadelphia	59	55	.518	7
Los Angeles	57	57	.500	14.5	Cleveland	60	57	.513	7.5
Milwaukee	53	63	.457	19.5	Washington	56	60	.483	11
St. Louis	50	67	.427	23	Cincinnati	52	63	.452	14.5
Kansas City	49	67	.422	23.5	Brooklyn	46	69	.400	20.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	69	46	.600	—	Montreal	67	48	.583	—
Twin Cities	63	53	.543	6.5	Detroit	65	53	.551	3.5
Los Angeles	62	55	.530	8	Atlanta	61	54	.530	6
Houston	61	55	.526	8.5	New York	56	59	.487	11
Seattle	58	57	.504	11	Toronto	54	62	.466	13.5
Dallas	58	60	.492	12.5	Baltimore	53	65	.449	15.5
Chicago	35	82	.299	35	Boston	52	65	.444	16

Standings prior to the games of July 31, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	67	40	.626	—	Pittsburgh	61	47	.565	—
Denver	61	46	.570	6	Philadelphia	57	50	.533	3.5
Los Angeles	55	51	.519	11.5	Cleveland	57	53	.518	5
Chicago	55	53	.509	12.5	New York	57	53	.518	5
Milwaukee	50	58	.463	17.5	Washington	52	57	.477	9.5
Kansas City	46	62	.426	21.5	Cincinnati	49	58	.458	11.5
St. Louis	45	64	.413	23	Brooklyn	44	64	.407	17

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	64	44	.593	—	Montreal	63	45	.583	—
Houston	59	50	.541	5.5	Atlanta	61	45	.565	2
Twin Cities	59	50	.541	5.5	Detroit	59	52	.532	5.5
Los Angeles	58	51	.532	6.5	New York	53	55	.491	10
Seattle	54	52	.509	9	Toronto	51	58	.468	12.5
Dallas	52	58	.473	13	Baltimore	50	61	.450	14.5
Chicago	32	78	.291	33	Boston	48	62	.436	16

Standings prior to the games of July 24, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	61	39	.610	—	Pittsburgh	57	45	.559	—
Denver	55	46	.545	6.5	Philadelphia	55	45	.550	1
Chicago	54	46	.540	7	Cleveland	55	49	.529	3
Los Angeles	50	50	.500	11	New York	54	50	.519	4
Milwaukee	48	54	.471	14	Cincinnati	48	53	.475	8.5
Kansas City	44	57	.436	17.5	Washington	47	56	.456	10.5
St. Louis	43	60	.417	19.5	Brooklyn	40	61	.396	16.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	62	39	.614	—	Montreal	62	40	.608	—
Houston	55	48	.534	8	Atlanta	58	43	.574	3.5
Twin Cities	55	48	.534	8	Detroit	54	50	.519	9
Seattle	53	47	.530	8.5	New York	50	52	.490	12
Los Angeles	53	49	.520	9.5	Toronto	47	54	.465	14.5
Dallas	47	56	.456	16	Baltimore	47	57	.452	16
Chicago	30	73	.291	33	Boston	43	60	.417	19.5

Standings prior to the games of July 17, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	55	38	.591	—	Pittsburgh	54	41	.568	—
Denver	52	42	.553	3.5	Philadelphia	51	42	.548	2
Chicago	49	44	.527	6	New York	50	47	.515	5
Los Angeles	48	45	.516	7	Cleveland	49	48	.505	6
Milwaukee	44	51	.463	12	Cincinnati	47	47	.500	6.5
Kansas City	42	52	.447	13.5	Washington	44	52	.458	10.5
St. Louis	39	57	.406	17.5	Brooklyn	38	56	.404	15.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	59	35	.628	—	Montreal	57	38	.600	—
Houston	51	45	.531	9	Atlanta	51	42	.548	5
Twin Cities	51	45	.531	9	Detroit	51	45	.531	6.5
Los Angeles	49	46	.516	10.5	New York	50	45	.526	7
Seattle	47	46	.505	11.5	Toronto	43	50	.462	13
Dallas	43	53	.448	17	Baltimore	43	53	.448	14.5
Chicago	30	66	.313	30	Boston	40	56	.417	17.5

Standings prior to the games of July 10, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	53	36	.596	—	Philadelphia	51	39	.567	—
Denver	50	40	.556	3.5	Pittsburgh	51	41	.554	1
Chicago	46	43	.517	7	New York	47	46	.505	5.5
Los Angeles	45	44	.506	8	Cincinnati	45	45	.500	6
Kansas City	42	48	.467	11.5	Cleveland	44	48	.478	8
Milwaukee	42	48	.467	11.5	Washington	43	48	.473	8.5
St. Louis	37	54	.407	17	Brooklyn	37	53	.411	14

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	58	32	.644	—	Montreal	55	36	.604	—
Twin Cities	49	43	.533	10	Atlanta	49	40	.551	5
Houston	48	43	.527	10.5	Detroit	48	44	.522	7.5
Los Angeles	48	43	.527	10.5	New York	47	44	.516	8
Seattle	44	44	.500	13	Baltimore	42	50	.457	13.5
Dallas	41	51	.446	18	Toronto	40	49	.449	14
Chicago	29	63	.315	30	Boston	38	54	.413	17.5

Standings prior to the games of July 3, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	48	33	.593	—	Philadelphia	47	36	.566	—
Denver	44	39	.530	5	Pittsburgh	47	38	.553	1
Chicago	43	40	.518	6	Cincinnati	42	41	.506	5
Los Angeles	40	43	.482	9	New York	42	43	.494	6
Milwaukee	40	44	.476	9.5	Cleveland	41	43	.488	6.5
Kansas City	39	43	.476	9.5	Washington	41	43	.488	6.5
St. Louis	37	47	.440	12.5	Brooklyn	32	50	.390	14.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	55	27	.671	—	Montreal	50	34	.595	—
Twin Cities	46	39	.541	10.5	Atlanta	47	35	.573	2
Houston	44	40	.524	12	Detroit	44	41	.518	6.5
Seattle	40	40	.500	14	New York	43	41	.512	7
Los Angeles	42	42	.500	14	Baltimore	40	45	.471	10.5
Dallas	37	48	.435	19.5	Toronto	38	45	.458	11.5
Chicago	26	58	.310	30	Boston	34	51	.400	16.5

Standings prior to the games of June 26, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	44	31	.587	—	Philadelphia	45	32	.584	—
Chicago	42	35	.545	3	Pittsburgh	43	36	.544	3
Denver	41	35	.539	3.5	Cincinnati	38	39	.494	7
Milwaukee	38	38	.500	6.5	New York	39	40	.494	7
Kansas City	35	41	.461	9.5	Cleveland	38	40	.487	7.5
Los Angeles	34	41	.453	10	Washington	37	41	.474	8.5
St. Louis	34	43	.442	11	Brooklyn	30	46	.395	14.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	50	26	.658	—	Montreal	47	30	.610	—
Twin Cities	46	33	.582	5.5	New York	42	34	.553	4.5
Houston	42	35	.545	8.5	Atlanta	41	34	.547	5
Seattle	35	39	.473	14	Detroit	40	38	.513	7.5
Los Angeles	36	41	.468	14.5	Baltimore	36	42	.462	11.5
Dallas	35	44	.443	16.5	Toronto	32	44	.421	14.5
Chicago	25	53	.321	26	Boston	32	46	.410	15.5

Standings prior to the games of June 19, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	40	28	.588	—	Philadelphia	42	27	.609	—
Denver	38	31	.551	2.5	Pittsburgh	38	34	.528	5.5
Chicago	37	33	.529	4	New York	36	36	.500	7.5
Milwaukee	35	35	.500	6	Cleveland	35	36	.493	8
St. Louis	33	37	.471	8	Washington	34	37	.479	9
Los Angeles	32	37	.464	8.5	Cincinnati	33	37	.471	9.5
Kansas City	31	39	.443	10	Brooklyn	26	43	.377	16

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	45	25	.643	—	Montreal	44	27	.620	—
Twin Cities	42	30	.583	4	Atlanta	39	30	.565	4
Houston	40	31	.563	5.5	Detroit	38	33	.535	6
Los Angeles	33	37	.471	12	New York	36	34	.514	7.5
Seattle	30	37	.448	13.5	Baltimore	34	38	.472	10.5
Dallas	31	42	.425	15.5	Toronto	31	39	.443	12.5
Chicago	23	48	.324	22.5	Boston	28	43	.394	16

Standings prior to the games of June 12, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	36	26	.581	—	Philadelphia	38	25	.603	—
Chicago	33	30	.524	3.5	Pittsburgh	36	30	.545	3.5
Denver	33	30	.524	3.5	New York	35	31	.530	4.5
Milwaukee	30	32	.484	6	Washington	33	32	.508	6
St. Louis	31	33	.484	6	Cleveland	31	33	.484	7.5
Los Angeles	29	34	.460	7.5	Cincinnati	29	34	.460	9
Kansas City	28	35	.444	8.5	Brooklyn	23	40	.365	15

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	40	24	.625	—	Montreal	41	24	.625	—
Twin Cities	37	27	.578	3	Atlanta	36	26	.581	3.5
Houston	35	29	.547	5	New York	35	29	.547	5.5
Los Angeles	29	35	.453	11	Detroit	32	33	.492	9
Dallas	29	37	.439	12	Baltimore	31	34	.477	10
Seattle	26	35	.426	12.5	Toronto	28	36	.438	12.5
Chicago	21	42	.333	18.5	Boston	28	37	.431	13

Standings prior to the games of June 5, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	33	23	.589	—	Philadelphia	34	23	.596	—
Denver	30	27	.526	3.5	Pittsburgh	31	26	.544	3
Chicago	28	28	.500	5	Washington	31	27	.534	3.5
St. Louis	28	29	.491	5.5	New York	31	29	.517	4.5
Milwaukee	27	29	.482	6	Cleveland	28	28	.500	5.5
Kansas City	26	31	.456	7.5	Cincinnati	24	33	.421	10
Los Angeles	25	32	.439	8.5	Brooklyn	23	34	.404	11

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	38	20	.655	—	Montreal	36	22	.621	—
Twin Cities	34	24	.586	4	New York	32	25	.561	3.5
Houston	32	26	.552	6	Atlanta	30	24	.556	4
Seattle	26	29	.473	10.5	Detroit	29	29	.500	7
Los Angeles	26	32	.448	12	Baltimore	26	32	.448	10
Dallas	26	34	.433	13	Toronto	26	31	.456	9.5
Chicago	19	38	.333	18.5	Boston	22	36	.379	14

Standings prior to the games of May 29, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	31	18	.633	—	Philadelphia	29	21	.571	—
Chicago	26	23	.531	5	Pittsburgh	28	21	.571	.5
Denver	26	25	.510	6	Washington	28	23	.549	1.5
St. Louis	25	25	.500	6.5	New York	27	25	.519	3
Milwaukee	24	25	.490	7	Cleveland	23	26	.469	5.5
Kansas City	21	28	.429	10	Cincinnati	21	30	.412	8.5
Los Angeles	21	30	.412	11	Brooklyn	20	30	.400	9

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	33	18	.647	—	Montreal	31	20	.608	—
Twin Cities	29	22	.569	4	New York	30	20	.600	.5
Houston	28	22	.560	4.5	Atlanta	28	20	.583	1.5
Seattle	22	27	.449	10	Detroit	27	25	.519	4.5
Dallas	22	30	.423	11.5	Baltimore	23	29	.442	8.5
Los Angeles	21	29	.420	11.5	Toronto	21	29	.420	9.5
Chicago	17	32	.347	15	Boston	21	30	.412	10

Standings prior to the games of May 22, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	27	15	.643	—	Pittsburgh	25	18	.581	—
Chicago	24	19	.558	3.5	Philadelphia	24	20	.545	1.5
Denver	24	20	.545	4	New York	25	21	.543	1.5
St. Louis	23	21	.523	5	Washington	24	21	.533	2
Milwaukee	20	23	.465	7.5	Cleveland	19	24	.442	6
Los Angeles	19	26	.422	9.5	Brooklyn	19	25	.432	6.5
Kansas City	16	27	.372	11.5	Cincinnati	18	27	.400	8

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	29	15	.659	—	Montreal	29	15	.659	—
Twin Cities	27	17	.614	2	New York	25	18	.581	3.5
Houston	23	21	.523	6	Atlanta	23	19	.548	5
Seattle	19	24	.442	9.5	Detroit	22	22	.500	7
Los Angeles	19	25	.432	10	Toronto	19	24	.442	9.5
Dallas	19	27	.413	11	Baltimore	19	26	.422	10.5
Chicago	15	28	.349	13.5	Boston	18	25	.419	10.5

Standings prior to the games of May 15, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	21	15	.583	—	Philadelphia	22	16	.579	—
Denver	22	16	.579	—	Pittsburgh	21	16	.568	.5
St. Louis	21	17	.553	1	Washington	21	16	.568	.5
Chicago	19	17	.528	2	New York	20	18	.526	2
Milwaukee	17	20	.459	4.5	Cleveland	17	20	.459	4.5
Los Angeles	17	21	.447	5	Brooklyn	15	22	.405	6.5
Kansas City	14	23	.378	7.5	Cincinnati	14	24	.368	8

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	25	12	.676	—	Montreal	24	14	.632	—
Twin Cities	23	14	.622	2	New York	22	15	.595	1.5
Houston	21	17	.553	4.5	Atlanta	19	17	.528	4
Dallas	17	22	.436	9	Detroit	19	19	.500	5
Los Angeles	16	21	.432	9	Toronto	17	20	.459	6.5
Seattle	14	23	.378	11	Boston	16	21	.432	7.5
Chicago	13	24	.351	12	Baltimore	16	23	.410	8.5

Standings prior to the games of May 8, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Diego	18	12	.600	—	Pittsburgh	19	12	.613	—
Denver	18	14	.563	1	Washington	19	12	.613	—
St. Louis	18	14	.563	1	Philadelphia	18	14	.563	1.5
Chicago	15	15	.500	3	New York	17	15	.531	2.5
Los Angeles	13	18	.419	5.5	Brooklyn	14	17	.452	5
Milwaukee	12	18	.400	6	Cleveland	14	17	.452	5
Kansas City	11	20	.355	7.5	Cincinnati	12	20	.375	7.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	20	11	.645	—	Montreal	21	11	.656	—
Twin Cities	19	12	.613	1	Atlanta	19	11	.633	1
Houston	16	15	.516	4	New York	19	12	.613	1.5
Seattle	14	17	.452	6	Detroit	15	16	.484	5.5
Chicago	12	18	.400	7.5	Toronto	14	17	.452	6.5
Dallas	13	20	.394	8	Boston	12	19	.387	8.5
Los Angeles	12	19	.387	8	Baltimore	12	20	.375	9

Standings prior to the games of May 1, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	16	9	.640	—	Pittsburgh	15	10	.600	—
St. Louis	15	10	.600	1	Washington	15	10	.600	—
San Diego	13	11	.542	2.5	New York	14	12	.538	1.5
Kansas City	11	14	.440	5	Philadelphia	14	12	.538	1.5
Los Angeles	11	14	.440	5	Cincinnati	11	14	.440	4
Chicago	10	14	.417	5.5	Cleveland	11	14	.440	4
Milwaukee	10	14	.417	5.5	Brooklyn	8	16	.333	6.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	17	8	.680	—	Atlanta	17	7	.708	—
Twin Cities	15	10	.600	2	Montreal	16	9	.640	1.5
Houston	14	11	.560	3	New York	15	10	.600	2.5
Seattle	11	13	.458	5.5	Toronto	12	12	.500	5
Dallas	10	16	.385	7.5	Detroit	11	14	.440	6.5
Los Angeles	9	16	.360	8	Baltimore	11	15	.423	7
Chicago	8	16	.333	8.5	Boston	8	17	.320	9.5

Standings prior to the games of April 24, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	13	6	.684	—	Philadelphia	12	7	.632	—
San Diego	10	8	.556	2.5	Washington	12	7	.632	—
Kansas City	9	10	.474	4	Pittsburgh	11	8	.579	1
St. Louis	9	10	.474	4	Cleveland	9	10	.474	3
Chicago	8	10	.444	4.5	New York	9	10	.474	3
Los Angeles	8	11	.421	5	Cincinnati	8	11	.421	4
Milwaukee	7	11	.389	5.5	Brooklyn	6	12	.333	5.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	14	5	.737	—	Atlanta	13	8	.722	—
Twin Cities	12	7	.632	2	Montreal	12	7	.632	1.5
Seattle	9	9	.500	4.5	New York	10	9	.526	3.5
Houston	9	10	.474	5	Detroit	9	9	.500	4
Chicago	7	11	.389	6.5	Toronto	9	9	.500	4
Los Angeles	7	12	.368	7	Baltimore	8	11	.421	5.5
Dallas	7	13	.350	7.5	Boston	5	14	.263	8.5

Standings prior to the games of April 17, 1972

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	10	3	.769	—	Pittsburgh	7	5	.583	—
Kansas City	6	6	.500	3.5	Washington	7	5	.583	—
San Diego	6	6	.500	3.5	New York	7	6	.538	.5
St. Louis	6	6	.500	3.5	Cincinnati	6	6	.500	1
Los Angeles	6	7	.462	4	Cleveland	6	6	.500	1
Milwaukee	5	7	.417	4.5	Philadelphia	6	7	.462	1.5
Chicago	4	8	.333	5.5	Brooklyn	4	8	.333	3

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Twin Cities	8	4	.667	—	Montreal	9	4	.692	—
San Francisco	7	5	.583	1	Toronto	8	4	.667	.5
Los Angeles	6	6	.500	2	Atlanta	7	5	.583	1.5
Dallas	5	7	.417	3	Baltimore	7	6	.538	2
Houston	5	7	.417	3	Detroit	5	7	.417	3.5
Seattle	5	7	.417	3	Boston	5	8	.385	4
Chicago	4	8	.333	4	New York	5	8	.385	4

Standings prior to the games of April 10, 1972

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

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

◀ 1971 weekly standings