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.

1975 Season

Standings prior to the games of July 28, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	63	39	.618	—	Cleveland	62	38	.620	—
Kansas City	54	46	.540	8	Pittsburgh	59	43	.578	4
Chicago	53	49	.520	10	New York	56	46	.549	7
San Diego	53	50	.515	10.5	Brooklyn	49	53	.480	14
Los Angeles	49	53	.480	14	Cincinnati	46	58	.442	18
St. Louis	48	54	.471	15	Philadelphia	42	61	.408	21.5
Milwaukee	40	62	.392	23	Washington	39	61	.390	23

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	62	40	.608	—	Toronto	55	49	.529	—
Houston	60	41	.594	1.5	Detroit	52	47	.525	.5
Dallas	60	45	.571	3.5	Atlanta	53	50	.515	1.5
Seattle	56	45	.554	5.5	New York	51	49	.510	2
Twin Cities	46	56	.451	16	Baltimore	49	52	.485	4.5
Los Angeles	45	57	.441	17	Montreal	49	54	.476	5.5
Chicago	37	67	.356	26	Boston	39	62	.386	14.5

Standings prior to the games of July 21, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	62	34	.646	—	Cleveland	57	37	.606	—
Kansas City	52	42	.553	9	Pittsburgh	56	40	.583	2
Chicago	50	46	.521	12	New York	52	44	.542	6
San Diego	50	47	.515	12.5	Brooklyn	46	50	.479	12
Los Angeles	45	51	.469	17	Cincinnati	45	53	.459	14
St. Louis	44	52	.458	18	Philadelphia	39	58	.402	19.5
Milwaukee	37	59	.385	25	Washington	36	58	.383	21

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	59	37	.615	—	Detroit	50	42	.543	—
Houston	56	39	.589	2.5	Atlanta	51	46	.526	1.5
Dallas	56	42	.571	4	New York	49	45	.521	2
Seattle	51	44	.537	7.5	Toronto	49	48	.505	3.5
Twin Cities	43	52	.453	15.5	Baltimore	46	49	.484	5.5
Los Angeles	41	55	.427	18	Montreal	46	51	.474	6.5
Chicago	35	63	.357	25	Boston	38	57	.400	13.5

Standings prior to the games of July 14, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	58	31	.652	—	Cleveland	53	34	.609	—
Chicago	49	40	.551	9	Pittsburgh	52	37	.584	2
San Diego	48	42	.533	10.5	New York	46	43	.517	8
Kansas City	46	41	.529	11	Brooklyn	42	47	.472	12
Los Angeles	43	46	.483	15	Cincinnati	40	50	.444	14.5
St. Louis	40	49	.449	18	Philadelphia	35	54	.393	19
Milwaukee	36	53	.404	22	Washington	33	54	.379	20

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	55	34	.618	—	Detroit	45	40	.529	—
Houston	52	35	.598	2	Toronto	47	43	.522	.5
Dallas	52	39	.571	4	New York	45	42	.517	1
Seattle	48	40	.545	6.5	Atlanta	45	44	.506	2
Twin Cities	39	48	.448	15	Montreal	44	45	.494	3.5
Los Angeles	38	51	.427	17	Baltimore	42	46	.477	4.5
Chicago	32	59	.352	24	Boston	35	53	.398	11.5

Standings prior to the games of July 7, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	55	29	.655	—	Cleveland	50	32	.610	—
Chicago	46	38	.548	9	Pittsburgh	50	35	.588	1.5
San Diego	46	39	.541	9.5	New York	44	40	.524	7
Kansas City	41	41	.500	13	Brooklyn	39	46	.459	12.5
Los Angeles	40	44	.476	15	Cincinnati	37	49	.430	15
St. Louis	40	44	.476	15	Philadelphia	35	50	.412	16.5
Milwaukee	34	51	.400	21.5	Washington	32	51	.386	18.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	55	30	.647	—	Detroit	43	38	.531	—
Houston	50	33	.602	4	New York	43	40	.518	1
Dallas	48	38	.558	7.5	Toronto	44	42	.512	1.5
Seattle	45	38	.542	9	Montreal	42	43	.494	3
Twin Cities	38	45	.458	16	Baltimore	41	43	.488	3.5
Los Angeles	35	49	.417	19.5	Atlanta	41	44	.482	4
Chicago	30	56	.349	25.5	Boston	34	50	.405	10.5

Standings prior to the games of June 30, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	49	28	.636	—	Cleveland	45	31	.592	—
San Diego	43	34	.558	6	Pittsburgh	43	33	.571	1.5
Chicago	40	36	.526	8.5	New York	41	36	.532	4.5
Kansas City	38	36	.514	9.5	Brooklyn	37	40	.481	8.5
Los Angeles	37	39	.487	11.5	Cincinnati	33	45	.423	13
St. Louis	37	40	.481	12	Philadelphia	32	46	.410	14
Milwaukee	32	47	.405	18	Washington	29	46	.387	15.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	52	26	.667	—	Detroit	40	35	.533	—
Houston	47	30	.610	4.5	Toronto	40	38	.513	1.5
Dallas	45	34	.570	7.5	New York	39	37	.513	1.5
Seattle	43	33	.566	8	Montreal	38	40	.487	3.5
Twin Cities	35	41	.461	16	Baltimore	36	40	.474	4.5
Los Angeles	29	48	.377	22.5	Atlanta	36	41	.468	5
Chicago	28	51	.354	24.5	Boston	31	45	.408	9.5

Standings prior to the games of June 23, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	47	24	.662	—	Pittsburgh	42	29	.592	—
Chicago	39	31	.557	7.5	Cleveland	40	30	.571	1.5
San Diego	38	33	.535	9	New York	36	34	.514	5.5
Kansas City	36	32	.529	9.5	Brooklyn	35	36	.493	7
St. Louis	35	36	.493	12	Cincinnati	29	43	.403	13.5
Los Angeles	32	37	.464	14	Philadelphia	28	43	.394	14
Milwaukee	29	43	.403	18.5	Washington	27	42	.391	14

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	47	24	.662	—	Detroit	38	31	.551	—
Houston	44	27	.620	3	Montreal	37	34	.521	2
Dallas	41	31	.569	6.5	New York	35	34	.507	3
Seattle	38	32	.543	8.5	Toronto	36	36	.500	3.5
Twin Cities	34	36	.486	12.5	Baltimore	33	37	.471	5.5
Los Angeles	26	45	.366	21	Atlanta	33	38	.465	6
Chicago	26	47	.356	22	Boston	27	43	.396	11.5

Standings prior to the games of June 16, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	41	24	.631	—	Pittsburgh	38	26	.594	—
Chicago	39	25	.609	1.5	Cleveland	36	27	.571	1.5
San Diego	35	30	.538	6	Brooklyn	34	31	.523	4.5
Kansas City	32	30	.516	7.5	New York	32	32	.500	6
Los Angeles	30	33	.476	10	Cincinnati	26	38	.406	12
St. Louis	30	34	.469	10.5	Philadelphia	24	39	.381	13.5
Milwaukee	26	39	.400	15	Washington	24	39	.381	13.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	43	22	.662	—	Detroit	35	28	.556	—
Houston	39	25	.609	3.5	New York	34	29	.540	1
Dallas	38	27	.585	5	Montreal	33	31	.516	2.5
Seattle	34	29	.540	8	Toronto	33	33	.500	3.5
Twin Cities	30	33	.476	12	Atlanta	30	34	.469	5.5
Chicago	23	42	.354	20	Baltimore	30	34	.469	5.5
Los Angeles	22	43	.338	21	Boston	25	39	.391	10.5

Standings prior to the games of June 9, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	38	21	.644	—	Pittsburgh	35	23	.603	—
Chicago	35	22	.614	2	Cleveland	31	26	.544	3.5
San Diego	32	27	.542	6	Brooklyn	31	28	.525	4.5
Los Angeles	27	29	.482	9.5	New York	30	28	.517	5
St. Louis	27	30	.474	10	Philadelphia	24	33	.421	10.5
Kansas City	26	30	.464	10.5	Cincinnati	23	35	.397	12
Milwaukee	24	34	.414	13.5	Washington	20	37	.351	14.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	39	20	.661	—	Detroit	34	22	.607	—
Dallas	35	23	.603	3.5	New York	33	24	.579	1.5
Houston	35	23	.603	3.5	Montreal	30	28	.517	5
Seattle	31	26	.544	7	Toronto	27	32	.458	8.5
Twin Cities	26	30	.464	11.5	Atlanta	26	32	.448	9
Chicago	22	37	.373	17	Baltimore	24	34	.414	11
Los Angeles	21	38	.356	18	Boston	22	36	.379	13

Standings prior to the games of June 2, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	33	19	.635	—	Pittsburgh	32	20	.615	—
Chicago	31	20	.608	1.5	Brooklyn	28	23	.549	3.5
San Diego	29	24	.547	4.5	Cleveland	28	23	.549	3.5
Los Angeles	27	23	.540	5	New York	26	25	.510	5.5
Kansas City	23	27	.460	9	Philadelphia	20	30	.400	11
St. Louis	22	29	.431	10.5	Cincinnati	19	32	.373	12.5
Milwaukee	21	30	.412	11.5	Washington	18	32	.360	13

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	34	18	.654	—	Detroit	32	17	.653	—
Dallas	31	20	.608	2.5	New York	30	20	.600	2.5
Houston	31	21	.596	3	Montreal	25	26	.490	8
Seattle	27	24	.529	6.5	Toronto	25	28	.472	9
Twin Cities	23	27	.460	10	Atlanta	22	30	.423	11.5
Chicago	20	32	.385	14	Boston	21	29	.420	11.5
Los Angeles	18	34	.346	16	Baltimore	19	32	.373	14

Standings prior to the games of May 26, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	27	17	.614	—	Pittsburgh	27	17	.614	—
Chicago	26	18	.591	1	Brooklyn	24	20	.545	3
San Diego	26	19	.578	1.5	Cleveland	24	20	.545	3
Los Angeles	22	21	.512	4.5	New York	23	20	.535	3.5
St. Louis	21	23	.477	6	Cincinnati	16	27	.372	10.5
Kansas City	20	24	.455	7	Philadelphia	16	27	.372	10.5
Milwaukee	19	25	.432	8	Washington	15	28	.349	11.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	30	15	.667	—	Detroit	29	14	.674	—
Houston	27	17	.614	2.5	New York	25	18	.581	4
Dallas	27	18	.600	3	Montreal	23	21	.523	6.5
Seattle	24	21	.533	6	Toronto	22	23	.489	8
Twin Cities	19	25	.432	10.5	Baltimore	19	25	.432	10.5
Chicago	17	27	.386	12.5	Atlanta	16	28	.364	13.5
Los Angeles	16	29	.356	12.5	Boston	15	28	.349	14

Standings prior to the games of May 19, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	24	14	.632	—	Pittsburgh	24	14	.632	—
San Diego	24	15	.615	.5	Cleveland	21	17	.553	3
Denver	22	16	.579	2	Brooklyn	20	18	.526	4
Los Angeles	18	19	.486	5.5	New York	19	18	.514	4.5
Kansas City	17	21	.447	7	Cincinnati	14	23	.378	9.5
Milwaukee	17	21	.447	7	Philadelphia	14	23	.378	9.5
St. Louis	16	22	.421	8	Washington	14	23	.378	9.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	27	11	.711	—	Detroit	26	11	.703	—
Dallas	23	16	.590	4.5	New York	20	17	.541	6
Houston	22	16	.579	5	Montreal	20	18	.526	6.5
Seattle	19	19	.500	8	Toronto	20	18	.526	6.5
Twin Cities	17	21	.447	10	Baltimore	17	21	.447	9.5
Chicago	16	22	.421	11	Atlanta	13	24	.351	13
Los Angeles	13	26	.333	14.5	Boston	12	25	.324	14

Standings prior to the games of May 12, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	22	9	.710	—	Pittsburgh	20	11	.645	—
San Diego	20	13	.606	3	Cleveland	17	14	.548	3
Denver	18	14	.563	4.5	New York	17	14	.548	3
Los Angeles	16	15	.516	6	Brooklyn	14	17	.452	6
Kansas City	14	17	.452	8	Cincinnati	12	19	.387	8
Milwaukee	14	18	.438	8.5	Washington	11	19	.367	8.5
St. Louis	13	19	.406	9.5	Philadelphia	11	20	.355	9

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	23	9	.719	—	Detroit	21	10	.677	—
Houston	19	12	.613	3.5	New York	17	14	.548	4
Dallas	18	13	.581	4.5	Montreal	16	15	.516	5
Seattle	17	14	.548	5.5	Toronto	16	16	.500	5.5
Chicago	13	18	.419	9.5	Baltimore	13	18	.418	8
Los Angeles	12	20	.375	11	Atlanta	11	20	.355	10
Twin Cities	12	20	.375	11	Boston	11	20	.355	10

Standings prior to the games of May 5, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	17	8	.604	—	Pittsburgh	16	9	.640	—
Denver	16	9	.640	1	Cleveland	14	11	.560	2
San Diego	16	10	.615	1.5	New York	14	11	.560	2
Los Angeles	13	12	.520	4	Brooklyn	12	13	.480	4
Kansas City	12	13	.480	5	Washington	8	16	.333	7.5
St. Louis	12	13	.480	5	Cincinnati	8	17	.320	8
Milwaukee	10	15	.400	7	Philadelphia	7	18	.280	9

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	18	7	.720	—	Detroit	18	7	.720	—
Dallas	16	9	.640	2	Montreal	15	10	.600	3
Houston	14	11	.560	4	New York	14	11	.560	4
Seattle	14	11	.560	4	Toronto	12	13	.480	6
Twin Cities	10	15	.400	8	Atlanta	9	16	.360	9
Los Angeles	10	16	.385	8.5	Boston	9	16	.360	9
Chicago	8	17	.320	10	Baltimore	8	16	.333	9.5

Standings prior to the games of April 28, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	13	6	.684	—	Pittsburgh	14	5	.737	—
Denver	11	8	.579	2	New York	12	7	.632	2
San Diego	11	8	.579	2	Cleveland	11	8	.579	3
St. Louis	10	9	.526	3	Brooklyn	9	10	.474	5
Kansas City	9	10	.474	4	Cincinnati	8	11	.421	6
Los Angeles	8	11	.421	5	Washington	6	12	.333	7.5
Milwaukee	7	11	.389	5.5	Philadelphia	3	16	.158	11

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	13	6	.684	—	Detroit	15	4	.789	—
San Francisco	13	6	.684	—	Montreal	11	8	.579	4
Seattle	11	7	.611	1.5	New York	10	9	.526	5
Twin Cities	10	9	.526	3	Toronto	9	10	.474	6
Houston	9	10	.474	6	Boston	8	11	.421	7
Los Angeles	7	12	.368	6	Atlanta	7	12	.368	8
Chicago	5	14	.263	8	Baltimore	4	14	.222	10.5

Standings prior to the games of April 21, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	9	3	.750	—	Pittsburgh	10	3	.769	—
Los Angeles	8	5	.615	1.5	Cleveland	9	3	.750	—
St. Louis	7	5	.583	2	New York	8	5	.615	2
San Diego	6	7	.462	3.5	Cincinnati	6	6	.500	3.5
Denver	5	7	.417	4	Brooklyn	6	7	.462	4
Milwaukee	5	7	.417	4	Washington	3	9	.250	6.5
Kansas City	4	8	.333	5	Philadelphia	1	12	.077	9

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	8	4	.667	—	Detroit	9	3	.750	—
San Francisco	8	5	.615	.5	New York	8	4	.667	1
Seattle	7	5	.583	1	Montreal	8	5	.615	1.5
Twin Cities	7	6	.538	1.5	Toronto	7	6	.538	2.5
Houston	6	6	.500	2	Atlanta	4	8	.333	5
Los Angeles	6	7	.462	2.5	Baltimore	3	9	.250	6
Chicago	3	10	.231	5.5	Boston	3	9	.250	6

Standings prior to the games of April 14, 1975

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	4	2	.667	—	Cleveland	5	1	.833	—
San Diego	4	2	.667	—	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833	—
St. Louis	4	2	.667	—	Cincinnati	4	2	.667	1
Los Angeles	3	3	.500	1	New York	4	2	.667	1
Milwaukee	3	3	.500	1	Brooklyn	2	4	.333	3
Denver	2	4	.333	2	Philadelphia	1	5	.167	4
Kansas City	1	5	.167	3	Washington	0	6	.000	5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	5	1	.833	—	Montreal	5	1	.833	—
Seattle	5	1	.833	—	New York	5	1	.833	—
Los Angeles	3	3	.500	2	Detroit	4	2	.667	1
San Francisco	3	3	.500	2	Atlanta	2	4	.333	3
Twin Cities	3	3	.500	2	Baltimore	2	4	.333	3
Dallas	2	4	.333	3	Toronto	2	4	.333	3
Chicago	0	6	.000	5	Boston	1	5	.167	4

◀ 1974 weekly standings