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.

1970 Season

Standings prior to the games of July 27, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	60	43	.583	—	Cleveland	63	38	.624	—
Denver	57	45	.559	2.5	Philadelphia	57	43	.570	5.5
San Diego	55	48	.534	5	Brooklyn	51	50	.505	12
Milwaukee	54	48	.529	5.5	New York	51	50	.505	12
Los Angeles	43	59	.422	16.5	Pittsburgh	51	51	.500	12.5
St. Louis	42	60	.412	17.5	Cincinnati	52	53	.495	13
Kansas City	38	67	.362	23	Washington	42	61	.408	22

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	65	38	.631	—	Detroit	66	35	.653	—
Dallas	58	46	.558	7.5	Montreal	64	38	.627	2.5
San Francisco	55	48	.534	10	Atlanta	61	43	.587	6.5
Twin Cities	48	54	.471	16.5	Baltimore	52	50	.510	14.5
Seattle	46	54	.460	17.5	New York	51	51	.500	15.5
Los Angeles	38	62	.380	25.5	Boston	39	62	.386	27
Chicago	34	69	.330	31	Toronto	37	64	.366	29

Standings prior to the games of July 20, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	55	41	.573	—	Cleveland	60	35	.632	—
Denver	52	44	.542	3	Philadelphia	55	38	.591	4
Milwaukee	52	44	.542	3	Brooklyn	49	46	.516	11
San Diego	52	44	.542	3	New York	49	46	.516	11
St. Louis	39	56	.411	15.5	Pittsburgh	47	49	.490	13.5
Los Angeles	38	57	.400	16.5	Cincinnati	47	51	.480	14.5
Kansas City	35	62	.361	20.5	Washington	40	57	.412	21

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	61	35	.635	—	Montreal	61	33	.649	—
Dallas	54	43	.557	7.5	Detroit	60	34	.638	1
San Francisco	52	44	.542	9	Atlanta	58	39	.598	4.5
Seattle	44	50	.468	16	Baltimore	49	47	.510	13
Twin Cities	44	52	.458	17	New York	45	50	.474	16.5
Los Angeles	34	59	.366	25.5	Boston	37	57	.394	24
Chicago	33	64	.340	28.5	Toronto	35	60	.368	26.5

Standings prior to the games of July 13, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	53	36	.596	—	Cleveland	57	31	.648	—
Milwaukee	49	40	.551	4	Philadelphia	53	33	.616	3
Denver	48	41	.539	5	Brooklyn	45	43	.511	12
San Diego	46	43	.517	7	New York	45	43	.511	12
Los Angeles	36	52	.409	16.5	Pittsburgh	44	44	.500	13
St. Louis	36	52	.409	16.5	Cincinnati	42	48	.467	16
Kansas City	31	59	.344	22.5	Washington	35	55	.389	23

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	55	34	.618	—	Montreal	58	29	.697	—
Dallas	49	42	.538	7	Detroit	55	32	.632	3
San Francisco	47	42	.528	8	Atlanta	54	36	.600	5.5
Twin Cities	41	48	.461	14	Baltimore	45	44	.506	14
Seattle	40	48	.455	14.5	New York	42	46	.477	16.5
Chicago	33	57	.367	22.5	Toronto	35	53	.398	23.5
Los Angeles	31	55	.360	22.5	Boston	34	53	.391	24

Standings prior to the games of July 6, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	51	34	.600	—	Cleveland	55	29	.655	—
Milwaukee	48	37	.565	3	Philadelphia	49	32	.605	4.5
Denver	46	39	.541	5	Brooklyn	44	40	.524	11
San Diego	43	42	.506	8	New York	43	40	.518	11.5
St. Louis	35	49	.417	15.5	Pittsburgh	41	43	.488	14
Los Angeles	33	51	.393	17.5	Cincinnati	40	46	.465	16
Kansas City	30	56	.349	21.5	Washington	33	53	.384	23

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	51	34	.600	—	Montreal	57	26	.687	—
Dallas	46	41	.529	6	Detroit	51	31	.622	5.5
San Francisco	44	40	.524	6.5	Atlanta	50	35	.588	8
Seattle	38	46	.452	12.5	Baltimore	43	41	.512	14.5
Twin Cities	38	46	.452	12.5	New York	40	43	.482	17
Los Angeles	31	51	.378	18.5	Boston	34	49	.410	23
Chicago	32	54	.372	19.5	Toronto	33	51	.393	24.5

Standings prior to the games of June 29, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	46	32	.590	—	Cleveland	50	26	.658	—
Denver	43	34	.558	2.5	Philadelphia	46	29	.613	3.5
Milwaukee	44	35	.557	2.5	New York	42	34	.553	8
San Diego	38	40	.487	8	Pittsburgh	41	36	.532	9.5
Los Angeles	31	47	.397	15	Brooklyn	38	38	.500	12
St. Louis	30	47	.390	15.5	Cincinnati	36	43	.456	15.5
Kansas City	28	51	.354	18.5	Washington	29	50	.367	22.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	45	32	.584	—	Montreal	53	23	.697	—
Dallas	42	38	.525	4.5	Detroit	45	31	.592	8
San Francisco	38	38	.500	6.5	Atlanta	46	32	.590	8
Seattle	37	40	.481	8	Baltimore	42	36	.538	12
Twin Cities	37	41	.474	8.5	New York	37	38	.493	15.5
Los Angeles	28	47	.373	16	Boston	31	45	.408	22
Chicago	29	50	.367	17	Toronto	29	48	.377	24.5

Standings prior to the games of June 22, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	42	29	.592	—	Cleveland	46	24	.657	—
Denver	40	31	.563	2	Philadelphia	42	26	.618	3
Milwaukee	41	32	.562	2	Brooklyn	37	33	.529	9
San Diego	34	36	.486	7.5	New York	37	33	.529	9
Los Angeles	29	42	.408	13	Pittsburgh	37	34	.521	9.5
St. Louis	26	44	.371	15.5	Cincinnati	33	39	.458	14
Kansas City	25	47	.347	17.5	Washington	26	45	.366	20.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	40	31	.563	—	Montreal	51	18	.739	—
Dallas	39	32	.549	1	Atlanta	43	29	.597	9.5
Seattle	35	33	.515	3.5	Detroit	40	29	.580	11
San Francisco	33	36	.478	6	Baltimore	38	34	.528	14.5
Twin Cities	32	39	.451	8	New York	34	35	.493	17
Los Angeles	26	43	.377	13	Boston	29	41	.414	22.5
Chicago	25	48	.342	16	Toronto	27	44	.380	25

Standings prior to the games of June 15, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	39	25	.609	—	Cleveland	42	20	.677	—
Denver	35	29	.547	4	Philadelphia	38	24	.613	4
Milwaukee	34	31	.523	5.5	New York	35	29	.547	8
San Diego	32	32	.500	7	Brooklyn	33	31	.516	10
Los Angeles	27	38	.415	12.5	Pittsburgh	33	31	.516	10
St. Louis	26	37	.413	12.5	Cincinnati	29	36	.446	14.5
Kansas City	23	42	.354	16.5	Washington	22	43	.338	21.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	37	27	.578	—	Montreal	48	15	.762	—
Dallas	37	29	.561	1	Atlanta	39	27	.591	10.5
Seattle	32	31	.508	4.5	Detroit	37	26	.587	11
San Francisco	29	34	.460	7.5	Baltimore	35	31	.530	14.5
Twin Cities	28	36	.438	9	New York	32	31	.508	16
Los Angeles	23	40	.365	13.5	Boston	25	39	.391	23.5
Chicago	22	43	.338	15.5	Toronto	25	40	.385	24

Standings prior to the games of June 8, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	35	23	.603	—	Cleveland	37	19	.661	—
San Diego	32	26	.552	3	Philadelphia	36	20	.643	1
Milwaukee	31	28	.525	4.5	New York	34	24	.586	4
Denver	30	28	.517	5	Pittsburgh	29	28	.509	8.5
St. Louis	25	31	.446	9	Brooklyn	28	30	.483	10
Los Angeles	22	37	.373	13.5	Cincinnati	27	32	.458	11.5
Kansas City	19	39	.328	16	Washington	19	39	.328	19

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	35	23	.603	—	Montreal	43	13	.768	—
Dallas	32	27	.542	3.5	Detroit	33	22	.600	9.5
Seattle	28	29	.491	6.5	Atlanta	34	24	.586	10
San Francisco	27	30	.474	7.5	Baltimore	31	28	.525	13.5
Twin Cities	24	33	.421	10.5	New York	29	28	.509	14.5
Los Angeles	20	37	.351	14.5	Toronto	24	34	.414	20
Chicago	20	39	.339	15.5	Boston	22	35	.386	21.5

Standings prior to the games of June 1, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	32	19	.627	—	Cleveland	34	16	.680	—
San Diego	29	22	.569	3	Philadelphia	32	18	.640	—
Milwaukee	26	25	.510	6	New York	30	22	.577	5
Denver	26	26	.500	6.5	Brooklyn	26	26	.500	9
Los Angeles	21	30	.412	11	Cincinnati	26	27	.491	9.5
St. Louis	20	29	.408	11	Pittsburgh	25	26	.490	9.5
Kansas City	14	37	.275	18	Washington	17	35	.327	18

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	29	22	.569	—	Montreal	39	11	.780	—
Seattle	27	23	.540	1.5	Atlanta	31	21	.596	9
Dallas	26	26	.500	3.5	Detroit	29	20	.592	9.5
San Francisco	25	26	.490	4	Baltimore	29	24	.547	11.5
Twin Cities	23	29	.442	6.5	New York	24	27	.471	15.5
Los Angeles	19	32	.373	10	Toronto	22	30	.423	18
Chicago	17	36	.321	13	Boston	19	32	.373	20.5

Standings prior to the games of May 25, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	28	16	.636	—	Cleveland	29	14	.674	—
San Diego	26	18	.591	2	Philadelphia	29	14	.674	—
Milwaukee	22	22	.500	6	New York	26	18	.591	3.5
Denver	21	24	.467	7.5	Cincinnati	23	22	.511	7
St. Louis	19	24	.442	8.5	Brooklyn	21	23	.477	8.5
Los Angeles	18	26	.409	10	Pittsburgh	19	24	.442	10
Kansas City	11	33	.250	17	Washington	15	29	.341	14.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	27	17	.614	—	Montreal	34	10	.773	—
San Francisco	24	20	.545	3	Atlanta	27	18	.600	7.5
Seattle	21	22	.488	5.5	Detroit	25	17	.595	8
Dallas	21	24	.467	6.5	Baltimore	24	21	.533	10.5
Twin Cities	19	25	.432	8	New York	21	24	.467	13.5
Los Angeles	17	27	.386	10	Toronto	19	25	.432	15
Chicago	14	32	.304	14	Boston	16	27	.372	17.5

Standings prior to the games of May 18, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	24	13	.613	—	Cleveland	26	11	.703	—
San Diego	22	15	.595	2	Philadelphia	25	12	.676	1
Denver	18	20	.474	6.5	New York	25	13	.658	1.5
Milwaukee	16	21	.432	8	Brooklyn	20	18	.526	6.5
St. Louis	16	21	.432	8	Cincinnati	20	19	.513	7
Los Angeles	15	22	.405	9	Pittsburgh	15	22	.405	11
Kansas City	10	27	.270	14	Washington	10	28	.263	16.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	24	14	.632	—	Montreal	29	8	.784	—
San Francisco	20	18	.526	4	Detroit	23	13	.639	5.5
Seattle	19	18	.514	4.5	Atlanta	22	19	.579	7.5
Dallas	20	19	.516	4.5	New York	20	18	.526	9.5
Twin Cities	14	24	.368	10	Baltimore	19	20	.487	11
Los Angeles	13	25	.342	11	Toronto	15	22	.405	14
Chicago	13	27	.325	12	Boston	14	23	.378	15

Standings prior to the games of May 11, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	19	12	.613	—	Cleveland	20	10	.667	—
San Diego	17	14	.548	2	Philadelphia	20	10	.667	—
Denver	15	17	.469	4.5	New York	21	11	.656	—
Los Angeles	14	17	.452	5	Cincinnati	18	14	.563	3
Milwaukee	14	17	.452	5	Brooklyn	17	15	.531	4
St. Louis	12	19	.387	7	Pittsburgh	13	18	.419	7.5
Kansas City	9	22	.290	10	Washington	9	22	.290	11.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	21	10	.677	—	Montreal	25	6	.806	—
San Francisco	17	14	.548	4	Detroit	20	10	.667	4.5
Dallas	16	16	.500	5.5	Atlanta	18	14	.563	7.5
Seattle	14	16	.467	6.5	New York	17	15	.531	8.5
Los Angeles	12	19	.387	9	Baltimore	16	17	.485	10
Twin Cities	11	20	.355	11.5	Boston	11	20	.355	14
Chicago	10	22	.313	11.5	Toronto	11	20	.355	14

Standings prior to the games of May 4, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	16	9	.640	—	Cleveland	16	8	.667	—
San Diego	15	10	.600	1	Philadelphia	16	8	.667	—
Los Angeles	13	12	.520	3	New York	17	9	.654	—
Milwaukee	11	13	.458	4.5	Cincinnati	13	13	.500	4
Denver	11	14	.440	5	Brooklyn	12	14	.462	5
St. Louis	10	15	.400	6	Pittsburgh	9	16	.360	7.5
Kansas City	8	17	.320	8	Washington	8	17	.320	8.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	17	8	.680	—	Montreal	20	5	.800	—
San Francisco	15	10	.600	2	Detroit	16	8	.667	3.5
Dallas	12	14	.462	5.5	Atlanta	16	9	.640	4
Seattle	10	14	.417	6.5	New York	14	12	.538	6.5
Los Angeles	10	15	.400	7	Baltimore	13	13	.500	7.5
Twin Cities	9	16	.360	8	Boston	8	17	.320	12
Chicago	8	18	.308	9.5	Toronto	8	17	.320	12

Standings prior to the games of April 27, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	13	6	.684	—	Cleveland	13	5	.722	—
Los Angeles	11	8	.579	2	New York	13	6	.684	.5
San Diego	10	9	.526	3	Philadelphia	12	6	.667	1
St. Louis	9	10	.474	4	Cincinnati	10	9	.526	3.5
Milwaukee	7	11	.389	5.5	Brooklyn	9	10	.474	4.5
Denver	7	12	.368	6	Pittsburgh	7	12	.368	6.5
Kansas City	6	13	.316	7	Washington	4	14	.222	9

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	13	6	.684	—	Montreal	17	2	.895	—
San Francisco	13	6	.684	—	Detroit	15	3	.833	1.5
Dallas	9	10	.474	4	Atlanta	12	7	.632	5
Seattle	7	11	.389	5.5	New York	10	10	.500	7.5
Los Angeles	7	12	.368	6	Baltimore	9	11	.450	8.5
Twin Cities	6	13	.316	7	Boston	5	14	.263	12
Chicago	5	14	.263	8	Toronto	5	14	.263	12

Standings prior to the games of April 20, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	8	4	.667	—	Cleveland	9	3	.750	—
Los Angeles	7	5	.583	1	New York	9	4	.692	.5
Milwaukee	6	6	.500	2	Philadelphia	8	4	.667	1
San Diego	6	6	.500	2	Cincinnati	8	5	.615	1.5
Kansas City	6	7	.462	2.5	Brooklyn	5	8	.385	4.5
St. Louis	4	8	.333	4	Washington	4	8	.333	5
Denver	3	10	.231	5.5	Pittsburgh	4	9	.308	5.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	10	2	.833	—	Detroit	10	2	.833	—
Houston	10	3	.769	.5	Montreal	10	2	.833	—
Dallas	7	6	.538	3.5	Atlanta	10	3	.769	.5
Seattle	4	8	.333	6	Baltimore	5	7	.417	5
Los Angeles	3	9	.250	7	New York	5	8	.385	5.5
Chicago	3	10	.231	7.5	Boston	4	9	.308	6.5
Twin Cities	3	10	.231	7.5	Toronto	4	9	.308	6.5

Standings prior to the games of April 13, 1970

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	4	2	.667	—	New York	6	0	1.000	—
Los Angeles	4	2	.667	—	Cleveland	3	3	.500	3
Kansas City	3	3	.500	1	Philadelphia	3	3	.500	3
Milwaukee	3	3	.500	1	Pittsburgh	3	3	.500	3
Denver	2	4	.333	2	Washington	3	3	.500	3
San Diego	2	4	.333	2	Brooklyn	2	4	.333	4
St. Louis	2	4	.333	2	Cincinnati	2	4	.333	4

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

◀ 1969 weekly standings