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.

1971 Season

Standings prior to the games of July 26, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	61	41	.598	—	Philadelphia	63	38	.624	—
San Diego	54	50	.519	8	New York	54	46	.540	8.5
Chicago	52	49	.515	8.5	Pittsburgh	53	47	.530	9.5
Milwaukee	52	50	.510	9	Cincinnatix	51	50	.505	12
St. Louis	50	53	.485	11.5	Brooklyn	49	53	.480	14.5
Los Angeles	44	57	.436	16.5	Cleveland	45	58	.437	19
Kansas City	42	60	.412	19	Washington	43	61	.413	21.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	66	37	.641	—	Detroit	59	44	.573	—
San Francisco	62	39	.614	3	Montreal	58	44	.569	.5
Houston	57	46	.553	9	Atlanta	58	45	.563	1
Seattle	52	49	.515	13	New York	49	52	.485	9
Chicago	52	51	.505	14	Toronto	45	57	.441	13.5
Twin Cities	48	53	.475	17	Baltimore	38	66	.365	21.5
Los Angeles	38	63	.376	27	Boston	33	69	.324	25.5

Standings prior to the games of July 19, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	57	39	.594	—	Philadelphia	60	33	.645	—
Milwaukee	50	46	.521	7	New York	52	42	.553	8.5
Chicago	48	47	.505	8.5	Cincinnati	48	46	.511	12.5
San Diego	49	48	.505	8.5	Pittsburgh	48	46	.511	12.5
St. Louis	47	49	.490	10	Brooklyn	46	50	.479	15.5
Los Angeles	42	52	.447	14	Cleveland	41	56	.423	21
Kansas City	39	55	.415	17	Washington	40	58	.408	22.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	59	37	.615	—	Atlanta	55	40	.579	—
San Francisco	55	39	.585	3	Detroit	56	41	.577	—
Houston	56	40	.583	3	Montreal	52	42	.553	2.5
Seattle	49	46	.516	9.5	New York	45	49	.479	9.5
Chicago	49	48	.505	10.5	Toronto	42	54	.438	13.5
Twin Cities	47	48	.495	11.5	Baltimore	35	63	.357	21.5
Los Angeles	36	58	.383	22	Boston	32	63	.337	23

Standings prior to the games of July 12, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	52	37	.584	—	Philadelphia	55	31	.640	—
Chicago	45	43	.511	6.5	New York	49	38	.563	6.5
San Diego	46	44	.511	6.5	Pittsburgh	46	41	.529	9.5
Milwaukee	45	44	.506	7	Cincinnati	45	42	.517	10.5
St. Louis	43	46	.483	9	Brooklyn	43	46	.483	13.5
Los Angeles	39	48	.448	12	Washington	37	54	.407	20.5
Kansas City	37	50	.425	14	Cleveland	36	54	.400	21

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	55	33	.625	—	Montreal	49	37	.570	—
Houston	52	37	.584	3.5	Detroit	50	39	.562	.5
San Francisco	49	39	.557	6	Atlanta	49	39	.557	1
Seattle	45	42	.517	9.5	New York	45	42	.517	4.5
Chicago	44	44	.500	11	Toronto	42	47	.472	6.5
Twin Cities	44	45	.494	11.5	Boston	30	58	.341	20
Los Angeles	32	55	.368	22.5	Baltimore	31	60	.341	20.5

Standings prior to the games of July 5, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	52	33	.612	—	Philadelphia	53	29	.646	—
San Diego	44	41	.518	8	New York	48	34	.585	5
Chicago	43	41	.512	8.5	Cincinnati	43	40	.518	10.5
Milwaukee	40	44	.476	11.5	Pittsburgh	43	40	.518	10.5
St. Louis	40	45	.471	12	Brooklyn	40	45	.471	14.5
Los Angeles	38	45	.458	13	Cleveland	35	50	.412	19.5
Kansas City	35	49	.417	16.5	Washington	34	52	.395	21

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	54	30	.643	—	Montreal	46	36	.561	—
San Francisco	47	36	.566	6.5	Atlanta	47	37	.560	—
Houston	48	37	.565	6.5	Detroit	47	37	.560	—
Seattle	44	40	.524	10	New York	43	40	.518	3.5
Chicago	43	42	.506	11.5	Toronto	41	44	.482	6.5
Twin Cities	40	44	.476	14	Boston	28	56	.333	19
Los Angeles	32	51	.386	21.5	Baltimore	28	58	.326	20

Standings prior to the games of June 28, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	49	28	.636	—	Philadelphia	48	28	.632	—
Chicago	40	36	.526	8.5	New York	44	31	.587	3.5
San Diego	39	39	.500	10.5	Pittsburgh	40	36	.526	8
Milwaukee	38	40	.487	11.5	Cincinnati	38	38	.500	10
Kansas City	35	42	.455	14	Brooklyn	35	43	.449	14
St. Louis	35	42	.455	14	Cleveland	33	45	.423	16
Los Angeles	32	43	.427	16	Washington	32	47	.405	17.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	50	27	.649	—	Detroit	44	33	.577	—
Houston	45	33	.577	5.5	Atlanta	42	34	.553	1.5
San Francisco	42	34	.553	7.5	Montreal	42	34	.55.	1.5
Seattle	40	37	.519	10	New York	39	37	.513	4.5
Twin Cities	39	39	.500	11.5	Toronto	37	41	.474	7.5
Chicago	37	41	.474	13.5	Boston	26	50	.342	17.5
Los Angeles	31	45	.408	18.5	Baltimore	25	54	.316	20

Standings prior to the games of June 21, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	44	26	.629	—	Philadelphia	42	27	.609	—
Milwaukee	37	34	.521	7.5	New York	39	30	.565	3
San Diego	36	35	.507	8.5	Pittsburgh	38	31	.551	4
Chicago	35	35	.500	9	Cincinnati	36	33	.522	6
Kansas City	34	36	.486	10	Cleveland	32	38	.457	10.5
St. Louis	34	37	.479	10.5	Brooklyn	30	41	.423	13
Los Angeles	28	41	.406	15.5	Washington	25	46	.352	18

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	45	25	.643	—	Detroit	40	31	.563	—
San Francisco	40	29	.580	4.5	Atlanta	39	31	.557	.5
Houston	40	30	.571	5	Montreal	38	31	.551	1
Twin Cities	37	34	.521	8.5	New York	35	35	.500	4.5
Seattle	36	34	.514	9	Toronto	31	40	.437	9
Chicago	33	38	.465	12.5	Boston	25	44	.362	14
Los Angeles	28	41	.406	16.5	Baltimore	24	48	.333	16.5

Standings prior to the games of June 14, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	40	24	.625	—	New York	38	25	.603	—
Milwaukee	35	28	.556	4.5	Philadelphia	38	25	.603	—
Kansas City	31	32	.492	8.5	Pittsburgh	36	27	.571	2
Chicago	30	32	.484	9	Cincinnati	31	32	.492	7
San Diego	31	34	.477	9.5	Cleveland	29	35	.453	9.5
St. Louis	30	34	.469	10	Brooklyn	28	37	.431	11
Los Angeles	24	39	.381	15.5	Washington	24	41	.369	15

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	39	23	.629	—	Detroit	37	26	.587	—
Dallas	39	25	.609	1	Atlanta	35	29	.547	2.5
San Francisco	37	26	.587	2.5	Montreal	31	31	.500	5.5
Seattle	33	29	.532	6	New York	31	33	.484	6.5
Twin Cities	33	32	.508	7.5	Toronto	29	35	.453	8.5
Chicago	30	35	.462	10.5	Boston	23	40	.365	14
Los Angeles	25	38	.397	14.5	Baltimore	23	43	.348	15.5

Standings prior to the games of June 7, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	35	22	.614	—	New York	35	22	.614	—
Milwaukee	32	25	.561	3	Philadelphia	35	22	.614	—
Kansas City	29	28	.509	6	Pittsburgh	34	23	.596	1
San Diego	28	30	.483	7.5	Cincinnati	27	30	.474	8
Chicago	27	29	.482	7.5	Cleveland	27	31	.466	8.5
St. Louis	25	32	.439	10	Brooklyn	24	35	.407	12
Los Angeles	22	34	.393	12.5	Washington	21	38	.356	15

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	36	21	.632	—	Detroit	33	23	.589	—
Dallas	35	21	.625	.5	Atlanta	33	25	.569	1
Seattle	32	24	.571	3.5	New York	28	30	.483	6
San Francisco	32	25	.561	4	Montreal	27	29	.482	6
Twin Cities	30	29	.508	7	Toronto	27	31	.466	7
Chicago	26	32	.448	10.5	Boston	21	35	.375	12
Los Angeles	22	35	.386	14	Baltimore	19	41	.317	16

Standings prior to the games of May 31, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	29	22	.569	—	New York	30	20	.600	—
Milwaukee	28	22	.560	.5	Philadelphia	28	22	.560	2
Chicago	26	23	.531	2	Pittsburgh	28	22	.560	2
Kansas City	25	25	.500	3.5	Cincinnati	27	24	.529	3.5
St. Louis	24	26	.480	4.5	Cleveland	25	26	.490	5.5
San Diego	23	28	.451	6	Brooklyn	23	29	.442	8
Los Angeles	19	30	.388	9	Washington	18	34	.346	13

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	32	17	.653	—	Atlanta	30	21	.588	—
Houston	31	19	.620	1.5	Detroit	29	21	.580	.5
Seattle	30	20	.600	2.5	Montreal	23	27	.460	6.5
San Francisco	27	23	.540	5.5	New York	23	28	.451	7
Twin Cities	27	24	.529	6	Toronto	22	28	.440	7.5
Chicago	25	26	.490	8	Boston	19	31	.380	10.5
Los Angeles	18	31	.367	14	Baltimore	16	36	.308	14.5

Standings prior to the games of May 24, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	25	19	.568	—	New York	26	18	.591	—
Milwaukee	24	20	.545	1	Philadelphia	26	18	.591	—
Kansas City	23	21	.523	2	Pittsburgh	24	19	.558	1.5
Chicago	22	21	.512	2.5	Cincinnati	24	20	.545	2
St. Louis	22	22	.500	3	Cleveland	21	23	.477	5
San Diego	20	24	.455	5	Brooklyn	18	26	.409	8
Los Angeles	17	26	.395	7.5	Washington	15	30	.333	11.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	28	16	.636	—	Atlanta	26	18	.591	—
Dallas	27	16	.628	.5	Detroit	24	19	.558	.5
San Francisco	25	18	.581	2.5	Montreal	21	23	.477	5
Seattle	25	18	.581	2.5	New York	21	23	.477	5
Twin Cities	25	20	.556	3.5	Toronto	18	25	.419	7.5
Chicago	20	25	.444	8.5	Boston	16	27	.372	9.5
Los Angeles	16	27	.372	11.5	Baltimore	14	31	.311	12.5

Standings prior to the games of May 17, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	21	16	.568	—	New York	23	15	.605	—
Kansas City	20	17	.541	1	Philadelphia	22	16	.579	1
Milwaukee	19	18	.514	2	Cincinnati	21	17	.553	2
San Diego	19	18	.514	2	Pittsburgh	20	17	.541	2.5
St. Louis	19	19	.500	2.5	Cleveland	20	18	.526	3
Chicago	17	20	.459	4	Brooklyn	15	22	.405	7.5
Los Angeles	15	22	.405	6	Washington	11	27	.289	12

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	24	13	.649	—	Atlanta	23	15	.605	—
Houston	24	13	.649	—	Detroit	22	15	.595	.5
Seattle	22	14	.611	1.5	Montreal	19	18	.514	3.5
Twin Cities	21	17	.553	3.5	New York	17	20	.459	5.5
San Francisco	20	17	.541	4	Toronto	16	21	.432	6.5
Chicago	17	21	.447	7.5	Boston	13	23	.361	9
Los Angeles	13	24	.351	11	Baltimore	9	29	.237	14

Standings prior to the games of May 10, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	18	14	.563	—	New York	20	12	.625	—
Kansas City	17	14	.548	.5	Cincinnati	17	14	.548	2.5
Milwaukee	16	16	.500	2	Philadelphia	17	14	.548	2.5
San Diego	15	15	.500	2	Pittsburgh	17	14	.548	2.5
Chicago	15	16	.484	2.5	Cleveland	16	16	.500	4
St. Louis	14	17	.452	3.5	Brooklyn	14	17	.452	5.5
Los Angeles	13	18	.419	4.5	Washington	10	22	.313	10

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	20	11	.645	—	Atlanta	19	13	.594	—
Houston	19	12	.613	1	Detroit	17	14	.548	1.5
Seattle	18	12	.600	1.5	New York	17	14	.548	1.5
Twin Cities	19	13	.594	1.5	Montreal	15	16	.484	3.5
San Francisco	18	13	.581	2	Toronto	11	20	.355	7.5
Chicago	15	17	.469	5.5	Boston	10	20	.333	8
Los Angeles	12	19	.387	8	Baltimore	8	24	.250	11

Standings prior to the games of May 3, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	14	11	.560	—	New York	18	8	.692	—
Milwaukee	13	12	.520	1	Pittsburgh	15	10	.600	2.5
Denver	12	13	.480	2	Cincinnati	14	11	.560	3.5
Kansas City	12	13	.480	2	Cleveland	13	12	.520	4.5
Los Angeles	12	13	.480	2	Philadelphia	12	13	.480	5.5
San Diego	11	13	.458	2.5	Brooklyn	11	14	.440	6.5
St. Louis	10	15	.400	4	Washington	8	17	.320	9.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	18	7	.720	—	New York	15	10	.600	—
Seattle	14	9	.609	3	Montreal	14	10	.583	.5
Houston	15	10	.600	3	Detroit	13	12	.520	2
Twin Cities	15	10	.600	3	Atlanta	12	12	.500	2.5
San Francisco	13	12	.520	5	Toronto	10	15	.400	5
Chicago	11	15	.423	7.5	Boston	7	17	.292	7.5
Los Angeles	9	16	.360	9	Baltimore	7	18	.280	8

Standings prior to the games of April 26, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	11	8	.579	—	New York	14	5	.737	—
Los Angeles	11	8	.579	—	Cleveland	10	8	.556	3.5
Denver	10	9	.526	1	Cincinnati	10	9	.526	4
San Diego	9	9	.500	1.5	Pittsburgh	10	9	.526	4
Milwaukee	9	10	.474	2	Brooklyn	9	10	.474	5
Kansas City	8	11	.421	3	Philadelphia	9	10	.474	5
St. Louis	7	12	.368	4	Washington	5	14	.263	9

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	11	6	.647	—	Montreal	13	6	.684	—
Dallas	11	7	.611	.5	New York	13	6	.684	—
Houston	11	8	.579	1	Atlanta	10	9	.526	3
Twin Cities	10	9	.526	2	Toronto	9	10	.474	4
Chicago	9	10	.474	3	Detroit	8	11	.421	5
San Francisco	9	10	.474	3	Boston	6	12	.333	6.5
Los Angeles	6	13	.316	6	Baltimore	5	14	.263	8

Standings prior to the games of April 19, 1971

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	8	5	.615	—	New York	10	3	.769	—
San Diego	7	5	.583	.5	Philadelphia	8	4	.667	1.5
Kansas City	7	6	.538	1	Cincinnati	7	6	.538	3
Denver	6	6	.500	1.5	Pittsburgh	6	7	.462	4
Los Angeles	6	6	.500	1.5	Cleveland	5	7	.417	4.5
Milwaukee	5	8	.385	3	Brooklyn	5	8	.385	5
St. Louis	5	8	.385	3	Washington	3	9	.250	6.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	8	4	.667	—	Montreal	10	2	.833	—
Seattle	7	4	.636	.5	New York	8	5	.615	2.5
Chicago	7	6	.538	1.5	Toronto	8	5	.615	2.5
Houston	7	6	.538	1.5	Detroit	6	7	.462	4.5
Twin Cities	7	6	.538	1.5	Atlanta	5	8	.385	5.5
San Francisco	5	7	.417	3	Boston	3	9	.250	7
Los Angeles	4	8	.333	4	Baltimore	2	10	.167	8

Standings prior to the games of April 12, 1971

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

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	4	1	.800	—	Montreal	5	1	.833	—
Seattle	3	2	.600	1	Detroit	4	2	.667	1
Chicago	3	3	.500	1.5	New York	4	2	.667	1
Los Angeles	3	3	.500	1.5	Toronto	3	3	.500	2
San Francisco	3	3	.500	1.5	Atlanta	2	4	.333	3
Twin Cities	3	3	.500	1.5	Baltimore	1	5	.367	4
Houston	2	4	.333	2.5	Boston	1	5	.167	4

◀ 1970 weekly standings