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.

1973 Season

Standings prior to the games of July 16, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	58	36	.617	—	Pittsburgh	56	40	.583	—
San Diego	53	40	.570	4.5	New York	53	40	.570	1.5
St. Louis	49	44	.527	8.5	Brooklyn	51	43	.543	4
Milwaukee	48	46	.511	10	Philadelphia	51	45	.531	5
Chicago	44	50	.468	14	Cleveland	48	48	.500	8
Los Angeles	41	52	.441	16.5	Washington	39	54	.419	15.5
Kansas City	40	56	.417	19	Cincinnati	30	67	.309	26.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	58	37	.611	—	Detroit	56	39	.589	—
Houston	51	43	.543	6.5	New York	55	41	.573	1.5
Dallas	50	46	.521	8.5	Montreal	51	44	.537	5
Seattle	48	45	.516	9	Atlanta	46	47	.495	9
Los Angeles	46	50	.479	12.5	Baltimore	42	51	.452	13
Twin Cities	42	54	.438	16.5	Boston	42	54	.438	14.5
Chicago	37	59	.385	21.5	Toronto	41	55	.427	15.5

Standings prior to the games of July 9, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	55	35	.611	—	Pittsburgh	53	39	.576	—
San Diego	52	37	.584	2.5	New York	50	39	.562	1.5
St. Louis	46	43	.517	8.5	Brooklyn	50	40	.556	2
Milwaukee	45	44	.506	9.5	Philadelphia	50	41	.549	2.5
Chicago	42	48	.467	13	Cleveland	45	46	.495	7.5
Los Angeles	40	49	.449	14.5	Washington	36	53	.404	15.5
Kansas City	38	53	.418	17.5	Cincinnati	29	64	.312	24.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	56	35	.615	—	New York	54	38	.587	—
Dallas	48	43	.527	8	Detroit	53	38	.582	.5
Seattle	46	42	.523	8.5	Montreal	50	41	.549	3.5
Houston	47	42	.523	8.5	Atlanta	43	46	.483	9.5
Los Angeles	44	48	.478	12.5	Baltimore	41	48	.461	11.5
Twin Cities	40	52	.435	16.5	Boston	41	51	.446	13
Chicago	35	57	.380	21.5	Toronto	38	54	.413	16

Standings prior to the games of July 2, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	51	32	.614	—	Philadelphia	48	36	.571	—
San Diego	48	35	.578	3	Pittsburgh	48	37	.565	.5
St. Louis	42	39	.519	8	New York	46	36	.561	1
Milwaukee	43	40	.518	8	Brooklyn	46	37	.554	1.5
Chicago	38	44	.463	12.5	Cleveland	40	44	.476	8
Los Angeles	37	46	.446	14	Washington	33	49	.402	14
Kansas City	37	47	.440	14.5	Cincinnati	25	60	.294	23.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	53	31	.631	—	Detroit	50	34	.595	—
Dallas	45	39	.536	8	New York	50	35	.588	.5
Seattle	42	38	.525	9	Montreal	46	38	.548	4
Houston	43	39	.524	9	Atlanta	38	44	.463	11
Los Angeles	41	43	.488	12	Boston	39	46	.459	11.5
Twin Cities	36	49	.424	17.5	Baltimore	36	47	.434	13.5
Chicago	32	53	.376	21.5	Toronto	35	50	.412	15.5

Standings prior to the games of June 25, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	50	26	.658	—	Pittsburgh	46	33	.582	—
San Diego	42	32	.568	7	New York	43	33	.566	1.5
St. Louis	39	36	.520	10.5	Philadelphia	44	34	.558	2
Milwaukee	37	38	.493	12.5	Brooklyn	43	34	.558	2
Kansas City	35	41	.461	15	Cleveland	37	41	.474	8.5
Chicago	34	42	.447	16	Washington	30	46	.395	14.5
Los Angeles	34	43	.442	16.5	Cincinnati	22	57	.278	24

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	49	28	.636	—	Detroit	46	31	.597	—
Dallas	42	35	.535	7	New York	44	34	.564	2.5
Houston	41	35	.539	7.5	Montreal	41	35	.539	4.5
Seattle	37	37	.500	10.5	Boston	37	41	.474	9.5
Los Angeles	37	41	.474	12.5	Atlanta	34	41	.453	11
Twin Cities	33	46	.418	17	Baltimore	34	42	.447	11.5
Chicago	31	48	.392	19	Toronto	33	45	.423	13.5

Standings prior to the games of June 18, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	46	23	.667	—	Brooklyn	41	28	.594	—
San Diego	39	29	.574	6.5	Pittsburgh	41	31	.569	1.5
St. Louis	36	32	.529	9.5	Philadelphia	40	31	.563	2
Milwaukee	34	35	.493	12	New York	37	32	.536	4
Kansas City	33	36	.478	13	Cleveland	36	35	.507	6
Los Angeles	31	39	.443	15.5	Washington	26	43	.377	15
Chicago	30	40	.429	16.5	Cincinnati	18	54	.250	24.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	45	25	.643	—	Detroit	43	28	.606	—
Dallas	38	33	.535	7.5	New York	42	30	.583	1.5
Houston	36	34	.514	9	Montreal	38	32	.543	4.5
Seattle	33	34	.493	10.5	Baltimore	33	37	.471	9.5
Los Angeles	33	38	.465	12.5	Boston	33	38	.465	10
Twin Cities	31	41	.431	15	Atlanta	30	39	.435	12
Chicago	29	44	.397	17.5	Toronto	30	41	.423	13

Standings prior to the games of June 11, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	42	21	.667	—	Brooklyn	38	25	.606	—
San Diego	35	27	.565	6.5	Pittsburgh	38	28	.576	1.5
St. Louis	32	30	.516	9.5	Philadelphia	36	29	.554	3
Milwaukee	31	30	.508	10	New York	34	29	.540	4
Kansas City	31	32	.492	11	Cleveland	32	32	.500	6.5
Chicago	27	36	.429	15	Washington	23	39	.371	14.5
Los Angeles	27	36	.429	15	Cincinnati	17	49	.258	22.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	41	23	.641	—	Detroit	41	24	.631	—
Dallas	37	27	.578	4	New York	38	26	.594	2.5
Houston	34	30	.531	7	Montreal	34	30	.531	6.5
Seattle	29	32	.475	10.5	Baltimore	30	34	.469	10.5
Los Angeles	29	34	.460	11.5	Boston	29	36	.446	12
Twin Cities	26	38	.406	15	Atlanta	27	35	.435	12.5
Chicago	26	40	.394	16	Toronto	26	38	.406	14.5

Standings prior to the games of June 4, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	38	19	.667	—	Brooklyn	35	22	.614	—
San Diego	32	24	.571	5.5	Pittsburgh	35	23	.603	.5
Milwaukee	28	28	.500	9.5	Philadelphia	33	25	.569	2.5
St. Louis	28	28	.590	9.5	New York	31	26	.544	4
Kansas City	27	29	.482	10.5	Cleveland	26	31	.456	9
Chicago	25	32	.439	13	Washington	22	35	.386	13
Los Angeles	23	33	.411	14.5	Cincinnati	16	44	.267	20.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	37	21	.638	—	Detroit	36	22	.621	—
Houston	33	25	.569	4	New York	35	22	.614	.5
Dallas	32	26	.552	5	Montreal	28	29	.491	7.5
Seattle	27	28	.491	8.5	Baltimore	27	30	.474	8.5
Los Angeles	26	31	.456	10.5	Boston	27	31	.466	9
Chicago	25	35	.417	13	Atlanta	24	30	.444	10
Twin Cities	22	36	.379	15	Toronto	22	35	.386	13.5

Standings prior to the games of May 28, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	35	16	.686	—	Brooklyn	31	19	.620	—
San Diego	28	22	.560	6.5	Pittsburgh	29	21	.580	2
Kansas City	25	24	.510	9	New York	28	22	.560	3
St. Louis	25	24	.510	9	Philadelphia	27	24	.529	4.5
Milwaukee	24	25	.490	10	Cleveland	24	26	.480	7
Chicago	21	28	.429	13	Washington	18	33	.353	13.5
Los Angeles	20	29	.408	14	Cincinnati	15	37	.288	17

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	33	17	.660	—	Detroit	32	19	.627	—
Houston	28	23	.549	5.5	New York	31	20	.608	1
Dallas	27	23	.540	6	Montreal	26	24	.520	5.5
Seattle	26	23	.540	6.5	Boston	24	27	.471	8
Los Angeles	22	27	.449	10.5	Baltimore	23	27	.460	8.5
Chicago	21	31	.404	13	Atlanta	21	27	.438	9.5
Twin Cities	19	32	.373	14.5	Toronto	19	32	.373	13

Standings prior to the games of May 21, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	30	14	.682	—	Brooklyn	27	17	.614	—
San Diego	26	19	.578	4.5	Philadelphia	26	19	.578	1.5
St. Louis	23	19	.548	6	Pittsburgh	25	19	.568	2
Kansas City	22	22	.500	8	New York	24	20	.545	3
Milwaukee	20	23	.465	9.5	Cleveland	20	24	.455	7
Los Angeles	19	24	.442	10.5	Washington	16	29	.356	11.5
Chicago	17	26	.395	12.5	Cincinnati	13	33	.283	15

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	30	14	.682	—	Detroit	29	15	.659	—
Houston	24	20	.545	6	New York	26	18	.591	3
Seattle	23	20	.535	6.5	Montreal	22	21	.512	6.5
Dallas	23	21	.523	7	Baltimore	20	23	.465	8.5
Los Angeles	19	24	.442	10.5	Boston	20	23	.465	8.5
Twin Cities	18	26	.409	12	Atlanta	19	23	.452	8.5
Chicago	18	28	.391	13	Toronto	14	29	.326	14.5

Standings prior to the games of May 14, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	25	13	.658	—	Brooklyn	24	14	.632	—
St. Louis	21	15	.583	3	New York	21	16	.568	2.5
San Diego	20	18	.526	5	Philadelphia	21	16	.568	2.5
Los Angeles	18	18	.500	6	Pittsburgh	20	17	.541	3.5
Milwaukee	18	19	.486	6.5	Cleveland	16	21	.432	7.5
Kansas City	17	21	.447	8	Washington	15	23	.395	9
Chicago	14	23	.378	10.5	Cincinnati	11	27	.289	13

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	25	12	.676	—	Detroit	24	14	.632	—
Dallas	21	17	.553	4.5	Montreal	21	16	.568	2.5
Houston	20	17	.541	5	New York	20	18	.526	4
Seattle	20	17	.541	5	Boston	18	19	.486	5.5
Twin Cities	16	21	.432	9	Atlanta	17	19	.472	6
Chicago	16	23	.410	10	Baltimore	16	21	.432	7.5
Los Angeles	15	22	.405	10	Toronto	12	25	.324	11.5

Standings prior to the games of May 7, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	22	10	.688	—	Philadelphia	20	11	.645	—
St. Louis	18	12	.600	3	Brooklyn	20	12	.625	.5
San Diego	17	14	.548	4.5	New York	17	14	.548	3
Los Angeles	14	16	.467	7	Pittsburgh	15	16	.484	5
Milwaukee	14	16	.467	7	Washington	13	19	.406	7.5
Kansas City	14	18	.438	8	Cleveland	12	19	.387	8
Chicago	12	19	.387	9.5	Cincinnati	10	22	.313	10.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	19	12	.613	—	Detroit	21	11	.656	—
San Francisco	19	12	.613	—	Atlanta	16	14	.533	4
Seattle	17	14	.548	2	Montreal	16	15	.516	4.5
Houston	15	16	.484	4	New York	16	15	.516	4.5
Twin Cities	14	17	.452	5	Boston	14	17	.452	6.5
Los Angeles	13	17	.433	5.5	Baltimore	13	18	.419	7.5
Chicago	12	21	.364	8	Toronto	12	18	.400	8

Standings prior to the games of April 30, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	18	7	.720	—	Brooklyn	18	8	.692	—
St. Louis	14	10	.583	3.5	Philadelphia	16	9	.640	1.5
Kansas City	12	13	.480	6	New York	14	10	.583	3
San Diego	12	13	.480	6	Cleveland	10	15	.400	7.5
Milwaukee	11	13	.458	6.5	Pittsburgh	10	15	.400	7.5
Chicago	11	14	.440	7	Washington	10	15	.400	7.5
Los Angeles	9	15	.375	8.5	Cincinnati	9	17	.346	9

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	16	9	.640	—	Detroit	18	7	.720	—
San Francisco	16	9	.640	—	Atlanta	13	11	.542	4.5
Seattle	13	11	.542	2.5	Montreal	12	13	.480	6
Houston	12	13	.480	4	Baltimore	11	13	.458	6.5
Twin Cities	11	14	.440	5	Boston	11	14	.440	7
Los Angeles	10	14	.417	5.5	New York	11	14	.440	7
Chicago	9	17	.346	7.5	Toronto	10	14	.417	7.5

Standings prior to the games of April 23, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	14	5	.737	—	Brooklyn	13	6	.684	—
St. Louis	11	7	.611	2.5	Philadelphia	12	7	.632	1
Chicago	9	10	.474	5	New York	9	9	.500	3.5
Kansas City	9	10	.474	5	Washington	9	10	.474	4
Los Angeles	8	10	.444	5.5	Cleveland	8	11	.421	5
Milwaukee	8	10	.444	5.5	Pittsburgh	8	11	.421	5
San Diego	7	12	.368	7	Cincinnati	6	13	.316	7

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Twin Cities	11	8	.579	—	Detroit	14	5	.737	—
Los Angeles	10	8	.556	.5	Atlanta	11	7	.611	2.5
Dallas	10	9	.526	1	New York	10	9	.526	4
San Francisco	10	9	.526	1	Baltimore	8	10	.444	5.5
Seattle	9	9	.500	1.5	Montreal	8	11	.421	6
Houston	8	11	.421	3	Toronto	7	11	.389	6.5
Chicago	8	12	.400	3.5	Boston	7	12	.368	7

Standings prior to the games of April 16, 1973

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	9	4	.692	—	Brooklyn	8	5	.615	—
St. Louis	8	4	.667	.5	New York	7	5	.583	.5
Chicago	6	6	.500	2.5	Philadelphia	7	5	.583	.5
Milwaukee	6	6	.500	2.5	Cleveland	6	6	.500	1.5
San Diego	6	7	.462	3	Washington	6	6	.500	1.5
Kansas City	4	8	.333	4.5	Pittsburgh	5	7	.417	2.5
Los Angeles	3	9	.250	5.5	Cincinnati	5	8	.385	3

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	7	5	.583	—	Atlanta	9	3	.750	—
San Francisco	7	5	.583	—	Detroit	9	4	.692	.5
Chicago	6	6	.500	1	Baltimore	6	6	.500	3
Los Angeles	6	6	.500	1	Montreal	6	7	.462	3.5
Seattle	6	6	.500	1	Toronto	5	7	.417	4
Twin Cities	6	6	.500	1	New York	5	8	.385	4.5
Houston	4	8	.333	3	Boston	4	9	.308	5.5

Standings prior to the games of April 9, 1973

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

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

◀ 1972 weekly standings