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.

1966 Season

Standings prior to the games of July 25, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	65	32	.670	—	Cleveland	63	33	.656	—
Los Angeles	55	39	.585	8.5	Pittsburgh	60	38	.612	4
Denver	47	50	.485	18	Washington	52	46	.531	12
St. Louis	47	50	.485	18	New York	47	50	.485	16.5
Milwaukee	46	50	.479	18.5	Cincinnati	45	53	.459	19
Chicago	41	55	.427	23.5	Brooklyn	43	53	.448	20
San Diego	24	72	.250	40.5	Philadelphia	41	55	.427	22

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	63	30	.677	—	New York	59	38	.608	—
Los Angeles	54	41	.568	10	Boston	55	41	.573	3.5
Seattle	48	47	.505	16	Baltimore	51	47	.520	8.5
Chicago	44	51	.463	20	Detroit	48	49	.495	11
Twin Cities	43	52	.453	21	Atlanta	42	53	.442	16
San Francisco	43	53	.448	21.5	Montreal	42	54	.438	16.5
Houston	43	54	.443	22	Toronto	37	62	.374	23

Standings prior to the games of July 18, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	60	30	.667	—	Cleveland	58	31	.652	—
Los Angeles	51	37	.580	8	Pittsburgh	55	36	.604	4
Denver	45	44	.506	14.5	Washington	50	41	.549	9
St. Louis	45	46	.495	15.5	New York	43	46	.483	15
Milwaukee	41	48	.461	18.5	Cincinnati	42	49	.462	17
Chicago	39	50	.438	20.5	Brooklyn	38	51	.427	20
San Diego	22	67	.247	37.5	Philadelphia	38	51	.427	20

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	58	28	.674	—	New York	56	34	.622	—
Los Angeles	49	39	.557	10	Boston	51	38	.573	4.5
Seattle	42	45	.483	16.5	Baltimore	48	43	.527	8.5
Chicago	41	47	.466	18	Detroit	46	45	.505	10.5
San Francisco	40	48	.455	19	Atlanta	39	48	.448	15.5
Houston	40	49	.449	19.5	Montreal	38	50	.432	17
Twin Cities	39	48	.448	19.5	Toronto	33	58	.363	23.5

Standings prior to the games of July 11, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	58	27	.682	—	Cleveland	55	30	.647	—
Los Angeles	48	34	.585	8.5	Pittsburgh	53	33	.616	2.5
Denver	44	40	.524	13.5	Washington	48	38	.558	7.5
St. Louis	41	45	.477	17.5	New York	41	44	.482	14
Milwaukee	36	47	.434	21	Cincinnati	41	46	.471	15
Chicago	35	48	.422	22	Philadelphia	36	48	.429	18.5
San Diego	22	61	.265	35	Brooklyn	34	51	.400	21

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	54	28	.659	—	New York	51	34	.600	—
Los Angeles	45	38	.542	9.5	Boston	47	37	.560	3.5
Seattle	41	42	.494	13.5	Baltimore	46	40	.535	5.5
Chicago	40	44	.476	15	Detroit	46	41	.529	6
Twin Cities	38	44	.463	16	Atlanta	38	44	.463	11.5
Houston	38	46	.452	17	Montreal	36	47	.434	14
San Francisco	38	46	.452	17	Toronto	29	56	.341	22

Standings prior to the games of July 4, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	52	26	.667	—	Cleveland	51	27	.654	—
Los Angeles	46	29	.613	4.5	Pittsburgh	46	32	.590	5
Denver	39	37	.513	12	Washington	43	36	.544	8.5
St. Louis	38	41	.481	14.5	New York	38	40	.487	13
Chicago	32	44	.421	19	Cincinnati	37	43	.463	15
Milwaukee	32	44	.421	19	Philadelphia	34	42	.447	16
San Diego	19	57	.250	32	Brooklyn	34	43	.442	16.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	50	25	.667	—	New York	47	31	.603	—
Los Angeles	41	34	.547	9	Baltimore	44	35	.557	3.5
Seattle	37	39	.487	13.5	Boston	42	35	.545	4.5
Chicago	35	42	.455	16	Detroit	43	37	.537	5
Houston	35	42	.455	16	Atlanta	36	40	.474	10
Twin Cities	34	41	.453	16	Montreal	34	42	.447	12
San Francisco	34	43	.442	17	Toronto	26	52	.333	21

Standings prior to the games of June 27, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	49	23	.681	—	Cleveland	45	27	.625	—
Los Angeles	43	26	.623	4.5	Pittsburgh	41	31	.569	4
Denver	35	35	.500	13	Washington	41	32	.562	4.5
St. Louis	36	37	.493	13.5	New York	36	36	.500	9
Chicago	30	40	.429	18	Brooklyn	33	38	.465	11.5
Milwaukee	30	40	.429	18	Cincinnati	34	40	.459	12
San Diego	15	55	.214	33	Philadelphia	31	39	.443	13

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	45	23	.662	—	New York	43	29	.597	—
Los Angeles	38	30	.559	7	Baltimore	40	32	.556	3
Seattle	36	34	.514	10	Detroit	41	33	.554	3
Twin Cities	32	37	.464	13.5	Boston	37	34	.521	5.5
Houston	32	39	.451	14.5	Atlanta	34	36	.486	8
San Francisco	32	39	.451	14.5	Montreal	30	39	.435	11.5
Chicago	30	41	.423	16.5	Toronto	24	48	.333	19

Standings prior to the games of June 20, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	44	21	.677	—	Cleveland	40	25	.615	—
Los Angeles	40	23	.635	3	Washington	37	28	.569	3
Denver	33	30	.524	10	Pittsburgh	36	29	.554	4
St. Louis	34	31	.523	10	New York	32	34	.485	8.5
Chicago	27	37	.422	16.5	Cincinnati	31	35	.470	9.5
Milwaukee	25	37	.403	17.5	Philadelphia	29	35	.453	10.5
San Diego	14	50	.219	29.5	Brooklyn	29	36	.446	11

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	39	22	.639	—	Detroit	40	27	.597	—
Los Angeles	35	27	.565	4.5	New York	39	27	.591	.5
Seattle	35	28	.556	5	Baltimore	35	29	.547	3.5
Houston	31	33	.484	9.5	Boston	34	31	.523	5
San Francisco	29	36	.446	12	Montreal	28	35	.444	10
Twin Cities	26	36	.419	13.5	Atlanta	27	35	.435	10.5
Chicago	27	38	.415	14	Toronto	22	43	.338	17

Standings prior to the games of June 13, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	40	19	.678	—	Cleveland	37	22	.627	—
Los Angeles	36	21	.632	3	Washington	36	23	.610	1
Denver	31	26	.544	8	Pittsburgh	32	27	.542	5
St. Louis	30	29	.508	10	Cincinnati	29	31	.483	8.5
Chicago	24	34	.414	15.5	New York	29	31	.483	8.5
Milwaukee	22	34	.393	16.5	Brooklyn	26	33	.441	11
San Diego	13	45	.224	26.5	Philadelphia	24	34	.414	12.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	36	19	.655	—	New York	36	23	.610	—
Los Angeles	31	25	.554	5.5	Detroit	36	24	.600	.5
Seattle	30	27	.526	7	Baltimore	31	27	.534	4.5
Houston	27	30	.474	10	Boston	30	28	.517	5.5
San Francisco	27	31	.466	10.5	Montreal	27	30	.474	8
Chicago	25	34	.424	13	Atlanta	24	32	.429	10.5
Twin Cities	22	34	.393	14.5	Toronto	20	38	.345	15.5

Standings prior to the games of June 6, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	37	15	.712	—	Washington	32	21	.604	—
Los Angeles	31	18	.633	4.5	Cleveland	31	21	.596	.5
Denver	26	23	.531	9.5	Pittsburgh	29	23	.558	2.5
St. Louis	25	27	.481	12	Cincinnati	26	26	.500	5.5
Chicago	21	30	.412	15.5	New York	25	27	.481	6.5
Milwaukee	20	30	.400	16	Brooklyn	25	28	.472	7
San Diego	12	39	.235	24.5	Philadelphia	20	32	.385	11.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	33	16	.673	—	New York	33	20	.623	—
Los Angeles	27	23	.540	6.5	Detroit	30	23	.566	3
Seattle	27	23	.540	6.5	Boston	28	23	.549	4
San Francisco	26	25	.510	8	Baltimore	28	24	.538	4.5
Houston	23	28	.451	11	Montreal	26	25	.510	6
Chicago	22	29	.431	12	Atlanta	21	29	.420	10.5
Twin Cities	16	34	.320	17.5	Toronto	17	35	.327	15.5

Standings prior to the games of May 30, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Kansas City	32	12	.727	—	Washington	28	18	.609	—
Los Angeles	28	14	.667	3	Cleveland	27	18	.600	.5
Denver	23	19	.548	8	New York	24	21	.533	3.5
St. Louis	20	25	.444	12.5	Pittsburgh	24	21	.533	3.5
Milwaukee	18	25	.419	13.5	Brooklyn	22	23	.489	5.5
Chicago	15	28	.349	16.5	Cincinnati	22	23	.489	5.5
San Diego	11	32	.256	20.5	Philadelphia	15	30	.333	12.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	26	16	.619	—	New York	27	18	.600	—
Los Angeles	26	17	.605	.5	Baltimore	26	19	.578	1
Seattle	23	19	.548	3	Detroit	26	19	.578	1
San Francisco	24	20	.545	3	Boston	25	19	.568	1.5
Houston	19	25	.432	8	Montreal	21	23	.477	5.5
Chicago	17	27	.386	10	Atlanta	15	28	.349	11
Twin Cities	16	27	.372	10.5	Toronto	15	29	.341	11.5

Standings prior to the games of May 23, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	25	11	.694	—	Cleveland	24	14	.632	—
Kansas City	26	12	.684	—	Washington	23	16	.590	1.5
Denver	19	17	.528	6	New York	20	18	.526	4
St. Louis	18	21	.462	8.5	Cincinnati	20	19	.513	4.5
Milwaukee	17	20	.459	8.5	Pittsburgh	19	19	.500	5
Chicago	13	24	.351	12.5	Brooklyn	18	21	.462	6.5
San Diego	10	27	.270	15.5	Philadelphia	13	26	.333	11.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	22	14	.611	—	Detroit	22	15	.595	—
Seattle	20	15	.571	1.5	New York	23	16	.590	—
Los Angeles	21	16	.568	1.5	Baltimore	22	16	.579	.5
San Francisco	20	17	.541	2.5	Montreal	20	16	.556	1.5
Houston	17	21	.447	6	Boston	19	18	.514	3
Twin Cities	15	22	.405	7.5	Atlanta	13	24	.351	9
Chicago	14	23	.378	8.5	Toronto	11	26	.297	11

Standings prior to the games of May 16, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	22	8	.733	—	Cleveland	19	12	.613	—
Kansas City	22	9	.710	.5	Washington	19	14	.576	1
Denver	18	12	.600	4	New York	17	15	.531	2.5
St. Louis	16	16	.500	7	Brooklyn	15	17	.469	4.5
Milwaukee	14	17	.452	8.5	Cincinnati	15	17	.469	4.5
Chicago	10	21	.323	12.5	Pittsburgh	15	17	.469	4.5
San Diego	7	24	.226	15.5	Philadelphia	11	21	.344	8.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	19	12	.613	—	Detroit	20	12	.625	—
Seattle	18	12	.600	.5	New York	18	14	.562	2
Dallas	16	14	.533	2.5	Montreal	16	14	.533	3
San Francisco	15	16	.484	4	Baltimore	17	15	.531	3
Houston	15	17	.469	4.5	Boston	15	16	.484	4.5
Twin Cities	14	17	.452	5	Atlanta	12	18	.400	7
Chicago	12	19	.387	7	Toronto	10	21	.323	9.5

Standings prior to the games of May 9, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	19	6	.760	—	Washington	16	10	.615	—
Kansas City	18	8	.692	1.5	Cleveland	15	10	.600	.5
Denver	16	8	.667	2.5	Brooklyn	13	12	.520	2.5
St. Louis	12	14	.462	7.5	New York	11	14	.440	4.5
Milwaukee	11	14	.440	8	Pittsburgh	11	14	.440	4.5
Chicago	9	16	.360	10	Cincinnati	10	15	.400	5.5
San Diego	6	19	.240	13	Philadelphia	9	16	.360	6.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	16	9	.640	—	Detroit	17	9	.654	—
Seattle	14	10	.583	1.5	Montreal	13	11	.542	3
Dallas	13	11	.542	2.5	Baltimore	14	12	.58	3
Houston	13	12	.520	3	New York	13	13	.500	4
San Francisco	13	12	.520	3	Atlanta	10	14	.417	6
Twin Cities	11	14	.440	5	Boston	10	15	.400	6.5
Chicago	9	15	.375	6.5	Toronto	8	17	.320	8.5

Standings prior to the games of May 2, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	16	3	.842	—	Washington	14	5	.737	—
Kansas City	14	5	.737	2	Cleveland	12	7	.632	2
Denver	12	6	.667	3.5	Brooklyn	10	9	.526	4
Milwaukee	8	11	.421	8	Philadelphia	7	11	.389	6.5
St. Louis	8	12	.400	8.5	Pittsburgh	7	11	.389	6.5
Chicago	7	11	.389	8.5	Cincinnati	7	12	.368	7
San Diego	3	16	.158	13	New York	6	12	.333	7.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	13	6	.684	—	Detroit	12	7	.632	—
Seattle	11	7	.611	1.5	New York	10	9	.526	2
Houston	10	9	.526	3	Montreal	9	9	.500	2.5
San Francisco	10	9	.526	3	Baltimore	9	10	.474	3
Dallas	9	9	.500	3.5	Atlanta	8	10	.444	3.5
Twin Cities	7	12	.368	6	Toronto	8	10	.444	3.5
Chicago	6	12	.333	6.5	Boston	8	11	.421	4

Standings prior to the games of April 25, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	11	1	.917	—	Washington	10	3	.769	—
Kansas City	9	4	.692	2.5	Cleveland	8	5	.615	2
Denver	8	4	.667	3	Brooklyn	7	6	.538	3
Milwaukee	6	6	.500	5	Pittsburgh	6	6	.500	3.5
Chicago	5	7	.417	6	Cincinnati	6	7	.462	4
St. Louis	4	9	.308	7.5	New York	4	8	.333	5.5
San Diego	0	12	.000	11	Philadelphia	3	9	.250	6.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	9	3	.750	—	Detroit	8	5	.615	—
Seattle	9	3	.750	—	Baltimore	7	5	.583	.5
Dallas	6	6	.500	3	New York	7	6	.538	1
Houston	6	6	.500	3	Toronto	6	6	.500	1.5
San Francisco	6	6	.500	3	Atlanta	5	7	.417	2.5
Twin Cities	5	7	.417	4	Montreal	5	7	.417	2.5
Chicago	2	10	.167	7	Boston	4	8	.333	3.5

Standings prior to the games of April 18, 1966

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Los Angeles	5	1	.833	—	Brooklyn	5	1	.833	—
Milwaukee	4	2	.667	1	Washington	5	1	.833	—
Chicago	3	2	.600	1.5	Cincinnati	3	3	.500	2
Denver	3	2	.600	1.5	Cleveland	3	3	.500	2
Kansas City	3	3	.500	2	Pittsburgh	3	3	.500	2
St. Louis	2	4	.333	3	New York	2	4	.333	3
San Diego	0	6	.000	5	Philadelphia	0	6	.000	5

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

◀ 1965 weekly standings