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.

1976 Season

Standings prior to the games of July 12, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	56	32	.636	—	Cleveland	57	30	.655	—
Kansas City	50	39	.562	6.5	Pittsburgh	53	37	.589	5.5
San Diego	44	45	.494	12.5	New York	46	41	.529	11
Chicago	42	47	.472	14.5	Brooklyn	43	45	.489	14.5
Los Angeles	39	49	.443	17	Cincinnati	43	47	.478	15.5
St. Louis	39	49	.443	17	Washington	38	51	.427	20
Milwaukee	33	56	.371	23.5	Philadelphia	36	51	.414	21

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	54	35	.607	—	New York	54	33	.621	—
Los Angeles	49	39	.557	4.5	Baltimore	48	39	.552	6
San Francisco	47	42	.528	7	Detroit	48	40	.545	6.5
Dallas	46	43	.517	8	Montreal	43	46	.483	12
Twin Cities	40	49	.449	14	Toronto	41	48	.461	14
Seattle	37	51	.420	16.5	Atlanta	39	48	.448	15
Chicago	36	52	.409	17.5	Boston	36	53	.404	19

Standings prior to the games of July 5, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	53	31	.631	—	Cleveland	55	29	.655	—
Kansas City	47	38	.553	6.5	Pittsburgh	52	34	.605	4
San Diego	41	43	.488	12	New York	44	40	.524	11
Chicago	38	46	.452	15	Brooklyn	42	41	.506	12.5
Los Angeles	38	46	.452	15	Cincinnati	42	44	.488	14
St. Louis	38	46	.452	15	Washington	35	49	.417	20
Milwaukee	32	53	.376	21.5	Philadelphia	33	50	.398	21.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	51	34	.600	—	New York	51	32	.614	—
Los Angeles	46	37	.554	4	Baltimore	48	35	.578	3
San Francisco	44	41	.518	7	Detroit	47	37	.560	4.5
Dallas	43	42	.506	8	Montreal	41	44	.482	11
Twin Cities	39	46	.459	12	Toronto	39	45	.464	12.5
Chicago	35	48	.422	15	Atlanta	36	47	.434	15
Seattle	35	49	.417	15.5	Boston	33	51	.393	18.5

Standings prior to the games of June 28, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	48	28	.632	—	Cleveland	49	28	.636	—
Kansas City	44	34	.564	5	Pittsburgh	49	31	.613	1.5
San Diego	37	39	.487	11	New York	40	37	.519	9
Los Angeles	35	41	.461	13	Cincinnati	39	40	.494	11
Chicago	34	42	.447	14	Brooklyn	37	39	.487	11.5
St. Louis	33	44	.429	15.5	Philadelphia	33	43	.434	15.5
Milwaukee	28	49	.364	20.5	Washington	33	44	.429	16

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	48	30	.615	—	New York	46	29	.613	—
San Francisco	42	36	.538	6	Baltimore	44	32	.579	2.5
Los Angeles	40	35	.533	6.5	Detroit	42	34	.553	4.5
Dallas	40	38	.513	8	Montreal	37	40	.481	10
Twin Cities	37	40	.481	10.5	Atlanta	34	41	.453	12
Seattle	31	45	.408	16	Toronto	35	43	.449	12.5
Chicago	30	46	.395	17	Boston	30	47	.390	17

Standings prior to the games of June 21, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	44	26	.629	—	Cleveland	45	24	.652	—
Kansas City	40	32	.556	5	Pittsburgh	45	29	.608	2.5
San Diego	33	37	.471	11	New York	37	33	.529	8.5
Los Angeles	32	38	.457	12	Brooklyn	35	34	.507	10
St. Louis	32	39	.451	12.5	Cincinnati	36	36	.500	10.5
Chicago	31	39	.443	13	Washington	30	40	.429	15.5
Milwaukee	26	45	.366	18.5	Philadelphia	27	41	.397	17.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	45	27	.625	—	New York	42	27	.609	—
Los Angeles	37	32	.536	6.5	Baltimore	40	30	.571	2.5
Dallas	38	33	.535	6.5	Detroit	39	31	.557	3.5
San Francisco	37	33	.529	7	Montreal	35	36	.493	8
Twin Cities	33	37	.471	11	Atlanta	31	38	.449	11
Seattle	30	40	.429	14	Toronto	29	42	.408	14
Chicago	27	43	.386	17	Boston	28	42	.400	14.5

Standings prior to the games of June 14, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	40	23	.635	—	Cleveland	42	21	.667	—
Kansas City	36	28	.563	4.5	Pittsburgh	39	28	.582	5
San Diego	32	32	.500	8.5	Cincinnati	34	31	.523	9
Los Angeles	29	35	.453	11.5	Brooklyn	32	31	.523	9
St. Louis	29	35	.453	11.5	New York	32	32	.500	10.5
Chicago	28	36	.438	12.5	Philadelphia	26	36	.419	15.5
Milwaukee	23	42	.354	18	Washington	26	38	.406	16.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	39	26	.600	—	New York	40	23	.635	—
Los Angeles	34	29	.540	4	Baltimore	36	26	.581	3.5
San Francisco	33	31	.516	5.5	Detroit	32	30	.516	7.5
Dallas	32	33	.492	7	Montreal	32	32	.500	8.5
Twin Cities	31	33	.484	7.5	Atlanta	29	32	.475	10
Seattle	28	36	.438	10.5	Boston	26	38	.406	14.5
Chicago	26	37	.413	12	Toronto	26	38	.406	14.5

Standings prior to the games of June 7, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	36	20	.643	—	Cleveland	37	20	.649	—
Kansas City	32	25	.561	4.5	Pittsburgh	35	25	.583	3.5
San Diego	28	29	.491	8.5	Cincinnati	32	26	.552	5.5
Los Angeles	26	31	.456	10.5	Brooklyn	29	27	.518	7.5
St. Louis	26	32	.448	11	New York	27	30	.474	10
Chicago	25	31	.446	11	Philadelphia	23	33	.411	13.5
Milwaukee	21	36	.368	15.5	Washington	22	34	.393	14.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	37	22	.627	—	New York	37	20	.649	—
San Francisco	31	26	.544	5	Baltimore	31	25	.554	5.5
Twin Cities	31	26	.544	5	Montreal	29	29	.500	8.5
Los Angeles	29	27	.518	6.5	Atlanta	26	29	.473	10
Dallas	26	32	.448	10.5	Detroit	26	30	.464	10.5
Seattle	24	33	.421	12	Toronto	26	32	.448	11.5
Chicago	23	33	.411	12.5	Boston	23	35	.397	14.5

Standings prior to the games of May 31, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	30	19	.612	—	Cleveland	31	19	.620	—
Kansas City	29	21	.580	1.5	Cincinnati	30	21	.588	1.5
St. Louis	26	25	.510	5	Pittsburgh	29	23	.558	3
San Diego	25	25	.500	5.5	New York	26	24	.520	5
Chicago	24	26	.480	6.5	Brooklyn	25	25	.500	6
Los Angeles	21	29	.420	9.5	Washington	20	29	.408	10.5
Milwaukee	17	33	.340	13.5	Philadelphia	18	32	.360	13

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	33	19	.635	—	New York	34	16	.680	—
Los Angeles	27	22	.551	4.5	Baltimore	26	23	.531	7.5
San Francisco	27	24	.529	5.5	Atlanta	25	23	.521	8
Twin Cities	25	25	.500	7	Montreal	24	27	.471	10.5
Dallas	25	26	.490	7.5	Detroit	22	28	.440	12
Chicago	22	28	.440	10	Boston	20	31	.392	14.5
Seattle	22	29	.431	10.5	Toronto	20	31	.392	14.5

Standings prior to the games of May 24, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	26	17	.605	—	Cleveland	28	16	.636	—
Kansas City	24	20	.545	2.5	Cincinnati	27	18	.600	1.5
St. Louis	24	21	.533	3	Brooklyn	23	21	.523	5
Chicago	23	21	.523	3.5	Pittsburgh	24	22	.522	5
San Diego	20	24	.455	6.5	New York	21	22	.488	6.5
Los Angeles	18	26	.409	8.5	Washington	18	25	.419	9.5
Milwaukee	15	28	.349	11	Philadelphia	17	27	.386	11

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	30	16	.652	—	New York	30	13	.698	—
Los Angeles	23	20	.535	5.5	Atlanta	23	19	.548	6.5
San Francisco	24	21	.533	5.5	Baltimore	21	22	.488	9
Dallas	23	22	.511	6.5	Detroit	19	25	.432	11.5
Twin Cities	22	22	.500	7	Montreal	19	25	.432	11.5
Chicago	19	25	.432	10	Boston	18	26	.409	12.5
Seattle	19	26	.422	10.5	Toronto	18	26	.409	12.5

Standings prior to the games of May 17, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	22	15	.595	—	Cleveland	25	12	.676	—
St. Louis	21	17	.553	1.5	Cincinnati	23	15	.605	2.5
Chicago	20	17	.541	2	Pittsburgh	22	16	.579	3.5
Kansas City	18	18	.500	3.5	Brooklyn	21	16	.568	4
San Diego	16	21	.432	6	New York	15	21	.417	9.5
Milwaukee	14	21	.400	7	Washington	15	21	.417	9.5
Los Angeles	14	23	.378	8	Philadelphia	12	25	.324	13

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	25	14	.641	—	New York	27	10	.730	—
San Francisco	22	16	.579	2.5	Atlanta	21	15	.583	5.5
Twin Cities	21	17	.553	3.5	Baltimore	19	18	.514	8
Dallas	19	20	.487	6	Boston	15	22	.405	12
Los Angeles	18	19	.486	6	Detroit	14	23	.378	13
Chicago	18	20	.474	6.5	Toronto	14	23	.378	13
Seattle	16	22	.421	8.5	Montreal	14	24	.368	13.5

Standings prior to the games of May 10, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	18	12	.600	—	Cleveland	20	11	.645	—
Chicago	18	13	.581	.5	Brooklyn	18	13	.581	2
St. Louis	18	13	.581	.5	Cincinnati	18	14	.563	2.5
Kansas City	16	14	.533	2	Pittsburgh	15	15	.531	3.5
San Diego	15	16	.484	3.5	New York	14	17	.452	6
Los Angeles	13	18	.419	5.5	Washington	13	17	.433	6.5
Milwaukee	9	21	.300	9	Philadelphia	9	22	.290	11

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	20	12	.625	—	New York	24	7	.774	—
San Francisco	19	13	.594	1	Atlanta	19	11	.633	4.5
Twin Cities	16	16	.500	4	Baltimore	15	16	.484	9
Chicago	15	17	.469	5	Boston	14	17	.452	10
Seattle	14	16	.467	5	Toronto	14	17	.452	10
Los Angeles	14	17	.452	5.5	Detroit	11	20	.355	13
Dallas	13	19	.406	7	Montreal	11	21	.344	13.5

Standings prior to the games of May 3, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	15	10	.600	—	Cleveland	16	9	.640	—
Denver	14	10	.583	.5	Brooklyn	15	10	.600	—
Kansas City	14	10	.583	.5	Cincinnati	15	11	.577	1.5
St. Louis	14	11	.560	1	Pittsburgh	14	11	.560	2
San Diego	11	14	.440	4	New York	11	14	.440	5
Los Angeles	9	16	.360	6	Washington	10	14	.417	5.5
Milwaukee	8	16	.333	6.5	Philadelphia	7	17	.292	8.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	16	9	.640	—	New York	19	6	.760	—
San Francisco	14	11	.560	2	Atlanta	17	7	.708	1.5
Seattle	13	12	.520	3	Toronto	11	14	.440	8
Chicago	12	13	.480	4	Baltimore	10	14	.417	8.5
Twin Cities	12	13	.480	4	Montreal	10	14	.417	8.5
Los Angeles	11	14	.440	5	Boston	10	15	.400	9
Dallas	9	17	.346	7.5	Detroit	10	15	.400	9

Standings prior to the games of April 26, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	13	6	.684	—	Brooklyn	12	7	.632	—
Denver	11	7	.611	1.5	Cleveland	12	7	.632	—
Kansas City	10	8	.556	2.5	Washington	10	8	.556	1.5
St. Louis	10	9	.526	3	Cincinnati	11	9	.550	1.5
Los Angeles	8	11	.421	5	Pittsburgh	10	9	.526	2
San Diego	7	12	.368	6	New York	7	12	.368	5
Milwaukee	4	14	.222	8.5	Philadelphia	6	12	.333	5.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	12	7	.632	—	New York	13	5	.722	—
Chicago	11	8	.579	1	Atlanta	11	7	.611	2
Houston	11	8	.579	1	Baltimore	10	8	.556	3
Los Angeles	9	10	.474	3	Montreal	9	9	.500	4
Twin Cities	9	10	.474	3	Boston	7	11	.389	6
Seattle	8	10	.444	3.5	Detroit	7	12	.368	6.5
Dallas	6	13	.316	6	Toronto	7	12	.368	6.5

Standings prior to the games of April 19, 1976

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	8	4	.667	—	Brooklyn	8	4	.667	—
Denver	8	4	.667	—	Cleveland	8	5	.615	.5
Los Angeles	7	6	.538	1.5	Pittsburgh	7	5	.583	1
Kansas City	6	3	.500	2	Cincinnati	7	7	.500	2
St. Louis	6	6	.500	2	Washington	6	6	.500	2
San Diego	4	9	.308	4.5	New York	5	8	.385	3.5
Milwaukee	3	9	.250	5	Philadelphia	4	8	.333	4

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	8	4	.667	—	New York	9	3	.750	—
Los Angeles	7	5	.583	1	Baltimore	7	5	.583	2
Seattle	7	5	.583	1	Atlanta	6	6	.500	3
Chicago	7	6	.538	1.5	Detroit	6	6	.500	3
Houston	6	7	.462	2.5	Montreal	5	7	.417	4
Twin Cities	5	8	.385	3.5	Toronto	5	7	.417	4
Dallas	4	9	.308	4.5	Boston	4	8	.333	5

Standings prior to the games of April 12, 1976

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

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

◀ 1975 weekly standings