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.

1977 Season

Standings prior to the games of June 6, 1977

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	33	24	.579	—	Cleveland	32	25	.561	—
St. Louis	33	25	.569	.5	New York	31	27	.534	1.5
Kansas City	32	25	.561	1	Pittsburgh	30	27	.526	2
Chicago	31	26	.544	2	Washington	27	30	.474	5
San Diego	29	28	.509	4	Brooklyn	27	31	.466	5.5
Milwaukee	28	29	.491	5	Cincinnati	26	31	.456	6
Los Angeles	23	36	.390	11	Philadelphia	20	38	.345	12.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	34	26	.567	—	Montreal	36	20	.643	—
Twin Cities	34	26	.567	—	New York	33	25	.569	4
San Francisco	33	26	.559	.5	Baltimore	31	25	.554	5
Seattle	27	29	.482	5	Detroit	31	27	.534	6
Los Angeles	26	31	.456	6.5	Boston	27	29	.482	9
Houston	25	32	.439	7.5	Toronto	21	37	.362	16
Chicago	24	33	.421	8.5	Atlanta	20	36	.357	16

Standings prior to the games of May 30, 1977

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	31	20	.608	—	Cleveland	31	20	.608	—
Kansas City	29	21	.580	1.5	Brooklyn	26	25	.510	5
St. Louis	29	22	.569	2	Pittsburgh	26	25	.510	5
Chicago	27	24	.529	4	New York	26	25	.510	5
San Diego	26	25	.510	5	Cincinnati	23	27	.460	7.5
Milwaukee	24	26	.480	6.5	Washington	21	30	.412	10
Los Angeles	19	33	.365	12.5	Philadelphia	18	33	.353	13

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Dallas	31	22	.585	—	Montreal	32	18	.640	—
San Francisco	30	22	.577	.5	Baltimore	28	21	.571	3.5
Twin Cities	30	24	.556	1.5	New York	29	22	.569	3.5
Houston	25	26	.490	5	Boston	24	25	.490	7.5
Seattle	24	25	.490	5	Detroit	25	26	.490	7.5
Los Angeles	21	29	.420	8.5	Atlanta	17	31	.354	14
Chicago	21	30	.412	9	Toronto	17	33	.340	15

Standings prior to the games of May 23, 1977

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	29	15	.659	—	Cleveland	27	17	.614	—
St. Louis	27	18	.600	2.5	New York	24	20	.545	3
Kansas City	26	18	.591	3	Brooklyn	22	22	.500	5
Chicago	23	21	.523	6	Cincinnati	21	22	.488	5.5
San Diego	22	23	.489	7.5	Pittsburgh	21	23	.477	6
Milwaukee	21	23	.477	8	Washington	18	26	.409	9
Los Angeles	16	30	.348	14	Philadelphia	13	32	.289	14.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	28	18	.609	—	Baltimore	26	17	.605	—
Dallas	27	20	.574	1.5	Montreal	26	18	.591	.5
Twin Cities	25	22	.532	3.5	New York	25	20	.556	2
Seattle	21	22	.488	5.5	Boston	22	21	.512	4
Houston	21	24	.467	6.5	Detroit	23	22	.511	4
Los Angeles	20	23	.465	6.5	Atlanta	15	26	.366	10
Chicago	17	28	.378	10.5	Toronto	14	29	.326	12

Standings prior to the games of May 16, 1977

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	25	12	.676	—	Cleveland	22	15	.595	—
Kansas City	23	15	.605	2.5	New York	22	16	.579	.5
St. Louis	20	17	.541	5	Brooklyn	18	19	.486	4
San Diego	19	18	.514	6	Pittsburgh	18	20	.474	4.5
Chicago	19	19	.500	6.5	Cincinnati	16	20	.444	5.5
Milwaukee	17	21	.447	8.5	Washington	16	21	.432	6
Los Angeles	15	24	.385	11	Philadelphia	13	26	.333	10

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	25	14	.641	—	Baltimore	21	16	.568	—
Twin Cities	24	15	.615	1	Montreal	21	17	.553	.5
Seattle	19	18	.514	5	Detroit	21	18	.538	1
Dallas	20	19	.513	5	New York	20	19	.513	2
Houston	18	20	.474	6.5	Boston	18	19	.486	3
Los Angeles	15	21	.417	8.5	Atlanta	14	21	.400	6
Chicago	15	23	.395	9.5	Toronto	13	24	.351	8

Standings prior to the games of May 9, 1977

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	22	9	.710	—	New York	18	14	.563	—
Kansas City	20	11	.645	2	Cleveland	17	14	.548	.5
San Diego	16	15	.516	6	Brooklyn	16	15	.516	1.5
St. Louis	16	15	.516	6	Pittsburgh	15	16	.484	2.5
Chicago	15	17	.469	7.5	Cincinnati	13	17	.433	4
Milwaukee	15	17	.469	7.5	Washington	13	18	.419	4.5
Los Angeles	13	19	.406	9.5	Philadelphia	10	22	.313	8

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	21	12	.636	—	Baltimore	18	12	.600	—
Twin Cities	20	13	.606	1	Detroit	18	14	.563	1
Seattle	17	14	.548	3	Boston	16	15	.516	2.5
Houston	15	17	.469	5.5	Montreal	16	15	.516	2.5
Dallas	15	18	.455	6	New York	16	16	.500	3
Los Angeles	13	17	.433	6.5	Toronto	12	18	.400	6
Chicago	13	19	.406	7.5	Atlanta	9	19	.321	8

Standings prior to the games of May 2, 1977

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	18	7	.720	—	New York	16	10	.615	—
St. Louis	15	10	.600	3	Brooklyn	14	11	.560	1.5
Kansas City	14	11	.560	4	Cleveland	14	11	.560	1.5
San Diego	12	13	.480	6	Pittsburgh	13	12	.520	2.5
Los Angeles	12	14	.462	6.5	Cincinnati	10	14	.417	5
Chicago	11	15	.423	7.5	Philadelphia	9	17	.346	7
Milwaukee	11	15	.423	7.5	Washington	8	17	.320	7.5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
San Francisco	16	10	.615	—	Detroit	17	9	.654	—
Twin Cities	15	11	.577	1	Baltimore	15	9	.625	1
Seattle	13	11	.542	2	New York	14	12	.538	3
Houston	11	14	.440	4.5	Boston	13	12	.520	3.5
Dallas	11	15	.423	5	Montreal	13	12	.520	3.5
Chicago	10	15	.400	5.5	Toronto	10	14	.417	6
Los Angeles	9	15	.375	6	Atlanta	7	15	.318	8

Standings prior to the games of April 25, 1977

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	14	4	.778	—	New York	11	8	.579	—
Kansas City	12	7	.632	2.5	Brooklyn	10	9	.526	1
Los Angeles	10	9	.526	1	Cleveland	10	9	.526	1
San Diego	10	9	.526	1	Philadelphia	8	11	.421	3
Milwaukee	9	10	.474	5.5	Pittsburgh	8	11	.421	3
St. Louis	9	10	.474	5.5	Cincinnati	7	11	.389	3.5
Chicago	7	12	.368	7.5	Washington	7	12	.368	4

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Twin Cities	12	8	.600	—	New York	12	7	.632	—
Houston	11	8	.579	.5	Detroit	11	8	.579	1
Seattle	10	8	.556	1	Baltimore	10	9	.526	2
San Francisco	11	9	.550	1	Montreal	10	9	.526	2
Chicago	8	11	.421	3.5	Boston	9	10	.474	3
Dallas	8	12	.400	4	Atlanta	7	10	.412	4
Los Angeles	7	11	.389	4	Toronto	6	12	.333	5.5

Standings prior to the games of April 18, 1977

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Denver	9	3	.750	—	New York	9	4	.692	—
Milwaukee	8	5	.615	1.5	Cleveland	7	6	.538	2
San Diego	8	5	.615	1.5	Brooklyn	6	6	.500	2.5
Kansas City	7	5	.583	2	Cincinnati	5	7	.417	3.5
St. Louis	6	6	.500	3	Philadelphia	5	8	.385	4
Los Angeles	6	7	.462	3.5	Pittsburgh	4	8	.333	4.5
Chicago	4	9	.308	5.5	Washington	4	9	.308	5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Seattle	8	4	.667	—	New York	9	4	.692	—
Chicago	7	5	.583	1	Detroit	8	5	.615	1
Houston	7	5	.583	1	Boston	7	6	.538	2
San Francisco	8	6	.571	1	Baltimore	6	7	.462	3
Dallas	5	8	.385	3.5	Montreal	6	7	.462	3
Twin Cities	5	8	.385	3.5	Atlanta	5	6	.455	3
Los Angeles	4	8	.333	4	Toronto	3	9	.250	5.5

Standings prior to the games of April 11, 1977

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

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL	ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	5	1	.833	—	Boston	5	1	.833	—
Seattle	5	1	.833	—	New York	5	1	.833	—
Chicago	3	3	.500	2	Detroit	3	3	.500	2
Dallas	2	4	.333	3	Atlanta	2	3	.400	2.5
Los Angeles	2	4	.333	3	Montreal	2	4	.333	3
San Francisco	2	4	.333	3	Toronto	2	4	.333	3
Twin Cities	2	4	.333	3	Baltimore	2	5	.286	3.5

◀ 1976 weekly standings