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1987 MLB schedule files

26 teams, 14 teams in one league, 12 in the other. 162 game schedule.

AL: two 7 team divisions.
78 divisional games (13 against each of the 6 divisional rivals).
84 interdivisional games (12 against each of the 7 teams in the other division).

NL: two 6 team divisions.
90 divisional games (18 games against each of the 5 divisional rivals).
72 interdivisional games (12 against each of the 6 teams in the other division).


Settings for 1987:
Year starts on: Thursday
Season starts: April 6 (Monday)
All-Star Game: July 14 (Tuesday) at AL (Oakland)

Note that the All-Star Game is NOT entered in the schedule files; it will have to be added manually after you import the schedule.


The attached zip file contains two schedule CSV files for the 1987 MLB season.

The file called "1987exact" contains the exact copy of the original 1987 schedule. You will see some odd off days for a couple of the teams, such as San Diego getting two Saturdays off, for example. However, this was the way the original schedule was laid out and are not mistakes.

IMPORTANT NOTE: There are 8 doubleheaders in the original schedule. Again, this was the way the schedule was originally planned and are not a mistake. The doubleheaders are:

Sun. Apr. 19: HOU at CIN (day-day)
Sun. June 7: PIT at NYN (day-day)
Sun. June 21: TEX at OAK (day-day)
Sat. June 27: MIN at TEX (twilight-night)
Sun. July 26: SLN at SFN (day-day)
Sun. Aug. 9: CIN at SFN (day-day)
Fri. Aug. 14: CIN at SDN (twilight-night)
Thu. Sept. 17: CIN at LAN (twilight-night)

Doubleheaders do work fine in OOTP6, with one exception: sometimes you will see the same pitcher starting both games. This is because OOTP does not update fatigue until the end of the day, rather than at the end of each game, and as a result the game doesn't see the pitcher as tired for the second game.

This can be avoided by using strict rotation and simming the games on the day of a doubleheader one at a time. After you finish the first game, the pitcher for the second game should then be incremented correctly. If it doesn't, you may have to manually set the starter for the game. The other thing to note is to not use the out-of-town scoreboard when you are playing out a game on a day with a doubleheader, as it can cause problems. Since there are few doubleheaders, leaving them in shouldn't be too much of an issue.


However, I've also included in the zip a file named "1987nodh" where I removed these 8 doubleheaders while trying as much as possible to preserve the essence of the original schedule. In most cases I was able to move the second game to an appropriate off day, a day originally idle when the teams met in an earlier or later series. Unfortunately, for the Minnesota-Texas twin bill, there was no acceptable date; the best one would've meant Texas playing 31 days in a row, well in excess of the 20 day rule. So, I was forced to swap the home teams in a series between the clubs in order to provide the needed extra day. The TEX at MIN series of Sept. 22-23-24 became MIN at TEX, and then I added a game on Sept. 21 to remove the doubleheader. The MIN at TEX series on Sept. 28-29-30 became TEX at MIN.

However, other than that change in home teams, the schedule looks very close to the original version, and still includes the occasional odd off day and so forth.

Game times for both files have had day games set as 1 p.m. and night games as 7 p.m. in local time, and then were adjusted for time zones to bring all times into their correct Eastern Time value. For the doubleheaders, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. local times were for the day twin bills and 5 p.m and 8 p.m. for the twilight-night affairs, and again were subsequently adjusted for time zones.

Enjoy!


EDIT: Whoops, the no doubleheader file version contained one doubleheader - I forgot to delete the second game after adding it in as a single game further down in the schedule. If you want to use the no doubleheader version please download the file again, as I've updated the attachment accordingly.

Or, you can fix it yourself easily enough in the CSV file you dowloaded. Just go to Sat. June 27 and delete one of the two MIN at TEX (11 at 14) games listed on that date, then change the time of the remaining game to 8. Save the changes and you should be good to go. You can also make this change inside OOTP itself in the schedule editor if you want.