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1957 MLB Original Schedules
16 teams, 8 teams per league, 1 division per league
Games: 154
Length: 167 days (NL); 168 days (AL)
Interleague: No
Format: Balanced
A team plays 22 games against each of the 7 other opponents in the league
Year starts on: Tuesday
Season opens: Mon. Apr. 15 (AL); Tue. Apr. 16 (NL)
Season closes: Sun. Sept. 29
All-Star Game: Tue. July 9
Total scheduled doubleheaders: 116
Average home stand length: 8.5 games
Average of longest home stands: 17.4 games
Longest home stand: 23 games (CHA, PIT)
Average road trip length: 8.5 games
Average of longest road trips: 17.7 games
Longest road trip: 23 games (CHN)
Average stretch of consecutive play: 5.6 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 16.4 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 40 days (BRO)
Series scheduled
1-game: 025
2-game: 145
3-game: 193
4-game: 082
5-game: 002
TOTAL:w447
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