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Old 12-11-2004, 12:54 AM   #84
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1982 MLB Original Schedules

26 teams, 14 teams in the first league and 12 in the second league;
2 divisions of 7 teams in the first league and 2 divisions of 6 teams in the second league

Games:
162
Length: 182 days
Interleague: No
Format: Balanced (AL); Divisional (NL)
AL: A team plays 13 games against each of its 6 divisional opponents (13 x 6 = 78 games)
AL: A team plays 12 games against each of the 7 clubs in the other division (12 x 7 = 84 games)
NL: A team plays 18 games against each of its 5 divisional opponents (18 x 5 = 90 games)
NL: A team plays 12 games against each of the 6 clubs in the other division (12 x 6 = 72 games)

Year starts on: Friday
Season opens: Mon. Apr. 5
Season closes: Sun. Oct. 3
All-Star Game: Tue. July 13

Total scheduled doubleheaders: 30

Average home stand length: 6.9 games
Average of longest home stands: 12.8 games
Longest home stand: 15 games (TOR)

Average road trip length: 6.9 games
Average of longest road trips: 11.7 games
Longest road trip: 14 games (NYA, CHN)

Average stretch of consecutive play: 7.8 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 19.0 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 20 days (eighteen clubs)

Series scheduled
2-game: 104
3-game: 444
4-game: 134
5-game: 006
TOTAL:w688
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