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Old 11-22-2004, 02:02 AM   #40
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1938 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: Saturday
Season opens: Mon. Apr. 18 (AL); Tue. Apr. 19 (NL)
Season closes: Sun. Oct. 2
All-Star Game: Wed. July 6

Total scheduled doubleheaders: 28

Average home stand length: 8.7 games
Average of longest home stands: 17.5 games
Longest home stand: 19 games (DET, SLA, BRO, SLN)

Average road trip length: 8.7 games
Average of longest road trips: 16.3 games
Longest road trip: 19 games (SLN)

Average stretch of consecutive play: 9.7 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 27.9 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 42 days (CLE, DET)

Series scheduled
1-game: 006
2-game: 135
3-game: 304
4-game: 011
TOTAL:w456
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