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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