[Le Grande Orange]

1951 MLB Original Schedules

16 teams, 8 teams per league, 1 division per league

Games: 154
Length: 168 days
Interleague: No
Format: Balanced
A team plays 22 games against each of the 7 other opponents in the league

Year starts on: Monday
Season opens: Mon. Apr. 16
Season closes: Sun. Sept. 30
All-Star Game: Tue. July 10

Total scheduled doubleheaders: 121

Average home stand length: 8.6 games
Average of longest home stands: 17.1 games
Longest home stand: 22 games (CIN)

Average road trip length: 8.6 games
Average of longest road trips: 17.6 games
Longest road trip: 21 games (SLN)

Average stretch of consecutive play: 5.6 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 16.2 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 34 days (DET)

Series scheduled
1-game: 017
2-game: 153
3-game: 220
4-game: 061
5-game: 001
TOTAL:w452