[Le Grande Orange]

1971 MLB Original Schedules

24 teams, 12 teams per league, 2 divisions of 6 teams in each league

Games: 162
Length: 179 days
Interleague: No
Format: Divisional
A team plays 18 games against each of its 5 divisional opponents (18 x 5 = 90 games)
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: Thur. Sept. 30
All-Star Game: Tue. July 13

Total scheduled doubleheaders: 103

Average home stand length: 7.9 games
Average of longest home stands: 12.9 games
Longest home stand: 15 games (PIT, CIN)

Average road trip length: 7.9 games
Average of longest road trips: 13.1 games
Longest road trip: 17 games (MON)

Average stretch of consecutive play: 6.7 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 24.6 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 43 days (SLN)

Series scheduled
1-game: 004
2-game: 136
3-game: 384
4-game: 119
5-game: 008
TOTAL:w651