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1972 MLB Original Schedules
24 teams, 12 teams per league, 2 divisions of 6 teams in each league
Games: 162
Length: 182 days (AL); 183 days (NL)
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: Sunday
Season opens: Wed. Apr. 5 (NL); Thur. Apr. 6 (AL)
Season closes: Wed. Oct. 4
All-Star Game: Tue. July 25
Total scheduled doubleheaders: 100
Average home stand length: 7.7 games
Average of longest home stands: 12.9 games
Longest home stand: 16 games (PHI)
Average road trip length: 7.7 games
Average of longest road trips: 12.7 games
Longest road trip: 15 games (PHI, SDN)
Average stretch of consecutive play: 5.8 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 19.1 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 28 days (ATL)
Series scheduled
1-game: 001
2-game: 116
3-game: 421
4-game: 107
5-game: 004
TOTAL:w649
Also included for this year is a strike-shortened version of the schedules. A players' strike which began on Apr. 1st and ended on Apr. 13th caused a delay in the start of the 1972 season. The opening date for the season was changed to Sat. Apr. 15, and all games on dates prior to this were cancelled and were not made up. This means that the teams will play a varying number of games in the season, ranging from 153-156 games, with the average value being 155 games. A total of 86 games ended up being cancelled due to the strike.
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