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1973 MLB Original Schedules
24 teams, 12 teams per league, 2 divisions of 6 teams in each league
Games: 162
Length: 178 days (AL); 179 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: Monday
Season opens: Thur. Apr. 5 (NL); Fri. Apr. 6 (AL)
Season closes: Sun. Sept. 30
All-Star Game: Tue. July 24
Total scheduled doubleheaders: 98
Average home stand length: 7.0 games
Average of longest home stands: 12.1 games
Longest home stand: 15 games (CLE)
Average road trip length: 7.0 games
Average of longest road trips: 12.7 games
Longest road trip: 18 games (MON)
Average stretch of consecutive play: 6.9 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 25.4 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 41 days (BOS)
Series scheduled
2-game: 143
3-game: 378
4-game: 126
5-game: 004
TOTAL:w651
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