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1976 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: Thur. Apr. 8
Season closes: Sun. Oct. 3
All-Star Game: Tue. July 13
Total scheduled doubleheaders: 85
Average home stand length: 6.3 games
Average of longest home stands: 11.6 games
Longest home stand: 14 games (PIT, HOU, LAN)
Average road trip length: 6.3 games
Average of longest road trips: 11.9 games
Longest road trip: 16 games (PHI)
Average stretch of consecutive play: 7.3 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 24.7 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 34 days (BOS)
Series scheduled
1-game: 001
2-game: 160
3-game: 354
4-game: 134
5-game: 005
TOTAL:w654
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