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1984 MLB Original Schedules
26 teams, 14 teams in the first league and 12 in the second league;
2 divisions of 7 teams in the first league and 2 divisions of 6 teams in the second league
Games: 162
Length: 182 days
Interleague: No
Format: Balanced (AL); Divisional (NL)
AL: A team plays 13 games against each of its 6 divisional opponents (13 x 6 = 78 games)
AL: A team plays 12 games against each of the 7 clubs in the other division (12 x 7 = 84 games)
NL: A team plays 18 games against each of its 5 divisional opponents (18 x 5 = 90 games)
NL: 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: Mon. Apr. 2
Season closes: Sun. Sept. 30
All-Star Game: Tue. July 10
Total scheduled doubleheaders: 20
Average home stand length: 7.2 games
Average of longest home stands: 12.8 games
Longest home stand: 17 games (MON)
Average road trip length: 7.2 games
Average of longest road trips: 12.6 games
Longest road trip: 15 games (OAK, HOU)
Average stretch of consecutive play: 8.2 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 19.5 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 20 days (twenty-one clubs)
Series scheduled
2-game: 101
3-game: 444
4-game: 143
TOTAL:w688
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