1987 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: Thursday
Season opens: Mon. Apr. 6
Season closes: Sun. Oct. 4
All-Star Game: Tue. July 14
Total scheduled doubleheaders: 8
Average home stand length: 6.8 games
Average of longest home stands: 11.6 games
Longest home stand: 14 games (SLN)
Average road trip length: 6.8 games
Average of longest road trips: 11.7 games
Longest road trip: 14 games (DET)
Average stretch of consecutive play: 8.4 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 18.9 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 20 days (sixteen clubs)
Series scheduled
2-game: 082
3-game: 482
4-game: 124
TOTAL:w688
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