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Old 11-20-2004, 05:13 AM   #20
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1918 MLB Original Schedules

16 teams, 8 teams per league, 1 division per league

Games:
154
Length: 174 days (NL); 176 days (AL)
Interleague: No
Format: Balanced
A team plays 22 games against each of the 7 other opponents in the league

Year starts on: Tuesday
Season opens: Mon. Apr. 15 (AL); Tue. Apr. 16 (NL)
Season closes: Sun. Oct. 6 (NL); Mon. Oct. 7 (AL)
All-Star Game: none

Total scheduled doubleheaders: 38

Average home stand length: 10.7 games
Average of longest home stands: 21.5 games
Longest home stand: 27 games (PHI)

Average road trip length: 10.7 games
Average of longest road trips: 22.1 games
Longest road trip: 28 games (PHA)

Average stretch of consecutive play: 6.5 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 21.9 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 42 days (SLN)

Series scheduled
1-game: 013
2-game: 020
3-game: 114
4-game: 193
5-game: 013
TOTAL:w353


Also included for this year is a shortened version of the schedules. In the real MLB, the 1918 season was cut short by WWI, ending early on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2nd. The shortened version was created by deleting all the games scheduled after the Labor Day holiday, thus mimicking the real world situation. The number of games played by each team is naturally varied as a result, ranging from 124-132 games, with the average value being 127 games.

This gives you the choice of either playing out the 1918 season in its full, originally intended length, or replicating the war-shortened season.
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