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1970 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: Thursday
Season opens: Mon. Apr. 6
Season closes: Thur. Oct. 1
All-Star Game: Tue. July 14
Total scheduled doubleheaders: 101
Average home stand length: 7.7 games
Average of longest home stands: 12.6 games
Longest home stand: 17 games (ML4)
Average road trip length: 7.7 games
Average of longest road trips: 12.9 games
Longest road trip: 17 games (SLN)
Average stretch of consecutive play: 6.7 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 19.8 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 27 days (MON)
Series scheduled
1-game: 002
2-game: 123
3-game: 400
4-game: 124
TOTAL:w649
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