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Old 12-02-2004, 12:56 AM   #77
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1975 MLB Original Schedules

24 teams, 12 teams per league, 2 divisions of 6 teams in each league

Games:
162
Length: 175 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: Wednesday
Season opens: Mon. Apr. 7
Season closes: Sun. Sept. 28
All-Star Game: Tue. July 15

Total scheduled doubleheaders: 88

Average home stand length: 7.6 games
Average of longest home stands: 12.5 games
Longest home stand: 15 games (NYN)

Average road trip length: 7.6 games
Average of longest road trips: 13.0 games
Longest road trip: 16 games (HOU)

Average stretch of consecutive play: 8.7 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 26.7 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 41 days (DET, NYA, CHN)

Series scheduled
1-game: 001
2-game: 154
3-game: 355
4-game: 135
5-game: 006
TOTAL:w651
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