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Originally Posted by Scoman
So I was moving right along in my 1901 to present historical league,and I was playing the year 1919,when the season ended abruptly at 140 games. I thought what the heck is going on ,is this a bug. So i went to baseball-reference to check out 1919,and sure enough most teams played 139 or 140 games that year,when it was a 154 game schedule.
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As progren mentioned, due to the lingering effects of WWI, owners anticpated a difficult season and trimmed the schedule back to 140 games.
Note that the 1918 season, originally scheduled for 154 games, was ended early on Labor Day, after clubs had played about 127 games each on average. This was due to the "Work or Fight" order issued by the U.S. government earlier that summer.
No, the game does not recreate the war-shortened WWI season, nor the seasons affected by strikes/lockouts. I hope an option to recreate such scenarios will be included for next year...