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Old 11-27-2004, 02:42 AM   #71
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1969 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: Wednesday
Season opens: Mon. Apr. 7
Season closes: Thur. Oct. 2
All-Star Game: Tue. July 22

Total scheduled doubleheaders: 110

Average home stand length: 7.4 games
Average of longest home stands: 12.9 games
Longest home stand: 17 games (CAL, SE1, SDN)

Average road trip length: 7.4 games
Average of longest road trips: 13.4 games
Longest road trip: 18 games (MON)

Average stretch of consecutive play: 6.5 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 27.3 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 41 days (MON)

Series scheduled
1-game: 007
2-game: 148
3-game: 332
4-game: 155
5-game: 005
TOTAL:w647
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