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EDIT:

The problem with the 1974 schedule file has been fixed. In the zip file is a slightly modified version of the original schedule, changed to reduce the number of games on Sunday, Aug. 4th, from 22 to 18, a number that OOTP is able to handle without issue.

The games changed were: CLE at ML4, BOS at NYA, TEX at CHA, and ATL at SFN. All of these matchups were doubleheaders in the original schedule; I've changed them to single games and added the games to the previous day, a Saturday, to create four doubleheaders.

For your convenience, I've also included the exact 1974 original schedule file as a separate text file download in case anyone would like to have a copy of that.


1974 MLB Original Schedules

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

Games: 162
Length: 182 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: Tuesday
Season opens: Thur. Apr. 4
Season closes: Wed. Oct. 2
All-Star Game: Tue. July 23

Total scheduled doubleheaders: 80

Average home stand length: 7.3 games
Average of longest home stands: 12.3 games
Longest home stand: 14 games (CAL, NYN, ATL)

Average road trip length: 7.3 games
Average of longest road trips: 11.8 games
Longest road trip: 14 games (NYA, ATL)

Average stretch of consecutive play: 6.6 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 22.4 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 34 days (KCA)

Series scheduled
2-game: 119
3-game: 429
4-game: 101
5-game: 003
TOTAL:w652

NOTE: The zip file contains a slightly modified version of the 1974 schedule file, changed to reduce the number of games on one particular day down to a number that OOTP is able to handle without issue. The exact original 1974 schedule is included as the separate text file attachment, but this should not be used for OOTP due to the excess games issue.