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1977 MLB Original Schedules
26 teams, 14 teams in the first league and 12 in the second league;
2 divisions of 7 teams in the first league and 2 divisions of 6 teams in the second league
Games: 162
Length: 180 days
Interleague: No
Format: Divisional
AL: A team plays 15 games against each of its 6 divisional opponents (15 x 6 = 90 games)
AL: A team plays 11 games against 2 of the clubs in the other division (11 x 2 = 22 games);
AL: A team plays 10 games against each of the 5 remaining clubs in the other division (10 x 5 = 50 games)
NL: A team plays 18 games against each of its 5 divisional opponents (18 x 5 = 90 games)
NL: A team plays 12 games against each of the 6 clubs in the other division (12 x 6 = 72 games)
Year starts on: Saturday
Season opens: Wed. Apr. 6
Season closes: Sun. Oct. 2
All-Star Game: Tue. July 19
Total scheduled doubleheaders: 102
Average home stand length: 6.7 games
Average of longest home stands: 11.7 games
Longest home stand: 17 games (SEA)
Average road trip length: 6.7 games
Average of longest road trips: 12.0 games
Longest road trip: 16 games (TEX, SLN)
Average stretch of consecutive play: 7.0 days
Average of longest stretches of consecutive play: 17.6 days
Longest stretch of consecutive play: 20 days (CIN)
Series scheduled
2-game: 199
3-game: 375
4-game: 137
5-game: 007
TOTAL:w718
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