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13 pairings will play 16 games each (208 games) – most NL Central pairings; 2 pairings will play 15 games each (30 games) – two NL Central pairings; Total: 1091 games. Other intraleague games (1087). There are 150 pairs of teams from two different divisions within one league. 23 pairings will play 10 games each (230 games)
In the history of championships in major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada (which include the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL), a city/metropolitan area has been home to multiple championships in a season 19 times, most recently in 2020 when the Tampa Bay Lightning won the 2020 Stanley Cup and Tampa Bay Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV.
The league currently consists of thirty teams, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada. Each team plays 82 games in the regular season. Eight teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs. The winners of the Conference finals advance to the finals to determine the NBA champions.
Most paint points per game since tracking began in 1996–97, season; 22.5 by Shaquille O'Neal, 1999–2000 [268] Most points off turnovers per game since tracking began in 1996–97, season; 6.8 by Allen Iverson, 1998–99 and 2002–03 [268] Most second chance points per game (min. 10 games played) since tracking began in 1996–97, season
NFL regular season games have also been played in Canada, Mexico, Germany, and Brazil [citation needed]. MLB has played regular season games outside of the United States and Canada, but in the 1990s and 2000s, games were initially limited to Mexico and Japan due to baseball's popularity in both countries.
The 1958 Major League Baseball season began to turn Major League Baseball into a nationwide league. Walter O'Malley, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers and "perhaps the most influential owner of baseball's early expansion era," [69] moved his team to Los Angeles, marking the first major league franchise on the West Coast. [70]
Negro Leagues legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Josh Gibson will become MLB’s single-season record holder in batting average (.466 in 1943), slugging percentage (.974 in 1937) and OPS (1.474 in ...
The 2018 season was the first time either league had more than two teams win 100 or more games in the same season; the Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, and New York Yankees of the American League each won 100 or more games, with two led by rookie managers (no season had ever seen more than 100 wins from two managers before).