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162 expansion – 15 games × 6 opponents in-division (90 games), 10 games × 5 opponents and 11 games × 2 opponents interdivision (72 games) 1979 162 13 games × 6 opponents in-division (78 games), 12 games × 7 opponents interdivision (84 games) 1994 162 league splits into 3 divisions – schedules based on 1993 alignments 1997 162
Previously, teams had played 154 games (22 games per opponent), but from 1961 AL teams would play opponents 18 times each for a total of 162 games. The National League played a 154-game schedule for the final time in 1961 before switching to 162 games when they also expanded to ten teams for the 1962 Major League Baseball season.
Over the next 24 games, the Red Sox went 7–17, while the Braves went 8–16; in the same timespan, the Rays went 16–8, while the Cardinals went 16–7 to tie for the wild cards at 90–71 and 89–72 respectively going into Game 162 on September 28, with the rallying teams both being set to host Game 163, if it was necessary. [1]
It might take all 162 games to decide the playoff races in both the National League and American League. The epicenter of the wild-card chase this weekend is in Arizona at Chase Field.
The 1899 Cleveland Spiders own the worst single-season record of all time (minimum 120 games) and for all eras, finishing at 20–134 (.130 percentage) in the final year of the National League's 12-team era in the 1890s; for comparison, this projects to 21–141 under the current 162-game schedule, and Pythagorean expectation based on the Spiders' results and the current 162-game schedule ...
New isn't always bad, but baseball's radical idea for postseason expansion should be aimed at improving the competition in the 162 regular season games.
This marked the return of the NL to New York City after a four-year absence, although the Mets would lose 120 games and finish in last place. All major league teams now played 162-game schedules, which had been adopted by the American League (AL) the prior season, with each team facing the nine other clubs in the same league 18 times during the ...
They left with a playoff berth and a chance to wipe the slate clean after a 162-game slog. 162 games, 1 playoff berth. The Yankees can celebrate a clean start after a messy race