There are 162 games in a Major League Baseball season.
The number of baseball games in season has changed over the history of the sport, though, and there are still instances where fewer or more than 162 games are played in a baseball season.
Here are some facts you should know …
How many baseball games are in a season?
How many baseball games were in a season in 1876?
How many baseball games were in a season in 1901?
How many baseball games were in a season in 1904?
How many baseball games were in a season in 1919?
How many baseball games were in a season in 1920?
How many baseball games were in a season in 1927?
How many baseball games were in a season in 1930?
How many baseball games were in a season in 1961?
The expanded schedule led to controversy when Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season on the last day of the season to break Babe Ruth’s record.
Since Maris had the benefit of more games played, many suggested his new record was tainted and should be marked with an asterisk.
As it turned out, Maris’s last home run came in the Yankees’ 163rd game of the season, not the 162nd.
How can a team play more than 162 games in a season?
How can a player play in more games than his team does?
A player may also be credited with playing in more than 162 games if he plays in all of his teams games and if one or more of those is only partially played, ending before it becomes official (generally after 4 1/2 or five innings). In that case, all player statistics — including games played — count, but team statistics do not.
How many baseball games were played in 2020?
When are fewer than 162 games played in a season?
Notable seasons affected by strikes include 1972, 1981, 1994, and 1995.
When does a team play fewer than a full schedule?
In some strike years, too — 1994 for instance — teams do not all play the same number of games, depending on the nature of the strike (e.g., is it season-ending) and how many games the teams have played when the strike begins.
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