When Does Major League Baseball Start?
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Spring training is underway and Opening Day is just around the corner. Get ready for the return of America’s pastime by brushiing up on when your favorite team starts their season.
When is Opening Day?
Opening day for the 2018 Major League Baseball season is Sunday, March 29.
What is the regular season schedule?
The regular season schedule is typically released in early September, about a month before the start of the season. The season starts the first week of April and ends the first week of October. There are 162 games in a regular season.
How many games are in the regular season?
The regular season is generally considered to run from late March/early April to late September/early October. Most importantly, it is comprised of 162 games for each team, played over a span of approximately six months.
What is the postseason schedule?
The MLB postseason schedule is as follows: the American League Wild Card Game is played on October 2, the National League Wild Card Game is played on October 1, the American League Division Series starts on October 3 and ends on October 11, the National League Division Series starts on October 4 and ends on October 12, the American League Championship Series starts on October 13 and ends on October 21, and the National League Championship Series starts on October 14 and ends on October 22. The World Series starts on October 24 and ends no later than November 1.Exception: If Game 7 of either LCS is necessary, it will be played no later than Sunday, November 4 (the final day of the MLB regular season). In this scenario, the World Series would start either Tuesday, November 6 or Wednesday, November 7.
How many teams make the playoffs?
In each league, the division winner with the best record gets the first-round bye. Then the two remaining division winners and the two wild-card teams play each other in best-of-five series. The survivor of each league’s playoff moves on to the best-of-seven Championship Series, and finally the World Series.
What is the World Series schedule?
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB). The event was first held in 1903, when the Boston Americans (now the Red Sox) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in a best-of-nine game series. The most recent World Series was played in 2019, when the Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros in seven games.
The 2020 World Series is scheduled to begin on October 20 and will end no later than November 1. The schedule has not been announced yet, but will be released closer to the start of the series.
