When Does the Major League Baseball Regular Season Start?
Contents
The Major League Baseball regular season starts on Thursday, April 2nd.
Introduction
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, and it is widely considered to be the top baseball league in the world.
The History of the MLB Regular Season
The regular season of Major League Baseball (MLB) is a yearly campaign of 162 games that each of the league’s 30 teams play. From 1903 to 2019, the season started on the first Thursday in April and ended on the first Sunday in October, with the playoffs then beginning on the following Tuesday.
The modern era of MLB began in 1901 with the inaugural season of the American League (AL). The regular season schedule was initiallyintersperse between AL teams and their NL counterparts so as not to interfere with each other’s gates. After some experimenting with various formats during two Strike-shortened seasons in 1972 and 1981, a balanced schedule of 162 games per team was introduced in 1962.
As part of Major League Baseball’s realignment plan, interleague play was introduced throughout the schedule beginning in 2013. In recent years, games against teams from the opposite league have been mostly scheduled for mid-season series during specific periods: early June through late August/early September for most teams, and early May through late June for teams located in AL West and NL West (whose opponents are geographically closer).
The current MLB Regular Season
The current MLB Regular Season started on March 28, 2018 and is scheduled to end on September 30, 2018. The playoffs will start October 2, 2018.
When does the MLB Regular Season Start?
The Major League Baseball regular season starts on the first Thursday in April and ends on the last Sunday in September. There are 162 games in a regular season. The schedule is released in August for the upcoming season.
Conclusion
In Conclusion, the Major League Baseball Regular Season starts on April 1st.
