the mlb started playing 162 games in 1876.
the mlb started playing 162 games in 1876.
when did the mlb start playing 162 games?
1876
in 1961, the al expanded from eight to ten teams. in the expansion draft, the newly created los angeles angels and washington senators were restricted to drafting players from al rosters. the perceived result was that american league team rosters had become watered down, as players who would otherwise have been playing at aaa, if not lower, were now in the al. the yankees, however, were left mainly intact. in order to maintain a balanced schedule, al owners extended the season from 154 games to 162 games in 1961. (the national league expanded its season to 162 games in 1962.) on january 23, 1961, an associated press reporter asked maris whether the schedule changes might threaten babe ruth's single-season home run record; maris replied, "nobody will touch it... look up the records and you'll see that it's a rare year when anybody hits 50 homers, let alone 60."
roger maris
on september 23, ichiro hit a single to center field against toronto blue jays pitcher shawn hill to become the first mlb player in history to reach the 200 hit mark for 10 consecutive seasons. this feat also tied him with pete rose for the most career seasons of 200+ hits, and he surpassed ty cobb for most career seasons of 200+ hits in the al. he finished the season with 214 hits, topping the mlb in that category. ichiro also finished the season "ironman" style, playing in all 162 games. only ichiro and matt kemp did so for the 2010 season. this was ichiro's 3rd season playing in all 162 games. also, ichiro was nominated for the this year in baseball award. ichiro finished first or second in hits in all of his first 10 mlb seasons.
ichiro suzuki