The 1904 season. Prior to 1904, the season was 140 games long.
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At the beginning of the 2008 season.
Both the American League and National League went to a 162 game schedule from a 154 game schedule when they expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams (AL in 1961, NL in 1962). This was done so each team could play the other 9 teams the same number of games. When the AL and NL were 8 team leagues, the teams played 22 games against each other in a season (154 divided by 7 equals 22). By adding 2 teams, if the AL and NL played 154 games in a season, there would be teams playing more games against one team than another team (154 divided by 9 equals 17.111). Going to a 162 game schedule meant the teams could play each other 18 times in a season (162 divided by 9 equals 18).
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162 were scheduled for each team in both leagues. Some teams had games rained out and were never re-scheduled. The LA Dodgers and the SF Giants had identical records after 162 games, so the two teams played three more games after that. These extra games were counted as regular season games for all record keeping.
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