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by Cardsfan4life on January 31st, 2005

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Is it possible for an MLB team to play more than 162 regular season games in a year?

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  • by thecubsfan on February 2nd, 2005

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    Yes, through technicalities in how and when is counted.

    One way is for a game to be stopped due to rain while the score is tied. As long as a game has gone five innings (or four and a half innings when the home team is leading), it counts as an official game. All the individual statistics are kept, regardless of the game going the full nine innings. If one team is ahead at that point, the result is also honored. If both teams are tied, the game will have to be replayed at another date and no result is recorded. In this situation, since the result does not count, it’s possible for a player to end up with more games than his team is listed as playing. (Here, the team plays in more than 162 games, but does not get the extra credit.)

    Another situation is when teams play end of the season tie breaker games. While commonly considered sudden death playoff games, all statistics are considered part of the regular season. The 1998 Cubs ( http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1998.shtml ) ended up 90 and 73 after winning their playoff game. Individual statistics count as well.

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