@Francis7 posted:How often do college baseball teams play double headers?
Does it depend on the Div and conference?
As others have posted double headers are very common in college ball. Son played two years JuCO and one year D2. Son's last season was 2015 so it's been a while and my memory is a little hazy.
For a typical series at the JuCo it was two 9 inning games on Saturday and a single 7 inning game on Sunday. These were usually conference games. Made for a long day. First game usually started at noon with the 2nd game starting around 3:30-4 pm. If it was a home series son was usually at the field by 9-10 am for field prep and warm ups. After both games were completed there was another hour of cleanup and field maintenance. Non-conference series was usually two 7 inning games mid-week.
At the D2 if it was a conference series it was a double header on Saturday (two 7 inning games) and a double header on Sunday (two 7 inning games). Non-conference tended to be two 9 inning games on Saturday or mid-week. Interesting note - in the CIAA conference series had to be at least 27 innings. They could either have four 7 inning games or three 9 inning games. They usually opted for four games for a additional chance to get a win. Conference games were the primary factor in who would make post-season playoffs.