$Unique_ID{BAS00016} $Pretitle{} $Title{Major League Attendance} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Tiemann, Robert L. Palmer, Pete} $Subject{Season Attendance fan fans} $Log{} Total Baseball: The History Major League Attendance Robert L. Tiemann and Pete Palmer If you have the patience to sift through them, the figures on the following pages, dating from 1890 through 1993, tell a remarkable story. Season attendance has approached 4.5 million in Colorado in 1993, and it has been as little as 6,088 in Cleveland in 1899, when the awful Spiders went 20-134. The first club to pass the million mark was the New York Yankees of 1920, featuring a newcomer named Ruth and a ballpark borrowed from the New York Giants (who did not reach the mark themselves until 1945). In the depths of the Depression, the St. Louis Browns posted annual attendance figures (80,922 in 1935; 88,113 in 1933) below what a weekend set produces in many major-league venues. Why did attendance stagnate in the 1890s? How much did the entry of the American League into National League strongholds New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and St. Louis hurt the senior franchises? Were the Dodgers justified in leaving Brooklyn? How did baseball survive in Washington as long as it did, surpassing the million mark only once from 1892 to 1971? Did anyone notice that Atlanta's attendance of 1990 doubled, and then tripled, over the next two years? Or that while major league attendance increased by 25.8 percent from 1992 to 1993, almost all of that gain came from the senior circuit? (The American League rose by a modest 5 percent while the National League posted a whopping gain of 53 percent; even if we subtract expansion clubs Florida and Colorado, the NL increase is still an impressive 21.8 percent.) You get the picture. There's stuff here that permits you to chart trends in baseball that you already know about, and if you are eagle-eyed you may pick up an anomalous figure that prompts you to rethink what you thought you knew. A researcher's goldmine, the tables that follow tell an interesting story for the average fan as well. Does winning a pennant correlate with higher attendance? Are first-division teams more profitable than those in the second division? What is the impact on attendance of a new stadium? By the time the next edition rolls around we may be able to gather figures going back to the dawn of professional baseball. Here are some scattered tidbits: - In their first year of existence, 1871, the Boston Red Stockings counted 32,600 fans in 18 home games. - In 1882, the last year of its existence as an NL franchise, the Troy Haymakers drew a whopping 26,000 attendees for its 42 home games, with one late season date posting a recorded crowd of 12 (that's not a typo). - The 1891 American Association, in its final year of operation, counted 1,296,000 fans, or an average of 162,000 per team, a figure very comparable to the 169,060 of the National League. In 1892, with the AA gone and the NL a twelve-team circuit, the average team attendance was less than 152,000. Is there a lesson to be drawn from this? Yes, and the lesson is plain for magnates no less than fans and students of the game. AMERICAN LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOT 0 0 0 0 0 ============================================================================== 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOT 0 0 0 0 0 ============================================================================== NATIONAL LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL 93,589 143,000 328,000 BOS 147,539 184,472 146,421 193,300 152,800 BRO 121,412 181,477 183,727 235,000 214,000 CHI 102,536 181,431 109,067 223,500 239,000 CIN 131,980 97,500 196,473 194,250 158,000 CLE 47,478 132,000 139,928 130,000 82,000 LOU 131,159 53,683 75,000 NY 60,667 210,568 130,566 290,000 387,000 PHI 148,366 217,282 193,731 293,019 352,773 PIT 16,064 128,000 177,205 184,000 159,000 STL 192,442 195,000 155,000 WAS 128,279 90,000 125,000 TOT 776,042 1,332,730 1,822,587 2,224,752 2,427,573 ML 776,042 1,332,730 1,822,587 2,224,752 2,427,573 ============================================================================== 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL 293,000 249,448 273,046 123,416 121,935 BOS 242,000 240,000 334,800 229,275 200,384 BRO 230,000 201,000 220,831 122,514 269,641 CHI 382,300 317,500 327,160 424,352 352,130 CIN 281,000 373,000 336,800 336,378 259,536 CLE 143,000 152,000 115,250 70,496 6,088 LOU 92,000 133,000 145,210 128,980 109,319 NY 240,000 274,000 390,340 265,414 121,384 PHI 474,971 357,025 290,027 265,414 388,933 PIT 188,000 197,000 165,950 150,900 251,834 STL 170,000 184,000 136,400 151,700 373,909 WAS 153,000 223,000 151,028 103,250 86,392 TOT 2,889,271 2,900,973 2,886,842 2,372,089 2,541,485 ML 2,889,271 2,900,973 2,886,842 2,372,089 2,541,485 ============================================================================== AMERICAN LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL 141,952 174,606 BOS 289,448 348,567 379,338 623,295 CHI 354,350 337,898 286,183 557,123 CLE 131,380 275,395 311,280 264,749 DET 259,430 189,469 224,523 177,796 MIL 139,034 NY 211,808 438,919 PHI 206,329 420,078 422,473 512,294 STL 272,283 380,405 318,108 WAS 161,661 188,158 128,878 131,744 TOT 0 1,683,584 2,206,454 2,344,888 3,024,028 ============================================================================== 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL BOS 468,828 410,209 436,777 473,048 668,965 CHI 687,419 585,202 666,307 636,096 478,400 CLE 316,306 325,733 382,046 422,262 354,627 DET 193,384 174,043 297,079 436,199 490,490 MIL NY 309,100 434,700 350,020 305,500 501,000 PHI 554,576 489,129 625,581 455,062 674,915 STL 339,112 389,157 419,025 618,947 366,274 WAS 252,027 129,903 221,929 264,252 205,199 TOT 3,120,752 2,938,076 3,398,764 3,611,366 3,739,870 ============================================================================== NATIONAL LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 202,000 146,502 116,960 143,155 140,694 BRO 183,000 198,200 199,868 224,670 214,600 CHI 248,577 205,071 263,700 386,205 439,100 CIN 170,000 205,728 217,300 351,680 391,915 NY 190,000 297,650 302,875 579,530 609,826 PHI 301,913 234,937 112,066 151,729 140,771 PIT 264,000 251,955 243,826 326,855 340,615 STL 270,000 379,988 226,417 226,538 386,750 TOT 1,829,490 1,920,031 1,683,012 2,390,362 2,664,271 ML 1,829,490 3,603,615 3,889,466 4,735,250 5,688,299 ============================================================================== 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 150,003 143,280 203,221 253,750 195,188 BRO 227,924 277,400 312,500 275,600 321,300 CHI 509,900 654,300 422,550 665,325 633,480 CIN 313,927 330,056 317,500 399,200 424,643 NY 552,700 402,850 538,350 910,000 783,700 PHI 317,932 294,680 341,216 420,660 303,177 PIT 369,124 394,877 319,506 382,444 534,950 STL 292,800 283,770 185,377 205,129 299,982 TOT 2,734,310 2,781,213 2,640,220 3,512,108 3,496,420 ML 5,855,062 5,719,289 6,038,984 7,123,474 7,236,290 ============================================================================== AMERICAN LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 584,619 503,961 597,096 437,194 481,359 CHI 552,084 583,208 602,241 644,501 469,290 CLE 293,456 406,296 336,844 541,000 185,997 DET 391,288 484,988 402,870 398,502 416,225 NY 355,857 302,444 242,194 357,551 359,477 PHI 588,905 605,749 517,653 571,896 346,641 STL 249,889 207,984 214,070 250,330 244,714 WAS 254,591 244,884 350,663 325,831 243,888 TOT 3,270,689 3,339,514 3,263,631 3,526,805 2,747,591 ============================================================================== 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 539,885 496,397 387,856 249,513 417,291 CHI 539,461 679,923 684,521 195,081 627,186 CLE 159,285 492,106 477,298 295,515 538,135 DET 476,105 616,772 457,289 203,719 643,805 NY 256,035 469,211 330,294 282,047 619,164 PHI 146,223 184,471 221,432 177,926 225,209 STL 150,358 335,740 210,486 122,076 349,350 WAS 167,332 177,265 89,682 182,122 234,096 TOT 2,434,684 3,451,885 2,858,858 1,707,999 3,654,236 ============================================================================== NATIONAL LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 149,027 116,000 121,000 208,000 382,913 BRO 279,321 269,000 243,000 347,000 122,671 CHI 526,152 576,000 514,000 419,000 202,516 CIN 380,622 300,000 344,000 258,000 100,791 NY 511,785 675,000 638,000 630,000 364,313 PHI 296,597 416,000 250,000 470,000 138,474 PIT 436,586 432,000 384,000 296,000 139,620 STL 355,668 447,768 241,759 203,531 256,099 TOT 2,935,758 3,231,768 2,735,759 2,831,531 1,707,397 ML 6,206,447 6,571,282 5,999,390 6,358,336 4,454,988 ============================================================================== 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 376,283 313,495 174,253 84,938 167,401 BRO 297,766 447,747 221,619 83,831 360,721 CHI 217,058 453,685 360,218 337,256 424,430 CIN 218,878 255,846 269,056 163,009 532,501 NY 391,850 552,056 500,264 256,618 708,857 PHI 449,898 515,365 354,428 122,266 240,424 PIT 225,743 289,132 192,807 213,610 276,810 STL 252,666 224,308 288,491 110,599 167,059 TOT 2,430,142 3,051,634 2,361,136 1,372,127 2,878,203 ML 4,864,826 6,503,519 5,219,994 3,080,126 6,532,439 ============================================================================== AMERICAN LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 402,445 279,273 259,184 229,688 448,556 CHI 833,492 543,650 602,860 573,778 606,658 CLE 912,832 748,705 528,145 558,856 481,905 DET 579,650 661,527 861,206 911,377 1,015,136 NY 1,289,422 1,230,696 1,026,134 1,007,066 1,053,533 PHI 287,888 344,430 425,356 534,122 531,992 STL 419,311 355,978 712,918 430,296 533,349 WAS 359,260 456,069 458,552 357,406 584,310 TOT 5,084,300 4,620,328 4,874,355 4,602,589 5,255,439 ============================================================================== 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 267,782 285,155 305,275 396,920 394,620 CHI 832,231 710,339 614,423 494,152 426,795 CLE 419,005 627,426 373,138 375,907 536,210 DET 820,766 711,914 773,716 474,323 869,318 NY 697,267 1,027,675 1,164,015 1,072,132 960,148 PHI 869,703 714,508 605,529 689,756 839,176 STL 462,898 283,986 247,879 339,497 280,697 WAS 817,199 551,580 528,976 378,501 355,506 TOT 5,186,851 4,912,583 4,612,951 4,221,188 4,662,470 ============================================================================== NATIONAL LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 162,483 318,627 167,965 227,802 177,478 BRO 808,722 613,245 498,865 564,666 818,883 CHI 480,783 410,107 542,283 703,705 716,922 CIN 568,107 311,227 493,754 575,063 473,707 NY 929,609 973,477 945,809 820,780 844,068 PHI 330,998 273,961 232,471 228,168 299,818 PIT 429,037 701,567 523,675 611,082 736,883 STL 326,836 384,773 536,998 338,551 272,885 TOT 4,036,575 3,986,984 3,941,820 4,069,817 4,340,644 ML 9,120,875 8,607,312 8,816,175 8,672,406 9,596,083 ============================================================================== 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 313,528 303,598 288,685 227,001 372,351 BRO 659,435 650,819 637,230 664,863 731,886 CHI 622,610 885,063 1,159,168 1,143,740 1,485,166 CIN 464,920 672,987 442,164 490,490 295,040 NY 778,993 700,362 858,190 916,191 868,806 PHI 304,905 240,600 305,420 182,168 281,200 PIT 804,354 798,542 869,720 495,070 491,377 STL 404,959 668,428 749,340 761,574 399,887 TOT 4,353,704 4,920,399 5,309,917 4,881,097 4,925,713 ML 9,540,555 9,832,982 9,922,868 9,102,285 9,588,183 ============================================================================== AMERICAN LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 444,045 350,975 182,150 268,715 610,640 CHI 406,123 403,550 233,198 397,789 236,559 CLE 528,657 483,027 468,953 387,936 391,338 DET 649,450 434,056 397,157 320,972 919,161 NY 1,169,230 912,437 962,320 728,014 854,682 PHI 721,663 627,464 405,500 297,138 305,847 STL 152,088 179,126 112,558 88,113 115,305 WAS 614,474 492,657 371,396 437,533 330,074 TOT 4,685,730 3,883,292 3,133,232 2,926,210 3,763,606 ============================================================================== 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 558,568 626,895 559,659 646,459 573,070 CHI 470,281 440,810 589,245 338,278 594,104 CLE 397,615 500,391 564,849 652,006 563,926 DET 1,034,929 875,948 1,072,276 799,557 836,279 NY 657,508 976,913 998,148 970,916 859,785 PHI 233,173 285,173 430,738 385,357 395,022 STL 80,922 93,267 123,121 130,417 109,159 WAS 255,011 379,525 397,799 522,694 339,257 TOT 3,688,007 4,178,922 4,735,835 4,445,684 4,270,602 ============================================================================== NATIONAL LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 464,835 515,005 507,606 517,803 303,205 BRO 1,097,329 753,133 681,827 526,815 434,188 CHI 1,463,624 1,086,422 974,688 594,112 707,525 CIN 386,727 263,316 356,950 218,281 206,773 NY 868,714 812,163 484,868 604,471 730,851 PHI 299,007 284,849 268,914 156,421 169,885 PIT 357,795 260,392 287,262 288,747 322,622 STL 508,501 608,535 279,219 256,171 325,056 TOT 5,446,532 4,583,815 3,841,334 3,162,821 3,200,105 ML 10,132,262 8,467,107 6,974,566 6,089,031 6,963,711 ============================================================================== 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 232,754 340,585 385,339 341,149 285,994 BRO 470,517 489,618 482,481 663,087 955,668 CHI 692,604 699,370 895,020 951,640 726,663 CIN 448,247 466,345 411,221 706,756 981,443 NY 748,748 837,952 926,887 799,633 702,457 PHI 205,470 249,219 212,790 166,111 277,973 PIT 352,885 372,524 459,679 641,033 376,734 STL 506,084 448,078 430,811 291,418 400,245 TOT 3,657,309 3,903,691 4,204,228 4,560,827 4,707,177 ML 7,345,316 8,082,613 8,940,063 9,006,511 8,977,779 ============================================================================== AMERICAN LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 716,234 718,497 730,340 358,275 506,975 CHI 660,336 677,077 425,734 508,962 563,539 CLE 902,576 745,948 459,447 438,894 475,272 DET 1,112,693 684,915 580,087 606,287 923,176 NY 988,975 964,722 922,011 618,330 789,995 PHI 432,145 528,894 423,487 376,735 505,322 STL 239,591 176,240 255,617 214,392 508,644 WAS 381,241 415,663 403,493 574,694 525,235 TOT 5,433,791 4,911,956 4,200,216 3,696,569 4,798,158 ============================================================================== 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 603,794 1,416,944 1,427,315 1,558,798 1,596,650 CHI 657,981 983,403 876,948 777,844 937,151 CLE 558,182 1,057,289 1,521,978 2,620,627 2,233,771 DET 1,280,341 1,722,590 1,398,093 1,743,035 1,821,204 NY 881,845 2,265,512 2,178,937 2,373,901 2,283,676 PHI 462,631 621,793 911,566 945,076 816,514 STL 482,986 526,435 320,474 335,564 270,936 WAS 652,660 1,027,216 850,758 795,254 770,745 TOT 5,580,420 9,621,182 9,486,069 11,150,099 10,730,647 ============================================================================== NATIONAL LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 241,616 263,680 285,332 271,289 208,691 BRO 975,978 1,214,910 1,037,765 661,739 605,905 CHI 534,878 545,159 590,972 508,247 640,110 CIN 850,180 643,513 427,031 379,122 409,567 NY 747,852 763,098 779,621 466,095 674,483 PHI 207,177 231,401 230,183 466,975 369,586 PIT 507,934 482,241 448,897 498,740 604,278 STL 324,078 633,645 553,552 517,135 461,968 TOT 4,389,693 4,777,647 4,353,353 3,769,342 3,974,588 ML 9,823,484 9,689,603 8,553,569 7,465,911 8,772,746 ============================================================================== 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 374,178 969,673 1,277,361 1,455,439 1,081,795 BRO 1,059,220 1,796,824 1,807,526 1,398,967 1,633,747 CHI 1,036,386 1,342,970 1,364,039 1,237,792 1,143,139 CIN 290,070 715,751 899,975 823,386 707,782 NY 1,016,468 1,219,873 1,600,793 1,459,269 1,218,446 PHI 285,057 1,045,247 907,332 767,429 819,698 PIT 604,694 749,962 1,283,531 1,517,021 1,449,435 STL 594,630 1,061,807 1,247,913 1,111,440 1,430,676 TOT 5,260,703 8,902,107 10,388,470 9,770,743 9,484,718 ML 10,841,123 18,523,289 19,874,539 20,920,842 20,215,365 ============================================================================== AMERICAN LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL 1,060,910 BOS 1,344,080 1,312,282 1,115,750 1,026,133 931,127 CHI 781,330 1,328,234 1,231,675 1,191,353 1,231,629 CLE 1,727,464 1,704,984 1,444,607 1,069,176 1,335,472 DET 1,951,474 1,132,641 1,026,846 884,658 1,079,847 KC NY 2,081,380 1,950,107 1,629,665 1,537,811 1,475,171 PHI 309,805 465,469 627,100 362,113 304,666 STL 247,131 293,790 518,796 297,238 WAS 699,697 695,167 699,457 595,594 503,542 TOT 9,142,361 8,882,674 8,293,896 6,964,076 7,922,364 ============================================================================== 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL 852,039 901,201 1,029,581 829,991 891,926 BOS 1,203,200 1,137,158 1,181,087 1,077,047 984,102 CHI 1,175,684 1,000,090 1,135,668 797,451 1,423,144 CLE 1,221,780 865,467 722,256 663,805 1,497,976 DET 1,181,838 1,051,182 1,272,346 1,098,924 1,221,221 KC 1,393,054 1,015,154 901,067 925,090 963,683 NY 1,490,138 1,491,784 1,497,134 1,428,438 1,552,030 PHI STL WAS 425,238 431,647 457,079 475,288 615,372 TOT 8,942,971 7,893,683 8,196,218 7,296,034 9,149,454 ============================================================================== NATIONAL LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS 944,391 487,475 281,278 BRO 1,185,896 1,282,628 1,088,704 1,163,419 1,020,531 CHI 1,165,944 894,415 1,024,826 763,658 748,183 CIN 538,794 588,268 604,197 548,086 704,167 LA MIL 1,826,397 2,131,388 NY 1,008,878 1,059,539 984,940 811,518 1,155,067 PHI 1,217,035 937,658 755,417 853,644 738,991 PIT 1,166,267 980,590 686,673 572,757 475,494 STL 1,093,411 1,013,429 913,113 880,242 1,039,698 SF TOT 8,320,616 7,244,002 6,339,148 7,419,721 8,013,519 ML 17,462,977 16,126,676 14,633,044 14,383,797 15,935,883 ============================================================================== 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOS BRO 1,033,589 1,213,562 1,028,258 CHI 875,800 720,118 670,629 979,904 858,255 CIN 693,662 1,125,928 1,070,850 788,582 801,298 LA 1,845,556 2,071,045 MIL 2,005,836 2,046,331 2,215,404 1,971,101 1,749,112 NY 824,112 629,179 653,923 PHI 922,886 934,798 1,146,230 931,110 802,815 PIT 469,397 949,878 850,732 1,311,988 1,359,917 STL 849,130 1,029,773 1,183,575 1,063,730 929,953 SF 1,272,625 1,422,130 TOT 7,674,412 8,649,567 8,819,601 10,164,596 9,994,525 ML 16,617,383 16,543,250 17,015,819 17,460,630 19,143,979 ============================================================================== AMERICAN LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL 1,187,849 951,089 790,254 774,343 1,116,215 BOS 1,129,866 850,589 733,080 942,642 883,276 CAL CHI 1,644,460 1,146,019 1,131,562 1,158,848 1,250,053 CLE 950,985 725,547 716,076 562,507 653,293 DET 1,167,669 1,600,710 1,207,881 821,952 816,139 KC 774,944 683,817 635,675 762,364 642,478 LA 603,510 1,144,063 821,015 760,439 MIN 1,256,723 1,433,116 1,406,652 1,207,514 NY 1,627,349 1,747,725 1,493,574 1,308,920 1,305,638 OAK SEA WAS 743,404 597,287 729,775 535,604 600,106 TOT 9,226,526 10,163,016 10,015,056 9,094,847 9,235,151 ============================================================================== 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL 781,649 1,203,366 955,053 943,977 1,062,069 BOS 652,201 811,172 1,727,832 1,940,788 1,833,246 CAL 566,727 1,400,321 1,317,713 1,025,956 758,388 CHI 1,130,519 990,016 985,634 803,775 589,546 CLE 934,786 903,359 662,980 857,994 619,970 DET 1,029,645 1,124,293 1,447,143 2,031,847 1,577,481 KC 528,344 773,929 726,639 902,414 LA MIN 1,463,258 1,259,374 1,483,547 1,143,257 1,349,328 NY 1,213,552 1,124,648 1,259,514 1,185,666 1,067,996 OAK 837,466 778,232 SEA 677,944 WAS 560,083 576,260 770,868 546,661 918,106 TOT 8,860,764 10,166,738 11,336,923 11,317,387 12,134,720 ============================================================================== NATIONAL LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATL CHI 809,770 673,057 609,802 979,551 751,647 CIN 663,486 1,117,603 982,095 858,805 862,466 HOU 924,456 719,502 725,773 LA 2,253,887 1,804,250 2,755,184 2,538,602 2,228,751 MIL 1,497,799 1,101,441 766,921 773,018 910,911 MON NY 922,530 1,080,108 1,732,597 PHI 862,205 590,039 762,034 907,141 1,425,891 PIT 1,705,828 1,199,128 1,090,648 783,648 759,496 STL 1,096,632 855,305 953,895 1,170,546 1,143,294 SD SF 1,795,356 1,390,679 1,592,594 1,571,306 1,504,364 TOT 10,684,963 8,731,502 11,360,159 11,382,227 12,045,190 ML 19,911,489 18,894,518 21,375,215 20,477,074 21,280,341 ============================================================================== 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATL 1,539,801 1,389,222 1,126,540 1,458,320 CHI 641,361 635,891 977,226 1,043,409 1,674,993 CIN 1,047,824 742,958 958,300 733,354 987,991 HOU 2,151,470 1,872,108 1,348,303 1,312,887 1,442,995 LA 2,553,577 2,617,029 1,664,362 1,581,093 1,784,527 MIL 555,584 MON 1,212,608 NY 1,768,389 1,932,693 1,565,492 1,781,657 2,175,373 PHI 1,166,376 1,108,201 828,888 664,546 519,414 PIT 909,279 1,196,618 907,012 693,485 769,369 STL 1,241,201 1,712,980 2,090,145 2,011,167 1,682,783 SD 512,970 SF 1,546,075 1,657,192 1,242,480 837,220 873,603 TOT 13,581,136 15,015,471 12,971,430 11,785,358 15,094,946 ML 22,441,900 25,182,209 24,308,353 23,102,745 27,229,666 ============================================================================== AMERICAN LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL 1,057,069 1,023,037 899,950 958,667 962,572 BOS 1,595,278 1,678,732 1,441,718 1,481,002 1,556,411 CAL 1,077,741 926,373 744,190 1,058,206 917,269 CHI 495,355 833,891 1,177,318 1,302,527 1,149,596 CLE 729,752 591,361 626,354 615,107 1,114,262 DET 1,501,293 1,591,073 1,892,386 1,724,146 1,243,080 KC 693,047 910,784 707,656 1,345,341 1,173,292 MIL 933,690 731,531 600,440 1,092,158 955,741 MIN 1,261,887 940,858 797,901 907,499 662,401 NY 1,136,879 1,070,771 966,328 1,262,103 1,273,075 OAK 778,355 914,993 921,323 1,000,763 845,693 SEA TEX 662,974 686,085 1,193,902 TOR WAS 824,789 655,156 TOT 12,085,135 11,868,560 11,438,538 13,433,604 13,047,294 ============================================================================== 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL 1,002,157 1,058,609 1,195,769 1,051,724 1,681,009 BOS 1,748,587 1,895,846 2,074,549 2,320,643 2,353,114 CAL 1,058,163 1,006,774 1,432,633 1,755,386 2,523,575 CHI 750,802 914,945 1,657,135 1,491,100 1,280,702 CLE 977,039 948,776 900,365 800,584 1,011,644 DET 1,058,836 1,467,020 1,359,856 1,714,893 1,630,929 KC 1,151,836 1,680,265 1,852,603 2,255,493 2,261,845 MIL 1,213,357 1,012,164 1,114,938 1,601,406 1,918,343 MIN 737,156 715,394 1,162,727 787,878 1,070,521 NY 1,288,048 2,012,434 2,103,092 2,335,871 2,537,765 OAK 1,075,518 780,593 495,599 526,999 306,763 SEA 1,338,511 877,440 844,447 TEX 1,127,924 1,164,982 1,250,722 1,447,963 1,519,671 TOR 1,701,052 1,562,585 1,431,651 WAS TOT 13,189,423 14,657,802 19,639,551 20,529,965 22,371,979 ============================================================================== NATIONAL LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATL 1,078,848 1,006,320 752,973 800,655 981,085 CHI 1,642,705 1,653,007 1,299,163 1,351,705 1,015,378 CIN 1,803,568 1,501,122 1,611,459 2,017,601 2,164,307 HOU 1,253,444 1,261,589 1,469,247 1,394,004 1,090,728 LA 1,697,142 2,064,594 1,860,858 2,136,192 2,632,474 MON 1,424,683 1,290,963 1,142,145 1,246,863 1,019,134 NY 2,697,479 2,266,680 2,134,185 1,912,390 1,722,209 PHI 708,247 1,511,223 1,343,329 1,475,934 1,808,648 PIT 1,341,947 1,501,132 1,427,460 1,319,913 1,110,552 STL 1,629,736 1,604,671 1,196,894 1,574,046 1,838,413 SD 643,679 557,513 644,273 611,826 1,075,399 SF 740,720 1,106,043 647,744 834,193 519,987 TOT 16,662,198 17,324,857 15,529,730 16,675,322 16,978,314 ML 28,747,333 29,193,417 26,968,268 30,108,926 30,025,608 ============================================================================== 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATL 534,672 818,179 872,464 904,494 769,465 CHI 1,034,819 1,026,217 1,439,834 1,525,311 1,648,587 CIN 2,315,603 2,629,708 2,519,670 2,532,497 2,356,933 HOU 858,002 886,146 1,109,560 1,126,145 1,900,312 LA 2,539,349 2,386,301 2,955,087 3,347,845 2,860,954 MON 908,292 646,704 1,433,757 1,427,007 2,102,173 NY 1,730,566 1,468,754 1,066,825 1,007,328 788,905 PHI 1,909,233 2,480,150 2,700,070 2,583,389 2,775,011 PIT 1,270,018 1,025,945 1,237,349 964,106 1,435,454 STL 1,695,270 1,207,079 1,659,287 1,278,215 1,627,256 SD 1,281,747 1,458,478 1,376,269 1,670,107 1,456,967 SF 522,919 626,868 700,056 1,740,477 1,456,402 TOT 16,600,490 16,660,529 19,070,228 20,106,921 21,178,419 ML 29,789,913 31,318,331 38,709,779 40,636,886 43,550,398 ============================================================================== AMERICAN LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL 1,797,438 1,024,247 1,613,031 2,042,071 2,045,784 BOS 1,956,092 1,060,379 1,950,124 1,782,285 1,661,618 CAL 2,297,327 1,441,545 2,807,360 2,555,016 2,402,997 CHI 1,200,365 946,651 1,567,787 2,132,821 2,136,988 CLE 1,033,827 661,395 1,044,021 768,941 734,079 DET 1,785,293 1,149,144 1,636,058 1,829,636 2,704,794 KC 2,288,714 1,279,403 2,284,464 1,963,875 1,810,018 MIL 1,857,408 874,292 1,978,896 2,397,131 1,608,509 MIN 769,206 469,090 921,186 858,939 1,598,692 NY 2,627,417 1,614,353 2,041,219 2,257,976 1,821,815 OAK 842,259 1,304,052 1,735,489 1,294,941 1,353,281 SEA 836,204 636,276 1,070,404 813,537 870,372 TEX 1,198,175 850,076 1,154,432 1,363,469 1,102,471 TOR 1,400,327 755,083 1,275,978 1,930,415 2,110,009 TOT 21,890,052 14,065,986 23,080,449 23,991,053 23,961,427 ============================================================================== 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAL 2,132,387 1,973,176 1,835,692 1,660,738 2,535,208 BOS 1,786,633 2,147,641 2,231,551 2,464,851 2,510,012 CAL 2,567,427 2,655,872 2,696,299 2,340,925 2,647,291 CHI 1,669,888 1,424,313 1,208,060 1,115,749 1,045,651 CLE 655,181 1,471,805 1,077,898 1,411,610 1,285,542 DET 2,286,609 1,899,437 2,061,830 2,081,162 1,543,656 KC 2,162,717 2,320,794 2,392,471 2,350,181 2,477,700 MIL 1,360,265 1,265,041 1,909,244 1,923,238 1,970,735 MIN 1,651,814 1,255,453 2,081,976 3,030,672 2,277,438 NY 2,214,587 2,268,030 2,427,672 2,633,701 2,170,485 OAK 1,334,599 1,314,646 1,678,921 2,287,335 2,667,225 SEA 1,128,696 1,029,045 1,134,255 1,022,398 1,298,443 TEX 1,112,497 1,692,002 1,763,053 1,581,901 2,043,993 TOR 2,468,925 2,455,477 2,778,429 2,595,175 3,375,883 TOT 24,532,225 25,172,732 27,277,351 28,499,636 29,849,262 ============================================================================== NATIONAL LEAGUE ============================================================================== 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATL 1,048,411 535,418 1,801,985 2,119,935 1,724,892 CHI 1,206,776 565,637 1,249,278 1,479,717 2,107,655 CIN 2,022,450 1,093,730 1,326,528 1,190,419 1,275,887 HOU 2,278,217 1,321,282 1,558,555 1,351,962 1,229,862 LA 3,249,287 2,381,292 3,608,881 3,510,313 3,134,824 MON 2,208,175 1,534,564 2,318,292 2,320,651 1,606,531 NY 1,192,073 704,244 1,323,036 1,112,774 1,842,695 PHI 2,651,650 1,638,752 2,376,394 2,128,339 2,062,693 PIT 1,646,757 541,789 1,024,106 1,225,916 773,500 STL 1,385,147 1,010,247 2,111,906 2,317,914 2,037,448 SD 1,139,026 519,161 1,607,516 1,539,815 1,983,904 SF 1,096,115 632,274 1,200,948 1,251,530 1,001,545 TOT 21,124,084 12,478,390 21,507,425 21,549,285 20,781,436 ML 43,014,136 26,544,376 44,587,874 45,540,338 44,742,863 ============================================================================== 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATL 1,350,137 1,387,181 1,217,402 848,089 984,930 CHI 2,161,534 1,859,102 2,035,130 2,089,034 2,491,942 CIN 1,834,619 1,692,432 2,185,205 2,072,528 1,979,320 HOU 1,184,314 1,734,276 1,909,902 1,933,505 1,834,908 LA 3,264,593 3,023,208 2,797,409 2,980,262 2,944,653 MON 1,502,494 1,128,981 1,850,324 1,478,659 1,783,533 NY 2,761,601 2,767,601 3,034,129 3,055,445 2,918,710 PHI 1,830,350 1,933,335 2,100,110 1,990,041 1,861,985 PIT 735,900 1,000,917 1,161,193 1,866,713 1,374,141 STL 2,637,563 2,471,974 3,072,122 2,892,799 3,080,980 SD 2,210,352 1,805,716 1,454,061 1,506,896 2,009,031 SF 818,697 1,528,748 1,917,168 1,785,297 2,059,701 TOT 22,292,154 22,333,471 24,734,155 24,499,268 25,323,834 ML 46,824,379 47,506,203 52,011,506 52,998,904 55,173,096 ============================================================================== AMERICAN LEAGUE ========================================================= 1990 1991 1992 1993 --------------------------------------------------------- BAL 2,415,189 2,552,753 3,567,819 3,644,965 BOS 2,528,986 2,562,435 2,468,574 2,422,021 CAL 2,555,688 2,416,236 2,065,444 2,057,460 CHI 2,002,357 2,934,154 2,681,156 2,581,091 CLE 1,225,240 1,051,863 1,224,094 2,177,908 DET 1,495,785 1,641,661 1,423,963 1,971,421 KC 2,244,956 2,161,537 1,867,689 1,934,578 MIL 1,752,900 1,478,729 1,857,351 1,688,080 MIN 1,751,584 2,293,842 2,482,428 2,048,673 NY 2,006,436 1,863,733 1,748,737 2,416,942 OAK 2,900,217 2,713,493 2,494,160 2,035,025 SEA 1,509,727 2,147,905 1,651,367 2,052,638 TEX 2,057,911 2,297,720 2,198,231 2,244,616 TOR 3,885,284 4,001,527 4,028,318 4,057,947 TOT 30,332,260 32,117,588 31,759,331 33,333,365 ========================================================= NATIONAL LEAGUE ========================================================= 1990 1991 1992 1993 --------------------------------------------------------- ATL 980,129 2,140,217 3,077,400 3,884,720 CHI 2,243,791 2,314,250 2,126,720 2,653,763 CIN 2,400,892 2,372,377 2,315,946 2,453,232 COL 4,483,350 FLA 3,064,847 HOU 1,310,927 1,196,152 1,211,412 2,084,618 LA 3,002,396 3,348,170 2,473,266 3,170,393 MON 1,373,087 934,742 1,669,127 1,641,437 NY 2,732,745 2,284,484 1,779,534 1,873,183 PHI 1,992,484 2,050,012 1,927,448 3,137,674 PIT 2,049,908 2,065,302 1,829,395 1,650,593 STL 2,573,225 2,448,699 2,418,483 2,844,977 SD 1,856,396 1,804,289 1,721,406 1,375,432 SF 1,975,528 1,737,478 1,560,998 2,606,354 TOT 24,491,508 24,696,172 24,111,135 36,924,573 ML 54,823,768 56,813,760 55,870,466 70,257,938 =========================================================