In its second annual "Pennant Race Tracker," THE DAILY
examines MLB attendance over the second half of the season,
including team averages during the heat of the divisional and
wild card races. As the '96 season comes to a close, 12 of 13
clubs either in wild card contention -- or who have clinched
division titles over the last several days -- are enjoying strong
second half attendance. However, seven of the 13 teams have
shown a downward trend within the last month of the season. That
number would have been nine if not for strong gates in San Diego
and Seattle over the past weekend. NOTES: "1st Half Season
Average" is based on attendance at the All-Star break. "Now" is
of September 22. "Second Half Average" attendance "As of 8/25" is
from Opening Day-August 25. "Post-8/25" attendance is from August
25-September 22. "Overall" Second Half Average is from the All-
Star break-September 22.
AL SEASON AVG. 2ND HALF AVG. ATTENDANCE 2ND HALF
TEAM 1ST HALF NOW AS OF 8/25 POST-8/25 OVERALL +/-
NYY 24,872 28,848 27,841 37,407 34,619 +39%
BAL 44,316 45,005 44,882 45,637 45,937 + 4%
BOS 27,645 28,362 28,547 26,230 29,226 + 6%
CHI 21,096 21,379 22,054 18,805 21,684 + 3%
TEX 35,017 35,752 35,289 38,810 36,880 + 5%
SEA 33,072 33,606 32,416 38,083 34,240 + 4%
NL SEASON AVG. 2ND HALF AVG. ATTENDANCE 2ND HALF
TEAM 1ST HALF NOW AS OF 8/25 POST-8/25 OVERALL +/-
MON 19,872 19,496 19,856 17,984 18,955 - 5%
STL 31,663 32,247 32,841 29,751 32,831 + 4%
HOU 23,038 24,275 25,001 20,052 25,767 +12%
CIN 23,616 24,809 25,006 23,718 26,070 +10%
LA 38,067 38,802 39,197 36,234 39,790 + 5%
SD 25,059 26,983 26,210 32,315 30,300 +21%
COL 48,034 48,036 48,030 48,067 48,039 N/C
