TODAY:  Final National League Attendance 

      HOME       '97 YEAR-TO-DATE            COMPARISONS
TEAM  DATES   AVG.      TOTAL   %CAP  '96 AVG. %+/- '95 AVG. %+/-
COL   81      48,006  3,888,453  96%   48,037    0%  47,084  + 2%
ATL^  81      42,765  3,463,988  86%   35,818  +19%  35,581  +20%
LA    81      40,974  3,318,886  73%   39,363  + 4%  38,420  + 7%
STL^  81      32,819  2,658,357  66%   32,774    0%  24,399  +35%
FLA   80      29,555  2,364,387  71%   21,834  +35%  24,292  +22%
CHI   79      27,725  2,190,308  71%   28,090  - 1%  27,018  + 3%
SD    80      26,117  2,089,336  56%   26,940  - 3%  14,673  +78%
HOU   81      25,269  2,046,811  46%   24,394  + 4%  19,208  +32%
CIN   80      22,322  1,785,788  42%   23,268  - 4%  25,882  -14%
NYM   78      22,643  1,766,174  41%   20,363  +11%  17,932  +26%
SF    80      21,135  1,690,831  34%   17,674  +20%  17,243  +23%
PIT   80      20,713  1,657,022  43%   16,652  +24%  12,936  +60%
MON   81      18,489  1,497,609  40%   19,959  - 7%  18,189  + 2%
PHI   77      19,359  1,490,638  31%   23,183  -14%  28,783  -33%
NL  1120      28,490 31,908,588  56%   27,080  + 5%  25,161  +13%

          NOTES:  (^) The Braves are in their first year at 
     Turner Field which has a capacity of 50,000, down from
     52,769 at Fulton County Stadium in '96. St. Louis has
     slightly decreased capacity since '96.  The '96 comparison
     is of average attendance through the same number of dates. 
     Due to the shortened '95 season, the '95 comparison is of
     final season average.  

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