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WORLD SERIES RATINGS HISTORY: NUMBERS FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS
Published October 17, 1997
The following lists World Series household rating
trends over the past twenty years (Nielsen Sports).
|
YR
|
GMS | TMS | RAT/SHR |
YR
|
GMS | TMS | RAT/SHR | |
|
'77
|
6
|
NYY-LAD
|
29.9/52
|
'87
|
7
|
MIN-STL
|
23.9/41
|
|
|
'78
|
6
|
NYY-LAD
|
32.7/56
|
'88
|
5
|
LAD-OAK
|
23.9/39
|
|
|
'79
|
7
|
PIT-BAL
|
28.0/51
|
'89
|
4
|
OAK-SFG
|
16.4/29
|
|
|
'80
|
6
|
PHI-KCR
|
32.8/56
|
'90
|
4
|
CIN-OAK
|
20.8/36
|
|
|
'81
|
6
|
LAD-NYY
|
30.0/49
|
'91
|
7
|
MIN-ATL
|
24.0/39
|
|
|
'82
|
7
|
STL-MIL
|
28.0/49
|
'92
|
6
|
TOR-ATL
|
20.2/34
|
|
|
'83
|
5
|
BAL-PHI
|
23.3/41
|
'93
|
6
|
TOR-PHI
|
17.3/30
|
|
|
'84
|
5
|
DET-SDP
|
22.9/40
|
'94
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
|
'85
|
7
|
KCR-STL
|
25.3/39
|
'95
|
6
|
ATL-CLE
|
19.5/33
|
|
|
'86
|
7
|
NYM-BOS
|
28.6/46
|
'96
|
6
|
NYY-ATL
|
17.4/28
|
