TODAY: MLB American League Attendance Through May 17
| YEAR-TO-DATE
| COMPARISONS
|
| TEAM | HOME
DATES | '98
AVG. | TOTAL | %CAP | '97
AVG. | %+/- | '96
AVG. | %+/- |
| BAL | 22 | 44,067 | 969,482 | 90% | 43,520 | 1% | 45,034 | - 2% |
| CLE | 21 | 41,910 | 880,113 | 97% | 41,688 | 1% | 41,477 | 1% |
| TEX | 22 | 34,465 | 758,220 | 70% | 35,223 | - 2% | 36,113 | - 5% |
| SEA | 23 | 33,638 | 773,680 | 57% | 37,341 | -10% | 33,628 | 0% |
| TAM | 20 | 31,644 | 632,871 | 70% | — | — | — | — |
| NYY^ | 16 | 30,428 | 486,851 | 55% | 24,105 | 26% | 28,857 | 5% |
| ANA^ | 24 | 28,285 | 678,836 | 63% | 19,841 | 42% | 22,476 | 26% |
| TOR | 19 | 28,276 | 537,237 | 56% | 29,970 | - 6% | 31,600 | -11% |
| BOS | 22 | 25,557 | 562,246 | 75% | 24,117 | 6% | 28,533 | -10% |
| KC | 21 | 17,246 | 362,161 | 42% | 18,121 | - 5% | 17,996 | - 4% |
| DET | 17 | 15,744 | 267,648 | 34% | 13,813 | 14% | 14,462 | 9% |
| CHI | 18 | 15,266 | 274,796 | 34% | 18,662 | -18% | 21,288 | -28% |
| MIN | 21 | 14,160 | 297,353 | 29% | 17,055 | -17% | 17,745 | -20% |
| OAK | 22 | 11,194 | 246,273 | 26% | 15,792 | -29% | 14,100 | -21% |
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| AL | 288 | 26,833 | 7,727,767 | 58% | 26,438 | 1% | 26,534 | 1% |
NOTES: The Angels are playing at newly renovated Edison Field, and have increased capacity to 45,050, up from last year's 34,000. The Yankees have decreased capacity slightly from last year. The '97 comparison is to average attendance through the same number of dates, while the '96 comparison is to final season average. -30-
