TODAY: MLB National League Attendance Through May 17
| YEAR-TO-DATE
| COMPARISONS
|
| TEAM | HOME
DATES | '98
AVG. | TOTAL | %
CAP | '97
AVG. | %+/- | '96
AVG. | %+/- |
| COL | 20 | 46,609 | 932,171 | 93% | 48,052 | - 3% | 48,006 | - 3% |
| AZ | 19 | 45,517 | 864,825 | 94% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| LA | 19 | 38,574 | 732,910 | 69% | 36,054 | 7% | 39,363 | - 2% |
| ATL | 24 | 36,365 | 872,771 | 73% | 38,662 | - 6% | 35,818 | 2% |
| STL | 19 | 34,294 | 651,592 | 69% | 29,680 | 16% | 32,774 | 5% |
| SD^ | 18 | 30,749 | 553,482 | 55% | 26,488 | 16% | 26,940 | 14% |
| HOU^ | 19 | 23,332 | 443,306 | 43% | 20,927 | -11% | 24,394 | - 4% |
| CHI | 21 | 23,047 | 483,990 | 59% | 23,778 | - 3% | 28,090 | -18% |
| FLA^ | 25 | 20,897 | 522,430 | 49% | 27,703 | -25% | 21,834 | - 4% |
| CIN | 21 | 20,349 | 427,336 | 38% | 24,469 | -17% | 23,268 | -13% |
| NYM | 22 | 19,378 | 426,308 | 35% | 18,357 | 6% | 20,363 | - 5% |
| SF | 20 | 18,050 | 361,006 | 29% | 14,428 | 25% | 17,674 | 2% |
| PHI | 21 | 17,970 | 377,370 | 29% | 16,259 | 11% | 23,183 | -22% |
| MIL | 20 | 16,795 | 335,890 | 32% | 12,381 | 36% | 17,015 | - 1% |
| PIT^ | 24 | 15,063 | 361,523 | 32% | 15,838 | - 5% | 16,652 | -10% |
| MON | 24 | 10,213 | 245,110 | 22% | 20,727 | -51% | 19,959 | -49% |
| NL | 336 | 25,571 | 8,592,787 | 49% | 24,694 | + 4% | 27,080 | - 6% |
NOTES: (^) San Diego has increased capacity this year from 46,510 to 56,133. Florida, Houston and Pittsburgh have also increased capacity slightly from last year. The '97 comparison is to average attendance through the same number of dates. The '96 comparison is to final season average. -30-
