TODAY: MLB AL Announced Attendance Through August 8
HOME '99 YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
TEAM DATES AVG. TOTAL %CAP '98 AVG. %+/- '97 AVG. %+/-
BAL 55 42,885 2,358,662 88% 45,281 - 5% 45,816 - 6%
CLE 56 42,674 2,389,733 98% 42,653 0% 42,559 0%
NYY 57 39,482 2,250,452 72% 37,307 + 6% 33,083 +19%
TEX 53 35,711 1,892,694 73% 36,915 - 3% 36,815 - 3%
SEA 57 33,217 1,893,347 61% 33,487 - 1% 39,494 -16%
@king 39 28,213 1,100,299 48% -- -- -- --
@safe 18 44,058 793,048 99% -- -- -- --
BOS 57 29,576 1,685,813 87% 29,302 + 1% 27,827 + 6%
ANA 54 29,502 1,593,129 65% 29,566 0% 21,819 +35%
TOR 59 25,587 1,509,658 51% 30,286 -16% 31,967 -20%
DET 57 22,366 1,274,870 48% 18,360 +22% 17,280 +29%
KC 51 21,590 1,101,102 53% 19,390 +11% 19,710 +10%
TAM 53 21,342 1,131,134 47% 29,208 -27% -- --
CHI 52 17,802 925,716 40% 17,257 + 3% 23,913 -26%
OAK 57 17,129 976,325 39% 14,948 +15% 15,965 + 7%
MIN 53 15,300 810,879 31% 15,074 + 1% 17,421 -12%
AL 771 28,267 21,793,514 61% 28,607 -1% 28,086 + 1%
NOTES: The '98 comparison is to average attendance
through the same number of dates, while the '97 comparison
is to final season average. '97 final average includes
Milwaukee, which returned to the NL in '98. The Mariners
moved into 44,607-seat Safeco Field on July 15.
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