TODAY: MLB AL Announced Attendance Through August 23
HOME '99 YEAR-TO-DATE COMPARISONS
TEAM DATES AVG. TOTAL %CAP '98 AVG. %+/- '97 AVG. %+/-
BAL 61 42,791 2,610,258 88% 45,394 - 6% 45,816 - 7%
CLE 63 42,721 2,691,402 99% 42,706 0% 42,559 0%
NYY 64 39,934 2,555,785 73% 37,437 + 7% 33,083 +21%
TEX 60 35,062 2,103,744 71% 36,766 - 5% 36,815 - 5%
SEA 63 34,285 2,159,962 64% 33,384 + 3% 39,494 -13%
@king 39 28,213 1,100,299 48% -- -- -- --
@safe 24 44,153 1,059,663 99% -- -- -- --
BOS 64 29,893 1,913,180 88% 29,364 + 2% 27,827 + 7%
ANA 60 29,173 1,750,352 65% 30,392 - 4% 21,819 +34%
TOR 65 26,358 1,713,267 52% 30,028 -12% 31,967 -18%
DET 63 22,851 1,439,592 49% 18,283 +25% 17,280 +32%
TAM 59 21,468 1,266,631 47% 28,619 -25% -- --
KC 58 21,212 1,230,295 52% 19,559 + 8% 19,710 + 8%
OAK 63 18,110 1,140,902 41% 15,280 +19% 15,965 +13%
CHI 59 17,887 1,055,336 40% 17,378 + 3% 23,913 -25%
MIN 59 16,027 945,619 33% 15,356 + 4% 17,421 - 8%
AL 861 28,544 24,576,325 62% 28,674 0% 28,086 + 2%
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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