The following compares final attendance for Minor
League Baseball for the '00 and '99 seasons (THE DAILY):
'00 SEASON '99 SEASON
LEAGUE GMS AVG. TOTAL GMS AVG. TOTAL % +/-
CLASS AAA
Int'l 933 7,023 6,552,675 974 6,609 6,437,251 +1.8
Pac Coast 1,099 6,054 6,653,368 1,063 5,275 5,606,999 +18.7
Mexican 975 3,788 3,693,539 942 3,053 2,875,289 +28.5
CLASS AA
Eastern 807 4,596 3,709,262 825 4,689 3,868,732 -4.1
Southern 670 3,619 2,424,846 676 3,451 2,332,712 +3.9
Texas 537 4,223 2,267,907 526 3,399 1,787,915 +26.8
CLASS A
Calif 690 2,246 1,549,788 690 2,428 1,675,245 -10.6
Carolina 520 3,099 1,611,255 532 3,106 1,652,256 -2.5
Fla St 910 1,047 953,120 899 1,048 941,861 +1.2
Midwest 895 3,652 3,268,473 920 3,016 2,774,427 +17.8
S. Atlan 909 2,150 1,954,697 919 2,230 2,049,461 -4.6
A-SHORT
NY Penn 505 2,619 1,322,739 506 2,710 1,371,054 -3.5
Northwest 301 3,461 1,041,639 297 3,439 1,021,390 +2.0
ROOKIE
Appalach 303 912 276,431 326 1,014 330,517 -16.4
Pioneer 297 1,555 461,881 295 1,540 454,362 +1.7
TOTAL 10,351 3,646 37,741,620 10,390 3,386 35,179,471 +7.3
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