SBD / Issue 238 / Strike Date Attendance Impact

SBD/Issue 238/Leagues & Governing Bodies

MLB Attendance Down Ever So Slightly Since Strike Date Given

Published August 30, 2002

Font Size   Resize Small Resize Normal Resize Large  |  Print  |  Share  | 

The following tracks attendance at MLB games before and after the strike date announcement on August 16.

AFTER STRIKE ANNC.
BEFORE STRIKE ANNC.
TEAM
DATES
TOTAL
AVG.
DATES
TOTAL
AVG.
% +/-
Baltimore
10
288,909
28,891
53
1,839,026
34,699
-16.7%
Cleveland
10
291,788
29,179
58
1,930,358
33,282
-12.3%
Colorado
10
283,552
28,355
58
2,100,728
36,219
-21.7%
Milwaukee
10
241,644
24,164
59
1,464,846
24,828
-2.7%
Boston
9
297,744
33,083
58
1,910,165
32,934
0.5%
Chicago-AL
9
171,978
19,109
59
1,319,384
22,362
-14.6%
Houston
9
263,765
29,307
59
1,869,038
31,679
-7.5%
Los Angeles
9
368,776
40,975
59
2,265,001
38,390
6.7%
Cincinnati
7
143,062
20,437
60
1,410,014
23,500
-13.0%
Detroit
7
138,579
19,797
58
1,108,314
19,109
3.6%
K.C.
7
117,215
16,745
57
1,047,980
18,386
-8.9%
N.Y.-AL
7
328,451
46,922
56
2,502,343
44,685
5.0%
St. Louis
7
228,642
32,663
58
2,220,300
38,281
-14.7%
Anaheim
6
178,710
29,785
62
1,666,428
26,878
10.8%
Arizona
6
250,211
41,702
59
2,338,974
39,644
5.2%
Florida
6
67,265
11,211
62
623,082
10,050
11.6%
Minnesota
6
205,764
34,294
63
1,450,405
23,022
49.0%
Philadelphi
a 6
154,067
25,678
61
1,269,018
20,804
23.4%
Pittsburgh
6
138,780
23,130
61
1,427,673
23,404
-1.2%
San Diego
6
137,381
22,897
60
1,750,100
29,168
-21.5%
S.F.
6
246,963
41,161
59
2,372,378
40,210
2.4%
Texas
6
142,676
23,779
60
1,843,970
30,733
-22.6%
Atlanta
4
131,575
32,894
62
2,078,472
33,524
-1.9%
Montreal
4
49,823
12,456
60
611,646
10,194
22.2%
Toronto
4
94,203
23,551
62
1,234,122
19,905
18.3%
Chicago-NL
3
116,456
38,819
59
2,077,975
35,220
10.2%
Oakland
3
94,769
31,590
63
1,557,924
24,729
27.7%
N.Y.-NL
3
128,238
42,746
60
2,204,206
36,737
16.4%
Seattle
3
138,293
46,098
63
2,759,074
43,795
5.3%
Tampa Bay
3
31,810
10,603
62
830,868
13,401
-20.9%
MLB
192 5,
471,088
28,495
1,790
51,083,812
28,538
-0.2%

Return to top

Related Topics:

Baseball, Leagues and Governing Bodies, MLB

Video Powered By - Castfire CMS Powered By - Sitecore Digital Agency - Digitaria

Report a Bug

©2012 Street and Smith’s Sports Group and its licensors. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. About our ads.
All rights reserved.