Blue Jays, Rangers, A's Up Big At The Gate, But AL Attendance Still Down

The Blue Jays, Rangers and A's are the only AL clubs seeing home attendance gains through May 10, and all three teams are seeing double-digit percentage growth during that time period. Blue Jays attendance is up nearly 46% through 16 home games at Rogers Centre, while the Rangers have seen attendance jump 35% in Arlington. A's attendance has also picked up at Overstock.com Coliseum, with the team's home gate up 14.5%. However, AL clubs overall are down 2.1% at the gate compared to the same period last year. Three teams -- the Orioles, Mariners and Rays -- are seeing double-digit percentage drops at the gate. Listed below is team-by-team attendance for the AL through May 10, with comparisons to the same period last year. See yesterday's issue of THE DAILY for figures from NL clubs (THE DAILY).

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE ATTENDANCE THROUGH MAY 10
HOME TEAM	GMS	TOTAL	AVG.	% CAP.	PREV.	% +/-	GMS ('10)
Yankees	19	788,427	41,496	82.4%	44,269	-6.3%	12
Angels	18	694,007	38,556	84.9%	39,342	-2.0%	18
Twins	11	422,755	38,432	97.3%	38,657	-0.6%	16
Red Sox	20	748,374	37,419	100.3%	37,505	-0.2%	21
Rangers	21	744,066	35,432	72.1%	26,205	35.2%	17
Tigers	16	400,900	25,056	60.7%	27,030	-7.3%	13
White Sox	16	354,888	22,181	54.6%	22,843	-2.9%	19
Blue Jays	16	353,919	22,120	44.9%	15,208	45.5%	17
Orioles	18	371,429	20,635	44.9%	24,163	-14.6%	12
Mariners	19	374,238	19,697	41.5%	25,944	-24.1%	18
A's	16	300,671	18,792	53.6%	16,415	14.5%	20
Royals	23	420,745	18,293	48.3%	19,816	-7.7%	12
Rays	19	309,922	16,312	47.9%	23,065	-29.3%	15
Indians	16	227,683	14,230	32.8%	14,661	-2.9%	14
AL TOTALS	248	6,512,024	26,258	61.5%	26,827	-2.1%	224
MLB TOTALS	528	14,684,840	27,812	64.2%	28,105	-1.0%	477