MLB Attendance Up Slightly At The All-Star Break, Buoyed By Gains For Royals, Mariners

MLB teams are averaging 30,198 fans per game at the All-Star break, up slightly from the same period last year. Attendance has been buoyed by big gains for the Royals (+44%) and Mariners (+23%), who lead all clubs in gains at the gate. The Yankees lead all AL clubs at the gate, but attendance is down 6.5% to date. The Rays continue to have the lowest attendance in MLB at 14,731 fans per game, with attendance at Tropicana Field down 13%. Both the Rays and Indians are playing to 47.5% capacity at their respective ballparks. For NL figures, see tomorrow's issue (THE DAILY).

AMERICAN LEAGUE ATTENDANCE THROUGH THE ALL-STAR BREAK
HOME TEAM	GAMES	TOTAL	AVG.	% CAP.	PREV.	% +/-	GAMES ('13)
Yankees	41	1,633,165	39,833	80.2%	42,604	-6.5%	40
Red Sox	45	1,613,920	35,865	95.6%	36,271	-1.1%	49
Angels	43	1,532,033	35,629	78.3%	38,000	-6.2%	47
Tigers	45	1,501,869	33,375	80.1%	34,493	-3.2%	47
Royals	46	1,501,411	32,639	86.1%	22,683	43.9%	47
Rangers	42	1,331,566	31,704	65.9%	35,039	-9.5%	48
Orioles*	46	1,378,281	29,963	66.6%	30,006	-0.1%	48
Mariners	47	1,374,761	29,250	61.5%	23,858	22.6%	50
Blue Jays	44	1,232,303	28,007	57.8%	27,168	3.1%	46
Twins	47	1,261,695	26,845	68.8%	27,760	-3.3%	43
Astros	44	1,077,533	24,489	58.2%	22,662	8.1%	49
A's	44	984,249	22,369	63.8%	24,138	-7.3%	44
White Sox	39	855,539	21,937	54.0%	20,657	6.2%	44
Indians	45	788,110	17,514	47.5%	18,402	-4.8%	47
Rays	48	707,082	14,731	47.5%	16,902	-12.8%	50
AL TOTALS	666	18,773,517	28,188	67.7%	27,904	1.0%	699
MLB TOTALS	1,325	40,012,082	30,198	70.6%	30,028	0.6%	1,418

NOTES: * = Includes a three-game designated home series played in April at Tropicana Field due to civil unrest in Baltimore. Does not include an April home game played without fans at Camden Yards.