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INTERLEAGUE, PART II: MLB SEES 35.3% ATTENDANCE INCREASE

          The following list home attendance figures for all MLB     interleague games played Thursday, June 12-Wednesday, June     19.  Comparisons are to each team's home season attendance     average through June 11. '97 AVG = home attendance through     June 11. () = number of interleague games hosted.            
'97 AVG.
INTER LEAGUE AVG.
% +/-
'97 AVG. INTER LEAGUE AVG. % +/-
NYY
26,187
56,240
(3)
+114.7%
SF
15,601
36,629
(2)
+134.7%
CHI
21,079
41,555
(3)
+97.1%
PIT
16,820
36,179
(3)
+115.0%
MIL
14,352
27,857
(3)
+94.0%
NYM
18,873
34,485
(3)
+82.7%
OAK
15,117
26,477
(4)
+75.1%
PHI
16,111
26,632
(3)
+65.3%
SEA
37,461
52,097
(4)
+39.0%
CHI
24,187
37,563
(3)
+55.3%
ANA
19,857
26,277
(4)
+32.3%
CIN
21,570
33,343
(3)
+54.5%
TEX
35,644
42,433
(4)
+19.0%
FLA
28,230
42,484
(3)
+50.4%
DET
13,775
17,089
(3)
+24.0%
STL
30,986
44,920
(3)
+44.9%
KC
18,932
21,057
(3)
+11.2%
HOU
20,673
28,782
(3)
+39.2%
BAL
44,434
47,599
(3)
+7.1%
ATL
39,418
47,922
(3)
+21.5%
TOR
30,713
32,494
(3)
+5.7%
LA
37,129
43,691
(2)
+17.6%
CLE
41,933
42,909
(3)
+2.3%
MON
19,251
19,998
(3)
+3.8%
BOS
26,172
26,673
(3)
+1.9%
COL
48,077
48,338
(2)
+0.5%
MIN
17,953
15,530
(3)
-13.4%
SD
24,973
21,362
(2)
-14.4%
AVG.
25,708
34,021
(46)
+32.3%
AVG.
25,955
35,881
(38)
+38.2%

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