The Tigers are in the midst of a 59-86 season and their lowest attendance in years, but Tigers Chair & CEO Chris Ilitch stressed that the team "would remain in family hands for the foreseeable future," according to Lynn Henning of the DETROIT NEWS. Ilitch said, "I am committed, and we are committed, to long-term ownership." Ilitch said that he was "'very pleased' with the job" Tigers Exec VP/Baseball Operations & GM Al Avila and the front office were "doing in rebuilding a Tigers team that is in a ground-up bid to return playoff baseball to Detroit." The Tigers this season will "not reach 2 million in Comerica Park attendance" for the first time in 14 years. Ilitch: "We knew when we went through a rebuild, TV ratings and attendance would be impacted" (DETROIT NEWS, 9/12). Ilitch yesterday also said that he "didn't want to put a timeline on when the Tigers would emerge from their rebuilding process" (MLIVE.com, 9/11).
TIGERS ATTENDANCE TREND |
SEASON |
TOTAL |
AVG. |
RECORD |
'18 |
1,684,936 |
23,402 |
59-86 |
'17 |
2,321,599 |
28,662 |
64-98 |
'16 |
2,493,859 |
31,173 |
86-75 |
'15 |
2,726,048 |
33,655 |
74-87 |
'14 |
2,917,209 |
36,015 |
90-72 |
'13 |
3,083,397 |
38,067 |
93-69 |
'12 |
3,028,033 |
37,383 |
88-74 |
'11 |
2,642,045 |
32,618 |
95-67 |
'10 |
2,461,237 |
30,386 |
81-81 |
'09 |
2,567,186 |
31,694 |
86-77 |
'08 |
3,202,645 |
39,539 |
74-88 |
'07 |
3,047,133 |
37,619 |
88-74 |
'06 |
2,595,937 |
32,049 |
95-67 |
'05 |
2,024,431 |
24,993 |
71-91 |
'04 |
1,917,004 |
23,667 |
72-90 |
'03 |
1,368,245 |
16,892 |
43-119 |
