Minor League Baseball Attendance Boom Continues
June 7, 2007 - Midwest League (MWL1) News Release
ST. PETERSBURG, FL-Minor League Baseball attendance continued its strong surge as 7,708,773 fans attended games during the month of May, pushing the two-month total to 13,613,842.
That puts the affiliated leagues in a virtual dead-heat with last year's pace when they set an all-time record by drawing 41.7-million fans. In raw numbers, this year's total shows an increase of 230,488 fans but for more playing dates since the season opened one day earlier in April. On an average crowd per playing date, the totals are nearly deadlocked, a difference of just six people, 3,862 this year to 3,868 in 2006.
Seven of the 11 full-season leagues recorded increases in average crowd size, led by the Midwest League (10.4 percent) and the California League, up by 7.5%. Other leagues showing improvement in crowd size were the International, Pacific Coast, Eastern, Texas and Florida State.
Minor League Baseball's Short-Season leagues (New York-Penn, Northwest, Appalachian and Pioneer) will begin play in about 10 days.
Individual league attendance:
LEAGUE, ATTENDANCE, AVG.
International, 2,002,673, 5,772
Pacific Coast, 2,521,427, 5,975
Mexican, 1,955,931, 4,008
Eastern, 1,187,873, 4,153
Southern, 921,020, 3,476
Texas, 1,020,877, 5,262
California, 628,593, 2,372
Carolina, 526,641, 2,633
Florida State, 442,618, 1,446
Midwest, 1,049,018, 3,067
South Atlantic, 1,357,171, 3,335
Total, 13,613,842, 3,862
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