It was the highest ejection week in the last three months last week, with eight ejections across the bigs last week. The American League continues its gradual cut into the NL lead, reducing the margin to NL 60, AL 58 after this week. The NL looking to win the ejections race for the first time in four seasons. Stay tuned, September will have a close race after all!
Attendance continued to be high, but the Marlins played a home series, so that meant sub 10,000 attendances are back in play. Joining the Marlins in the sub-10,000 club are the Rays, who have actually done a good job of staying above 10,000 fans this season. Both Miami and Tampa Bay were the only teams outdrawn by minor league games last week:
MLB teams outdrawn by AAA teams: Miami (outdrawn by 42 AAA games), Tampa Bay (outdrawn by 18 AAA games)
MLB teams outdrawn by AA teams: Miami (outdrawn by 12 AA games)
MLB teams outdrawn by Single-A teams: Miami (outdrawn by 9 A games)
Time of game averaged below three hours for the first time this season, on the backs of every team playing a game shorter than 2:50 last week. Maybe the pace of play rules are finally working!1 The big winner last week were the Giants and Pirates who played a 2:18 game that went 4-0 to the visiting Pirates, while Arizona and Philadelphia played 14 inning nailbiter that still only took 4:38, less than some nine-inning Red Sox vs Yankees games.
Temps remained hot deep in the heart of Texas, with the Rangers hosting two 98 degree games and a third of the league playing games at or above the 90 degree mark over the course of the week. Only the Giants didn’t see temps above 70 degrees, with the coldest being a chilly 58 degree game against the Astros.
Now finally, as always, your miscellany. And of course we have included the raw data at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
Attendance:
Lowest attendance last week: Miami (vs NY Mets), Friday, August 10th. 6,993
Highest-(Lowest attendance) last week: Chi Cubs (vs Washington), Saturday, August 11th. 41,320
Highest attendance last week: Colorado (vs LA Dodgers), Saturday, August 11th. 47,633
Lowest-(Highest attendance) last week: Miami (vs NY Mets), Saturday, August 11th. 11,478
Game time:
Longest game last week: Arizona (vs Philadelphia), Monday, August 6th. 4:38 (3-2 Arizona)
Shortest game last week: San Francisco (vs Pittsburgh), Saturday, August 11th. 2:18 (4-0 Pittsburgh)
Longest average game for the week: Philadelphia, 3:18 average over 6 games.
Quickest average game for the week: Tampa Bay, 2:43 average over 6 games.
Weather:
Warmest game last week: Texas (vs Seattle), 98 degrees, Monday and Tuesday, August 6th and 7th.
Coldest game last week: San Francisco (vs Houston), 58 degrees, Tuesday, August 7th.
Warmest average for the week: Kansas City, 89.7 degrees over 6 games.
Coldest average for the week: San Francisco, 64.0 degrees over 6 games.
Windiest game last week: San Francisco vs Houston, 18 mph, Tuesday, August 7th.
Windiest week: Houston, 16.5 MPH over 2 games.
Ejections:
Total ejections last week: 8 (118 on full season)
Ejections by league: AL 5, NL 3. (Season total: AL 58, NL 60)
Raw data:
All games
Team | Count of Games | Min Attendance | Max Attendance | Avg Attendance | Min Time of Game | Max Time of Game | Avg Time of Game | Min Temp | Max Temp | Avg Temp | Min Wind | Max Wind | Avg Wind | Ejections |
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Arizona | 6 | 17909 | 29348 | 22207 | 2:30 | 4:38 | 3:11 | 74 | 85 | 80 | 0 | 9 | 3.4 | |
Atlanta | 7 | 25360 | 40297 | 30952 | 2:30 | 3:19 | 2:56 | 81 | 91 | 85.4 | 4 | 10 | 6.6 | |
Baltimore | 7 | 9474 | 25303 | 17496 | 2:41 | 4:01 | 3:08 | 72 | 89 | 79 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
Boston | 7 | 18003 | 36798 | 26868 | 2:48 | 4:01 | 3:15 | 68 | 89 | 80.1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
Chi Cubs | 5 | 24294 | 41531 | 33474 | 2:31 | 3:11 | 2:54 | 78 | 96 | 85.8 | 5 | 9 | 6.5 | 1 |
Chi White Sox | 6 | 18772 | 28061 | 23242 | 2:46 | 4:26 | 3:16 | 72 | 82 | 77.7 | 6 | 14 | 8.8 | |
Cincinnati | 6 | 17909 | 29348 | 22414 | 2:30 | 3:08 | 2:53 | 74 | 89 | 83.4 | 4 | 10 | 7.4 | |
Cleveland | 7 | 18620 | 28061 | 22949 | 2:46 | 3:31 | 3:02 | 75 | 85 | 79.4 | 2 | 14 | 8.3 | |
Colorado | 7 | 31649 | 47633 | 39325 | 2:33 | 3:31 | 3:01 | 72 | 92 | 83.3 | 5 | 8 | 6.7 | |
Detroit | 6 | 24849 | 38832 | 31779 | 2:33 | 3:09 | 2:50 | 80 | 94 | 86 | 6 | 10 | 7.2 | |
Houston | 6 | 34976 | 41613 | 39502 | 2:26 | 3:36 | 2:59 | 58 | 73 | 66.5 | 0 | 18 | 8.3 | 1 |
Kansas City | 6 | 23409 | 38427 | 29294 | 2:31 | 3:04 | 2:52 | 87 | 96 | 89.7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
LA Angels | 6 | 34073 | 42722 | 38207 | 2:22 | 3:49 | 3:00 | 84 | 94 | 88.5 | 6 | 9 | 7.7 | |
LA Dodgers | 6 | 32062 | 47633 | 39861 | 2:48 | 3:31 | 3:10 | 63 | 92 | 79.8 | 5 | 14 | 8.3 | |
Miami | 6 | 6993 | 11478 | 8422 | 2:34 | 3:26 | 2:54 | 75 | 86 | 78 | 0 | 16 | 2.7 | |
Milwaukee | 6 | 25360 | 40297 | 33540 | 2:42 | 3:23 | 3:05 | 71 | 86 | 82 | 5 | 10 | 7.7 | |
Minnesota | 7 | 18620 | 30105 | 24558 | 2:33 | 3:21 | 2:54 | 75 | 85 | 79.7 | 2 | 10 | 6.7 | 1 |
NY Mets | 6 | 6993 | 24287 | 15929 | 2:43 | 3:26 | 3:00 | 75 | 89 | 80.9 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
NY Yankees | 7 | 19643 | 45933 | 34951 | 2:31 | 4:26 | 3:15 | 72 | 87 | 78.6 | 6 | 10 | 7.6 | |
Oakland | 5 | 32062 | 42722 | 37245 | 2:22 | 3:49 | 3:08 | 63 | 87 | 75.4 | 8 | 14 | 9.9 | |
Philadelphia | 6 | 21131 | 35098 | 25872 | 2:34 | 4:38 | 3:18 | 77 | 84 | 81.3 | 0 | 15 | 5.3 | |
Pittsburgh | 7 | 31649 | 41980 | 38115 | 2:18 | 3:44 | 2:53 | 64 | 81 | 71.1 | 5 | 16 | 10.7 | |
San Diego | 6 | 26306 | 39041 | 31233 | 2:34 | 3:23 | 3:06 | 71 | 84 | 81.3 | 7 | 15 | 9.2 | |
San Francisco | 6 | 40035 | 41980 | 41142 | 2:18 | 3:44 | 2:51 | 58 | 68 | 64 | 11 | 18 | 14.7 | |
Seattle | 7 | 17575 | 41236 | 30085 | 2:26 | 3:54 | 3:09 | 73 | 98 | 82.7 | 0 | 11 | 4.3 | |
St. Louis | 6 | 7230 | 38427 | 19058 | 2:34 | 3:04 | 2:54 | 77 | 90 | 84.8 | 0 | 16 | 6.7 | 1 |
Tampa Bay | 6 | 9474 | 38797 | 21181 | 2:27 | 2:56 | 2:43 | 72 | 81 | 75.2 | 0 | 7 | 2.7 | |
Texas | 7 | 17575 | 45933 | 33049 | 2:26 | 3:54 | 3:07 | 75 | 98 | 88.6 | 6 | 11 | 8.9 | |
Toronto | 6 | 23082 | 38797 | 32116 | 2:27 | 3:27 | 2:52 | 68 | 81 | 75.3 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 |
Washington | 6 | 26965 | 41531 | 32889 | 2:30 | 3:11 | 2:59 | 78 | 91 | 83.8 | 4 | 9 | 6.3 | 2 |
Home games
Team | Count of Games | Min Attendance | Max Attendance | Avg Attendance | Min Time of Game | Max Time of Game | Avg Time of Game | Min Temp | Max Temp | Avg Temp | Min Wind | Max Wind | Avg Wind | Ejections |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona | 3 | 21131 | 23384 | 22299 | 2:58 | 4:38 | 3:34 | 77 | 81 | 79.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Atlanta | 3 | 25360 | 40297 | 34059 | 2:42 | 3:19 | 3:00 | 84 | 86 | 84.7 | 5 | 10 | 7.7 | |
Baltimore | 4 | 18003 | 25303 | 22752 | 2:48 | 4:01 | 3:23 | 83 | 89 | 86 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |
Chi Cubs | 2 | 41320 | 41531 | 41426 | 3:10 | 3:11 | 3:10 | 78 | 85 | 81.5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
Chi White Sox | 6 | 18772 | 28061 | 23242 | 2:46 | 4:26 | 3:16 | 72 | 82 | 77.7 | 6 | 14 | 8.8 | |
Cincinnati | 3 | 17909 | 29348 | 22115 | 2:30 | 3:04 | 2:49 | 74 | 85 | 80.7 | 4 | 9 | 6.7 | |
Cleveland | 4 | 18620 | 25942 | 22490 | 2:52 | 3:21 | 3:01 | 75 | 85 | 79 | 2 | 10 | 6.3 | |
Colorado | 7 | 31649 | 47633 | 39325 | 2:33 | 3:31 | 3:01 | 72 | 92 | 83.3 | 5 | 8 | 6.7 | |
Detroit | 3 | 24849 | 30105 | 27315 | 2:33 | 3:09 | 2:46 | 80 | 81 | 80.7 | 6 | 10 | 7.3 | |
Houston | 4 | 34976 | 41236 | 38787 | 2:48 | 3:36 | 3:07 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kansas City | 6 | 23409 | 38427 | 29294 | 2:31 | 3:04 | 2:52 | 87 | 96 | 89.7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
LA Angels | 6 | 34073 | 42722 | 38207 | 2:22 | 3:49 | 3:00 | 84 | 94 | 88.5 | 6 | 9 | 7.7 | |
Miami | 6 | 6993 | 11478 | 8422 | 2:34 | 3:26 | 2:54 | 75 | 86 | 78 | 0 | 16 | 2.7 | |
Milwaukee | 3 | 27664 | 39041 | 33020 | 2:55 | 3:23 | 3:10 | 71 | 84 | 79.3 | 7 | 8 | 7.7 | |
NY Mets | 3 | 21644 | 24287 | 22713 | 2:43 | 3:08 | 2:58 | 81 | 89 | 86 | 6 | 10 | 8 | |
NY Yankees | 4 | 41304 | 45933 | 43973 | 2:31 | 3:34 | 3:05 | 75 | 87 | 81.5 | 6 | 10 | 7.8 | |
Oakland | 2 | 32062 | 33654 | 32858 | 3:00 | 3:21 | 3:10 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 9 | 14 | 11.5 | |
San Diego | 3 | 26306 | 35098 | 29445 | 2:34 | 3:20 | 3:02 | 83 | 84 | 83.3 | 8 | 15 | 10.7 | |
San Francisco | 6 | 40035 | 41980 | 41142 | 2:18 | 3:44 | 2:51 | 58 | 68 | 64 | 11 | 18 | 14.7 | |
Tampa Bay | 3 | 9474 | 11734 | 10487 | 2:41 | 2:52 | 2:48 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Texas | 3 | 17575 | 20116 | 18483 | 2:26 | 3:54 | 3:11 | 91 | 98 | 95.7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | |
Toronto | 6 | 23082 | 38797 | 32116 | 2:27 | 3:27 | 2:52 | 68 | 81 | 75.3 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 |
Washington | 4 | 26965 | 30203 | 28621 | 2:30 | 3:08 | 2:54 | 81 | 91 | 86 | 4 | 8 | 5.5 | 2 |
Away games
Team | Count of Games | Min Attendance | Max Attendance | Avg Attendance | Min Time of Game | Max Time of Game | Avg Time of Game | Min Temp | Max Temp | Avg Temp | Min Wind | Max Wind | Avg Wind | Ejections |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona | 3 | 17909 | 29348 | 22115 | 2:30 | 3:04 | 2:49 | 74 | 85 | 80.7 | 4 | 9 | 6.7 | |
Atlanta | 4 | 26965 | 30203 | 28621 | 2:30 | 3:08 | 2:54 | 81 | 91 | 86 | 4 | 8 | 5.5 | |
Baltimore | 3 | 9474 | 11734 | 10487 | 2:41 | 2:52 | 2:48 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Boston | 7 | 18003 | 36798 | 26868 | 2:48 | 4:01 | 3:15 | 68 | 89 | 80.1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
Chi Cubs | 3 | 24294 | 32339 | 28172 | 2:31 | 2:52 | 2:44 | 87 | 96 | 90 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
Cincinnati | 3 | 21644 | 24287 | 22713 | 2:43 | 3:08 | 2:58 | 81 | 89 | 86 | 6 | 10 | 8 | |
Cleveland | 3 | 18772 | 28061 | 23562 | 2:46 | 3:31 | 3:03 | 76 | 82 | 79.7 | 7 | 14 | 10.3 | |
Detroit | 3 | 34073 | 38832 | 36243 | 2:45 | 3:08 | 2:55 | 88 | 94 | 91.3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | |
Houston | 2 | 40251 | 41613 | 40932 | 2:26 | 3:02 | 2:44 | 58 | 62 | 60 | 15 | 18 | 16.5 | |
LA Dodgers | 6 | 32062 | 47633 | 39861 | 2:48 | 3:31 | 3:10 | 63 | 92 | 79.8 | 5 | 14 | 8.3 | |
Milwaukee | 3 | 25360 | 40297 | 34059 | 2:42 | 3:19 | 3:00 | 84 | 86 | 84.7 | 5 | 10 | 7.7 | |
Minnesota | 7 | 18620 | 30105 | 24558 | 2:33 | 3:21 | 2:54 | 75 | 85 | 79.7 | 2 | 10 | 6.7 | 1 |
NY Mets | 3 | 6993 | 11478 | 9145 | 2:43 | 3:26 | 3:01 | 75 | 76 | 75.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
NY Yankees | 3 | 19643 | 27038 | 22922 | 2:59 | 4:26 | 3:30 | 72 | 79 | 75.7 | 6 | 8 | 7.3 | |
Oakland | 3 | 38364 | 42722 | 40170 | 2:22 | 3:49 | 3:06 | 84 | 87 | 85.7 | 8 | 9 | 8.3 | |
Philadelphia | 6 | 21131 | 35098 | 25872 | 2:34 | 4:38 | 3:18 | 77 | 84 | 81.3 | 0 | 15 | 5.3 | |
Pittsburgh | 7 | 31649 | 41980 | 38115 | 2:18 | 3:44 | 2:53 | 64 | 81 | 71.1 | 5 | 16 | 10.7 | |
San Diego | 3 | 27664 | 39041 | 33020 | 2:55 | 3:23 | 3:10 | 71 | 84 | 79.3 | 7 | 8 | 7.7 | |
Seattle | 7 | 17575 | 41236 | 30085 | 2:26 | 3:54 | 3:09 | 73 | 98 | 82.7 | 0 | 11 | 4.3 | |
St. Louis | 6 | 7230 | 38427 | 19058 | 2:34 | 3:04 | 2:54 | 77 | 90 | 84.8 | 0 | 16 | 6.7 | 1 |
Tampa Bay | 3 | 23082 | 38797 | 31875 | 2:27 | 2:56 | 2:39 | 75 | 81 | 78.3 | 4 | 7 | 5.3 | |
Texas | 4 | 41304 | 45933 | 43973 | 2:31 | 3:34 | 3:05 | 75 | 87 | 81.5 | 6 | 10 | 7.8 | |
Washington | 2 | 41320 | 41531 | 41426 | 3:10 | 3:11 | 3:10 | 78 | 85 | 81.5 | 5 | 9 | 7 |