MLB 2018 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 9/10: NL Ejection Title Imminent?

After last week, the American League had narrowed the ejection gap between the two leagues down to one ejection. Upon hearing this news from their diligent reading of AMSTS, the National League decided that this was the week to start putting an effort in. THIRTEEN ejections by the NL alone, compared to the AL’s one. A new weekly record for 2018 ejections. Has the NL done it? Have they clinched their first ejection title in the past four years? Stay tuned throughout September.

Twelve teams, a majority of the teams that hosted MLB games last week, saw crowds of fewer than 20,000 once on the week, with seven of them averaging below the level. On the top end, only the Dodgers, Rockies, and Brewers drew above 40,000 with only the Dodgers averaging above the mark. The sad-sack Marlins failed to draw more than 7,500 to a game this week, including being outdrawn by ten AAA games last week (there were only 59 AAA games last week).

They were joined by a few other teams:

MLB teams outdrawn by AAA teams: Miami (outdrawn by 10 AAA games), Pittsburgh (outdrawn by 4 AAA games), Tampa and Seattle (outdrawn by 1 AAA game)

Game times stayed at about the 3:02 mark last week with only Atlanta and Boston not playing a game shorter than that mark. A rain-shortened game took the shortest title, for 1:44 on Saturday in Cincinnati as the last place Reds and last place Padres played only seven innings on Saturday upon request of the fans.

Temps varied with nine teams playing games above 90 degrees while fourteen didn’t play a game over 80 degrees. The big cool-off seems to be coming, finally!

Now, 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 Philadelphia), Wednesday, September 5th. 6,427

Highest-(Lowest attendance) last week: LA Dodgers (vs NY Mets), Wednesday, September 5th. 40,317

Highest attendance last week: Colorado (vs LA Dodgers), Saturday, September 8th. 47,867

Lowest-(Highest attendance) last week: Miami (vs Philadelphia), Monday, September 3rd. 7,771

Game time:

Longest game last week: Arizona (vs Atlanta), Thursday, September 6th. 4:11 (7-6 Atlanta)

Shortest game last week: Cincinnati (vs San Diego), Saturday, September 8th. 1:44 (7-2 Cincinnati)

Longest average game for the week: Atlanta, 3:45 average over 7 games.

Quickest average game for the week: Cincinnati, 2:41 average over 7 games.

Weather:

Warmest game last week: Pittsburgh (vs Cincinnati), 92 degrees, Wednesday, September 5th.

Coldest game last week: Detroit (vs St. Louis), 59 degrees, Sunday, September 9th.

Warmest average for the week: Pittsburgh, 81.8 degrees over 5 games.

Coldest average for the week: NY Yankees, 66.3 degrees over 6 games.

Windiest game last week: Chi White Sox vs LA Angels, 19 mph, Sunday, September 9th.

Windiest week: LA Angels, 13.5 MPH over 6 games.

Ejections:

Total ejections last week: 14 (151 on full season)

Ejections by league: AL 1, NL 13. (Season total: AL 69, NL 82)

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
Arizona	6	18556	40482	27184	2:47	4:11	3:39	76	79	78.2	0	0	0	1
Atlanta	7	21903	40482	32306	3:03	4:11	3:45	76	83	80.3	0	10	4.2	3
Baltimore	6	10275	20579	13867	2:33	3:19	2:58	71	75	72.3	0	4	1.3
Boston	5	28386	40394	35545	3:03	3:44	3:30	67	83	74.9	6	10	8.2
Chi Cubs	6	32070	44462	38515	2:45	4:00	3:17	65	91	76.3	0	16	5.7	2
Chi White Sox	6	13012	27146	18998	2:48	3:45	3:14	66	90	75.3	5	19	13.5
Cincinnati	7	8855	20977	14403	1:44	3:12	2:41	61	92	79.6	3	11	6.7
Cleveland	7	17041	35353	24285	2:31	3:51	3:02	61	91	78.3	0	13	7.6
Colorado	6	24727	47867	37057	2:41	3:53	3:16	65	86	77.2	3	6	4.2	1
Detroit	6	13012	30268	19723	2:41	3:26	2:59	59	90	73.5	5	16	11.9
Houston	5	31011	39559	35100	2:58	3:38	3:16	67	73	70.3	0	10	4
Kansas City	6	17041	25814	20446	2:31	3:36	2:50	68	91	79.5	7	13	10.7
LA Angels	6	17625	27146	21340	2:44	3:45	3:10	66	87	74.8	9	19	13.5
LA Dodgers	6	40157	47867	43624	2:39	3:53	3:18	68	86	77.4	3	7	5.2
Miami	5	6427	19515	11391	2:24	3:14	2:53	60	78	72	0	13	5
Milwaukee	6	30916	44462	37691	2:51	3:20	3:03	64	80	72.2	0	18	9	3
Minnesota	6	19944	39559	28091	2:36	3:36	3:02	68	75	72.5	0	13	6
NY Mets	6	23379	46651	34134	2:39	3:30	3:05	61	78	69.4	6	13	9
NY Yankees	6	17536	40546	30822	2:32	3:12	2:55	61	70	66.3	0	14	5	1
Oakland	6	15572	40546	23849	2:53	3:25	3:08	61	73	67.3	4	14	9.5
Philadelphia	6	6427	25094	15659	2:24	3:14	2:54	61	76	70.3	0	13	5.8
Pittsburgh	5	8855	19515	13577	2:33	3:03	2:50	60	92	81.8	3	13	7
San Diego	6	14303	22514	18271	1:44	3:19	2:48	61	78	71.8	0	11	5.5
San Francisco	6	24727	43256	33294	2:48	3:18	2:58	64	79	69.2	3	18	10.3	1
Seattle	6	11265	38733	25451	2:32	3:19	2:53	67	75	70.8	0	4	1.8
St. Louis	6	21268	30268	24360	2:41	4:10	3:20	59	90	75.3	4	16	9.5	2
Tampa Bay	6	10275	18034	14974	2:38	3:05	2:49	68	79	73.7	0	7	1.9
Texas	6	15572	27932	20441	2:44	3:25	3:07	67	87	76.7	7	14	10
Toronto	7	17594	35353	23926	2:38	3:51	3:00	61	79	72	0	9	4.9
Washington	6	21637	41346	29165	2:45	4:10	3:36	65	91	80.5	3	16	7.5

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	6	18556	40482	27184	2:47	4:11	3:39	76	79	78.2	0	0	0	1
Atlanta	3	28386	40394	34704	3:03	3:44	3:29	81	83	82.3	6	10	8.3
Boston	2	36684	36930	36807	3:25	3:38	3:31	67	68	67.5	6	10	8
Chi White Sox	6	13012	27146	18998	2:48	3:45	3:14	66	90	75.3	5	19	13.5
Cincinnati	4	14303	20977	17140	1:44	3:12	2:41	61	76	68.8	6	11	8.3
Cleveland	3	17041	20536	18671	2:31	2:59	2:43	85	91	87	7	13	9.3
Colorado	6	24727	47867	37057	2:41	3:53	3:16	65	86	77.2	3	6	4.2	1
Detroit	3	21268	30268	24583	2:41	2:56	2:49	59	67	63.7	11	16	13.7
Houston	3	31011	39559	33962	2:58	3:21	3:06	73	73	73	0	0	0
LA Dodgers	3	40317	46651	44058	2:39	3:30	3:08	68	78	73	6	7	6.3
Miami	3	6427	7771	7110	2:24	3:14	2:47	73	76	75	0	0	0
Milwaukee	6	30916	44462	37691	2:51	3:20	3:03	64	80	72.2	0	18	9	3
Minnesota	3	19944	25814	22220	2:36	3:36	2:58	68	75	72	10	13	12
NY Mets	3	23379	25094	24209	2:43	3:12	3:02	61	72	65.7	11	13	11.7
Oakland	6	15572	40546	23849	2:53	3:25	3:08	61	73	67.3	4	14	9.5
Pittsburgh	5	8855	19515	13577	2:33	3:03	2:50	60	92	81.8	3	13	7
Seattle	6	11265	38733	25451	2:32	3:19	2:53	67	75	70.8	0	4	1.8
Tampa Bay	3	10275	13632	12114	2:51	3:05	2:58	72	72	72	0	0	0
Texas	3	17625	21048	19546	2:44	3:12	3:02	78	87	82.3	9	11	10
Toronto	7	17594	35353	23926	2:38	3:51	3:00	61	79	72	0	9	4.9
Washington	6	21637	41346	29165	2:45	4:10	3:36	65	91	80.5	3	16	7.5

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
Atlanta	4	21903	40482	30508	3:45	4:11	3:57	76	79	78.3	0	0	0	3
Baltimore	6	10275	20579	13867	2:33	3:19	2:58	71	75	72.3	0	4	1.3
Boston	3	28386	40394	34704	3:03	3:44	3:29	81	83	82.3	6	10	8.3
Chi Cubs	6	32070	44462	38515	2:45	4:00	3:17	65	91	76.3	0	16	5.7	2
Cincinnati	3	8855	13843	10753	2:33	2:55	2:42	88	92	90.3	3	7	5
Cleveland	4	20618	35353	28496	2:43	3:51	3:16	61	77	69.5	0	9	5.8
Detroit	3	13012	16036	14863	2:48	3:26	3:10	78	90	83.3	5	14	10
Houston	2	36684	36930	36807	3:25	3:38	3:31	67	68	67.5	6	10	8
Kansas City	6	17041	25814	20446	2:31	3:36	2:50	68	91	79.5	7	13	10.7
LA Angels	6	17625	27146	21340	2:44	3:45	3:10	66	87	74.8	9	19	13.5
LA Dodgers	3	40157	47867	43190	2:41	3:53	3:28	74	86	81.7	3	5	4
Miami	2	16110	19515	17813	3:00	3:03	3:01	60	78	69	7	13	10
Minnesota	3	31011	39559	33962	2:58	3:21	3:06	73	73	73	0	0	0
NY Mets	3	40317	46651	44058	2:39	3:30	3:08	68	78	73	6	7	6.3
NY Yankees	6	17536	40546	30822	2:32	3:12	2:55	61	70	66.3	0	14	5	1
Philadelphia	6	6427	25094	15659	2:24	3:14	2:54	61	76	70.3	0	13	5.8
San Diego	6	14303	22514	18271	1:44	3:19	2:48	61	78	71.8	0	11	5.5
San Francisco	6	24727	43256	33294	2:48	3:18	2:58	64	79	69.2	3	18	10.3	1
St. Louis	6	21268	30268	24360	2:41	4:10	3:20	59	90	75.3	4	16	9.5	2
Tampa Bay	3	17594	18034	17833	2:38	2:42	2:39	68	79	75.3	0	7	3.7
Texas	3	15572	27932	21336	2:59	3:25	3:13	67	73	71	7	14	10