Tag: attendance
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 5/12: Ejection Catchup
The big surprise of the week is that only two teams across MLB were outdrawn by minor league teams, the Rays and the A’s, for a total of 35 games: MLB teams outdrawn by AAA teams: Tampa Bay (19 AAA games), Oakland (9 games) MLB teams outdrawn by AA teams: Tampa Bay (2 games) MLB…
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 5/5: M-Single A-rlins
The Miami Marlins and their pathetic attendance is the front line this week as the Marlins once again were outdrawn by a Single-A game three times this week, and by 26 more AAA games than any other MLB team: MLB teams outdrawn by AAA teams: Miami (37 AAA games), Baltimore (12 games),…
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/28: Ejection Hangover
Tempers spiked last week with fifteen ejections, but apparently everyone got it out of their system, as only two ejections throughout baseball last week. Let’s take a look. The A’s were outdrawn by only AA and AAA teams this week, no Single-A team outdrew them, marking the first time this season an MLB team hasn’t…
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/21: Double Your Ejections!
Tempers have gotten hot only three weeks into the season as FIFTEEN ejections doubled the season total of ejections in just a week. This was in part due to the White Sox – Royals brawl which brought in four ejections. Beyond that, plenty of other items of note this week. Let’s take a look. The…
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/14: Chilly Weather
We’re into baseball season in April, and with it come the rain delays and cancellations. Both Minnesota and Texas only played four games this week, on account of a scheduled day off and some rainouts. Meanwhile, in Baltimore, some trouble getting butts in seats, as the Orioles had the lowest attended games in Oriole Park…
MLB 2019 Ejections, Attendance & Weather – Week of 4/7: Season Premiere
The 2019 MLB season has begun! Which is great news! For those of us new to Below the Box Score, we look at some of the stuff that you might not see compiled in other places, mainly MLB attendance, weather, time of game, and ejections. Let’s get into it With only a few days of…
NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Weeks 7 & 8: New Year, New Sub-100 Crowd
The last two weeks have had schools out of session and the Christmas holiday, meaning that many games took place in neutral sites. Because of that, we’ve combined weeks seven and eight into one post. But don’t worry, we have a cameo appearance by a major trophy. Without further ado, let’s take a look: Number…
NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 5: Sub-100 in Mississippi
With the neutral sites behind us, attendance was up almost 40% as teams returned to campus. Traditionally these few weeks signify a bit of a dead cat bounce in NCAA Basketball Attendance before the plummet after final exams in mid-December. That said, with our lowest attended game still over 300 fans, this week was nothing…
NCAA Football 2018 Attendance, Week 13: Rivalry Week and FCS Playoffs
Week thirteen kicks off the FCS playoffs – even if the crowds aren’t too interested yet – and perhaps is better known as being Rivalry Week. With that, overall attendance was at 34,000 flat, which is a huge improvement over previous weeks, buoyed by most FCS teams not playing a game and coupled with the…
NCAA Football 2018 Attendance, Week 12: MAC West Champions, Even if Fans Didn’t See
Week twelve brings us in closer to rivalry week where attendance should peak, but even despite interesting scheduling by the SEC, attendance was up to 26,528, a gain of over 2,000 fans over last week. Even with that, we still had an FCS game below a thousand fans and an FBS Division winner playing in…
NCAA Basketball 2018-19 Attendance, Week 1: The Journey Begins!
College basketball is back, and with it we bring you our weekly update on attendance. As in most years, the first week of the season does fairly well, with all 353 Division I teams holding on to their dreams of winning (or maybe just making) the NCAA Tournament. Let’s begin our journey through NCAA Basketball’s…
NCAA Football 2018 Attendance, Week 10: Sub-500 see FCS Football Game
Week ten gave us a great slate of football games, so it’s no surprise that overall attendance was up to 23,995, a gain of 855 fans per game last week. Despite this, we had a new low for the season with only 468 in attendance as a Division III squad hosted an FCS team. Let’s…