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Below the Box Score, Week of 6/12/17: A New Lowest Attendance of the Season
After a week off, this week gets back to setting a couple of new records on the season. First off, the Rays had only 8,971 show up to a game this week, which is the first sub-9,000 attended game of the season and the lowest since the Indians drew 8,766 on May 4th of 2016.…
Below the Box Score, Week of 6/5: Attendance On The Rise!
Not nearly as much excitement as last week with no new superlatives recorded for the season in the past week. But we did have a relatively good week for attendance, as the Indians had the lowest attendance of the week but it was all the way over 14,000, which was the highest “lowest attendance of the…
Below the Box Score, Week of 5/28/17: A Record Setting Week!
Nine more ejections this week. With all but one involving the away team, including multiple ejections for the Pirates, Athletics and Royals, it was a busy week in the away clubhouse. In other news, A NEW LOW ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR THE SEASON. The Rays managed only 9,014 to their Tuesday game against the Angels. That…
Below the Box Score, Week of 5/14/2017: First Sub-10k Game of the Year
It finally happened, over a month into the season, but we got our first sub-10,000 attended game of the year. And our second. And our third. THREE games this week were attended by four figure sums of fans as the Tampa Bay Rays hosted the Kansas City Royals in a four game series. Luckily for…
Below the Box Score, Week of 4/30/17: Yankees-Red Sox Fastest Game of the Week?
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but a Red Sox-Yankees game was at the center of the time of game discussion this week. The only difference is that this time, the game went 2:21 instead of 4+ hours as usual. Rob Manfred may or may not have been seen laughing maniacally in his office…
Below the Box Score, Week Ending 4/23: The AL Takes the Ejection Lead
The American League went on an absolute rampage this week. With seven ejections to the National League’s zero, the AL has recaptured its lead in the ejections race by a score of nine to four. Meanwhile, data issues continue with our provider, making it look like the Braves had no fans in attendance (they did).…
Below the Box Score, Week of 4/16/17:
The highlights this week in the attendance front are that seven teams drew over 40,000 once this week, while seven have drawn fewer than 20,000 fans to an individual game (Pirates, Reds, Mariners, A’s, Indians, Marlins, Twins and Rockies). The Pirates, A’s and Reds all averaged fewer than 20,000 for the entire week, with the A’s only…
Below the Box Score: Welcome to 2017! Your Weekly Look at Attendance, Ejections, Weather & Gametime
It’s the first Below the Box Score of 2017, so welcome back to everyone as baseball season has finally begun. Please note some season-starting data headaches from our provider show a few teams as having not hosted as many games as they actually have. It should be fixed going forward but there are a few…
NL Makes a Run For the Ejections Title, White Sox Can’t Draw 16k — BtBS, Week of 9/19
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For almost the entire season, the AL has had a lead over the NL in ejections. At times, the lead was a big one, as big as 12 in the past week. With only a handful of weeks left in the season, the NL seemingly decided that it was time to turn up the…
Seven Teams Draw Below 20k, Royals Average 3:37 Time of Game – BtBS, Week of 9/5
The story of the week once again is dwindling attendance, even in teams that are in playoff contention. Last week, seven teams had a game with fewer than 20,000 fans, the Indians, Rays, Orioles, Phillies, Mariners, Brewers, and Astros. Of those seven, four (Rays, Phillies, Indians, Brewers) averaged below the 20k mark for the…
Tigers Vault to Third Overall in Ejections, Six Teams Draw Below 20k. BtBS – Week of 8/29
If it weren’t for Bryce Harper, 100% of the ejections this week would’ve been Detroit Tigers. With four in Saturday’s game, the Tigers take the crown for most ejections in one game this season not involving a right hook to Jose Bautista’s jaw. This helped widen the gap between the Junior and Senior Circuit to…
Not One Game Over Four Hours Last Week; Five Teams Sub-20k Attendance: BtBS, Week of 8/22
Last week was a great week for baseball fans who lead a busy life. Every game was less than four hours in length, with the Padres and Diamondbacks playing a 10 inning, 3:58 game that the Padres won 7-4. Overall, the games this week averaged three hours flat, with the Royals having the lowest average…