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Please note: to see the most recent MLB paid-attendance map-and-post, click on the following: category: Baseball >paid-attendance.
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Attendance dropped 6.58% for Major League Baseball in 2009. {see this article, from the Biz of Baseball site, from October 5th, 2009}
Attendance was down for 22 of 30 Major League Baseball clubs. There were only 8 teams with attendance increases. They were Texas Rangers (+13.6%), Florida Marlins (+12.7%), Kansas City Royals (+12.4%), Seattle Mariners (+5.7%), Philadelphia Phillies (+5.2%); Tampa Bay Rays (+3.9%), Minnesota Twins (+3.7%), Los Angelesw Dodgers (+0.8%).
Largest attendance decreases…Toronto Blue Jays (-21.8%), Washington Nationals (-21.7%), San Diego Padres (-20.8%), Detroit Tigers (-19.9%), Cleveland Indians (-17.6%), Oakland Athletics (-15.4%), Arizona Diamondbacks (-15.2%), Cincinnati Reds (-15.1%), Houston Astros (-10.4%).
Thanks to ESPN site for the attendance figures {click here}. Thanks to MLB shop for the cap photos {click here}.
