Baseball Attendance
The Dodgers have had one million in attendance every season since 1945. The 1993 Rockies were the first club seen by seven million fans (home & road totals). The 1992 Blue Jays reached the one million in attendance mark in only 21 games.
Baseball attendance is a fascinating field of research that oddly enough is as interesting when looking at worsts in baseball history as it is looking at the best in baseball history.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present this historical analysis of baseball attendance marks set by each franchise, All-Star attendance, World Series attendance, team specific attendance records and more.
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"When the great scorer comes to mark against your name, it's not whether you won or lost but how many paid to see the game." - Former General Manager Peter Bavasi in The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (Jonathan Fraser Light, McFarland Publishers, 07-2005, 'Attendance', Page 50) |
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The baseball attendance links in the menu up above show a complete historical breakdown of every season for every active franchise, but the table below just shows the single best season each team has ever had in history:
Highest Baseball Attendance Totals by Team |
| A.L. Teams |
Year |
Total |
N.L. Teams |
Year |
Total |
| Baltimore Orioles |
1997 |
3,711,132 |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
1998 |
3,610,290 |
| Boston Red Sox |
2009 |
3,062,699 |
Atlanta Braves |
1993 |
3,884,720 |
| Chicago White Sox |
2006 |
2,957,414 |
Chicago Cubs |
2008 |
3,300,200 |
| Cleveland Indians |
1999 |
3,468,456 |
Cincinnati Reds |
1976 |
2,629,708 |
| Detroit Tigers |
2008 |
3,202,645 |
Colorado Rockies |
1993 |
4,483,350 |
| Houston Astros |
2004 |
3,087,872 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
2007 |
3,857,036 |
| Kansas City Royals |
1989 |
2,477,700 |
Miami Marlins |
1993 |
3,064,847 |
| Los Angeles Angels |
2006 |
3,406,790 |
Milwaukee Brewers |
2011 |
3,071,373 |
| Minnesota Twins |
2010 |
3,223,640 |
New York Mets |
2008 |
4,042,045 |
| New York Yankees |
2008 |
4,298,655 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
2011 |
3,680,718 |
| Oakland Athletics |
1990 |
2,900,217 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
2001 |
2,464,870 |
| Seattle Mariners |
2002 |
3,542,938 |
San Diego Padres |
2004 |
3,016,752 |
| Tampa Bay Rays |
1998 |
2,506,293 |
San Francisco Giants |
2011 |
3,387,303 |
| Texas Rangers |
2012 |
3,460,280 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
1998 |
3,552,180 |
| Toronto Blue Jays |
1993 |
4,057,947 |
Washington Nationals |
2005 |
2,731,993 |
Did you know that the 1991 Toronto Blue Jays were the first team in baseball history to draw a 4 million in attendance (4,002,527)? Since then the following teams, in order by year joined, have joined the "4 million in attendance club": 1992 Toronto Blue Jays (4,028,318); 1993 Colorado Rockies (4,483,350) & 1993 Toronto Blue Jays (4,057,947); 2005 New York Yankees (4,090,696); 2006 New York Yankees (4,248,067); 2007 New York Yankees (4,271,867); 2008 New York Mets (4,042,045) & 2008 New York Yankees (4,298,655).
The largest attendance at a World Series game was 92,706 set during Game 5 of the 1959 World Series. The largest attendance at an All-Star Game was 72,086 set during the 1981 All-Star Game. The largest attendance during an Opening Day game was 80,277 set by the Colorado Rockies on April 9, 1993.
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