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2014 Attendance
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Dodgers Draw the Best
Dodger Stadium
Dodger Stadium was the only one to host crowds announced at over 50,000 in 2014 and it happened 22 times in Los Angeles at what is now the only stadium in the majors with a capacity of over 51K. Thanks to the frequent large turnouts there, the Dodgers lead all of MLB in total and average attendance.


Difficulty Drawing
Progressive Field
Progressive Field led the majors in a lot of undesirable attendance marks in 2014, as the once perennially sold out home of the Indians drew less fans to its confines than any other park, "topping" the Tropicana Field total by 9,071 thanks to weather issues that enabled the Indians to have less home dates than any other team. Cleveland was also the site of the season's smallest official crowd (8,848 on April 22) and was where 8 of the 9 games that had less than 10,000 tickets sold were played.

Attendance for Major League Baseball in 2014 was 73,739,622, a total that includes 76,345 for the two-game season-opening series played in Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which were considered home games for the Arizona Diamondbacks, thus only 79 games were played at Chase Field.

All other teams played 81 games in their home ballpark although there were nine single-admission doubleheaders in 2014, so the total number of home dates (2,419) for all 30 major league ballparks was 11 less than the possible 2,430.

It's important to note that attendance numbers are based on tickets sold, not tickets actually used. Because the tally is not based on the turnstile count, the total and average attendance reported by each team at their ballpark does not accurately reflect the number of people who actually attended games.

Also, averages are computed dividing the total by "dates," a designation that is used instead of "games" since not all teams, due to doubleheaders and occasional other reasons, have 81 game dates in a season. Including the two games in Australia, the average number of tickets sold per date in the 2014 season was 30,458. In the two tables below, teams are sorted by highest to lowest average attendance within their league.

Ballpark capacities are from the 2014 Ballpark Directory at Baseball Pilgrimages. To see the dates of each ballpark's highest and lowest single-game attendance from 2014, hover your mouse over or lightly tap your finger on any of those particular figures.


American League
34,491,145 tickets sold for 1,207 games in 15 ballparks (28,576 average)
Team Total Dates Average High Low Ballpark (Capacity)
New York Yankees 3,401,624 80 42,520 48,613 31,188 Yankee Stadium (49,642)
Los Angeles Angels 3,095,935 81 38,221 44,561 27,166 Angel Stadium (45,050)
Boston Red Sox 2,956,089 81 36,495 38,275 33,465 Fenway Park (37,493)
Detroit Tigers 2,917,209 81 36,015 45,068 23,451 Comerica Park (41,681)
Texas Rangers 2,718,733 81 33,565 49,031 23,081 Globe Life Park (48,114)
Baltimore Orioles 2,464,473 80 30,806 46,685 13,478 Camden Yards (45,971)
Toronto Blue Jays 2,375,525 81 29,327 48,197 13,123 Rogers Centre (48,292)
Minnesota Twins 2,250,606 81 27,785 36,952 19,700 Target Field (39,504)
Seattle Mariners 2,064,334 81 25,486 45,661 10,466 Safeco Field (47,116)
Oakland A's 2,003,628 80 25,045 36,067 10,120 O.co Coliseum (35,067)
Kansas City Royals 1,956,482 81 24,154 40,103 10,705 Kauffman Stadium (37,903)
Houston Astros 1,751,829 81 21,628 42,117 14,028 Minute Maid Park (40,963)
Chicago White Sox 1,650,821 79 20,896 39,142 10,625 U.S. Cellular Field (40,615)
Cleveland Indians 1,437,393 78 18,428 41,274  8,848 Progressive Field (43,545)
Tampa Bay Rays 1,446,464 81 17,858 31,042  9,571 Tropicana Field (31,042)


National League
39,248,477 tickets sold for 1,214 games in 16 ballparks (32,330 average)
Team Total Dates Average High Low Ballpark (Capacity)
Los Angeles Dodgers 3,782,337 81 46,696 53,500 37,187 Dodger Stadium (56,000)
St. Louis Cardinals 3,540,649 81 43,712 47,492 40,514 Busch Stadium (46,861)
San Francisco Giants 3,368,697 81 41,589 42,890 41,017 AT&T Park (41,503)
Arizona Diamondbacks 76,345 2 38,173 38,266 38,079 Sydney Cricket Ground (38,000)
Milwaukee Brewers 2,797,384 81 34,536 45,691 21,503 Miller Park (43,000)
Colorado Rockies 2,680,329 81 33,090 49,130 22,550 Coors Field (50,398)
Chicago Cubs 2,652,113 81 32,742 41,927 25,502 Wrigley Field (41,160)
Washington Nationals 2,579,389 81 31,844 42,834 20,869 Nationals Park (41,546)
Cincinnati Reds 2,476,664 81 30,576 43,134 16,779 Great American Ball Park (42,271)
Pittsburgh Pirates 2,442,564 81 30,155 39,833 11,418 PNC Park (38,362)
Philadelphia Phillies 2,423,852 81 29,924 45,061 22,283 Citizens Bank Park (43,651)
Atlanta Braves 2,354,305 81 29,065 48,815 16,055 Turner Field (49,586)
San Diego Padres 2,195,373 81 27,103 45,567 14,089 Petco Park (42,445)
New York Mets 2,148,808 80 26,860 42,442 20,170 Citi Field (41,922)
Arizona Diamondbacks 1,997,385 79 25,283 48,541 16,157 Chase Field (48,633)
Miami Marlins 1,732,283 81 21,386 37,116 15,378 Marlins Park (37,442)


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A sparse crowd at Chase Field in Phoenix
One team set a season-high attendance record at their present ballpark in 2014, but three set their all-time lows. The three ballparks that hosted the fewest fans in their existence were Chase Field, Citizens Bank Park and Target Field. The Diamondbacks' stadium reached its low total and average in its 17th season, while the Phillies' park was in season #11 and the Twins' in #5. The Pirates at PNC Park were the record-setting bright spot, as the 14th season for Pittsburgh's ballpark was the best yet -- albeit by a mere 6,425 fans over PNC Park's debut season total.


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