With the Atlantic League season completed, it’s time to tally attendance for the 2016 season. We begin with a listing of independent-baseball attendance by league.
We’ll follow this up with listings of independent attendance by average and total, followed by a listing of all MiLB, summer-collegiate and independent teams. Summer-collegiate and affiliated attendance has already been posted.
Here are the attendance figures of independent baseball teams, as listed by league, with a comparison of 2015 attendance figures. All stats come directly from league websites and last year’s Ballpark Digest attendance rankings.
American Association
| TEAM | TOTAL | GMS | AV. | 2015T | 2015A | +/- | |
| 1 | St. Paul Saints | 413,482 | 49 | 8,438 | 404,528 | 8,091 | 0.04 |
| 2 | Winnipeg Goldeyes | 231,206 | 48 | 4,817 | 258,922 | 5,284 | -0.09 |
| 3 | Kansas City T-Bones | 213,165 | 50 | 4,263 | 232,068 | 4,938 | -0.14 |
| 4 | Lincoln Saltdogs | 169,750 | 47 | 3,612 | 171,605 | 3,432 | 0.05 |
| 5 | F-M RedHawks | 180,345 | 50 | 3,607 | 187,099 | 3,742 | -0.04 |
| 6 | Gary-SS RailCats | 163,519 | 48 | 3,407 | 165,306 | 3,517 | -0.03 |
| 7 | Wichita Wingnuts | 150,929 | 49 | 3,080 | 141,837 | 2,895 | 0.06 |
| 8 | Sioux Falls Canaries | 125,591 | 50 | 2,512 | 132,280 | 2,814 | -0.11 |
| 9 | Sioux City Explorers | 68,278 | 50 | 1,366 | 77,429 | 1,647 | -0.17 |
| 10 | Texas AirHogs* | 44,282 | 45 | 984 | 52,072 | 1,108 | -0.11 |
| 11 | Laredo Lemurs | 41,955 | 47 | 893 | 62,517 | 1,302 | -0.31 |
| 12 | Joplin Blasters | 31,001 | 48 | 646 | 69,222 | 1,538 | -0.58 |
| TOTALS | 1,833,593 | 581 | 3,156 | 2,006,110 | 3,215 | -0.02 |
Atlantic League
| TEAM | TOTAL | GMS | AV. | 2015T | 2015A | +/- | |
| 1 | Long Island Ducks | 352,728 | 67 | 5,265 | 358,317 | 5,269 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Somerset Patriots | 360,755 | 69 | 5,228 | 347,770 | 5,191 | 0.01 |
| 3 | Sugar Land Skeeters | 300,331 | 67 | 4,483 | 296,525 | 4,426 | 0.01 |
| 4 | Lancaster Barnstormers | 247,943 | 66 | 3,757 | 276,975 | 4,073 | -0.08 |
| 5 | York Revolution | 237,433 | 70 | 3,392 | 259,989 | 3,823 | -0.11 |
| 6 | New Britain Bees** | 214,626 | 65 | 3,302 | 216,639 | 3,186 | 0.04 |
| 7 | S. Md. Blue Crabs | 201,883 | 63 | 3,204 | 222,611 | 3,591 | -0.11 |
| 8 | Bridgeport Bluefish | 183,921 | 66 | 2,787 | 192,466 | 2,916 | -0.04 |
| TOTALS | 2,099,620 | 533 | 3,939 | 2,176,627 | 4,068 | -0.03 |
Can-Am League
| TEAM | TOTAL | GMS | AV. | 2015T | 2015A | +/- | |
| 1 | Rockland Boulders | 149,632 | 41 | 2,934 | 161,796 | 3,053 | -0.04 |
| 2 | Quebec Capitales | 146,946 | 53 | 2,773 | 130,510 | 2,559 | 0.08 |
| 3 | Ottawa Champions | 127,618 | 52 | 2,454 | 115,880 | 2,228 | 0.10 |
| 4 | Sussex Co. Miners | 90,237 | 49 | 1,842 | 56,988 | 1,187 | 0.55 |
| 5 | Trois-Rivieres Aigles | 78,948 | 47 | 1,680 | 96,997 | 1,865 | -0.10 |
| 6 | New Jersey Jackals | 74,335 | 45 | 1,652 | 78,913 | 1,578 | 0.05 |
| TOTALS | 667,716 | 298 | 2,241 | 641,084 | 2,095 | 0.07 |
Frontier League
| TEAM | TOTAL | GMS | AV. | 2015T | 2015A | +/- | |
| 1 | Schaumburg Boomers | 172,996 | 48 | 3,604 | 162,210 | 3,061 | 0.18 |
| 2 | Gateway Grizzlies | 163,679 | 48 | 3,410 | 149,319 | 2,926 | 0.17 |
| 3 | Southern Illinois Miners | 153,940 | 46 | 3,347 | 151,503 | 2,859 | 0.17 |
| 4 | Traverse City Beach Bums | 121,500 | 45 | 2,700 | 132,404 | 2,878 | -0.06 |
| 5 | Florence Freedom | 88,438 | 42 | 2,106 | 104,758 | 2,273 | -0.07 |
| 6 | Normal CornBelters | 91,193 | 45 | 2,027 | 102,290 | 2,088 | -0.03 |
| 7 | Joliet Slammers | 90,458 | 45 | 2,010 | 95,673 | 2,036 | -0.01 |
| 8 | Washington Wild Things | 80,503 | 41 | 1,963 | 83,087 | 1,806 | 0.09 |
| 9 | Evansville Otters | 82,412 | 42 | 1,962 | 114,787 | 2,733 | -0.28 |
| 10 | River City Rascals | 82,061 | 42 | 1,908 | 91,354 | 1,903 | 0.00 |
| 11 | Lake Erie Crushers | 81,835 | 47 | 1,741 | 86,155 | 1,795 | -0.03 |
| 12 | Windy City ThunderBolts | 76,870 | 46 | 1,671 | 76,550 | 1,562 | 0.07 |
| TOTALS | 1,285,885 | 538 | 2,390 | 1,394,584 | 2,238 | 0.07 |
Pacific Association
| TEAM | TOTAL | GMS | AV. | 2015T | 2015A | +/- | |
| 1 | San Rafael Pacifics | 16,075 | 39 | 412 | 20,610 | 542 | -0.24 |
| 2 | Sonoma Stompers | 13,370 | 39 | 343 | 5,760 | 152 | 1.26 |
| 3 | Vallejo Admirals | 5,712 | 39 | 146 | 6,776 | 174 | -0.16 |
| 4 | Pittsburg Diamonds | 2,608 | 38 | 69 | 3,938 | 101 | -0.32 |
| TOTALS | 37,765 | 155 | 244 | 46,132 | 300 | -0.19 |
*Team played last season as two franchises: Grand Prairie and Amarillo
**Played last season as Camden Riversharks
RELATED STORIES: 2016 Affiliated Attendance by Average; 2016 Affiliated Attendance by Total; 2016 Affiliated Attendance by Level; 2016 Affiliated Attendance by League; 2016 Summer Collegiate Attendance by Average; 2016 Summer Collegiate Attendance by Total; 2016 Summer Collegiate Attendance by League