With the Atlantic League season completed, it’s time to tally attendance for the 2016 season. We continue with a listing of independent-baseball attendance by total.
We’ll follow this up with a listing of independent attendance by average, followed by a listing of all MiLB, summer-collegiate and independent teams. Summer-collegiate and affiliated attendance has already been posted.
This doesn’t include all independent leagues. We cover those leagues who publicly announce attendance figures. The Pecos League, for instance, doesn’t announce public attendance figures.
Here are the attendance figures of independent baseball teams, as listed by total, with a comparison of 2015 attendance figures. All stats come directly from league websites and last year’s Ballpark Digest attendance rankings.
| TEAM | LGE | TOTAL | GMS | AV. | 2015T | +/- | |
| 1 | St. Paul Saints | AA | 413,482 | 49 | 8,438 | 404,528 | 0.02 |
| 2 | Somerset Patriots | AtL | 360,755 | 69 | 5,228 | 347,770 | 0.04 |
| 3 | Long Island Ducks | AtL | 352,728 | 67 | 5,265 | 358,317 | -0.02 |
| 4 | Sugar Land Skeeters | AtL | 300,331 | 67 | 4,483 | 296,525 | 0.01 |
| 5 | Lancaster Barnstormers | AtL | 247,943 | 66 | 3,757 | 276,975 | -0.10 |
| 6 | York Revolution | AtL | 237,433 | 70 | 3,392 | 259,989 | -0.09 |
| 7 | Winnipeg Goldeyes | AA | 231,206 | 48 | 4,817 | 258,922 | -0.11 |
| 8 | New Britain Bees** | AtL | 214,626 | 65 | 3,302 | 216,639 | -0.01 |
| 9 | Kansas City T-Bones | AA | 213,165 | 50 | 4,263 | 232,068 | -0.08 |
| 10 | S. Md. Blue Crabs | AtL | 201,883 | 63 | 3,204 | 222,611 | -0.09 |
| 11 | Bridgeport Bluefish | AtL | 183,921 | 66 | 2,787 | 192,466 | -0.04 |
| 12 | F-M RedHawks | AA | 180,345 | 50 | 3,607 | 187,099 | -0.04 |
| 13 | Schaumburg Boomers | FL | 172,996 | 48 | 3,604 | 162,210 | 0.07 |
| 14 | Lincoln Saltdogs | AA | 169,750 | 47 | 3,612 | 171,605 | -0.01 |
| 15 | Gateway Grizzlies | FL | 163,679 | 48 | 3,410 | 149,319 | 0.10 |
| 16 | Gary-SS RailCats | AA | 163,519 | 48 | 3,407 | 165,306 | -0.01 |
| 17 | Southern Illinois Miners | FL | 153,940 | 46 | 3,347 | 151,503 | 0.02 |
| 18 | Wichita Wingnuts | AA | 150,929 | 49 | 3,080 | 141,837 | 0.06 |
| 19 | Rockland Boulders | Can | 149,632 | 41 | 2,934 | 161,796 | -0.08 |
| 20 | Quebec Capitales | Can | 146,946 | 53 | 2,773 | 130,510 | 0.13 |
| 21 | Ottawa Champions | Can | 127,618 | 52 | 2,454 | 115,880 | 0.10 |
| 22 | Sioux Falls Canaries | AA | 125,591 | 50 | 2,512 | 132,280 | -0.05 |
| 23 | Traverse City Beach Bums | FL | 121,500 | 45 | 2,700 | 132,404 | -0.08 |
| 24 | Normal CornBelters | FL | 91,193 | 45 | 2,027 | 102,290 | -0.11 |
| 25 | Joliet Slammers | FL | 90,458 | 45 | 2,010 | 95,673 | -0.05 |
| 26 | Sussex Co. Miners | Can | 90,237 | 49 | 1,842 | 56,988 | 0.58 |
| 27 | Florence Freedom | FL | 88,438 | 42 | 2,106 | 104,758 | -0.16 |
| 28 | Evansville Otters | FL | 82,412 | 42 | 1,962 | 114,787 | -0.28 |
| 29 | River City Rascals | FL | 82,061 | 42 | 1,908 | 91,354 | -0.10 |
| 30 | Lake Erie Crushers | FL | 81,835 | 47 | 1,741 | 86,155 | -0.05 |
| 31 | Washington Wild Things | FL | 80,503 | 41 | 1,963 | 83,087 | -0.03 |
| 32 | Trois-Rivieres Aigles | Can | 78,948 | 47 | 1,680 | 96,997 | -0.19 |
| 33 | Windy City ThunderBolts | FL | 76,870 | 46 | 1,671 | 76,550 | 0.00 |
| 34 | New Jersey Jackals | Can | 74,335 | 45 | 1,652 | 78,913 | -0.06 |
| 35 | Sioux City Explorers | AA | 68,278 | 50 | 1,366 | 77,429 | -0.12 |
| 36 | Texas AirHogs* | AA | 44,282 | 45 | 984 | 52,072 | -0.15 |
| 37 | Laredo Lemurs | AA | 41,955 | 47 | 893 | 62,517 | -0.33 |
| 38 | Joplin Blasters | AA | 31,001 | 48 | 646 | 69,222 | -0.55 |
| 39 | San Rafael Pacifics | PA | 16,075 | 39 | 412 | 20,610 | -0.22 |
| 40 | Sonoma Stompers | PA | 13,370 | 39 | 343 | 5,760 | 1.32 |
| 41 | Vallejo Admirals | PA | 5,712 | 39 | 146 | 6,776 | -0.16 |
| 42 | Pittsburg Diamonds | PA | 2,608 | 38 | 69 | 3,938 | -0.34 |
*Team played last season as two franchises: Grand Prairie and Amarillo
**Played last season as Camden Riversharks
AA = American Association
AtL = Atlantic League
Can = Can-Am League
FL = Frontier League
PA = Pacific Association
RELATED STORIES: 2016 Independent Attendance by League; 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