With the independent-baseball regular season wrapping up yesterday, it’s time to parse the attendance numbers for 2011. Here are 2011 independent attendance numbers, listed by league.
These numbers are for the top indy league who actually report attendance figures; there are others who do not. This past offseason saw a shakeup in the independent-baseball world. The Northern League broke up, with four teams joining the American Association, one joining the North American League, one joining the Frontier League and two teams folding, with those markets joining the Frontier League in 2011 and 2012. In addition, the year-to-year rankings cover average attendance for the 2010 circuits as they were composed, not their 2011 lineup.
| Team | LGE | TOTAL | GMS | AV | 2010A | +/- | |
| 1 | Winnipeg Goldeyes** | AA | 275,521 | 48 | 5,740 | 5,654 | 0.02 |
| 2 | Kansas City T-Bones** | AA | 261,115 | 50 | 5,222 | 5,507 | -0.05 |
| 3 | St. Paul Saints | AA | 240,206 | 48 | 5,004 | 5,063 | -0.01 |
| 4 | F-M RedHawks** | AA | 175,918 | 49 | 3,590 | 3,662 | -0.02 |
| 5 | El Paso Diablos | AA | 172,742 | 50 | 3,455 | 3,738 | -0.08 |
| 6 | Lincoln Saltdogs | AA | 157,647 | 48 | 3,284 | 3,409 | -0.04 |
| 7 | Gary-SS RailCats** | AA | 157,676 | 49 | 3,218 | 3,395 | -0.05 |
| 8 | Wichita Wingnuts | AA | 159,239 | 50 | 3,185 | 2,994 | 0.06 |
| 9 | Amarillo Sox* | AA | 138,865 | 49 | 2,834 | 2,912 | -0.03 |
| 10 | Grand Prairie AirHogs | AA | 117,861 | 49 | 2,405 | 2,707 | -0.11 |
| 11 | Fort Worth Cats | AA | 108,020 | 50 | 2,160 | 2,977 | -0.27 |
| 12 | Sioux Falls Pheasants | AA | 76,549 | 49 | 1,562 | 1,922 | -0.19 |
| 13 | Sioux City Explorers | AA | 64,000 | 49 | 1,306 | 1,226 | 0.07 |
| 14 | S-B Captains | AA | 56,910 | 48 | 1,186 | 1,588 | -0.25 |
| TOTALS | 2,162,269 | 686 | 3,152 | 2,692 | 0.17 | ||
| 1 | Long Island Ducks | AtL | 382,027 | 68 | 5,537 | 6,038 | -0.08 |
| 2 | Somerset Patriots | AtL | 372,082 | 70 | 5,241 | 5,363 | -0.02 |
| 3 | Lancaster Barnstormers | AtL | 323,091 | 68 | 4,682 | 4,895 | -0.04 |
| 4 | York Revolution | AtL | 261,590 | 67 | 3,904 | 4,155 | -0.06 |
| 5 | Camden Riversharks | AtL | 241,473 | 67 | 3,500 | 3,598 | -0.03 |
| 6 | S. Md. Blue Crabs | AtL | 214,135 | 69 | 3,294 | 3,539 | -0.07 |
| 7 | Bridgeport Bluefish | AtL | 150,065 | 65 | 2,274 | 2,471 | -0.08 |
| TOTALS | 1,944,463 | 474 | 4,102 | 3,984 | 0.03 | ||
| 1 | Quebec Capitales | Can | 149,330 | 49 | 3,048 | 3,288 | -0.07 |
| 2 | Rockland Boulders | Can | 123,518 | 44 | 2,807 | ||
| 3 | Brockton Rox | Can | 94,112 | 52 | 1,810 | 2,175 | -0.17 |
| 4 | Worcester Tornadoes | Can | 83,745 | 47 | 1,782 | 1,966 | -0.09 |
| 5 | New Jersey Jackals | Can | 85,200 | 49 | 1,739 | 1,954 | -0.11 |
| 6 | Newark Bears**** | Can | 51,854 | 52 | 997 | 1,872 | -0.47 |
| 7 | Trois-Rivieres (neutral) | Can | 2,535 | 3 | 845 | ||
| 8 | Pittsfield Colonials | Can | 37,154 | 44 | 844 | 702 | 0.20 |
| TOTALS | 627,448 | 340 | 1,845 | 1,979 | -0.07 | ||
| 1 | Southern Illinois Miners | FL | 181,576 | 47 | 3,863 | 4,253 | -0.09 |
| 2 | Traverse City Beach Bums | FL | 169,739 | 47 | 3,611 | 3,650 | -0.01 |
| 3 | Gateway Grizzlies | FL | 166,072 | 46 | 3,610 | 3,722 | -0.03 |
| 4 | Lake Erie Crushers | FL | 128,628 | 48 | 2,680 | 3,129 | -0.14 |
| 5 | Normal CornBelters | FL | 114,917 | 47 | 2,445 | 2,646 | -0.08 |
| 6 | Joliet Slammers | FL | 108,610 | 47 | 2,311 | ||
| 7 | Evansville Otters | FL | 97,937 | 44 | 2,226 | 2,516 | -0.12 |
| 8 | Washington Wild Things | FL | 104,635 | 47 | 2,226 | 2,431 | -0.08 |
| 9 | Rockford RiverHawks** | FL | 97,678 | 46 | 2,123 | 2,873 | -0.26 |
| 10 | Windy City ThunderBolts | FL | 86,727 | 46 | 1,885 | 1,962 | -0.04 |
| 11 | Florence Freedom | FL | 83,436 | 46 | 1,814 | 2,256 | -0.20 |
| 12 | River City Rascals | FL | 71,958 | 46 | 1,564 | 2,363 | -0.34 |
| TOTALS | 1,411,913 | 557 | 2,535 | 2,736 | -0.07 | ||
| 1 | San Angelo Colts* | NAL | 112,228 | 48 | 2,338 | 2,336 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Edmonton Capitals*** | NAL | 102,253 | 45 | 2,272 | 2,093 | 0.09 |
| 3 | Edinburg Roadrunners* | NAL | 107,786 | 51 | 2,113 | 2,605 | -0.19 |
| 4 | Chico Outlaws*** | NAL | 59,199 | 34 | 1,741 | 2,709 | -0.36 |
| 5 | Calgary Vipers*** | NAL | 62,308 | 41 | 1,520 | 1,705 | -0.11 |
| 6 | Lake County Fielders** | NAL | 26,480 | 18 | 1,471 | 2,741 | -0.46 |
| 7 | Yuma Scorpions*** | NAL | 48,700 | 34 | 1,432 | 1,350 | 0.06 |
| 8 | RGV WhiteWings* | NAL | 65,916 | 49 | 1,345 | 1,195 | 0.13 |
| 9 | McAllen Thunder | NAL | 18,404 | 14 | 1,315 | ||
| 10 | Maui Na Koa Ikaika*** | NAL | 31,606 | 39 | 810 | 1,227 | -0.34 |
| TOTALS | 634,880 | 373 | 1,702 | NA | NA | ||
| AA = American Association | |||||||
| AtL = Atlantic League | |||||||
| Can = Can-Am League | |||||||
| FL = Frontier League | |||||||
| NAL = North American League | |||||||
* played in United League Baseball in 2010
** played in Northern League in 2010
***played in Golden Baseball League in 2010
****played in Atlantic League in 2010
RELATED STORIES: 2011 Baseball Attendance by Average; 2011 Affiliated Attendance by Average; 2011 Affiliated Attendance by League; 2011 Affiliated Attendance by Total; 2011 Independent Attendance by Average; 2011 Independent Attendance by Total; 2011 Independent Average Attendance by League; 2011 Summer-Collegiate Attendance by Average; 2011 Summer-Collegiate Attendance by Total; 2011 Summer-Collegiate Attendance by League
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