More attendance goodness for you today: here are the 2011 independent-league attendance rankings, listed by total.
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.
Team | League | Tot | Gms | 2010 | +/- | |
1 | Long Island Ducks | AtL | 382,027 | 68 | 410,619 | -0.07 |
2 | Somerset Patriots | AtL | 372,082 | 70 | 375,476 | -0.01 |
3 | Lancaster Barnstormers | AtL | 323,091 | 68 | 332,869 | -0.03 |
4 | Winnipeg Goldeyes** | AA | 275,521 | 48 | 271,399 | 0.02 |
5 | York Revolution | AtL | 261,590 | 67 | 279,410 | -0.06 |
6 | Kansas City T-Bones** | AA | 261,115 | 50 | 264,368 | -0.01 |
7 | Camden Riversharks | AtL | 241,473 | 67 | 241,097 | 0.00 |
8 | St. Paul Saints | AA | 240,206 | 48 | 237,994 | 0.01 |
9 | S. Md. Blue Crabs | AtL | 214,135 | 69 | 244,206 | -0.12 |
10 | Southern Illinois Miners | FL | 181,576 | 47 | 204,181 | -0.11 |
11 | F-M RedHawks** | AA | 175,918 | 49 | 183,145 | -0.04 |
12 | El Paso Diablos | AA | 172,742 | 50 | 179,452 | -0.04 |
13 | Traverse City Beach Bums | FL | 169,739 | 47 | 204,440 | -0.17 |
14 | Gateway Grizzlies | FL | 166,072 | 46 | 186,147 | -0.11 |
15 | Wichita Wingnuts | AA | 159,239 | 50 | 134,773 | 0.18 |
16 | Gary-SS RailCats** | AA | 157,676 | 49 | 166,366 | -0.05 |
17 | Lincoln Saltdogs | AA | 157,647 | 48 | 163,676 | -0.04 |
18 | Bridgeport Bluefish | AtL | 150,065 | 65 | 160,653 | -0.07 |
19 | Quebec Capitales | Can | 149,330 | 49 | 147,978 | 0.01 |
20 | Amarillo Sox* | AA | 138,865 | 49 | 139,790 | -0.01 |
21 | Lake Erie Crushers | FL | 128,628 | 48 | 159,580 | -0.19 |
22 | Rockland Boulders | Can | 123,518 | 44 | ||
23 | Grand Prairie AirHogs | AA | 117,861 | 49 | 124,539 | -0.05 |
24 | Normal CornBelters | FL | 114,917 | 47 | 132,309 | -0.13 |
25 | San Angelo Colts* | NAL | 112,228 | 48 | 112,164 | 0.00 |
26 | Joliet Slammers | FL | 108,610 | 47 | ||
27 | Fort Worth Cats | AA | 108,020 | 50 | 122,062 | -0.12 |
28 | Edinburg Roadrunners* | NAL | 107,786 | 51 | 101,620 | 0.06 |
29 | Washington Wild Things | FL | 104,635 | 47 | 116,722 | -0.10 |
30 | Edmonton Capitals*** | NAL | 102,253 | 45 | 92,126 | 0.11 |
31 | Evansville Otters | FL | 97,937 | 44 | 110,711 | -0.12 |
32 | Rockford RiverHawks** | FL | 97,678 | 46 | 126,432 | -0.23 |
33 | Brockton Rox | Can | 94,112 | 52 | 100,092 | -0.06 |
34 | Windy City ThunderBolts | FL | 86,727 | 46 | 92,240 | -0.06 |
35 | New Jersey Jackals | Can | 85,200 | 49 | 86,014 | -0.01 |
36 | Worcester Tornadoes | Can | 83,745 | 47 | 88,499 | -0.05 |
37 | Florence Freedom | FL | 83,436 | 46 | 112,844 | -0.26 |
38 | Sioux Falls Pheasants | AA | 76,549 | 49 | 86,518 | -0.12 |
39 | River City Rascals | FL | 71,958 | 46 | 113,431 | -0.37 |
40 | RGV WhiteWings* | NAL | 65,916 | 49 | 41,527 | 0.59 |
41 | Sioux City Explorers | AA | 64,000 | 49 | 56,428 | 0.13 |
42 | Calgary Vipers*** | NAL | 62,308 | 41 | 66,518 | -0.06 |
43 | Chico Outlaws*** | NAL | 59,199 | 34 | 113,819 | -0.48 |
44 | S-B Captains | AA | 56,910 | 48 | 71,468 | -0.20 |
45 | Newark Bears**** | Can | 51,854 | 52 | 117,985 | -0.56 |
46 | Yuma Scorpions*** | NAL | 48,700 | 34 | 58,083 | -0.16 |
47 | Pittsfield Colonials | Can | 37,154 | 44 | 29,485 | 0.26 |
48 | Maui Na Koa Ikaika | NAL | 31,606 | 39 | 50,343 | -0.37 |
49 | Lake County Fielders** | NAL | 26,480 | 18 | 128,856 | -0.79 |
50 | McAllen Thunder | NAL | 18,404 | 14 | ||
51 | Trois-Rivieres (neutral) | Can | 2,535 | 3 |
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
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