Our first independent-baseball attendance ranking of the day: Here are 2013 independent attendance numbers, listed by league.
These numbers are for the top indy leagues who actually report attendance figures; there are others who do not. (Yeah, we’re looking at you, Freedom, Pacific and Pecos leagues.) There was stability in the four major independent leagues, with only one new team and no other franchise shifts.
Coming up: independent by total and independent by average.
| TEAM | TOTAL | GMS | AV | 2012T | 2012A | +/- | |
| American Association | |||||||
| 1 | Winnipeg Goldeyes | 276,359 | 47 | 5,880 | 285,620 | 5,705 | 0.03 |
| 2 | Kansas City T-Bones | 265,596 | 49 | 5,420 | 260,620 | 5,212 | 0.04 |
| 3 | St. Paul Saints | 239,399 | 49 | 4,886 | 240,616 | 4,911 | -0.01 |
| 4 | F-M RedHawks | 186,091 | 48 | 3,877 | 187,438 | 3,749 | 0.03 |
| 5 | Lincoln Saltdogs | 177,982 | 49 | 3,632 | 160,986 | 3,749 | -0.03 |
| 6 | Gary-SS RailCats | 165,024 | 48 | 3,438 | 159,837 | 3,262 | 0.05 |
| 7 | Sioux Falls Canaries* | 161,131 | 48 | 3,357 | 130,541 | 2,664 | 0.26 |
| 8 | Laredo Lemurs | 151,055 | 49 | 3,083 | 187,845 | 3,834 | -0.20 |
| 9 | Wichita Wingnuts | 149,119 | 48 | 3,065 | 152,727 | 3,055 | 0.00 |
| 10 | Amarillo Sox | 105,798 | 45 | 2,351 | 133,380 | 2,668 | -0.12 |
| 11 | Grand Prairie AirHogs | 111,195 | 48 | 2,317 | 108,236 | 2,303 | 0.01 |
| 12 | El Paso Diablos | 111,230 | 49 | 2,270 | 181,122 | 3,696 | -0.39 |
| 13 | Sioux City Explorers | 52,052 | 49 | 1,062 | 55,627 | 1,135 | -0.06 |
| TOTALS | 2,150,031 | 626 | 3,435 | 224,238 | 3,512 | -0.02 | |
| Atlantic League | |||||||
| 1 | Sugar Land Skeeters | 382,059 | 69 | 5,537 | 465,511 | 6,650 | -0.17 |
| 2 | Long Island Ducks | 371,186 | 70 | 5,303 | 377,473 | 5,551 | -0.04 |
| 3 | Somerset Patriots | 339,468 | 65 | 5,223 | 350,295 | 5,308 | -0.02 |
| 4 | Lancaster Barnstormers | 290,165 | 66 | 4,396 | 307,431 | 4,658 | -0.06 |
| 5 | York Revolution | 254,370 | 68 | 3,741 | 273,648 | 4,084 | -0.08 |
| 6 | S. Md. Blue Crabs | 242,894 | 69 | 3,520 | 229,094 | 3,369 | 0.04 |
| 7 | Camden Riversharks | 217,145 | 69 | 3,147 | 231,987 | 3,462 | -0.09 |
| 8 | Bridgeport Bluefish | 157,267 | 67 | 2,347 | 132,139 | 2,033 | 0.15 |
| TOTALS | 2,254,554 | 543 | 4,152 | 2,367,578 | 4,409 | -0.06 | |
| Can-Am League | |||||||
| 1 | Quebec Capitales | 141,396 | 47 | 3,008 | 152,663 | 3,116 | -0.03 |
| 2 | Rockland Boulders | 143,231 | 48 | 2,984 | 161,375 | 3,293 | -0.09 |
| 3 | New Jersey Jackals | 76,883 | 45 | 1,709 | 87,206 | 1,896 | -0.10 |
| 4 | Trois-Rivieres Aigles | 71,568 | 43 | 1,664 | |||
| 5 | Newark Bears | 21,288 | 47 | 453 | 32,056 | 668 | -0.32 |
| TOTALS | 454,366 | 230 | 1,976 | 494,698 | 2,087 | -0.05 | |
| Frontier League | |||||||
| 1 | Evansville Otters | 140,786 | 44 | 3,200 | 120,819 | 2,627 | 0.22 |
| 2 | Gateway Grizzlies | 162,572 | 51 | 3,188 | 150,745 | 3,207 | -0.01 |
| 3 | Traverse City Beach Bums | 164,915 | 52 | 3,171 | 175,284 | 3,506 | -0.10 |
| 4 | Schaumburg Boomers | 150,254 | 50 | 3,005 | 128,287 | 2,515 | 0.19 |
| 5 | Normal CornBelters | 126,367 | 49 | 2,579 | 117,475 | 2,554 | 0.01 |
| 6 | Southern Illinois Miners | 126,084 | 49 | 2,573 | 129,936 | 2,825 | -0.09 |
| 7 | Florence Freedom | 112,270 | 45 | 2,495 | 97,382 | 2,029 | 0.23 |
| 8 | Lake Erie Crushers | 122,097 | 51 | 2,394 | 127,124 | 2,594 | -0.08 |
| 9 | Joliet Slammers | 93,875 | 47 | 1,997 | 104,019 | 2,213 | -0.10 |
| 10 | River City Rascals | 92,652 | 47 | 1,971 | 107,986 | 2,160 | -0.09 |
| 11 | Rockford Aviators** | 87,612 | 47 | 1,864 | 97,453 | 1,949 | -0.04 |
| 12 | Washington Wild Things | 87,076 | 51 | 1,707 | 76,829 | 1,741 | -0.02 |
| 13 | Windy City ThunderBolts | 74,609 | 49 | 1,523 | 86,178 | 1,873 | -0.19 |
| TOTALS | 1,541,169 | 632 | 2,439 | 1,546,633 | 2,383 | 0.02 | |
| United League*** | |||||||
| 1 | Fort Worth Cats | 90,058 | 40 | 2,251 | 57,596 | 1,175 | 0.92 |
| 2 | Edinburg Roadrunners | 48,871 | 42 | 1,164 | 86,947 | 1,553 | -0.25 |
| 3 | San Angelo Colts | 45,478 | 42 | 1,083 | 115,735 | 2,143 | -0.49 |
| 4 | RGV WhiteWings | 38,202 | 41 | 932 | 47,520 | 950 | -0.02 |
| 5 | Alexandria Aces | 7,660 | 23 | 333 | |||
| TOTALS | 230,269 | 188 | 1,225 | ||||
| *Playing last season as Sioux Falls Pheasants | |||||||
| **Playing last season as Rockford RiverHawks | |||||||
| ***Playing last season in NABL | |||||||
RELATED STORIES: 2013 Affiliated Attendance by Average; 2013 Affiliated Attendance by Total; 2013 Affiliated Attendance by League; 2013 Summer-Collegiate Attendance by Average; 2013 Summer-Collegiate Attendance by Total; 2013 Summer-Collegiate Attendance by League
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