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2015 Spring Training Attendance by Average

Spring training 2015With spring training ending yesterday, it’s time to review attendance in the Grapefruit League and Cactus League. Here’s our final listing of spring training attendance, ranked by average.

These are numbers coming directly from Major League Baseball. However, this is only one way to rank attendance, as these numbers include all games played by each team, including exhibitions far from Florida and Arizona. Numbers for the Giants, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Padres, Angels, Nationals, Astros, Athletics and Phillies are inflated because exhibition games at their home MLB ballparks are counted in these totals; similarly, Toronto benefits from 80,000 or so attendees at Olympic Stadium exhibitions. Florida and Arizona authorities will release numbers based on games played just in those states.

Still, you can get a good idea of how strong a draw each MLB team is in spring training, and some comparisons are valid. It’s no secret attendance and interest in New York Yankees spring training was down in 2015: the year-to-year average comparison shows a dip. The Oakland Athletics obviously benefited from a move to a renovated Hohokam Stadium, with a solid attendance boost. The Kansas City Royals saw a boost based on a memorable 2014 World Series run, And with a great offseason and a Peoria Stadium renovation, the San Diego Padres saw their Cactus League numbers rise, as did the Seattle Mariners.

# Team League Total Games Average 2014A +/-
1 Chicago Cubs Cactus 232,790 16 14,549 13,933 0.04
2 San Francisco Giants Cactus 253,477 18 14,082 13,434 0.05
3 Los Angeles Dodgers Cactus 192,054 16 12,003 13,463 -0.11
4 Arizona Diamondbacks Cactus 237,009 20 11,850 11,083 0.07
5 Los Angeles Angels Cactus 190,706 17 11,218 9,532 0.18
6 New York Yankees Grapefruit 171,715 17 10,101 11,141 -0.09
7 Boston Red Sox Grapefruit 148,862 15 9,924 9,845 0.01
8 Toronto Blue Jays Grapefruit 165,646 17 9,744 10,261 -0.05
9 Colorado Rockies Cactus 154,099 16 9,631 10,604 -0.09
10 Philadelphia Phillies Grapefruit 168,816 18 9,379 9,137 0.03
11 Texas Rangers Cactus 174,962 19 9,209 9,070 0.02
12 Oakland Athletics Cactus 147,619 17 8,683 5,201 0.67
13 Seattle Mariners Cactus 132,519 16 8,282 7,773 0.07
14 Washington Nationals Grapefruit 119,847 15 7,990 8,482 -0.06
15 Detroit Tigers Grapefruit 134,377 17 7,905 7,748 0.02
16 Kansas City Royals Cactus 105,271 14 7,519 6,713 0.12
17 Baltimore Orioles Grapefruit 112,257 15 7,484 7,454 0.00
18 Minnesota Twins Grapefruit 118,579 16 7,411 7,700 -0.04
19 San Diego Padres Cactus 106,328 15 7,089 5,076 0.40
20 Pittsburgh Pirates Grapefruit 106,038 15 7,069 7,587 -0.07
21 Atlanta Braves Grapefruit 127,131 18 7,063 7,300 -0.03
22 St. Louis Cardinals Grapefruit 98,533 15 6,569 6,914 -0.05
23 Chicago White Sox Cactus 87,294 14 6,235 6,751 -0.08
24 New York Mets Grapefruit 91,329 15 6,089 5,767 0.06
25 Milwaukee Brewers Cactus 85,022 15 5,668 6,276 -0.10
26 Cleveland Indians Cactus 85,874 16 5,367 4,496 0.19
27 Tampa Bay Rays Grapefruit 80,406 15 5,360 5,616 -0.05
28 Miami Marlins Grapefruit 70,982 14 5,070 5,487 -0.08
29 Houston Astros Grapefruit 70,938 15 4,729 3,726 0.27
30 Cincinnati Reds Cactus 64,228 15 4,282 4,632 -0.08
TOTALS 4,034,708 481 8,388

RELATED STORIES: 2015 Spring Training Attendance by Average; 2015 Spring Training Attendance by Total

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