Atlantic League wraps up its season with a slate of Sunday games, it’s time to tally attendance for the 2017 season. We begin with a listing of independent-baseball attendance by league .
We’ll follow this up with listings of independent attendance by average and total, followed by a listing of all MiLB, summer-collegiate and independent teams. Summer-collegiate and affiliated attendance has already been posted.
Here are the attendance figures of independent baseball teams, as listed by league , with a comparison of 2016 attendance figures . All stats come directly from league websites and last year’s Ballpark Digest attendance rankings .
American Association
TEAM TOTAL GMS AV 2016T 2016A +/-
1
St. Paul Saints
406,501
49
8,296
413,482
8,438
-0.02
2
Winnipeg Goldeyes
219,556
50
4,391
231,206
4,817
-0.09
3
Kansas City T-Bones
211,599
52
4,069
213,165
4,263
-0.05
4
Gary-SS RailCats
181,612
50
3,632
163,519
3,407
0.07
5
F-M RedHawks
176,086
49
3,594
180,345
3,607
0.00
6
Lincoln Saltdogs
172,712
51
3,387
169,750
3,612
-0.06
7
Wichita Wingnuts
157,995
51
3,098
150,929
3,080
0.01
8
Sioux Falls Canaries
113,506
49
2,316
125,591
2,512
-0.08
9
Cleburne Railroaders
103,264
58
1,780
N/A
N/A
N/A
10
Sioux City Explorers
58,407
47
1,243
68,278
1,366
-0.09
11
Texas AirHogs
65,672
56
1,173
44,282
984
0.19
TOTALS 1,866,910 562 3,322 1,833,503 3,156 0.05
Atlantic League
TEAM TOTAL GMS AV 2016T 2016A +/-
1
Somerset Patriots
342,231
66
5,185
360,755
5,228
-0.01
2
Long Island Ducks
341,231
66
5,102
352,728
5,265
-0.03
3
Sugar Land Skeeters
317,721
68
4,672
300,331
4,483
0.04
4
Lancaster Barnstormers
255,251
68
3,754
247,943
3,757
0.00
5
S. Md. Blue Crabs
210,007
61
3,443
201,883
3,204
0.07
6
York Revolution
208,252
66
3,155
237,433
3,392
-0.07
7
New Britain Bees
194,744
63
3,091
214,626
3,302
-0.06
8
Bridgeport Bluefish
196,917
66
2,984
183,921
2,787
0.07
TOTALS 2,066,953 525 3,937 2,099,620 3,939 0.00
Can-Am League
TEAM TOTAL GMS AV 2016T 2016A +/-
1
Rockland Boulders
145,005
51
2,843
149,632
2,934
-0.03
2
Quebec Capitales
141,923
50
2,838
146,946
2,773
0.02
3
Ottawa Champions
92,654
47
1,971
127,618
2,454
-0.20
4
New Jersey Jackals
91,892
52
1,767
74,335
1,652
0.07
5
Trois-Rivieres Aigles
79,228
49
1,617
78,948
1,680
-0.04
6
Sussex Co. Miners
80,442
50
1,609
90,237
1,842
-0.13
TOTALS 631,144 299 2,111 667,716 2,241 -0.06
Frontier League
TEAM TOTAL GMS AV 2016T 2016A +/-
1
Schaumburg Boomers
160,644
47
3,418
172,996
3,604
-0.05
2
Southern Illinois Miners
151,521
46
3,294
153,940
3,347
-0.02
3
Gateway Grizzlies
148,176
48
3,087
163,679
3,410
-0.09
4
Traverse City Beach Bums
119,544
44
2,717
121,500
2,700
0.01
5
Evansville Otters
100,337
45
2,230
82,412
1,962
0.14
6
Joliet Slammers
100,160
45
2,226
90,458
2,010
0.11
7
Florence Freedom
87,545
42
2,084
88,438
2,106
-0.01
8
River City Rascals
94,958
46
2,064
82,061
1,908
0.08
9
Lake Erie Crushers
94,035
47
2,001
81,835
1,741
0.15
10
Washington Wild Things
77,233
41
1,884
80,503
1,963
-0.04
11
Normal CornBelters
75,804
45
1,685
91,193
2,027
-0.17
12
Windy City ThunderBolts
78,585
47
1,672
76,870
1,671
0.00
TOTALS 1,288,542 543 2,373 1,285,885 2,390 -0.01
Pacific Association
TEAM TOTAL GMS AV 2016T 2016A +/-
1
San Rafael Pacifics
18,236
38
480
16,075
412
0.17
2
Sonoma Stompers
10,031
39
257
13,370
343
-0.25
3
Vallejo Admirals
5,909
39
152
5,712
146
0.04
4
Pittsburg Diamonds
2,678
38
70
2,608
69
0.01
TOTALS 36,854 154 239 38,715 250 -0.04
RELATED STORIES: 2017 Affiliated Attendance by Average ; 2017 Affiliated Attendance by Total ; 2017 Affiliated Attendance by Level ; 2017 Affiliated Attendance by League ; 2017 Summer Collegiate Attendance by Average ; 2017 Summer Collegiate Attendance by Total ; 2017 Summer Collegiate Attendance by League
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As the Atlantic League wraps up its season with a slate of Sunday games, it’s time to tally attendance for the 2017 season. We begin with a listing of independent-baseball attendance by league.