Atlantic League wraps up its season with a slate of Sunday games, it’s time to tally attendance for the 2018 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 2017 attendance figures . All stats come directly from league websites and last year’s Ballpark Digest attendance rankings .
American Association
TEAM TOTAL GMS AV 2017T 2017A +/-
1
St. Paul Saints
408,921
50
8,178
406,501
8,296
-0.01
2
Winnipeg Goldeyes
219,370
49
4,477
219,556
4,391
0.02
3
Kansas City T-Bones
189,981
48
3,958
211,599
4,069
-0.03
4
Gary-SS RailCats
167,152
37
3,556
181,612
3,632
-0.02
5
F-M RedHawks
166,717
49
3,402
176,086
3,594
-0.05
6
Lincoln Saltdogs
160,124
48
3,336
172,712
3,387
-0.02
7
Chicago Dogs
138,855
47
2,954
NA
NA
NA
8
Sioux Falls Canaries
124,127
50
2,483
113,506
2,316
0.07
9
Wichita Wingnuts
108,627
48
2,263
157,995
3,098
-0.27
10
Texas AirHogs
80,196
48
1,671
65,672
1,173
0.42
11
Sioux City Explorers
63,498
48
1,323
58,407
1,243
0.06
12
Cleburne Railroaders
64,226
50
1,285
103,264
1,780
-0.28
TOTALS 1,891,794 582 3,251 1,866,910 3,322 -0.02
Atlantic League
TEAM TOTAL GMS AV 2017T 2017A +/-
1
Somerset Patriots
352,603
69
5,110
342,231
5,185
-0.01
2
Long Island Ducks
349,058
71
4,916
341,231
5,102
-0.04
3
Sugar Land Skeeters
328,491
72
4,562
317,721
4,672
-0.02
4
Lancaster Barnstormers
249,792
64
3,903
255,251
3,754
0.04
5
S. Md. Blue Crabs
205,947
66
3,120
210,007
3,443
-0.09
6
York Revolution
180,807
64
2,825
208,252
3,155
-0.10
7
New Britain Bees
183,147
69
2,654
194,744
3,091
-0.14
TOTALS 1,849,845 475 3,894 2,066,953 3,937 -0.01
Can-Am League
TEAM TOTAL GMS AV 2017T 2017A +/-
1
Rockland Boulders
129,599
47
2,757
145,005
2,843
-0.03
2
Quebec Capitales
126,483
53
2,386
141,923
2,838
-0.16
3
Trois-Rivieres Aigles
91,605
49
1,869
79,228
1,617
0.16
4
Ottawa Champions
93,395
51
1,831
92,654
1,971
-0.07
5
New Jersey Jackals
83,610
49
1,706
91,892
1,767
-0.03
6
Sussex Co. Miners
74,827
48
1,559
80,442
1,609
-0.03
TOTALS 599,519 297 2,019 631,144 2,111 -0.04
Frontier League
TEAM TOTAL GMS AV 2017T 2017A +/-
1
Schaumburg Boomers
149,255
47
3,176
160,644
3,418
-0.07
2
Southern Illinois Miners
109,691
40
2,742
151,521
3,294
-0.17
3
Gateway Grizzlies
125,536
47
2,671
148,176
3,087
-0.13
4
Florence Freedom
105,805
45
2,351
87,545
2,084
0.13
5
TC Beach Bums
88,176
39
2,261
119,544
2,717
-0.17
6
Evansville Otters
94,498
43
2,198
100,337
2,230
-0.01
7
Lake Erie Crushers
91,645
44
2,083
94,035
2,001
0.04
8
Washington Wild Things
87,534
44
1,989
77,233
1,884
0.06
9
Joliet Slammers
88,198
47
1,877
100,160
2,226
-0.16
10
Normal CornBelters
81,716
44
1,857
75,804
1,685
0.10
11
River City Rascals
85,036
48
1,772
94,958
2,064
-0.14
12
Windy City ThunderBolts
78,177
47
1,663
78,585
1,672
-0.01
TOTALS 1,185,267 535 2,215 1,288,542 2,373 -0.07
Pacific Association
TEAM TOTAL GMS AV 2017T 2017A +/-
1
San Rafael Pacifics
18,081
40
452
18,236
480
-0.06
2
Sonoma Stompers
17,501
40
438
10,031
257
0.70
3
Martinez Clippers
9,015
40
225
NA
NA
NA
4
Vallejo Admirals
8,095
39
208
5,909
152
0.37
5
Napa Silverados
6264
40
157
NA
NA
NA
6
Pittsburg Diamonds
3,044
40
76
2,678
70
0.09
TOTALS 62,000 239 259 36,854 239 0.08
RELATED STORIES: 2018 Affiliated Attendance by Average ; 2018 Affiliated Attendance by Total ; 2018 Affiliated Attendance By Classification ; 2018 Affiliated Attendance by League ; 2018 Summer Collegiate Attendance by Average ; 2018 Summer Collegiate Attendance by Total ; 2018 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 2018 season. We begin with a listing of independent-baseball attendance by league.