In the second-to-last Ballpark Digest Award for the 2011 season, we honor the Cape Cod League for a poignant remembrance of a victim of the 2011 Tucson shootings — a young girl who happened to be a big baseball fan. Christina-Taylor Green (shown at right) was born into a baseball family: her grandfather, Dallas Green, […]
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Crunching the 2011 summer-collegiate attendance figures
With over 3 million attendees in 2011, summer-collegiate leagues are proving to be an important part of the baseball economy. We’ll examine the attendance numbers posted today on Ballpark Digest. First off: by our tally, 3.075 million fans “officially” attended summer-collegiate games in 2011. We report this number with a big disclaimer: there are many […]
2011 Summer-Collegiate Attendance by Average
We conclude our listings of 2011 summer-collegiate attendance with a look at average attendance — perhaps the most accurate way to measure the health of a franchise. Because of the small number of games in many leagues, the attendance can vary greatly year to year, so you’re going to see more fluctuations here than in, […]
2011 Summer-Collegiate Attendance by League
We continue our coverage of 2011 attendance figures with a listing of numbers from summer-collegiate leagues. In this article, we list attendance by league. We list the numbers for 2010 and 2011 to give you an idea of how teams and leagues fared year to year. Be warned that this isn’t necessarily a strict comparison […]
2010 Summer Collegiate League Attendance by Total
More attendance goodness for you: the summer collegiate leagues listed in order of total attendance. # Team League 2009 2010 GMS TOT +/- 1 Madison Mallards NorthWL 197,723 194,179 33 -0.02 2 La Crosse Loggers NorthWL 111,054 104,772 33 -0.06 3 Eau Claire Express NorthWL 66,366 70,380 33 0.06 4 Wisconsin Woodchucks NorthWL 53,583 58,308 […]
2010 Summer Collegiate League Attendance by Average
We begin our listing of attendance figures for the 2010 season; here are the attendance figures for summer-collegiate leagues, listed by average. # Team League 2009 GMS 2,010 AV +/- 1 Madison Mallards NorthWL 5,991 33 5,884 -0.02 2 La Crosse Loggers NorthWL 3,266 33 3,174 -0.03 3 Fayetteville Swampdogs CPL 2,217 23 2,335 0.05 […]