Major League Baseball attendance records
Most attended pre-season game in history[]
115,301 is the all-time record. It was a preseason game between the defending champions Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday March 29, 2008 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1]
Least attended game in history[]
The least attended game does not include games where stadia were closed by governmental authority.
The record was set on September 28, 1882, in game between the Troy Trojans and the Worcesters in Worcester, Massachusetts, which some reports had only six spectators attend.
As both clubs had been notified that they were being dropped from the National League, fans had very little interest in watching the lame-duck teams,[2] especially on a day which the Boston Globe of September 29 (p.2) described as "bleak, cold and windy."
This record does not count games played behind closed doors by governmental authority. Games that were played as such included the April 29, 2015 game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which was closed because of safety concerns surrounding the 2015 Baltimore protests,[3] and the majority of the 2020 season (only the NLCS and World Series had spectators) which was closed to fans due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020.
Highest season home totals, by team[]
The highest per game attendance average is held by the Colorado Rockies in 1994 with 57,570 for 57 home games at Mile High Stadium during the strike shortened season.
4 million or more home attendance totals[]
Toronto Blue Jays became the first team in baseball history to draw 4 million mark in attendance in 1991 season.[38]
Team name | Season | Home attendance | Per game | Ballpark |
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Colorado Rockies[12] | 1993 | 4,483,350 | 55,350 | Mile High Stadium |
New York Yankees[22] | 2008 | 4,298,655 | 53,070 | Yankee Stadium |
New York Yankees[22] | 2007 | 4,271,867 | 52,739 | Yankee Stadium |
New York Yankees[22] | 2006 | 4,248,067 | 52,445 | Yankee Stadium |
New York Yankees[22] | 2005 | 4,090,696 | 50,502 | Yankee Stadium |
Toronto Blue Jays[36] | 1993 | 4,057,947 | 50,098 | SkyDome |
New York Mets[21] | 2008 | 4,042,045 | 49,902 | Shea Stadium |
Toronto Blue Jays[36] | 1992 | 4,028,318 | 49,732 | SkyDome |
Toronto Blue Jays[36] | 1991 | 4,001,527 | 49,402 | SkyDome |
Progression of the home field attendance record[]
Season | Team | Home attendance | Per game | Ballpark |
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1993 | Colorado Rockies[39] | 4,483,350 | 55,350 | Mile High Stadium |
1992 | Toronto Blue Jays[38] | 4,028,318 | 49,732 | SkyDome |
1991 | Toronto Blue Jays[38] | 4,001,527 | 49,402 | SkyDome |
1990 | Toronto Blue Jays[38] | 3,885,284 | 47,966 | SkyDome |
1982 | Los Angeles Dodgers[38] | 3,608,881 | 44,554 | Dodger Stadium |
1978 | Los Angeles Dodgers[40] | 3,347,845 | 41,331 | Dodger Stadium |
1977 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2,955,087 | 36,483 | Dodger Stadium |
1962 | Los Angeles Dodgers[41] | 2,755,184 | 33,195 | Dodger Stadium |
1948 | Cleveland Indians[41] | 2,620,627 | 33,172 | Cleveland Stadium |
1946 | New York Yankees[42] | 2,265,512 | 29,422 | Yankee Stadium |
1929 | Chicago Cubs[43] | 1,485,166 | 19,041 | Wrigley Field |
1920 | New York Yankees[42] | 1,289,422 | 16,746 | Polo Grounds IV |
1908 | New York Giants[44] | 910,000 | 11,375 | Polo Grounds III |
1905 | Chicago White Sox | 687,419 | 8,383 | South Side Park II |
1904 | Boston Americans | 623,295 | 7,695 | Huntington Avenue Grounds |
1903 | New York Giants[44] | 579,530 | 8,279 | Polo Grounds III |
1895 | Philadelphia Phillies[45] | 474,971 | 7,142 | Baker Bowl |
1894 | New York Giants[44] | 387,000 | 5,650 | Polo Grounds III |
1888 | New York Giants[44] | 305,455 | 4,663 | Polo Grounds II |
1887 | New York Giants[44] | 270,945 | 4,406 | Polo Grounds II |
1883 | St. Louis Browns (AA)[46] | 243,000 | 4,959 | South End Grounds |
Highest and Lowest Attendance By Season[]
Largest crowds at a World Series game[]
This Largest crowds at a World Series game section needs additional citations for verification. (January 2009) |
Attendance | Opponents | Game number | Date | Stadium |
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92,706 | Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers | Game 5 | October 6, 1959 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
92,650 | Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers | Game 4 | October 5, 1959 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
92,394 | Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers | Game 3 | October 4, 1959 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
86,288 | Boston Braves at Cleveland Indians | Game 5 | October 10, 1948 | Cleveland Stadium |
81,897 | Boston Braves at Cleveland Indians | Game 4 | October 9, 1948 | Cleveland Stadium |
78,102 | New York Giants at Cleveland Indians | Game 4 | October 2, 1954 | Cleveland Stadium |
74,065 | Brooklyn Dodgers at New York Yankees | Game 6 | October 5, 1947 | Yankee Stadium |
73,977 | Brooklyn Dodgers at New York Yankees | Game 3 | October 6, 1956 | Yankee Stadium |
73,365 | Brooklyn Dodgers at New York Yankees | Game 1 | September 30, 1947 | Yankee Stadium |
71,787 | Brooklyn Dodgers at New York Yankees | Game 4 | October 4, 1952 | Yankee Stadium |
67,498 | Cleveland Indians at Florida Marlins | Game 6 | October 25, 1997 | Pro Player Stadium |
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