Crowds across all baseball was down a little this season. The final tally for 2017 was 72,670,423: that’s down almost half a million from 2016, when the figure was 73,159,674. However, that is across a total of more than 2,400 contests, meaning the drop per game was only 201. There were some external factors which should be taken into account, such as the hurricanes which saw the Houston Astros and Miami Marlins both forced to play some of their “home” games out of their markets. On the other hand, attendance got a one-time boost by the new park in Atlanta: this led to the Braves having the biggest increase of any team this season.
Analyzing 2017 Arizona Diamondbacks attendance
