The Padres lost more than 90 games for the fourth consecutive season in 2019, but the news off the field was much better for the club.
Not only was its attendance growth the third-largest in Major League Baseball, but its telecasts enjoyed the largest average increase in MLB.
The average rating for all Padres telecasts in 2019 was 3.76, the best in Fox Sports San Diego’s eight seasons. That was 76 percent higher than last year and equivalent to about 37,000 homes in San Diego County (where one rating point is worth 9,817 households).
The prime-time numbers enjoyed a similar increase (78 percent).