NEW YORK, NY (WTVB) – Major League Baseball’s average attendance dropped 1.7% this year for its fourth straight decline, and five of the six biggest drops were by teams with losing records.
Toronto, Seattle, San Francisco, and Detroit combined for more than 1.8 million fewer tickets, and a 259-388 won-lost record. Detroit dropped 355,540 while going a big league-worst 47-114, the second-most losses in team history.
The Tigers’ 1.5 million home attendance was their lowest since their 119-loss season in 2003.
