The story of the week once again is dwindling attendance, even in teams that are in playoff contention. Last week, seven teams had a game with fewer than 20,000 fans, the Indians, Rays, Orioles, Phillies, Mariners, Brewers, and Astros. Of those seven, four (Rays, Phillies, Indians, Brewers) averaged below the 20k mark for the entire week. The Indians hosted the Twins — a division foe!– in front of only 11,327. Only the Dodgers, Rangers, Giants, and Cubs saw greater than 40,000 this week with the Dodgers and Giants both averaging above that number.

In ejections, the American League widened its lead over the senior circuit to 12, with four ejections to the NL’s 3. All but one ejection this week were by the away teams, a relatively rare occurrence.

Game speed really slowed down this week, with the Royals averaging 3:37 over the week, with a couple of extra inning four hour games, with the shortest game of the week still being 3:14. This was four minutes longer than the next closest team of the week, the Pirates, who came in at 3:33. On Wednesday, the Angels and Reds played to a 2:10

On the weather front, the Bay Area still has the coldest weather of the week with the A’s not playing a game above 65 degrees. On the other end, summer heat has not left entirely, as seven teams faced off in 90+ degree temperatures in the last week. Only Cleveland played in considerable wind this week, averaging 13.5 MPH over the course of the week.

Now as always, we have included the miscellany and below that the raw data to look at yourself. Note there are three tables, the top being all games, the second home games, and the last being away games. Enjoy!

Attendance:



Lowest attendance last week: Indians (vs Twins), Monday, August 29th. 11,327

Highest-(Lowest attendance) last week: Dodgers (vs Padres), Sunday, September 4th. 46,441

Highest attendance last week: Dodgers (vs Padres), Friday, September 2nd. 48,911

Lowest-(Highest attendance) last week: Rays (vs Blue Jays), Saturday, September 3rd. 14,353

Game time:

Longest game last week: Cubs (vs Pirates), Monday, August 29th. 5:03 (8-7 Cubs, 13 innings)

Shortest game last week: Angels (vs Reds), Wednesday, August 31st. 2:10 (3-0 Angels)

Longest average game for the week: Royals, 3:37 average over 6 games.

Quickest average game for the week: Athletics, 2:50 average over 6 games.

Weather:

Warmest game last week: Rangers (vs Mariners), 91 degrees, Wednesday, August 31st.

Coldest game last week: Athletics (vs Red Sox), 60 degrees, Saturday, September 3rd.

Warmest average for the week: Astros, 87.3 degrees over 3 games.

Coldest average for the week: Athletics, 63.0 degrees over 3 games.

Windiest game last week: Indians vs Marlins, 18 mph, Friday, September 2nd.

Windiest week: Indians, 13.5 MPH over 6 games.

Ejections:

Total ejections last week: 7 (152 total this season)

Ejections by league: AL 4, NL 3. (Season: AL 82, NL 70)

Raw data:

All games

Team Count of Games Min Attendance Max Attendance Avg Attendance Min Time of Game Max Time of Game Avg Time of Game Min Temp Max Temp Avg Temp Min Wind Max Wind Avg Wind Ejections Angels 6 16775 34215 27097 2:10 3:25 2:52 61 90 73.4 2 9 5.7 Astros 6 18613 46025 29738 2:28 3:27 3:00 85 90 87.3 7 9 8 Athletics 6 18613 30045 23054 2:28 3:27 2:50 60 65 63 7 15 11.7 Blue Jays 6 12602 16161 14769 2:34 3:18 2:56 84 89 86 4 6 4.7 1 Braves 6 17175 22253 20236 2:48 3:28 3:12 73 90 81.9 2 12 7.7 Brewers 6 17645 26637 22159 2:33 3:45 3:10 72 81 76.5 4 10 7.4 1 Cardinals 6 17645 31118 23128 2:33 3:24 3:01 72 81 77.6 2 12 8.6 Cubs 7 38137 41293 39594 2:36 5:03 3:30 68 76 72.6 1 17 9.1 Diamondbacks 5 23002 41447 33631 3:11 3:33 3:18 66 86 76.6 4 15 9.2 1 Dodgers 6 22683 48911 35787 2:35 3:36 3:13 69 78 73 2 10 5.9 Giants 6 38536 41447 40798 2:37 4:23 3:19 66 76 69.3 8 15 12.9 Indians 6 11327 27483 18814 2:38 3:43 3:04 71 78 75.3 7 18 13.5 1 Mariners 6 16775 26950 22066 2:54 3:25 3:10 61 91 75.1 2 11 5.2 1 Marlins 7 24415 33471 29347 2:38 3:43 3:07 71 87 77.4 5 18 11.4 1 Mets 7 29330 36118 32291 2:46 3:30 3:09 72 87 78.3 5 14 8.9 Nationals 6 16056 36118 24559 2:42 3:13 2:58 72 89 80.7 5 10 8.2 Orioles 6 15532 31161 22336 2:34 3:17 2:55 73 89 80.5 4 9 5.8 Padres 6 20309 48911 34401 2:35 3:32 3:03 72 90 80.3 2 12 5.7 Phillies 6 16056 21322 17815 2:42 3:28 3:06 73 89 81.2 5 10 8.2 Pirates 6 21772 38951 31499 2:36 5:03 3:33 70 81 75.2 1 17 6.7 Rangers 6 21309 46025 31316 3:01 3:27 3:17 81 91 87 2 11 6.7 Rays 6 12602 37083 25276 2:52 3:18 3:08 72 82 78.3 7 11 8.3 Red Sox 6 21376 37083 31230 2:39 3:27 3:06 60 82 70.7 7 15 10 Reds 6 21441 34215 30161 2:10 3:10 2:50 76 90 81 2 12 7.5 Rockies 6 22683 31981 26174 2:55 3:36 3:18 69 86 77.8 4 10 6 Royals 6 22615 39757 27958 3:14 4:19 3:37 73 85 79.2 6 11 8.5 Tigers 6 25008 39757 31028 2:46 3:28 3:13 73 80 78 4 11 7.4 Twins 7 11327 22595 17297 2:45 4:46 3:20 72 78 75.4 7 17 12.9 White Sox 7 20329 32465 24684 2:46 4:46 3:21 72 80 76.1 4 17 10 Yankees 6 22615 31161 25769 2:52 4:19 3:29 73 85 78.3 5 9 7.2 1

Home games

Team Count of Games Min Attendance Max Attendance Avg Attendance Min Time of Game Max Time of Game Avg Time of Game Min Temp Max Temp Avg Temp Min Wind Max Wind Avg Wind Ejections Angels 3 33042 34215 33806 2:10 2:56 2:39 79 90 83.3 4 9 6.3 Astros 3 18613 23114 20587 2:28 2:45 2:38 Athletics 3 21376 30045 25520 2:39 3:27 3:02 60 65 63 7 15 11.7 Braves 3 20309 22253 21154 2:48 3:22 3:01 85 90 87 2 12 6.3 Brewers 3 17645 22918 19742 2:33 3:24 3:01 72 80 76 7 10 8.5 Cubs 7 38137 41293 39594 2:36 5:03 3:30 68 76 72.6 1 17 9.1 Dodgers 3 46441 48911 47647 2:35 3:32 3:05 72 76 73.7 2 8 5 Giants 2 41443 41447 41445 3:18 3:33 3:25 66 67 66.5 15 15 15 Indians 6 11327 27483 18814 2:38 3:43 3:04 71 78 75.3 7 18 13.5 1 Mariners 3 16775 24033 20388 2:54 3:25 3:06 61 66 63.5 2 8 5 Mets 7 29330 36118 32291 2:46 3:30 3:09 72 87 78.3 5 14 8.9 Orioles 6 15532 31161 22336 2:34 3:17 2:55 73 89 80.5 4 9 5.8 Phillies 6 16056 21322 17815 2:42 3:28 3:06 73 89 81.2 5 10 8.2 Pirates 3 21772 26637 24576 3:01 3:45 3:18 74 81 77 4 8 6.3 Rangers 6 21309 46025 31316 3:01 3:27 3:17 81 91 87 2 11 6.7 Rays 3 12602 14353 13613 2:52 3:18 3:05 Red Sox 3 36786 37083 36939 3:10 3:11 3:10 72 82 78.3 7 11 8.3 Reds 3 21441 31118 26515 2:56 3:10 3:01 76 81 78.7 2 12 8.7 Rockies 6 22683 31981 26174 2:55 3:36 3:18 69 86 77.8 4 10 6 Royals 6 22615 39757 27958 3:14 4:19 3:37 73 85 79.2 6 11 8.5 Tigers 3 27121 32465 28929 2:46 3:20 3:06 78 80 79.3 4 6 5 Twins 4 20329 22595 21501 2:59 4:46 3:32 72 77 73.8 8 17 13.8

Away games