The interesting stat of the week? 12 ejections, ten of which were in the American League, giving the league a commanding lead in season ejections, 18-11.

Secondarily, the story remains Cleveland’s terrible attendance. At this point, there have been three games this entire MLB season with fewer than 10,000 fans and all three took place at Progressive Field. This week, Cleveland set the season low with a Wednesday night game against division foe Detroit that only managed to draw 8,766 fans. To Indians’ fans credit, there was Game 2 of the NBA Conference Semifinals taking place in Cleveland that night, so this is seemingly explained by that. Impressively, the Cavs did draw 20,562 that evening, 135% more than the Indians. The baseball game started at 6:10 PM and went only 2:19, while the basketball game started at 8 PM, which means that those at the baseball game would’ve only managed to miss the first quarter or so.

In pace of play news, every team played a game shorter than 3 hours this week, and every team played a game longer than 3 hours. There was nothing particularly interesting on the short side of things, with the aforementioned 2:19 game being the quickest game of the week. On the long side, only two games went longer than 4 hours, the longest being a 4:54 13-inning affair between the Cubs and the Nationals.

On the weather front, more nice weather. All games were between 45-85 degrees with average temps between 54.5-78.5. Winds stayed mostly light, though the Cubs and Nationals did play a game with a 23 MPH wind in from left field, the season’s windiest so far. A pleasant spring week for all!

For the remainder, your miscellany as always. And even lower down the page, we have three tables of raw data for your reading enjoyment. The first is for total games played, then home games, then away games.

Attendance:

Lowest attendance last week: Cleveland (vs Detroit), Wednesday, May 4th. 8,766 New season low!

Highest-Lowest attendance last week: New York Yankees (vs Boston), Sunday, May 8th. 41,869

Highest attendance last week: New York Yankees (vs Boston), Saturday, May 7th. 47,822.

Lowest-Highest attendance last week: Tampa (vs Los Angeles Dodgers), Tuesday, May 3rd. 14,116.

Game time:

Longest game last week: Chicago Cubs vs Washington, Sunday, May 7th. 4:54 (4-3 CHC, 13 innings)

Shortest game last week: Cleveland vs Detroit, Wednesday, May 4th. 2:19 (4-0 CLE)

Quickest average game for the week: New York Mets, 2:46 average over 7 games.

Longest average game for the week: Washington, 3:20 average over 7 games.

Weather:

Warmest game last week: St. Louis vs Pittsburgh, 84 degrees, Saturday, May 7th.

Coldest game last week: Chicago White Sox vs Boston, 45 degrees, Wednesday, May 4th.

Warmest average for the week: Houston, 78.5 degrees over 7 games.

Coldest average for the week: New York Yankees, 54.8 degrees over 6 games.

Windiest game last week: Chicago Cubs vs Washington, 23 MPH, Saturday, May 7th. New windiest game of the year!

Windiest week: Atlanta, 11.5 MPH over 6 games.

Ejections:

Total ejections last week: 12 New weekly high! (29 total this season)

Ejections by league: AL 10, NL 2. (Season: AL 18, NL 11)

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 21352 41253 32320 2:41 3:30 3:07 62 68 66 4 10 7 Astros 7 18243 31559 23645 2:46 3:27 3:07 71 82 78.5 7 12 9.7 2 Athletics 6 10535 43690 21337 2:32 3:17 2:53 58 68 62.9 1 17 8.2 Blue Jays 7 24437 47156 35226 2:28 3:25 2:49 Braves 6 17106 31783 24298 2:28 3:48 2:59 49 83 65.4 6 16 11.5 1 Brewers 7 13088 28249 23246 2:41 3:38 3:09 52 73 62.8 5 14 9.5 Cardinals 7 40087 43093 41563 2:31 3:27 2:59 56 84 68.6 5 16 9.4 Cubs 7 18376 41233 32547 2:31 4:54 3:19 47 73 59.5 1 23 8.9 1 Diamondbacks 6 16323 23514 18811 2:47 3:48 3:11 67 83 75.5 4 15 11 Dodgers 5 13226 47156 32693 2:28 3:21 3:00 Giants 7 13829 41593 30784 2:40 4:20 3:10 52 63 59.1 5 11 8.1 Indians 6 8766 17302 12582 2:19 3:12 2:47 52 69 57.2 5 11 8.5 Mariners 7 10535 31559 20661 2:38 3:27 2:59 62 82 72.2 7 17 10 Marlins 6 16323 21719 18566 2:47 3:20 3:00 74 81 77.7 3 5 4 Mets 7 21608 41028 29027 2:28 3:30 2:46 49 62 57.6 6 16 10.3 Nationals 7 32394 41233 37601 2:46 4:54 3:20 47 73 60.4 4 23 10.6 Orioles 6 15110 43690 23390 2:32 3:17 2:56 52 68 59 1 13 5.8 Padres 7 19013 41028 25664 2:36 3:30 2:54 59 62 60.3 7 15 10.7 Phillies 7 19625 41818 32056 2:31 3:20 2:56 56 81 67 3 16 8 Pirates 6 18376 43093 32871 2:31 3:27 3:09 60 84 70 1 14 7.7 Rangers 7 24437 35551 29991 2:31 3:25 2:54 65 68 67 3 8 6 Rays 5 13226 41253 29965 2:56 3:21 3:09 62 68 66 4 10 7 Red Sox 6 14383 47822 30830 2:27 3:57 3:03 45 65 55.2 6 17 10.8 2 Reds 7 13088 28249 20107 2:42 3:38 3:04 52 73 60.6 5 14 8.7 Rockies 7 19013 41593 32209 2:36 4:20 3:06 58 62 60.3 6 12 9.4 Royals 6 13587 38610 25014 2:41 3:09 2:54 55 69 62.4 4 16 9.2 1 Tigers 6 8766 35551 21603 2:19 3:25 2:55 52 68 60.2 3 11 7.4 Twins 6 18243 28049 22525 2:30 3:23 2:59 60 83 72.7 6 16 10.3 3 White Sox 6 14383 28049 20740 2:30 3:57 2:59 45 83 62.8 6 16 10.2 1 Yankees 6 15998 47822 31188 2:27 3:16 2:55 50 60 54.8 2 17 9 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 40142 41253 40827 2:56 3:06 3:02 62 68 66 4 10 7 Astros 7 18243 31559 23645 2:46 3:27 3:07 71 82 78.5 7 12 9.7 2 Athletics 3 10535 16238 13119 2:38 3:10 2:51 62 64 63 7 17 11 Blue Jays 7 24437 47156 35226 2:28 3:25 2:49 Braves 3 17106 23514 20933 3:17 3:48 3:27 67 83 76 12 15 13.3 1 Brewers 3 21352 28180 23813 2:41 3:30 3:13 Cardinals 7 40087 43093 41563 2:31 3:27 2:59 56 84 68.6 5 16 9.4 Cubs 4 37564 41233 39619 2:46 4:54 3:34 47 73 58 5 23 11 1 Giants 4 41358 41593 41505 2:40 4:20 3:20 58 62 60.5 6 10 8.5 Indians 6 8766 17302 12582 2:19 3:12 2:47 52 69 57.2 5 11 8.5 Marlins 6 16323 21719 18566 2:47 3:20 3:00 74 81 77.7 3 5 4 Mets 3 23847 31783 27662 2:28 2:38 2:32 49 62 54.7 6 16 9.7 Orioles 6 15110 43690 23390 2:32 3:17 2:56 52 68 59 1 13 5.8 Padres 7 19013 41028 25664 2:36 3:30 2:54 59 62 60.3 7 15 10.7 Pirates 3 18376 28782 23118 2:31 3:25 3:04 60 62 61 1 11 6.7 Rays 2 13226 14116 13671 3:11 3:21 3:16 Reds 7 13088 28249 20107 2:42 3:38 3:04 52 73 60.6 5 14 8.7 Royals 3 32394 38610 34911 2:53 3:09 3:02 55 68 63.7 4 16 10 1 Tigers 3 28522 35551 33160 2:31 3:25 3:03 65 68 67 3 8 6 White Sox 6 14383 28049 20740 2:30 3:57 2:59 45 83 62.8 6 16 10.2 1 Yankees 3 41869 47822 45149 2:27 3:10 2:55 50 60 54.3 8 17 11.7

Away games