The story of this week has to be the ejections. After last week had no ejections, the umps warmed up their tossin’ arms and 6 were ejected this week. The Padres had two of their own rung up this week, which is the weekly high for a team (unsurprisingly). The Padres helped even the score between the AL and NL at 5 total ejections on the year.

Meanwhile, some interesting time of game stats. The Twins took on the Nationals on Sunday night for a mere five hours and twenty five minutes to play 16 innings, the longest game of the year so far. The box score itself is fascinating, in particular the Nationals part. Harper with the pinch hit HR in the 9th, Joe Ross, a pitcher, pinch hitting for Papelbon and getting a hit, only to be replaced at the top of the next inning by another pitcher.

Even with a 5:25 long game, the Twins did not lead the league in average game time in the last seven days. This is attributable to the fact that the Twins played both the longest and the shortest games of the week. The shortest was a 6 inning stint against the Brewers which still managed to go 2:21.

The title for longest average game of the week goes to the Red Sox, who played games with the following lengths of time: 3:02, 3:12, 3:25, 3:28, 3:28 again, 4:16, 5:03. To put that in context against the Boston Marathon, which took place at the same time as Monday’s game (a respectable 3:12):

The winner of the race was almost exactly an hour faster than the baseball game that day. (2:12:45)

The shortest game would have placed around 1450th in the marathon

The 3:25 game would have placed around 6400th.

The 4:16 game would have placed around 19,900th.

The 5:03 game would have placed around 24,500th.

So I guess it’s clear: Boston is the US capital of marathons across all fields.

On the attendance front, the Indians have had some difficulties attracting fans this week. All three games were attended by fewer than 12,000 fans (meaning they were outdrawn by fellow Cleveland residents, the Cavs, this week . On top of that, two of the games drew fewer than 10,000, the only two games thus far this season to do so.

The weather seemed mostly pleasant, with temps only dropping as low as 55, and topping out at 95 in Arizona before they decided to close the roof for the remainder of the series (and summer). The winds stayed relatively consistent, except for the Marlins, who battled an average wind of 17.3 MPH this week.

For the remained, we have your miscellany. Below that, we have three tables of raw data for your reading enjoyment. The first is for total games played, then home, then away games.

Attendance:

Lowest attendance last week: Cleveland (vs Seattle), Tuesday, April 19th. 9,393. New season low!

Highest-Lowest attendance last week: St. Louis (vs Chicago Cubs), Tuesday, April 19th. 43,093

Highest attendance last week: Toronto (vs Oakland), Saturday, April 23th. 46,334.

Lowest-Highest attendance last week: Cleveland (vs Seattle), Thursday, April 21st. 11,525.

Game time:

Longest game last week: Washington vs Minnesota, Sunday, April 24th. 5:25 (6-5 WAS, 16 innings)New season longest!

Shortest game last week: Minnesota vs Milwaukee, Monday, April 18th. 2:21 (7-4 MIN/6 innings)

Quickest average game for the week: Miami, 2:50 average over 7 games.

Longest average game for the week: Boston, 3:43 average over 7 games.

Weather:

Warmest game last week: Arizona vs Pittsburgh, 95 degrees, Friday, April 22nd.

Coldest game last week: Chicago White Sox vs Texas, 55 degrees, Saturday, April 23rd.

Warmest average for the week: Pittsburgh, 81 degrees over 6 games.

Coldest average for the week: Cleveland, 55.5 degrees over 6 games.

Windiest game last week: Kansas City vs Baltimore, 21 MPH, Sunday, April 24th.

Windiest week: Miami, 17.3 MPH over 7 games.

Ejections:

Total ejections last week: 6 New weekly high! (10 total this season)

Ejections by league: AL 2, NL 4. (Season: AL 5, NL 5)

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 7 11418 41058 24367 02:43 03:23 02:54 50 75 68.3 5 14 10.2 Astros 6 24181 40232 29202 02:42 05:03 03:31 71 85 77.7 5 9 6.5 Athletics 6 31952 46334 38342 02:38 03:30 03:04 61 68 65.3 9 15 11.7 Blue Jays 7 15404 46334 30555 02:38 03:22 03:01 65 69 67 5 11 7.5 Braves 6 14160 35230 22861 02:56 03:54 03:16 70 80 74.2 2 9 6 Brewers 7 17597 34813 25179 02:21 04:00 03:03 55 67 61 11 14 12.5 Cardinals 6 30074 45432 38587 02:32 03:35 02:57 64 75 69.3 5 15 11.2 Cubs 7 16497 45432 36098 02:32 03:20 02:59 58 75 66.6 5 15 9.6 Diamondbacks 7 27573 41497 36220 02:54 05:25 03:38 64 95 80.4 6 12 9.8 1 Dodgers 6 14160 42179 27329 02:57 04:02 03:29 63 80 72.7 2 13 6.8 Giants 7 41052 41886 41479 02:46 04:35 03:16 58 67 63.6 6 20 12.9 Indians 6 9393 31947 19834 02:41 03:56 03:04 51 64 55.5 3 13 7.5 Mariners 6 9393 41058 25063 02:43 03:56 03:05 52 74 64 3 13 9.3 Marlins 7 16112 41886 27450 02:33 03:14 02:50 58 64 60.7 14 20 17.3 1 Mets 6 20057 35230 25425 02:51 04:03 03:12 66 77 71.2 4 15 7.7 Nationals 7 16112 35974 23721 02:33 05:56 03:13 63 68 65 4 9 6.7 Orioles 6 15404 39900 25671 02:31 03:22 02:56 65 79 70.8 5 21 10.5 1 Padres 6 19449 37395 26612 02:35 04:01 03:15 64 78 71.8 9 13 11.3 2 Phillies 6 20057 34813 25074 02:48 04:03 03:15 66 77 70 4 15 7.7 Pirates 6 19449 32935 24809 02:58 05:25 03:38 74 95 81 9 13 10.3 Rangers 6 15486 26058 22936 02:41 03:57 03:07 45 75 65 5 17 9.5 Rays 6 31689 40981 35874 02:50 04:16 03:15 47 74 58.7 6 13 10.7 Red Sox 7 26672 40232 34028 03:02 05:03 03:43 47 85 68.8 6 13 8 Reds 7 12777 41660 22759 02:41 03:19 02:59 58 80 68.9 7 13 8.9 Rockies 6 12777 42179 25715 02:41 04:02 03:10 63 80 73 3 13 8.8 Royals 6 26889 39900 31796 02:31 03:08 02:54 66 79 70.7 5 21 12 Tigers 6 25086 31947 29130 02:41 03:20 02:58 51 68 60.7 3 15 7.8 1 Twins 7 17597 35974 26989 02:21 05:56 03:14 55 68 63 4 14 9.6 White Sox 7 11418 26058 16104 02:41 03:57 03:00 45 75 61.6 8 17 11.6 Yankees 6 31843 40981 36117 02:50 03:30 03:05 60 74 65.3 6 15 11.2

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 37754 41058 39856 02:43 03:23 02:57 67 74 71.3 5 11 9 Astros 3 26672 40232 33107 03:28 05:03 03:59 79 85 82 6 6 6 Blue Jays 3 34251 46334 42295 02:38 03:21 02:54 Braves 6 14160 35230 22861 02:56 03:54 03:16 70 80 74.2 2 9 6 Brewers 5 21087 34813 27515 02:48 04:00 03:15 Cardinals 3 43093 45432 44122 02:32 03:20 02:50 69 75 71.3 5 15 10 Diamondbacks 3 27573 32935 29446 02:58 05:25 03:51 95 95 95 10 10 10 1 Giants 7 41052 41886 41479 02:46 04:35 03:16 58 67 63.6 6 20 12.9 Indians 3 9393 11525 10269 02:48 03:56 03:13 52 64 56.7 3 13 9.7 Marlins 4 16112 17395 16749 02:33 02:43 02:38 Nationals 3 27684 35974 33018 02:39 05:56 03:48 63 68 65 4 9 6.7 Orioles 3 15404 17644 16610 02:50 03:22 03:07 65 69 67.3 5 11 7.3 1 Padres 6 19449 37395 26612 02:35 04:01 03:15 64 78 71.8 9 13 11.3 2 Phillies 3 20057 22417 21353 02:51 04:03 03:19 66 77 70 4 15 7.7 Rangers 3 24181 25886 25296 02:42 03:22 03:04 71 75 73.3 5 9 7 Red Sox 4 31689 37954 34718 03:02 04:16 03:28 47 66 55.5 7 13 10 Reds 7 12777 41660 22759 02:41 03:19 02:59 58 80 68.9 7 13 8.9 Rockies 3 35962 42179 38431 03:09 04:02 03:32 63 73 69.3 3 13 9.3 Royals 6 26889 39900 31796 02:31 03:08 02:54 66 79 70.7 5 21 12 Tigers 3 25086 31947 29399 02:41 03:20 02:55 51 57 54.3 3 7 5.3 Twins 2 17597 21078 19338 02:21 03:23 02:52 55 67 61 11 14 12.5 White Sox 7 11418 26058 16104 02:41 03:57 03:00 45 75 61.6 8 17 11.6 Yankees 6 31843 40981 36117 02:50 03:30 03:05 60 74 65.3 6 15 11.2

Away games