With ten ejections last week, we have had our busiest week of the season for the umpires here in Below the Box Score. Capped off with two bench clearing brawls (Dodgers-Marlins and Yankees-Rays) that had three ejections apiece. The AL and NL split the ejections 5-5, keeping the AL in the lead on the season 27-17.

As mentioned, the Yankees were in Tampa this week which means that attendance for the Rays averaged over 20,000 on the full week, with not one single game below the 20,000 mark. The A’s, Mariners, Padres, Indians, Diamondbacks, Marlins, Pirates, and Twins were not so lucky, having dipped below the 20,000 mark in an individual game with the Diamondbacks, Indians, A’s, and Marlins averaging below the low-water mark on the week. On the top end, the Dodgers, Giants, and Cubs averaged above 40,000, with the Cardinals and Orioles both having one game of greater than 40,000 in attendance.

Only five teams averaged below the three-hour mark this week, but the average continued to hover around the 3:10 mark on the week. The Padres and Diamondbacks played a whirlwind 2:16 game, but that was 3 minutes longer than the season record of 2:13, set by…. The Padres and the Diamondbacks on April 19th! Who knew that bad baseball was short baseball!

Weather was again unremarkable, except for some 25 MPH winds and chilly 46 degree temps on the North Side of Chicago last week (thankfully it was on separate dates).

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: Athletics (vs Red Sox), Thursday, May 18th. 12,016

Highest-(Lowest attendance) last week: Dodgers (vs Marlins), Thursday, May 18th. 41,717

Highest attendance last week: Dodgers (vs Marlins), Saturday, May 20th. 52,850

Lowest-(Highest attendance) last week: Diamondbacks (vs Mets), Wednesday, May 17th. 19,842

Game time:

Longest game last week: Tigers (vs Orioles), Tuesday, May 16th. 5:19 (13-11 Orioles)

Shortest game last week: Padres (vs Diamondbacks), Sunday, May 21st. 2:16 (5-1 Padres)

Longest average game for the week: Tigers, 3:33 average over 5 games.

Quickest average game for the week: Padres, 2:49 average over 6 games.

Weather:

Warmest game last week: Rangers (vs Phillies), 90 degrees, Thursday, May 18th.

Coldest game last week: Cubs (vs Brewers), 46 degrees, Friday, May 19th.

Warmest average for the week: Braves, 83.2 degrees over 5 games.

Coldest average for the week: Twins, 56.2 degrees over 6 games.

Windiest game last week: Cubs vs Reds, 24 mph, Wednesday, May 17th.

Windiest week: Cubs, 17.4 MPH over 5 games.

Total ejections last week: 10 (44 on full season)

Ejections by league: AL 5, NL 5. (Season total: AL 27, NL 17)

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 29445 39501 35346 2:53 4:01 3:22 61 88 67.5 6 12 8.7 Astros 6 16448 36446 27304 2:35 3:06 2:55 Athletics 7 12016 24728 17311 2:39 3:25 3:10 59 79 66.8 1 12 5.3 1 Blue Jays 7 29766 45416 36305 2:31 3:29 3:06 64 87 77 5 11 7.6 Braves 7 29766 34431 9171 2:50 3:32 3:09 73 87 83.2 5 12 7 Brewers 5 14359 41671 25393 2:41 3:32 3:06 46 67 60.4 10 18 12.4 Cardinals 5 41514 45072 43875 2:53 4:20 3:30 70 85 77.4 5 22 13 1 Cubs 5 36023 41671 38797 3:03 3:32 3:15 46 87 71.2 11 24 17.4 Diamondbacks 6 15988 29969 22109 2:16 3:30 2:58 76 82 77.4 5 18 10.9 Dodgers 7 41366 52850 44085 2:37 3:27 3:00 56 87 69 3 20 10.8 2 Giants 6 41366 45072 43130 2:37 3:42 3:03 56 79 66 5 20 12.5 Indians 6 14613 36446 26596 2:35 3:33 3:08 64 83 75.3 6 18 10 Mariners 7 13955 36782 23459 2:39 3:25 2:57 59 71 66 1 5 2.6 Marlins 7 16448 52850 34779 2:46 3:27 3:02 69 87 79 3 5 4.5 1 Mets 6 15988 39501 27768 2:52 3:37 3:11 62 88 75.5 5 18 10 1 Nationals 6 16992 27728 21174 2:50 3:32 3:15 73 87 82.3 5 17 10.3 Orioles 6 25109 45416 33542 2:31 5:19 3:28 64 84 77 6 21 13.5 Padres 6 14359 29969 21288 2:16 3:12 2:49 63 76 70.2 10 13 11 Phillies 6 23110 35007 28272 2:44 3:12 2:52 70 90 80.2 7 19 12.2 Pirates 6 16992 32572 24389 2:45 3:30 3:03 70 85 78.5 7 17 10.8 Rangers 5 23110 35166 31022 2:44 3:23 3:01 52 90 70.5 12 19 14.3 Rays 6 14613 22864 19973 3:12 3:50 3:26 64 83 75.3 6 18 10 1 Red Sox 6 12016 44365 27258 3:09 4:20 3:25 67 85 77.7 8 22 13.2 Reds 6 23184 40653 31186 3:03 3:38 3:16 67 87 77.2 3 24 12.8 Rockies 6 17140 25188 22294 2:52 3:38 3:13 50 82 66.8 3 12 8.3 Royals 6 22803 30878 25615 2:29 3:23 3:01 49 81 65.2 11 20 14.7 Tigers 5 25109 35166 31115 2:53 5:19 3:33 52 84 71.6 12 21 16.2 Twins 6 17140 27852 22689 2:29 3:21 3:01 49 82 56.2 8 14 11.5 White Sox 7 17757 36782 31354 2:46 4:01 3:08 61 71 65.6 2 8 5.1 1 Yankees 6 20873 30878 23577 2:34 3:50 3:15 78 81 79.7 11 20 16.7 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 29445 36089 32923 3:01 4:01 3:30 61 64 62.7 8 8 8 Astros 3 33476 36446 34873 2:35 3:06 2:54 Athletics 4 12016 24728 19418 3:09 3:22 3:13 67 79 74.5 8 12 9.5 1 Blue Jays 2 29766 34431 32099 3:07 3:15 3:11 Braves 5 2:50 3:32 3:08 73 87 83.2 5 12 7 Cardinals 5 41514 45072 43875 2:53 4:20 3:30 70 85 77.4 5 22 13 1 Cubs 5 36023 41671 38797 3:03 3:32 3:15 46 87 71.2 11 24 17.4 Diamondbacks 3 15988 19842 17767 2:52 3:30 3:08 77 82 78.7 5 18 10.7 Dodgers 4 41717 52850 46062 2:46 3:27 3:06 69 87 79 3 5 4.5 2 Giants 3 41366 41588 41450 2:37 3:09 2:51 56 64 59 13 20 17 Indians 3 14613 22104 18318 3:12 3:33 3:21 64 83 75.3 6 18 10 Mariners 7 13955 36782 23459 2:39 3:25 2:57 59 71 66 1 5 2.6 Marlins 3 16448 24699 19734 2:52 3:00 2:56 Mets 3 36542 39501 37769 2:53 3:37 3:15 62 88 72.3 6 12 9.3 Orioles 3 31916 45416 37988 2:31 3:29 3:07 64 81 70.7 6 11 8.3 Padres 6 14359 29969 21288 2:16 3:12 2:49 63 76 70.2 10 13 11 Pirates 6 16992 32572 24389 2:45 3:30 3:03 70 85 78.5 7 17 10.8 Rangers 3 23110 35007 28940 2:44 3:12 2:54 82 90 87 12 19 16 Rays 3 20873 22864 21628 3:18 3:50 3:31 1 Reds 3 23184 25188 23908 3:14 3:38 3:28 67 76 72 3 10 6.3 Royals 3 22803 30878 25527 2:34 3:23 2:59 78 81 79.7 11 20 16.7 Tigers 5 25109 35166 31115 2:53 5:19 3:33 52 84 71.6 12 21 16.2 Twins 6 17140 27852 22689 2:29 3:21 3:01 49 82 56.2 8 14 11.5

Away games