For almost the entire season, the AL has had a lead over the NL in ejections. At times, the lead was a big one, as big as 12 in the past week. With only a handful of weeks left in the season, the NL seemingly decided that it was time to turn up the rage. The Senior Circuit had seven ejections last week to the American League’s meager one. This narrows the gap to only six, with two weeks to go. Can the National League take the crown? Or will the AL hold them off? We’ll have to see.

Attendance once again continued to separate, with six teams (including one playoff contender in Baltimore) drawing fewer than 20,000 to one game. Only three teams averaged below that mark, with the Reds and Phillies averaging in the high 17,000s. The most disappointing story of the week is the White Sox, who averaged 14,544 over four games, three thousand fewer fans than the next closest team, and 30,000 fewer fans than the Cardinals, the week’s highest average. Only five teams drew above 40,000 this week: the aforementioned Cardinals, Angels, Giants, Cubs, and Blue Jays, with the three NL teams being the only ones to average above the mark.

The Cardinals took home the title for quickest team this week, with an average of 2:42 time of game, not having played a game longer than three hours in the last week. The Diamondbacks averaged almost an hour longer at 3:33, despite not having played an extra inning game last week.

And finally in the weather department, once again Arizona takes the hottest temperature of the weeks, having played in 96 degrees with an open roof. And again unsurprisingly, the Giants hosted the coldest game of the week at 57 degrees.

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: White Sox (vs Indians), Monday, September 12th. 12,588

Highest-(Lowest attendance) last week: Cardinals (vs Cubs), Monday, September 12th. 43,397

Highest attendance last week: Cardinals (vs Cubs), Wednesday, September 14th. 44,701

Lowest-(Highest attendance) last week: White Sox (vs Indians), Wednesday, September 14th. 15,808

Game time:

Longest game last week: Phillies (vs Marlins), Friday, September 16th. 4:43 (4-3 Phillies, 13 innings)

Shortest game last week: Blue Jays (vs Rays), Monday, September 12th. 2:13 (3-2 Blue Jays)

Longest average game for the week: Diamondbacks, 3:33 average over 7 games.

Quickest average game for the week: Cardinals, 2:42 average over 7 games.

Weather:

Warmest game last week: Diamondbacks (vs Rockies), 96 degrees, Monday, September 12th.

Coldest game last week: Giants (vs Padres), 57 degrees, Monday, September 12th.

Warmest average for the week: Diamondbacks, 92.8 degrees over 5 games.

Coldest average for the week: Astros, 65.0 degrees over 3 games.

Windiest game last week: TIE – Both Red Sox vs Yankees, 17 mph, Friday, September 16th & Saturday, September 17th.

Windiest week: Red Sox, 14.1 MPH over 7 games.

Ejections:

Total ejections last week: 8 (166 total this season)

Ejections by league: AL 1, NL 7. (Season: AL 86, NL 80)

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 29932 42159 35822 2:37 3:25 3:07 66 84 74.6 4 9 6.3 Astros 6 22133 32304 26198 2:23 3:48 2:53 63 67 65 1 3 2.3 Athletics 7 29523 39691 32452 2:52 3:23 3:05 76 93 85.6 2 14 8.3 Blue Jays 7 35333 42159 38551 2:13 3:25 3:03 64 84 74.8 3 11 6.8 Braves 6 18271 37296 27804 2:36 3:35 3:13 75 88 82.2 5 13 8.7 1 Brewers 7 12926 41362 29485 2:32 3:13 2:52 69 81 75.9 0 12 7.7 Cardinals 7 41210 44701 42482 2:17 2:57 2:42 60 83 73.5 5 13 8.2 Cubs 7 40823 44701 42370 2:17 3:13 2:49 69 83 77.4 5 12 8 1 Diamondbacks 7 19801 38255 25869 2:39 4:29 3:33 91 96 92.8 5 11 7.6 Dodgers 7 26159 38255 30668 2:39 4:29 3:17 71 92 83.2 6 7 6.6 1 Giants 7 41183 41403 41266 2:33 3:27 2:54 57 82 65.1 6 14 10.6 Indians 7 12588 29137 19335 2:37 3:53 3:18 72 83 76.9 4 15 9.5 Mariners 6 25383 33501 30573 2:33 3:08 2:48 63 74 67 1 9 4.8 Marlins 6 18179 24597 20455 2:42 4:43 3:27 70 88 80.7 7 13 9.2 2 Mets 6 22832 36941 29584 2:30 4:15 3:09 68 93 80.7 4 13 9.4 Nationals 6 22832 37296 30871 2:30 3:26 3:02 75 93 83.9 4 10 7.2 Orioles 7 19233 38041 31306 2:35 3:29 2:59 68 83 76.6 3 16 9.9 Padres 6 25811 41233 35772 2:51 3:31 3:09 57 85 69.8 3 14 8 Phillies 7 15247 24597 17985 2:42 4:43 3:17 70 88 78.4 6 11 7.6 Pirates 8 15247 24397 18065 2:52 3:55 3:14 71 88 77.3 4 16 8 1 Rangers 6 22133 39691 28954 2:23 3:48 3:04 91 93 92 2 7 5 Rays 7 19233 41001 31464 2:13 3:27 2:56 64 83 74 3 11 6.1 Red Sox 7 37267 38041 37690 2:35 3:52 3:16 63 82 73 8 17 14.1 Reds 7 12926 24397 17632 2:32 3:55 3:06 71 79 76.3 0 16 7.3 1 Rockies 6 19801 34724 25387 2:53 3:49 3:27 69 96 85.2 3 11 6.9 Royals 7 29318 34982 31696 2:36 3:23 3:02 68 83 79 2 14 8.7 Tigers 7 21382 29137 26649 2:48 3:53 3:16 70 80 74.9 4 15 9.4 1 Twins 7 26393 36941 29797 2:41 4:15 3:06 68 82 73.9 5 14 10.7 White Sox 7 12588 34982 22469 2:36 3:30 2:58 68 83 77.1 2 13 8 Yankees 7 30254 37927 35028 2:57 3:52 3:20 63 88 73.8 7 17 10.3

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 7 29932 42159 35822 2:37 3:25 3:07 66 84 74.6 4 9 6.3 Astros 3 22133 25041 23107 2:23 3:48 3:06 Blue Jays 3 35333 41001 38224 2:13 3:10 2:47 64 77 70.7 3 11 8 Braves 6 18271 37296 27804 2:36 3:35 3:13 75 88 82.2 5 13 8.7 1 Cardinals 3 43397 44701 44053 2:17 2:51 2:35 75 83 80 5 7 6 Cubs 4 40823 41362 41107 2:37 3:13 3:00 69 81 74.8 8 12 10 Diamondbacks 7 19801 38255 25869 2:39 4:29 3:33 91 96 92.8 5 11 7.6 Giants 7 41183 41403 41266 2:33 3:27 2:54 57 82 65.1 6 14 10.6 Indians 3 21382 29137 25724 3:31 3:53 3:40 75 79 76.3 4 15 9 Mariners 3 25383 32304 29288 2:33 2:58 2:41 63 67 65 1 3 2.3 Mets 3 28926 36941 33068 2:41 4:15 3:18 68 82 74.3 11 13 12 Nationals 3 22832 29669 26099 2:30 3:22 3:00 82 93 87 4 9 6.7 Orioles 4 19233 30094 26394 2:44 3:27 3:03 72 83 76.5 3 7 4.8 Phillies 7 15247 24597 17985 2:42 4:43 3:17 70 88 78.4 6 11 7.6 Rangers 3 30486 39691 34800 2:52 3:11 3:01 91 93 92 2 7 5 Red Sox 7 37267 38041 37690 2:35 3:52 3:16 63 82 73 8 17 14.1 Reds 7 12926 24397 17632 2:32 3:55 3:06 71 79 76.3 0 16 7.3 1 Rockies 3 25811 34724 30329 2:53 3:31 3:14 69 85 77 3 8 5 Royals 7 29318 34982 31696 2:36 3:23 3:02 68 83 79 2 14 8.7 Tigers 4 26393 28093 27343 2:48 3:04 2:57 70 80 73.5 5 14 9.8 White Sox 4 12588 15808 14544 2:37 3:30 3:01 72 83 77.5 8 13 10 Yankees 3 30254 32615 31642 2:57 3:13 3:04 71 88 77.3 7 7 7

Away games