Cooler heads have prevailed this week, as only nine ejections were recorded to last week’s 17. Interestingly, the AL continues to dominate, having almost twice as many ejections as the NL, with a score of 37-19. This week the Blue Jays once again took center (or rather, centre) stage with three ejections in three separate incidents, including the rare “Top of the first arguing balls and strikes” ejection.

In attendance, the story remains the Cleveland Indians. Another two games this week, with 12,184 and 13,095 announced. To put a little perspective on the Indians’ attendance this year: If they were to trade venues with their basketball counterparts, the Cavaliers, and play in Quicken Loans Arena (ignoring the logistics for a moment), they would STILL have only sold out one game this season: Opening Day. Truly sad to see a baseball hungry city get its passion sucked out by years upon years of bad baseball. The Indians, after all, were the first MLB team to sell out every game in a season, in 1996, and had a then-unheard-of 455 consecutive game sellout streak.

But even the Indians didn’t set the lowest attendance record of the week. That honor came to Oakland, who had 10,068 on Monday night to see the Rangers in town. The game itself had all the hallmarks of an enjoyable experience: 65 degrees, 2:28 minutes long, and an A’s 3-1 victory, but the Coliseum is a terrible venue for baseball. And oh yeah, there was this red hot basketball team playing a basketball game across the parking lot at 9 PM. The Warriors outdrew the Athletics by an additional 9,528 fans.

Not much to talk about on the weather front, as every game fell between 52 and 90 degrees, which just about sounds perfect for baseball this time of year. Some brisk winds of 22 MPH in Oakland were blowing out to RF on Friday, but still no HRs were recorded, though there were an impressive three triples.

And finally, pace of play this week really benefited Rangers fans, as they managed to average 2:35 of game time, with the longest Rangers game last week (2:45) being shorter than the shortest Tigers, Reds, and Indians games (2:48 for all three). Overall, 18 teams averaged 3:00 or less this week, which seems to indicate that the overall pace of baseball is turning around from the dark days of the 2000s.

As always, below are your miscellaneous factoids, and below that is 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: Oakland (vs Texas), Monday, May 16th. 10,068.

Highest-(Lowest attendance) last week: San Francisco (vs Chicago Cubs), Sunday, May 23rd. 41,359.

Highest attendance last week: St. Louis (vs Arizona), Saturday, May 21st. 45,117.

Lowest-(Highest attendance) last week: Cleveland (vs Cincinnati), Tuesday, May 17th. 13,095.

Game time:

Longest game last week: San Diego vs Los Angeles Dodgers, Sunday, May 22nd. 5:47 (9-5 LAD, 17 innings)

Shortest game last week: Milwaukee vs Chicago Cubs, Tuesday, May 17th. 2:13 (4-2 MIL)

Quickest average game for the week: Texas, 2:35 average over 7 games.

Longest average game for the week: San Diego, 3:31 average over 6 games.

Weather:

Warmest game last week: Arizona vs New York Yankees, 90 degrees, Monday, May 16th.

Coldest game last week: Tie, 52 degrees: Chicago White Sox vs Houston, Tuesday, May 17th and St. Louis vs Colorado, Tuesday, May 17th

Warmest average for the week: Arizona, 82.5 degrees over 6 games.

Coldest average for the week: Washington, 59.7 degrees over 6 games.

Windiest game last week: Oakland vs New York Yankees, 22 MPH, Friday, May 20th.

Windiest week: Chicago Cubs, 13.8 MPH over 6 games.

Ejections:

Total ejections last week: 9 (56 total this season)

Ejections by league: AL 8, NL 1. (Season: AL 37, NL 19)

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 39583 45007 41930 2:12 4:00 3:04 65 71 67.5 5 11 6.9 2 Astros 6 13481 35040 24552 2:11 3:54 2:48 52 82 70.2 8 16 10.4 Athletics 7 10068 28235 19199 2:28 3:13 2:45 59 76 65.9 9 22 13.4 Blue Jays 7 25435 33421 28832 2:19 3:07 2:44 72 79 74.5 4 18 9.8 3 Braves 7 16905 27257 21200 2:35 3:36 2:56 58 72 63.6 4 11 6.4 Brewers 6 24361 40173 35076 2:10 5:00 3:07 63 70 68 7 12 9.7 Cardinals 6 41109 45117 43276 2:44 3:46 3:02 52 80 68.5 6 10 8 Cubs 6 24361 41750 36495 2:10 5:00 3:11 57 70 61.8 9 20 13.8 Diamondbacks 6 30913 45117 38012 2:44 3:46 3:03 69 90 82.5 7 9 8.7 Dodgers 7 31836 45007 40895 2:12 5:47 3:27 60 68 66.4 5 11 7.5 Giants 6 23518 41750 33164 2:33 3:17 2:52 57 69 61.7 5 20 12 Indians 7 12184 37354 25699 2:48 4:21 3:19 57 70 63.5 5 16 10.4 Mariners 6 14477 38200 25569 2:41 3:10 2:57 54 74 63.5 2 14 7 Marlins 6 18140 29579 24372 2:29 3:13 2:54 54 64 60.7 3 11 7.7 Mets 6 30100 40173 37066 2:31 3:42 3:00 59 69 62.8 7 14 10.7 1 Nationals 6 20017 39494 29410 2:32 3:42 3:04 59 60 59.7 9 14 11 Orioles 6 14477 41280 32177 2:33 3:20 2:56 54 71 64.4 2 11 5.9 Padres 6 23518 43100 31588 2:33 5:47 3:31 60 69 63.8 5 12 9.2 Phillies 6 18140 29579 24481 2:29 3:07 2:50 54 72 63.2 3 11 7.5 Pirates 6 16905 31352 22030 2:33 3:36 2:56 55 71 62.3 1 10 4.3 Rangers 6 10068 35040 22651 2:28 2:45 2:35 65 82 73.8 9 12 10.8 Rays 6 26516 34758 30082 2:43 3:26 2:58 68 69 68.3 9 13 11 Red Sox 6 23739 37354 32199 2:23 3:23 3:01 58 70 64.2 4 15 9.7 1 Reds 7 12184 38200 21718 2:48 4:21 3:15 57 74 63.5 5 16 9.6 Rockies 5 23248 43683 36402 2:33 3:16 2:53 52 71 62.4 1 10 5.2 Royals 6 23739 34526 28124 2:23 3:06 2:51 58 72 66 4 13 9 Tigers 6 25925 34758 29998 2:48 3:26 3:01 57 69 64 1 15 9.8 1 Twins 7 25435 33421 28760 2:19 3:07 2:46 57 79 67.1 1 18 9.3 White Sox 6 13481 34526 22448 2:11 3:54 2:58 52 72 63.7 8 16 11.5 1 Yankees 7 17456 32718 27587 2:39 3:13 2:56 59 90 67.6 9 22 13.8

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 5 40137 45007 42283 2:33 3:20 3:03 65 71 67 5 11 8.2 2 Astros 3 28724 35040 32933 2:33 2:41 2:36 82 82 82 9 9 9 Athletics 7 10068 28235 19199 2:28 3:13 2:45 59 76 65.9 9 22 13.4 Blue Jays 3 26516 29078 27705 2:43 2:54 2:48 1 Brewers 3 24361 38781 31451 2:10 5:00 3:22 70 70 70 9 9 9 Cardinals 6 41109 45117 43276 2:44 3:46 3:02 52 80 68.5 6 10 8 Diamondbacks 3 30913 32718 31941 2:47 3:12 2:59 90 90 90 9 9 9 Dodgers 2 39583 42514 41049 2:12 4:00 3:06 68 68 68 5 6 5.5 Giants 3 41359 41750 41539 2:33 3:17 3:00 57 61 59 12 20 15.3 Indians 2 12184 13095 12640 3:13 3:19 3:16 57 64 60.5 6 16 11 Marlins 3 20017 25839 23388 2:53 3:13 3:00 Mets 6 30100 40173 37066 2:31 3:42 3:00 59 69 62.8 7 14 10.7 1 Orioles 3 14477 35012 23552 2:41 3:01 2:53 54 68 61.7 2 7 4 Padres 6 23518 43100 31588 2:33 5:47 3:31 60 69 63.8 5 12 9.2 1 Phillies 6 18140 29579 24481 2:29 3:07 2:50 54 72 63.2 3 11 7.5 Pirates 6 16905 31352 22030 2:33 3:36 2:56 55 71 62.3 1 10 4.3 Red Sox 3 36021 37354 36876 3:07 3:23 3:15 60 70 65.3 10 15 12.7 Reds 5 20435 38200 25349 2:48 4:21 3:14 59 74 66.4 5 14 8.2 Royals 3 23739 33613 27522 2:23 3:06 2:47 58 66 63 4 10 6.7 Tigers 6 25925 34758 29998 2:48 3:26 3:01 57 69 64 1 15 9.8 1 Twins 4 25435 33421 29678 2:19 3:07 2:40 72 79 74.5 4 18 9.8 White Sox 6 13481 34526 22448 2:11 3:54 2:58 52 72 63.7 8 16 11.5 1

Away games