The ejections continue at nearly an exponential pace with SEVENTEEN ejections this week, seven of which were the result of the now-famous Odor Punch™ & ensuing brawl that took place on Sunday. The American League continues to absolutely dominate the National League, with 29 ejections on the season to the Senior Circuit’s 18. In completely unsurprising news, the Blue Jays have been thrust into the top spot in the ejections contest with a total of seven on the season, six on Sunday alone. I can’t wait to see what next week looks like, should the ejections trend continue.

In the pace of play world, the Mets continue to be the quickest playing team in baseball. For the second straight week, the New Yorkers have led the league in average game time, with this week clocking in at 2:46. On the other side of things, the Astros had the longest average game this week at 3:35. This was buoyed by two extra inning games of 16 and 11 innings, respectively, and two nine-inning games of 3:40 or greater in Boston, which seems like the slowest stadium in baseball. One of those Astros-Red Sox games also turned out to be the week’s windiest, with a 25 mile an hour wind out to right. Interestingly, only one home run was hit to right field, though Fenway maintains one of the deepest RFs in baseball.

On the temperature front, the first 100+ degree game was played in Phoenix, with the roof open. The remainder of the series was played with a closed roof, despite the dryness of the Arizona air. Chicago, on the other hand, was quite polar, despite having some impressively hot teams. The Cubs and Pittsburgh played in a chilly 44 degrees on Sunday which was apparently cool enough to stop the Cubs–a rare feat this year– who ended up losing to the Pirates 2-1.

And finally, attendance. The state of Ohio is really having trouble drawing crowds to baseball games this year. The Reds drew 12,103 and 14,694 to their two sole home games this week, two of the lowest attended games in all of MLB this week. The Reds currently sit in 25th overall for attendance, while their intrastate counterparts in Cleveland sit in last.

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: Cincinnati (vs Pittsburgh), Monday, May 9th. 12,103.

Highest-Lowest attendance last week: San Francisco (vs Toronto), Monday, May 9th. 41,256.

Highest attendance last week: Los Angeles Dodgers (vs St. Louis), Sunday, May 15th. 51,350.

Lowest-Highest attendance last week: Cincinnati (vs Pittsburgh), Wednesday, May 11th. 14,694.

Game time:

Longest game last week: Houston vs Cleveland, Wednesday, May 11th. 5:09 (5-3 HOU, 16 innings)

Shortest game last week: Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets , Thursday, May 12th. 2:13 (5-0 LAD)

Quickest average game for the week: New York Mets, 2:49 average over 7 games.

Longest average game for the week: Houston, 3:35 average over 7 games.

Weather:

Warmest game last week: Arizona vs San Francisco, 101 degrees, Friday, May 13th. New hottest game of the year!

Coldest game last week: Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh, 44 degrees, Saturday, May 14th.

Warmest average for the week: Texas, 80.3 degrees over 6 games.

Coldest average for the week: Chicago Cubs, 51.8 degrees over 6 games.

Windiest game last week: Boston vs Houston, 25 MPH, Sunday, May 15th. New windiest game of the year!

Windiest week: Cleveland, 16 MPH over 6 games.

Ejections:

Total ejections last week: 18 New weekly high! (47 total this season)

Ejections by league: AL 11, NL 7. (Season: AL 29, NL 18)

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 30679 42038 36157 2:55 3:56 3:19 67 76 72 2 9 5 Astros 7 20222 37430 29993 2:38 5:09 3:35 58 73 64.5 7 25 14 Athletics 6 14604 35227 27164 2:36 3:46 3:09 61 70 64.7 7 15 10.7 Blue Jays 6 40344 47115 42146 2:29 4:28 3:09 57 82 67.2 9 13 10.3 6 Braves 6 13760 36541 24571 2:20 4:16 2:58 60 85 71 3 21 10.7 Brewers 7 16769 35291 23108 2:29 5:04 3:10 67 82 74 9 16 11.5 Cardinals 6 30679 51350 40999 2:45 3:56 3:06 67 69 67.7 5 10 7.7 Cubs 6 34508 40953 37710 2:42 3:15 2:57 44 65 51.8 2 17 8.3 Diamondbacks 7 19461 34890 25568 3:00 3:23 3:10 55 101 78.9 8 14 10.4 Dodgers 7 38858 51350 44329 2:13 3:08 2:51 62 68 65 5 10 6.9 Giants 7 19461 41464 31823 2:29 4:28 3:10 57 101 79.4 9 13 10.4 Indians 6 13236 24453 19187 2:38 5:09 3:15 45 62 52.3 11 20 16 Mariners 6 15230 42038 28619 2:46 4:01 3:19 66 76 70.8 2 5 3 Marlins 7 16769 36786 25365 2:29 3:22 3:03 59 82 73.9 7 21 13.7 Mets 7 34362 42186 39108 2:13 3:11 2:49 49 65 58.7 5 8 6.7 1 Nationals 7 24476 36786 30142 2:38 3:22 3:04 59 74 64.9 4 21 10.1 1 Orioles 6 14918 37890 27025 2:39 3:38 3:00 54 75 60.3 4 12 7.7 Padres 7 17374 37828 30698 2:45 5:04 3:15 51 67 56 2 9 5 Phillies 6 13760 29535 20588 2:20 3:52 2:53 54 85 70.7 6 23 10.7 Pirates 5 12103 40953 29209 2:37 3:04 2:50 44 79 58.8 3 17 9.6 3 Rangers 6 22958 47115 34429 2:38 3:58 3:15 71 87 80.3 9 16 11.7 3 Rays 6 14604 28158 19425 2:36 4:01 3:06 66 74 69 2 5 3.3 Red Sox 7 32167 37430 34568 2:56 4:13 3:32 58 73 64.6 7 25 12.6 1 Reds 5 12103 29535 21287 2:37 3:52 2:57 54 79 66 3 23 8.3 2 Rockies 6 22053 38712 31714 2:32 3:23 3:03 49 64 55.5 5 14 9.2 Royals 7 31226 41243 35868 2:41 4:16 3:05 59 73 65.3 3 21 10.7 Tigers 7 14918 37890 28971 2:38 3:38 3:01 54 75 63.3 4 8 5.6 Twins 5 13236 25094 18629 2:39 3:08 2:57 45 62 54.4 8 20 13 White Sox 6 22958 41979 32287 2:24 3:58 3:12 55 87 74 1 16 11.7 1 Yankees 7 31226 41979 37639 2:24 3:36 2:56 55 73 65.4 1 16 9.3

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 3 30679 35413 33157 2:57 3:56 3:17 67 69 68 7 9 8 Astros 3 20222 24453 22884 2:38 5:09 3:32 Braves 3 13760 15643 14631 2:20 3:14 2:42 75 85 79.3 7 12 9.3 Brewers 4 17374 35291 26967 2:46 5:04 3:24 67 67 67 9 9 9 Cubs 6 34508 40953 37710 2:42 3:15 2:57 44 65 51.8 2 17 8.3 Diamondbacks 4 19461 32448 24667 3:00 3:13 3:04 98 101 99.5 9 10 9.5 Dodgers 7 38858 51350 44329 2:13 3:08 2:51 62 68 65 5 10 6.9 Giants 3 41256 41464 41364 2:29 4:28 3:16 57 62 59.3 10 13 11.3 Indians 3 13236 17803 15489 2:39 3:08 2:58 45 62 52.3 11 20 16 Mariners 6 15230 42038 28619 2:46 4:01 3:19 66 76 70.8 2 5 3 Marlins 3 16769 19893 17962 2:29 3:17 2:57 80 82 81 11 16 14 Nationals 7 24476 36786 30142 2:38 3:22 3:04 59 74 64.9 4 21 10.1 1 Orioles 4 14918 37890 28868 2:39 3:38 3:04 54 75 64 4 7 5.3 Phillies 3 22230 29535 26545 2:37 3:52 3:04 54 68 62 6 23 12 Rangers 6 22958 47115 34429 2:38 3:58 3:15 71 87 80.3 9 16 11.7 3 Rays 3 14604 28158 20769 2:36 3:07 2:56 Red Sox 7 32167 37430 34568 2:56 4:13 3:32 58 73 64.6 7 25 12.6 1 Reds 2 12103 14694 13399 2:37 3:04 2:50 61 79 70 3 6 4.5 2 Rockies 6 22053 38712 31714 2:32 3:23 3:03 49 64 55.5 5 14 9.2 Royals 3 33132 36541 34511 2:43 4:16 3:14 60 66 62.7 3 21 12 Twins 2 21586 25094 23340 2:54 3:01 2:57 56 57 56.5 8 12 10 Yankees 7 31226 41979 37639 2:24 3:36 2:56 55 73 65.4 1 16 9.3

Away games