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2012 Independent Attendance by League

Ballpark DigestWith the independent-baseball regular season wrapping up yesterday, it’s time to parse the attendance numbers for 2012. Here are 2012 independent attendance numbers, listed by league.

These numbers are for the top indy league who actually report attendance figures; there are others who do not. (Yeah, we’re looking at you, Freedom and Pecos leagues.) This season saw the loss of multiple independent teams, with the North American League and the American Association each losing teams.

  TEAM LGE TOTAL GMS AV 2011A +/- 
1 Winnipeg Goldeyes AA 285,620 50 5,705 5,740 -0.01
2 Kansas City T-Bones AA 260,620 50 5,212 5,222 0.00
3 St. Paul Saints AA 240,616 49 4,911 5,004 -0.02
4 Laredo Lemurs* AA 187,845 49 3,834 1,186 2.23
5 F-M RedHawks AA 187,438 50 3,749 3,590 0.04
6 El Paso Diablos AA 181,122 49 3,696 3,455 0.07
7 Lincoln Saltdogs AA 160,986 48 3,354 3,284 0.02
8 Gary-SS RailCats AA 159,837 49 3,262 3,218 0.01
9 Wichita Wingnuts AA 152,727 50 3,055 3,185 -0.04
10 Amarillo Sox AA 133,380 50 2,668 2,834 -0.06
11 Sioux Falls Pheasants AA 130,541 49 2,664 1,562 0.71
12 Grand Prairie AirHogs AA 108,236 47 2,303 2,405 -0.04
13 Sioux City Explorers AA 55,627 49 1,135 1,306 -0.13
  TOTALS   2,244,595 639 3,513 3,152 0.11
             
1 Sugar Land Skeeters AtL 465,511 70 6,650    
2 Long Island Ducks AtL 377,473 68 5,551 5,537 0.00
3 Somerset Patriots AtL 350,295 66 5,308 5,241 0.01
4 Lancaster Barnstormers AtL 307,431 66 4,658 4,682 -0.01
5 York Revolution AtL 273,648 67 4,084 3,904 0.05
6 Camden Riversharks AtL 231,987 67 3,462 3,500 -0.01
7 S. Md. Blue Crabs AtL 229,094 68 3,369 3,294 0.02
8 Bridgeport Bluefish AtL 132,139 65 2,033 2,274 -0.11
  TOTALS   2,367,578 537 4,409 4,102 0.07
             
1 Rockland Boulders Can 161,375 49 3,293 2,807 0.17
2 Quebec Capitales Can 152,663 49 3,116 3,048 0.02
3 New Jersey Jackals Can 87,206 46 1,896 1,739 0.09
4 Worcester Tornadoes Can 61,398 45 1,384 1,782 -0.22
5 Newark Bears Can 32,056 48 668 997 -0.33
  TOTALS   494,698 237 2,087 1,845 0.13
             
1 Traverse City Beach Bums FL 175,284 50 3,506 3,611 -0.03
2 Gateway Grizzlies FL 150,745 47 3,207 3,610 -0.11
3 S. Illinois Miners FL 129,936 46 2,825 3,863 -0.27
4 Schaumburg Boomers FL 128,287 51 2,515    
5 Lake Erie Crushers FL 127,124 49 2,594 2,680 -0.03
6 Evansville Otters FL 120,819 46 2,627 2,226 0.18
7 Normal CornBelters FL 117,475 46 2,554 2,445 0.04
8 River City Rascals FL 107,986 50 2,160 1,564 0.38
9 Joliet Slammers FL 104,019 47 2,213 2,311 -0.04
10 Rockford RiverHawks FL 97,453 50 1,949 2,123 -0.08
11 Florence Freedom FL 97,382 48 2,029 1,814 0.12
12 Windy City TBolts FL 86,178 46 1,873 1,885 -0.01
13 Washington Wild Things FL 76,829 47 1,635 2,226 -0.27
14 London Rippers FL 21,985 26 846    
  TOTALS   1,541,502 649 2,375 2,535 -0.06
             
1 San Angelo Colts NABL 115,735 54 2,143 2,338 -0.08
2 Edinburg Roadrunners NABL 86,947 56 1,553 2,113 -0.27
3 Fort Worth Cats NABL 57,596 49 1,175 2,160 -0.46
4 RGV WhiteWings NABL 47,520 50 950 1,345 -0.29
5 San Rafael Pacifics NABL 31,411 41 766    
6 McAllen Thunder NABL 29,082 28 1,039 1,315 -0.21
7 Abilene Prairie Dogs NABL 17,979 30 599    
8 Hawaii Stars NABL 0 28 0    
9 Maui Na Koa Ikaika NABL 0 41 0 810  
  TOTALS   386,270 377 1,025 1702 -0.40

 

* Played last season as Shreveport-Bossier Captains
** Played last season in American Association 

AA = American Association
AtL = Atlantic League
Can = Can-Am League
FL = Frontier League
NABL = North American Baseball League

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