Another Attendance Post

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 11, 2008 12:03 PM EST

I finally got around to doing stuff with that data. In the below graphs the blue line is the actual attendance markings, while the red line is the "moving average", it starts after the 9th home game in order to avoid extremely small sample sizes.

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For those wondering, the top 10 attended games:

Attnd.	Opp.	Month
34805	BAL	August
36048	BOS	April
34145	BOS	June
36048	BOS	July
34441	CHC	June
36048	CHW	May
36048	DET	August
36048	MIN	September
36048	MIN	September
36048	SEA	April

And the bottom 10:

Attnd.	Opp.	Month
8269	TOR	April
8989	TOR	April
9540	TOR	April
10511	TEX	May
10927	TEX	May
11898	SEA	April
12039	LAA	May
12106	SEA	April
12146	BAL	April
12174	TEX	May

Just from these two tables it seems the attendance tide shifted sometime in May.

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I'm pretty sure those Tor games in April

Were weekday games in Orlando. LINK Still capacity I believe.

Anyway, as I was lying in the puddle, I think I may have found
a way for us to get Bonds and Griffey, and we wouldn't have to give up
that much.

~George Costanza~

by Sandy Kazmir on Nov 11, 2008 12:11 PM EST reply actions

Yes. I decided to add them anyways.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 11, 2008 12:16 PM EST up reply actions

Those Disney games were nowhere near capacity

I was there – a good portion of empty seats in the upper decks and the hills were not even full. I’d say 75% of true capacity at best.

by Jason Collette on Nov 11, 2008 12:45 PM EST reply actions

2nd Chart

Is the 2nd chart showing attendance vs. different teams? If it is, I am not sure that the moving average makes sense.

by WG_UCF_SRQ on Nov 11, 2008 1:00 PM EST reply actions

It doesn't, I just didn't remove the line.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 11, 2008 1:12 PM EST up reply actions

Also

We hosted the White Sox twice

by GomesSweetGomes on Nov 11, 2008 1:35 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, the second graph doesn't include all the series.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 11, 2008 2:02 PM EST up reply actions

In the x-axis**

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 11, 2008 2:02 PM EST up reply actions

factors

some of those games, besides being in orlando, have other factors:
SEA – opening day
DET – LL Cool J concert
CWS – Trace Adkins concert
BAL – We the Kings concert

add to that typical boston turnout, and potential clinching/clinching post season against minnesota and there you go

by Dugout Dre on Nov 11, 2008 2:40 PM EST reply actions