One of the defining characteristics of Minor Sports Leagues is that they play to smaller crowds of fans. Minor-Leagues.com has compiled a series of posts that provides details of attendance figures.
New York-Penn League (NYPL) is an affiliated Single-A (short season) professional baseball league founded in 1939. It operates in the U.S.A. North-East, and serves some cities served by MLB teams.
Below is the fan attendance for the entire league from 2006 to 2013.
| League | Sport | Season | # of Teams | Team Change | Games | Games Change | Total Attendance | TA Change | Average Attendance | AA Change | Source |
| New York – Penn League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2006 | 14 USA | untracked | 496 | untracked | 1,751,967 | untracked | 3,532 | untracked | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf |
| New York – Penn League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2007 | 14 USA | 0.00% | 502 | 1.21% | 1,839,458 | 4.99% | 3,664 | 3.74% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf |
| New York – Penn League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2008 | 14 USA | 0.00% | 505 | 0.59% | 1,815,445 | -1.31% | 3,595 | -1.88% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf |
| New York – Penn League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2009 | 14 USA | 0.00% | 497 | -1.58% | 1,786,735 | -1.58% | 3,595 | 0.00% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf |
| New York – Penn League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2010 | 14 USA | 0.00% | 511 | 2.81% | 1,829,755 | 2.41% | 3,581 | -0.39% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf |
| New York – Penn League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2011 | 14 USA | 0.00% | 499 | -2.35% | 1,749,891 | -4.36% | 3,507 | -2.07% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf |
| New York – Penn League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2012 | 14 USA | 0.00% | 517 | 3.62% | 1,701,001 | -2.79% | 3,290 | -6.19% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf |
| New York – Penn League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2013 | 14 USA | 0.00% | 505 | -2.33% | 1,602,725 | -5.78% | 3,174 | -3.53% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf |
A Single-A Short Season affiliate league is slightly more limited than Class A teams with respect to player age and years of experience in professional baseball. The NYPL is one of two Short Season leagues.
Players in Short Season leagues are a mixture of newly signed draftees who are considered more advanced than other draftees, and second-year pros who were not ready or for whom there was not space at a higher level to move up.
Of the 30 major league clubs, only 13 field teams in Class A Short Season Leagues.
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