Category: LML Attendance

Carolina League Attendance 2006 to 2013

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.

The Carolina League (CarL) is an affiliated Single-A+ professional baseball league founded in 1945. It operates in a region stretching from Delaware to South Carolina, in cities not served by MLB teams or their other minor league affiliates.

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
Carolina League (A) Baseball 2006 8 USA untracked 525 untracked 1,601,427 untracked 3,050 untracked http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf
Carolina League (A) Baseball 2007 8 USA 0.00% 346 -34.14% 1,668,811 4.21% 4,826 58.23% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf
Carolina League (A) Baseball 2008 8 USA 0.00% 535 54.72% 1,726,511 3.46% 3,227 -33.13% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Carolina League (A) Baseball 2009 8 USA 0.00% 518 -3.18% 1,586,588 -8.10% 3,063 -5.08% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Carolina League (A) Baseball 2010 8 USA 0.00% 534 3.08% 1,810,537 14.12% 3,391 10.71% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Carolina League (A) Baseball 2011 8 USA 0.00% 519 -2.79% 1,789,631 -1.15% 3,448 1.68% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Carolina League (A) Baseball 2012 8 USA 0.00% 533 2.68% 1,877,081 4.89% 3,522 2.15% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Carolina League (A) Baseball 2013 8 USA 0.00% 529 -0.73% 1,934,740 3.07% 3,657 3.83% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf

A Single-A+ affiliate league is often a second or third promotion for a minor league player, although a few high first-round draftees, particularly those with college experience, begin at this level. These leagues play a complete season like Triple-A and Double-A, from April through to early September.

Canadian-American Association Attendance 2006 to 2013

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.

The Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball (CAA) is an independent professional baseball league founded in 2oo5. It operates with teams in the Northeast United States and Eastern Canada. The Can-Am League operates in cities not directly served by Major or Minor League teams and is not affiliated with either.

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
Canadian-American Association (Ind) Baseball 2006 8 (7 USA 1 CAN) untracked 330 untracked 810,041 untracked 2,455 untracked http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf
Canadian-American Association (Ind) Baseball 2007 10 (9 USA 1 CAN) 25.00% 453 37.29% 1,040,107 28.40% 2,296 -6.48% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf
Canadian-American Association (Ind) Baseball 2008 8 (6 USA 2 CAN) -20.00% 359 -20.75% 843,660 -18.89% 2,350 2.35% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Canadian-American Association (Ind) Baseball 2009 6 (5 USA 1 CAN) -25.00% 255 -28.98% 563,208 -33.24% 2,209 -6.00% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Canadian-American Association (Ind) Baseball 2010 6 (5 USA 1 CAN) 0.00% 265 3.94% 523,894 -6.98% 1,977 -10.50% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Canadian-American Association (Ind) Baseball 2011 8 (7 USA 1 CAN) 33.33% 339 27.92% 627,113 19.70% 1,850 -6.42% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Canadian-American Association (Ind) Baseball 2012 5 (3 USA 2 CAN) -37.50% 237 -30.07% 494,698 -21.12% 2,087 12.81% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Canadian-American Association (Ind) Baseball 2013 5 (3 USA 2 CAN) 0.00% 230 -2.99% 454,366 -8.15% 1,976 -5.32% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf

The Canadian-American Association recruits college, ex-major and ex-minor league players. Former affiliated-league players that get injured or have other circumstances join the AA as an opportunity to get resigned by major league organizations. Other players consist of college players that were not drafted into MiLB, but seek the opportunity to be seen by major league scouts and possibly get signed by major league organizations. Other former MLB players join the CAA as a way to stay involved in baseball after their career as a major league player, often as coaches and managers.

California League Attendance 2006 to 2013

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.

The California League (CL) is an affiliated Single-A+ professional baseball league founded in 1941. It operates in the state of California, mostly in cities not served by MLB teams or their other minor league affiliates.

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
California League (A) Baseball 2006 10 USA untracked 686 untracked 1,573,718 untracked 2,294 untracked http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf
California League (A) Baseball 2007 10 USA 0.00% 694 1.15% 1,649,480 4.81% 2,377 3.62% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf
California League (A) Baseball 2008 10 USA 0.00% 693 -0.14% 1,633,328 -0.98% 2,357 -0.84% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
California League (A) Baseball 2009 10 USA 0.00% 694 0.16% 1,721,279 5.38% 2,480 5.22% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
California League (A) Baseball 2010 10 USA 0.00% 691 -0.44% 1,566,501 -8.99% 2,267 -8.59% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
California League (A) Baseball 2011 10 USA 0.00% 692 0.13% 1,593,398 1.72% 2,303 1.59% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
California League (A) Baseball 2012 10 USA 0.00% 690 -0.27% 1,582,174 -0.70% 2,293 -0.43% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
California League (A) Baseball 2013 10 USA 0.00% 696 0.87% 1,583,488 0.08% 2,275 -0.78% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf

A Single-A+ affiliate league is often a second or third promotion for a minor league player, although a few high first-round draftees, particularly those with college experience, begin at this level. These leagues play a complete season like Triple-A and Double-A, from April through to early September.

Atlantic League Attendance 2006 to 2013

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.

The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (AL) is an independent professional baseball league founded in 1998. It operates in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, especially the greater metropolitan areas of the Northeast megalopolis, with one team located in Texas, mostly in cities not served by MLB teams or their minor league affiliates.

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
Atlantic League (Ind) Baseball 2006 8 USA untracked 477 untracked 1,911,052 untracked 4,006 untracked http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf
Atlantic League (Ind) Baseball 2007 8 USA 0.00% 476 -0.22% 1,976,813 3.44% 4,153 3.67% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf
Atlantic League (Ind) Baseball 2008 8 USA 0.00% 537 12.82% 2,208,734 11.73% 4,113 -0.96% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Atlantic League (Ind) Baseball 2009 8 USA 0.00% 533 -0.74% 2,160,993 -2.16% 4,054 -1.43% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Atlantic League (Ind) Baseball 2010 8 USA 0.00% 535 0.37% 2,151,416 -0.44% 4,021 -0.81% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Atlantic League (Ind) Baseball 2011 8 USA 0.00% 477 -10.86% 1,948,321 -9.44% 4,085 1.59% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Atlantic League (Ind) Baseball 2012 8 USA 0.00% 537 12.59% 2,367,578 21.52% 4,409 7.93% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf
Atlantic League (Ind) Baseball 2013 8 USA 0.00% 543 1.12% 2,254,554 -4.77% 4,152 -5.83% http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf

The Atlantic League recruits college, ex-major and ex-minor league players. Former affiliated-league players that get injured or have other circumstances join the AL as an opportunity to get resigned by major league organizations. Other players consist of college players that were not drafted into MiLB, but seek the opportunity to be seen by major league scouts and possibly get signed by major league organizations. Other former MLB players join the AA as a way to stay involved in baseball after their career as a major league player, often as coaches and managers.

When Atlantic League professionals are signed by MLB clubs, they usually start in their Double-A or Triple-A affiliates. The Atlantic League is generally regarded as the most successful and highest level of baseball among independent leagues. In 2015, the Atlantic League experienced a watershed moment for independent baseball when it signed a formal agreement with Major League Baseball which put into writing the rules which the ALPB would follow in selling its players’ contracts to MLB clubs and their affiliates. This marked the first time that MLB, which has enjoyed a U.S. Supreme Court-granted antitrust exemption since 1922, had made any formal agreement with or acknowledgment of an independent baseball league.

Arena Football 2 Attendance 2006 to 2009

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.

Arena Football 2 is a game played indoors on a smaller field than American or Canadian outdoor football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game. The sport was invented in 1981, and patented in 1987, by James F. Foster, Jr., a former executive of the National Football League and the United States Football League. Though not the only variant of indoor American football, it is the most widely known, and the one on which most other forms of modern indoor football are at least partially based.

The AF2, which started play in 2000 and ceased when its strongest teams was folded into a new Arena Football League in 2010. Like most other minor sports leagues, the AF2 existed to develop football players and also to help players adapt to the style and pace of arena football. In addition, the AF2 was similar to other minor leagues because AF2 teams played in smaller cities and smaller venues. While the AFL was played in cities like Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Chicago, the AF2 fielded teams in cities which are part of metropolitan statistical areas ranging in size from Milwaukee (with 1,739,497 residents) to Albany, Georgia (with 164,000 residents).

League Sport Season # of Teams Team Change Games Games Change Total Attendance TA Change Average Attendance AA Change Source
AF2 (Arena Football League 2) (AAA) Arena Football 2006 23 USA untracked 184 untracked 922,079 untracked 5,038 untracked ArenaFan
AF2 (Arena Football League 2) (AAA) Arena Football 2007 31 USA 34.78% 248 34.78% 1,126,861 22.21% 4,695 -6.81% ArenaFan
AF2 (Arena Football League 2) (AAA) Arena Football 2008 29 USA -6.45% 232 -6.45% 1,049,402 -6.87% 4,705 0.21% ArenaFan
AF2 (Arena Football League 2) (AAA) Arena Football 2009 26 USA -10.34% 208 -10.34% 867,970 -17.29% 4,641 -1.36% ArenaFan

In 2010 AF2 was dissolved and the strongest franchises became part of a new major Indoor Football league called “Arena Football One”. Legally, Arena Football One, now doing business as the Arena Football League, is an entity independent of the original Arena Football League and AF2 and is made up of former AFL and AF2 teams with several new teams and one team from another league. Unlike the previous Arena Football League and AF2, the new AFL was an entity-model league in which the league owns the individual teams and hires local management groups to operate them, rather than the traditional North American sports league model where each team is a separate business and the league is a non-profit association formed and controlled by the various team owners in order to co-ordinate and govern operations.