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.
Northwest League (NWL) is a is an affiliated Single-A (short season) professional baseball league founded in 1939. It operates in the U.S.A. North-West and Canada North-West, and serves some cities that do not have MLB teams or MLB affiliated baseball.
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 |
Northwest League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2006 | 8 (7 USA 1 CAN) | untracked | 303 | untracked | 893,821 | untracked | 2,950 | untracked | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf |
Northwest League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2007 | 8 (7 USA 1 CAN) | 0.00% | 301 | -0.65% | 927,169 | 3.73% | 3,080 | 4.41% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf |
Northwest League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2008 | 8 (7 USA 1 CAN) | 0.00% | 302 | 0.31% | 919,153 | -0.86% | 3,044 | -1.17% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf |
Northwest League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2009 | 8 (7 USA 1 CAN) | 0.00% | 303 | 0.34% | 907,094 | -1.31% | 2,994 | -1.64% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf |
Northwest League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2010 | 8 (7 USA 1 CAN) | 0.00% | 301 | -0.64% | 885,025 | -2.43% | 2,940 | -1.80% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf |
Northwest League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2011 | 8 (7 USA 1 CAN) | 0.00% | 304 | 0.97% | 913,986 | 3.27% | 3,007 | 2.28% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf |
Northwest League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2012 | 8 (7 USA 1 CAN) | 0.00% | 301 | -0.96% | 896,781 | -1.88% | 2,979 | -0.93% | http://www.numbertamer.com/files/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf |
Northwest League (A-SS) | Baseball | 2013 | 8 (7 USA 1 CAN) | 0.00% | 299 | -0.66% | 984,432 | 9.77% | 3,292 | 10.51% | 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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