{"id":1715,"date":"2017-09-25T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minor-leagues.com\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2018-01-19T14:45:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T20:45:46","slug":"south-atlantic-league-attendance-2006-to-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minor-leagues.com\/v1\/?p=1715","title":{"rendered":"South Atlantic League Attendance 2006 to 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The South Atlantic League (SAL) is an affiliated Single-A professional baseball league founded in 1963. It operates in the United States Atlantic coastline, mostly in cities not served by MLB teams or their other minor league affiliates. A number of different leagues known as the South Atlantic League have existed since 1904. The current league of that name adopted the moniker in 1980, having previously been the <a title=\"Western Carolinas League\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Carolinas_League\">Western Carolinas League<\/a>, founded in 1963.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the fan attendance for the entire league from 2006 to 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"1372\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">League<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\">Sport<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">Season<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\"># of Teams<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">Team Change<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">Games<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">Games Change<\/td>\n<td width=\"89\">Total Attendance<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">TA Change<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">Average Attendance<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">AA Change<\/td>\n<td width=\"137\">Source<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Atlantic_League\">South Atlantic League (A)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball\">Baseball<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2006<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">16 USA<\/td>\n<td>untracked<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">1054<\/td>\n<td>untracked<\/td>\n<td>3,795,550<\/td>\n<td>untracked<\/td>\n<td>3,601<\/td>\n<td>untracked<\/td>\n<td>http:\/\/www.numbertamer.com\/files\/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Atlantic_League\">South Atlantic League (A)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball\">Baseball<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2007<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">16 USA<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">1064<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">0.94%<\/td>\n<td>3,862,077<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">1.75%<\/td>\n<td>3,630<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">0.81%<\/td>\n<td>http:\/\/www.numbertamer.com\/files\/2007_Minor_League_PDF.pdf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Atlantic_League\">South Atlantic League (A)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball\">Baseball<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2008<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">16 USA<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">1060<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">-0.36%<\/td>\n<td>3,777,173<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">-2.20%<\/td>\n<td>3,563<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">-1.85%<\/td>\n<td>http:\/\/www.numbertamer.com\/files\/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Atlantic_League\">South Atlantic League (A)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball\">Baseball<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2009<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">16 USA<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">1047<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">-1.23%<\/td>\n<td>3,690,958<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">-2.28%<\/td>\n<td>3,525<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">-1.07%<\/td>\n<td>http:\/\/www.numbertamer.com\/files\/2009_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Atlantic_League\">South Atlantic League (A)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball\">Baseball<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2010<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">14 USA<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">-12.50%<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">944<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">-9.85%<\/td>\n<td>3,223,655<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">-12.66%<\/td>\n<td>3,415<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">-3.12%<\/td>\n<td>http:\/\/www.numbertamer.com\/files\/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Atlantic_League\">South Atlantic League (A)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball\">Baseball<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">14 USA<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">931<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">-1.39%<\/td>\n<td>3,125,934<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">-3.03%<\/td>\n<td>3,358<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">-1.67%<\/td>\n<td>http:\/\/www.numbertamer.com\/files\/2011_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Atlantic_League\">South Atlantic League (A)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball\">Baseball<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">14 USA<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">932<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">0.12%<\/td>\n<td>3,056,097<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">-2.23%<\/td>\n<td>3,279<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">-2.35%<\/td>\n<td>http:\/\/www.numbertamer.com\/files\/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Atlantic_League\">South Atlantic League (A)<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball\">Baseball<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2013<\/td>\n<td width=\"158\">14 USA<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td width=\"61\">905<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">-2.91%<\/td>\n<td>2,951,813<\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">-3.41%<\/td>\n<td>3,262<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">-0.52%<\/td>\n<td>http:\/\/www.numbertamer.com\/files\/2013_Minor_League_Analysis.pdf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 South Atlantic League (SAL) is an affiliated Single-A professional baseball league founded in 1963. 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