1998 Attendance - The Baseball Cube

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High-level summary of attendance totals for the 1998 season . The totals data is sourced from official published MLB attendance data while the metrics are derived from game-level Retrosheet data.

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1998 MLB Attendance Details

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team #1 Ranked
Rank	Team Name	Franchise	Attendance	Home Games	Avg Attendance	High Attendance	Payroll	Pay Rank	Ballpark	W	L	Wpct	Rank	LgRank	MLBRank	Playoffs
1	Colorado Rockies	Franchise Page	3,792,683	81	46,823	50,093	47,433,333	6	Coors Field	77	85	.475	4	9	17	dnq
2	Baltimore Orioles	Franchise Page	3,684,650	81	45,490	48,374	70,408,134	1	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	79	83	.488	4	8	16	dnq
3	Arizona Diamondbacks	Franchise Page	3,610,290	81	44,571	49,328	29,161,500	13	Bank One Ballpark	65	97	.401	5	15	26	dnq
4	Cleveland Indians	Franchise Page	3,467,299	81	42,806	43,342	59,033,499	3	Jacobs Field	89	73	.549	1	3	7	Lost ALCS (Yankees)
5	Atlanta Braves	Franchise Page	3,360,860	81	41,492	50,662	59,536,000	1	Turner Field	106	56	.654	1	1	2	Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
6	St. Louis Cardinals	Franchise Page	3,195,691	82	38,972	48,212	52,572,500	2	Busch Stadium II	83	79	.512	3	8	14	dnq
7	Los Angeles Dodgers	Franchise Page	3,089,222	81	38,139	53,755	47,970,000	5	Dodger Stadium	83	79	.512	3	7	13	dnq
8	New York Yankees	Franchise Page	2,955,193	81	36,484	56,717	63,159,898	2	Yankee Stadium I	114	48	.704	1	1	1	Won World Series (Padres)
9	Texas Rangers	Franchise Page	2,927,399	81	36,141	46,682	54,704,595	4	The Ballpark in Arlington	88	74	.543	1	5	9	Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
10	Seattle Mariners	Franchise Page	2,651,511	81	32,735	57,822	52,032,291	5	The Kingdome	76	85	.472	3	9	19	dnq
11	Chicago Cubs	Franchise Page	2,623,194	82	31,990	40,846	49,383,000	4	Wrigley Field	90	73	.552	2	4	6	Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
12	San Diego Padres	Franchise Page	2,555,874	81	31,554	61,148	45,368,000	7	Qualcomm Stadium	98	64	.605	1	3	4	Lost World Series (Yankees)
13	Anaheim Angels	Franchise Page	2,519,280	81	31,102	43,719	38,537,000	8	Edison International Field	85	77	.525	2	6	12	dnq
14	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Franchise Page	2,506,293	81	30,942	45,369	25,317,500	12	Tropicana Field	63	99	.389	5	14	29	dnq
15	Houston Astros	Franchise Page	2,458,451	81	30,351	52,493	40,629,000	8	Astrodome	102	60	.630	1	2	3	Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
16	Toronto Blue Jays	Franchise Page	2,454,303	81	30,300	48,123	48,415,000	7	SkyDome	88	74	.543	3	4	10	dnq
17	Boston Red Sox	Franchise Page	2,314,704	81	28,577	33,605	51,647,000	6	Fenway Park	92	70	.568	2	2	5	Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
18	New York Mets	Franchise Page	2,287,948	81	28,246	53,749	49,559,665	3	Shea Stadium	88	74	.543	2	6	11	dnq
19	San Francisco Giants	Franchise Page	1,925,364	81	23,770	56,788	40,320,835	9	3Com Park	89	74	.546	2	5	8	dnq
20	Milwaukee Brewers	Franchise Page	1,811,593	81	22,365	54,132	32,252,583	12	County Stadium	74	88	.457	5	12	21	dnq
21	Cincinnati Reds	Franchise Page	1,793,649	81	22,144	54,578	21,995,000	14	Cinergy Field	77	85	.475	4	10	18	dnq
22	Florida Marlins	Franchise Page	1,730,384	81	21,363	45,170	33,434,000	11	Joe Robbie Stadium	54	108	.333	5	16	30	dnq
23	Philadelphia Phillies	Franchise Page	1,715,722	81	21,182	55,393	36,085,000	10	Veterans Stadium	75	87	.463	3	11	20	dnq
24	Pittsburgh Pirates	Franchise Page	1,560,950	81	19,271	45,082	13,752,000	15	Three Rivers Stadium	69	93	.426	6	13	25	dnq
25	Kansas City Royals	Franchise Page	1,494,875	80	18,686	40,419	32,912,500	10	Kauffman Stadium	72	89	.447	3	11	23	dnq
26	Detroit Tigers	Franchise Page	1,409,391	81	17,400	45,768	22,625,000	13	Tiger Stadium	65	97	.401	5	13	27	dnq
27	Chicago White Sox	Franchise Page	1,391,146	82	16,965	33,092	36,840,000	9	Comiskey Park II	80	82	.494	2	7	15	dnq
28	Oakland Athletics	Franchise Page	1,232,343	81	15,214	48,241	20,063,000	14	Network Associates Coliseum	74	88	.457	4	10	22	dnq
29	Minnesota Twins	Franchise Page	1,165,976	81	14,395	43,848	26,182,500	11	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	70	92	.432	4	12	24	dnq
30	Montreal Expos	Franchise Page	914,909	81	11,295	31,220	9,202,000	16	Olympic Stadium	65	97	.401	4	14	28	dnq
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Playoffs Playoff participation description.

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