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2003 Major League Attendance by Average There really aren't too many ways to interpret the 2003 attendance
figures for Major League Baseball, as total attendance in 2003
(67,630,052) was virtually the same as in 2002 (67,883,376). Yes, MLB
officials did paint this as a triumph for the sport: maintaining
attendance levels in the face of a sluggish economy and a war in Iraq
surely is an accomplishment. That is certainly true, but somewhat
irrelevant: minor-league baseball managed some serious growth working
under the same economic circumstances. Some notes on these figures: 
TEAM
GAMES
TOTAL
AVERAGE
% CAPACITY
2002
2002 AV.
2003 VS.
2002
NY Yankees
81
3,465,600
42,785
78
3,465,807
43,323
-1.24%
Seattle
81
3,268,509
40,351
85
3,539,938
43,703
-7.67%
San Francisco
81
3,264,898
40,307
97
3,253,203
40,163
0.36%
Los Angeles
81
3,138,626
38,748
69
3,131,255
38,657
0.24%
Anaheim
81
3,061,094
37,791
84
2,305,467
28,463
32.77%
Chicago Cubs
80
2,962,630
37,032
94
2,694,946
33,271
11.30%
St. Louis
81
2,910,386
35,930
71
3,011,766
37,182
-3.37%
Arizona
81
2,805,542
34,636
71
3,198,975
39,494
-12.30%
Boston
81
2,724,165
33,631
100
2,650,859
32,727
2.76%
Atlanta
79
2,401,084
30,393
61
2,568,144
32,102
-5.32%
Baltimore
81
2,454,523
30,302
63
2,655,559
32,785
-7.57%
Houston
81
2,454,241
30,299
74
2,512,357
31,017
-2.31%
Cincinnati
81
2,355,259
29,077
69
1,855,775
22,911
26.91%
Philadelphia
78
2,259,948
28,973
47
1,618,467
20,231
43.21%
Colorado
81
2,334,085
28,815
57
2,740,614
33,835
-14.84%
NY Mets
76
2,140,599
28,165
49
2,804,838
34,628
-18.66%
Oakland
81
2,216,596
27,365
63
2,169,816
26,788
2.15%
Texas
81
2,094,394
25,856
53
2,352,397
29,042
-10.97%
San Diego
81
2,030,084
25,062
39
2,221,230
27,423
-8.61%
Minnesota
81
1,946,011
24,024
49
1,924,345
23,757
1.12%
Chicago White Sox
81
1,939,524
23,944
54
1,675,591
20,686
15.75%
Kansas City
78
1,779,895
22,819
56
1,323,036
16,334
39.70%
Toronto
81
1,799,458
22,215
44
1,638,170
20,224
9.84%
Cleveland
81
1,730,002
21,358
49
2,621,940
32,370
-34.02%
Milwaukee
81
1,700,354
20,992
50
1,969,153
24,311
-13.65%
Pittsburgh
78
1,636,751
20,983
55
1,784,970
22,312
-5.96%
Detroit
80
1,368,245
17,103
43
1,503,353
18,792
-8.99%
Florida
80
1,303,215
16,290
45
813,127
10,039
62.27%
Tampa Bay
81
1,058,695
13,070
29
1,065,742
13,157
-0.66%
Montreal
81
1,025,639
12,662
32
812,536
10,031
26.23%