UPDATE: A correction has been made to the capacity size for the Rangers, and with it, overall numbers have changed. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Ballparks were filled to 62 percent of capacity on Tues, which sounds bad until you realize last Tues they were just filled to 51 percent.

While there were three sellouts (Phillies, Giants, Yankees), the Orioles, Pirates, Marlins, and Indians took what would have been a fairly solid day and knocked it down.  Those four clubs drew well under 40 percent of capacity on Tues. The Orioles (last in the AL East) hosting the A’s (last in the AL West) was flirting with numbers that could have put them below 30 percent of capacity (as it was, Camden Yards was filled to exactly 30% of capacity).

Here’s Tuesdays numbers and promotions:

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The Padres yard gnome was one  of 11 promotions on Saturday

Amazing what good weather, key match-ups, and a bevy of promotions will do for attendance.

On Saturday, Major League Baseball had six clubs see sellouts (Pirates, Red Sox, Cardinals, Giants, Angels, and Reds).

None were more welcome than the Pirates. With the team hovering close to .500, hosting the Phillies, and having a Zambelli Fireworks display after the game, it all added up to the largest crowd in PNC Park history (39,441) or 103 percent of capacity.

Eleven of 15 games featured promotions, but that didn’t help everyone. The Padres with their novel Gnome giveaway (66% of capacity), D-Backs with a sports watch (54% of capacity), and Marlins with a post-game concert (47% of capacity), didn’t exactly see the benefits of promotions. That said, the Orioles, who were hosting the Blue Jays might have considered having one as they barely drew 20,000 or just 44 percent of capacity).

All told, ballparks were over 77 percent of capacity. Here’s the breakdown, including all promotions for the day:

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With the high number of rainouts, plus morbid attendance for the Dodgers and Mets, you’d assume that MLB was seeing a decline compared to last season, and that would be correct.

But, reports of doom and gloom would be highly exaggerated

Last year at this time there was a total of 23,077,660 over 808 games, or an average of 28,561 in paid attendance. Compare that to this season where over 835 games, MLB has drawn 23,582,541 or an average of 28,243 per game, or down 1 percent from the year prior.

Look for The Biz of Baseball to publish individual game attendance numbers for 2010 and 2011 shortly.

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When the weather is good, nothing in baseball is like a day game.

Except when it’s mid-week.

Ballparks were filled to 55 percent of capacity on Weds due in large part 4 traditional day game starts (approx. 1pm), and 3 games where it was a late afternoon start. Compare that to last Weds. when ballparks were filled to 73 percent.

All-in-all, 360,166 in paid attendance was announced across the league with the Red Sox posting a sellout at Fenway Park. To place that in perspective, one of the league’s smallest parks drew baseball’s highest attendance on the day.

The Dodgers continue to be a drag on attendance. While not last, the club posted 36,975 or 66 percent of Dodger Stadium’s capacity on a night when it was Don Mattingly bobblehead night. Bobblehead promos were guaranteed sellouts in years prior for the Dodgers.

Here’s a breakdown of Weds’ attendance:

Sell-Thru = Percentage of capacity

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Apparently, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” wasn’t in a lot of fans minds on Memorial Day.

A total of 415,459 in paid attendance was what the league mustered for a slate of 15 games on Monday, or an average of 27,697 (64 percent of ballpark capacity). Compare that to last Monday, the first set of games after interleague when 295,134 went through the gate for 10 games, or an average of 29,513 (67 percent of capacity).

The good news is that St. Louis, a bellwether for the league in terms of attendance, saw their second sellout of the season. The 40,849 was behind only Opening Day at Busch Stadium for the Cardinals.

But, it wasn’t just the Cardinals that saw a much needed sellout. The Athletics, benefitting from hosting the Yankees, posted their second sellout of the season at 35,067, or capacity of the current Overstock.com seating configuration for the A’s (tarped off sections in the upper deck).

The Blue Jays, all of 2 games out of 1st place in the AL East, continue to be a drag on league-wide attendance. The club drew just 12,902, or 26 percent of Rogers Centre’s 49,539 capacity.

Other notes:

• The Dodgers, who have struggled all season long at the gate, drew 36,962 with 4,200 walk-up, the mostgames the club has seen all season.
• The Nats drew 34,789, or 80 percent of capacity to Nationals Park while hosting the Phillies. How does that rank? While the Nats still have yet to post a sellout, it was the second highest attended game of the season behind only Opening Day for the club.
• Over 798 games thus far this season, the league has pulled in 22,743,671 in paid attendance, or an average of 28,501. Compared to last season at this time, the league had pulled in 21,743,629 over 757 games, or an average of 28,753 or nearly even from last season, down less than one percent (-0.77 percent).

Here’s the breakdown for Mon. (Memorial Day):

Sell-Thru = Percentage of capacity

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