The numbers are in and it’s looking like 2014 season will be more conducive to foul ball grabbing that the 2012 and 2013 seasons were. The reason, as the below graph shows, is because so many parks saw a decrease in attendance.
| Team 2013 Rank | 2013 | 2012 Data | |||||||
| RK | TEAM |
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RANK |
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| 1 | LA Dodgers |
46,216 |
5 |
41040 |
5176 (#2+) |
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| 2 | St. Louis |
41,602 |
6 |
40272 |
1330 |
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| 3 | San Francisco |
41,584 |
4 |
41695 |
111 |
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| 4 | NY Yankees |
40,488 |
2 |
43733 |
(3245) |
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| 5 | Texas | 38,759 |
3 |
48114 |
(9355) (#1-) | ||||
| 6 | Detroit |
38,066 |
9 |
37387 |
679 |
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| 7 | LA Angels |
37,277 |
7 |
37799 |
-522 |
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| 8 | Philadelphia |
37,190 |
1 |
44021 |
(6831) (#3-) |
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| 9 | Boston |
34,979 |
8 |
37567 |
(2588) |
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| 10 | Colorado |
34,491 |
13 |
32474 |
2017 |
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| 11 | Washington |
32,745 |
14 |
30010 |
2735 (#3+) |
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| 12 | Chicago Cubs |
32,625 |
10 |
35589 |
(2964) |
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| 13 | Atlanta |
31,465 |
15 |
29878 |
1587 |
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| 14 | Toronto |
31,315 |
23 |
25921 |
5394 (#1+) |
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| 15 | Cincinnati |
31,288 |
16 |
28978 |
2310 |
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| 16 | Milwaukee |
31,248 |
11 |
34955 |
(3707) |
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| 17 | Minnesota |
30,588 |
12 |
34275 |
(3687) |
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| 18 | Baltimore |
29,105 |
20 |
26610 |
2495 |
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| 19 | Pittsburgh |
28,210 |
22 |
26148 |
2062 |
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| 20 | San Diego |
26,749 |
21 |
26218 |
531 |
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| 21 | NY Mets |
26,695 |
17 |
28035 |
(1340) |
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| 22 | Arizona |
26,355 |
19 |
26884 |
(529) |
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| 23 | Oakland |
22,337 |
27 |
20728 |
1609 |
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| 24 | Chicago White Sox |
22,105 |
24 |
24271 |
(2166) |
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| 25 | Seattle |
21,747 |
26 |
21258 |
(489) |
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| 26 | Kansas City |
21,614 |
25 |
21748 |
(134) |
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| 27 | Houston |
20,393 |
28 |
19848 |
545 |
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| 28 | Cleveland |
19,661 |
29 |
19797 |
(136) |
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| 29 | Miami |
19,584 |
18 |
27400 |
(7876) (#2-) |
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| 30 | Tampa Bay |
18,645 |
30 |
19255 |
(610) |
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The three parks with the worst odds for snagged a foul ball during a game are: Dodger Stadium (Odds weren’t bad last season, but the Dodgers’ success helped them increase average attendance by 5176 seats/game to beat out the Phillies, 2012s top attendance team, and the odds aren’t good), Busch Stadium (The Cardinals had a modest increase of 1330 seats), AT&T Park (The Giants’ 111 extra seats per game somehow bumped them up form 4th