Last week was a great week for baseball fans who lead a busy life.  Every game was less than four hours in length, with the Padres and Diamondbacks playing a 10 inning, 3:58 game that the Padres won 7-4.  Overall, the games this week averaged three hours flat, with the Royals having the lowest average of the week at 2:46, and the Braves the highest at 3:30. 

Attendance once again showed some evidence of a downward trend with both the Rays and Diamondbacks averaging below 20,000 fans over the course of the entire week.  When looking at individual games, you can add the Indians, Reds, and Braves to teams drawing fewer than 20,000, which means that 25% of teams that hosted a baseball game this week drew fewer than 20,000 in one game or more.  On the top end, the Rockies, Angels, Braves, Giants and Cubs all had an individual game above 40,000, but only the Giants and Cubs averaged above that level. 

On the weather front, we finally have a coldest game of the week that didn’t take place in the Bay Area.  The Rockies hosted the Cubs in a chilly 53 degrees on Friday, the first game temp in the 50s in months.  On the hot end of the scale, three games were played at 90 degrees, a relatively mild temperature for mid-August.  In addition to the relatively mild temps, the winds picked up a little, as the Indians hosted the Blue Jays in 21 MPH winds. 

Now as always, we have included the miscellany and below that the raw data to look at yourself.  Note there are three tables, the top being all games, the second home games, and the last being away games.  Enjoy! 

Attendance:

Lowest attendance last week: Rays (vs Padres), Wednesday, August 17th.  10,251

Highest-(Lowest attendance) last week: Giants (vs Mets), Saturday, August 20th.  41,125

Highest attendance last week: Rockies (vs Cubs), Saturday, August 20th.  48,113

Lowest-(Highest attendance) last week: Rays (vs Rangers), Sunday, August 21st.  17,685

Game time:

Longest game last week: Padres (vs Diamondbacks), Friday, August 19th.  3:58 (7-4 Padres, 10 innings)

Shortest game last week: Orioles (vs Red Sox), Wednesday, August 17th.  2:12 (8-1 Red Sox)

Longest average game for the week: Braves, 3:30 average over 6 games. 

Quickest average game for the week: Royals, 2:46 average over 7 games. 

Weather:

Warmest game last week: THREE WAY TIE: Angels (vs Mariners), 90 degrees, Monday, August 15th, Mariners (vs Brewers), 90 degrees, Friday, August 19th, Orioles (vs Red Sox), 90 degrees, Tuesday, August 16th. 

Coldest game last week: Rockies (vs Cubs), 53 degrees, Friday, August 19th. 

Warmest average for the week: Phillies, 87.3 degrees over 6 games. 

Coldest average for the week: Mets, 62.3 degrees over 4 games. 

Windiest game last week: Indians vs Blue Jays, 21 mph, Saturday, August 20th. 

Windiest week: Blue Jays, 12.5 MPH over 6 games. 

Ejections:

Total ejections last week: 5 (140 total this season)

Ejections by league: AL 3, NL 2. ( Season: AL 74, NL 66)

Raw data:

All games

Team Count of Games Min Attendance Max Attendance Avg Attendance Min Time of Game Max Time of Game Avg Time of Game Min Temp Max Temp Avg Temp Min Wind Max Wind Avg Wind Ejections Angels 7 35840 44129 38964 2:39 3:37 3:00 80 90 83 5 8 6.7 Astros 6 20288 39373 30294 2:32 3:21 2:56 79 87 84.5 2 7 4 Athletics 6 20011 26743 22614 2:23 3:40 2:49 71 84 77.7 7 17 11 Blue Jays 6 26696 37736 32765 2:27 3:09 2:51 75 87 83 5 21 12.5 Braves 6 17611 42421 26511 3:24 3:36 3:30 74 89 81.2 4 11 6.8 Brewers 7 29170 41407 37864 2:50 3:21 3:10 66 90 79.9 1 9 3.9 Cardinals 5 20127 32288 26198 2:56 3:54 3:12 85 89 87 6 9 7.3 Cubs 7 39420 48113 42936 2:50 3:47 3:13 53 86 76 3 9 5.5 Diamondbacks 7 17340 32599 25076 2:30 3:58 3:16 74 78 76 10 13 12 Dodgers 6 21137 29735 27519 2:53 3:39 3:12 76 89 83.2 5 12 8.2 Giants 7 41125 41850 41375 2:25 3:30 3:10 60 65 62.9 9 14 12.1 Indians 7 12982 33604 21621 2:27 3:30 2:59 75 85 79.9 5 21 11.1 Mariners 7 29170 37758 35831 2:53 3:37 3:09 66 90 81.7 1 8 4.6 Marlins 7 13973 37828 22606 2:30 3:41 3:00 74 84 79 6 10 7.4 2 Mets 7 17340 41517 31722 2:25 3:30 3:08 60 65 62.3 10 14 12.3 Nationals 7 24099 42421 29213 2:54 3:52 3:28 74 87 80.9 4 11 6.7 Orioles 6 20288 39373 29332 2:12 3:21 2:48 79 90 86.2 2 11 5 Padres 7 10251 32599 21485 2:30 3:58 3:07 74 78 76 10 13 12 Phillies 6 20127 32288 25247 2:54 3:54 3:17 85 89 87.3 6 10 7.5 Pirates 6 28616 41850 37163 2:30 3:36 3:10 62 84 72 8 14 10.5 Rangers 6 15109 26743 20128 2:42 3:40 3:01 75 79 77.7 7 10 9 Rays 6 10251 17685 13460 2:32 3:18 2:55 Red Sox 7 19174 37886 30146 2:12 3:23 2:52 74 90 80.9 1 14 8 1 Reds 7 13973 29735 20873 2:34 3:41 3:04 74 83 78.3 5 12 7.3 Rockies 6 25308 48113 36767 2:54 3:52 3:20 53 86 77.7 4 8 6 Royals 7 28463 32996 29798 2:15 3:44 2:46 75 87 78.8 1 14 9.9 1 Tigers 7 28663 37886 32419 2:36 3:23 2:54 74 80 76.6 1 14 8.7 1 Twins 6 17611 32996 26374 2:15 3:44 2:57 76 89 83 5 14 9.8 White Sox 6 12982 23030 17572 2:23 3:30 2:52 71 84 78.4 6 17 11 Yankees 6 31874 44129 38387 2:39 3:09 2:52 80 87 83.4 5 16 8.2

Home games

Team Count of Games Min Attendance Max Attendance Avg Attendance Min Time of Game Max Time of Game Avg Time of Game Min Temp Max Temp Avg Temp Min Wind Max Wind Avg Wind Ejections Angels 7 35840 44129 38964 2:39 3:37 3:00 80 90 83 5 8 6.7 Astros 2 27508 30438 28973 2:59 3:06 3:02 Braves 6 17611 42421 26511 3:24 3:36 3:30 74 89 81.2 4 11 6.8 Cubs 4 39420 41407 40571 2:50 3:21 3:11 76 84 80.3 3 9 5 Diamondbacks 3 17340 20790 18866 2:53 3:29 3:15 Giants 7 41125 41850 41375 2:25 3:30 3:10 60 65 62.9 9 14 12.1 Indians 7 12982 33604 21621 2:27 3:30 2:59 75 85 79.9 5 21 11.1 Mariners 3 29170 37758 34254 2:53 3:21 3:09 66 90 79.3 1 4 2.3 Orioles 6 20288 39373 29332 2:12 3:21 2:48 79 90 86.2 2 11 5 Padres 4 26080 32599 29733 2:30 3:58 3:17 74 78 76 10 13 12 Phillies 6 20127 32288 25247 2:54 3:54 3:17 85 89 87.3 6 10 7.5 Pirates 3 28616 37828 32934 2:30 3:36 3:00 74 84 80.3 8 10 9 Rangers 3 21877 26743 23822 2:42 3:40 3:05 75 79 77.7 7 10 9 Rays 6 10251 17685 13460 2:32 3:18 2:55 Reds 7 13973 29735 20873 2:34 3:41 3:04 74 83 78.3 5 12 7.3 Rockies 6 25308 48113 36767 2:54 3:52 3:20 53 86 77.7 4 8 6 Royals 4 28463 32996 30332 2:15 3:44 2:43 76 87 81.5 7 14 11.8 1 Tigers 7 28663 37886 32419 2:36 3:23 2:54 74 80 76.6 1 14 8.7 1 White Sox 3 20011 23030 21406 2:23 2:42 2:32 71 84 77.7 10 17 13 Yankees 3 31874 37736 35208 2:47 3:09 2:57 83 87 85 5 16 9.7

Away games