Major League Attendance, 1980-1989
AMERICAN LEAGUE
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
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BAL 1,797,438 1,024,247 1,613,031 2,042,071 2,045,784
BOS 1,956,092 1,060,379 1,950,124 1,782,285 1,661,618
CAL 2,297,327 1,441,545 2,807,360 2,555,016 2,402,997
CHI 1,200,365 946,651 1,567,787 2,132,821 2,136,988
CLE 1,033,827 661,395 1,044,021 768,941 734,079
DET 1,785,293 1,149,144 1,636,058 1,829,636 2,704,794
KC 2,288,714 1,279,403 2,284,464 1,963,875 1,810,018
MIL 1,857,408 874,292 1,978,896 2,397,131 1,608,509
MIN 769,206 469,090 921,186 858,939 1,598,692
NY 2,627,417 1,614,353 2,041,219 2,257,976 1,821,815
OAK 842,259 1,304,052 1,735,489 1,294,941 1,353,281
SEA 836,204 636,276 1,070,404 813,537 870,372
TEX 1,198,175 850,076 1,154,432 1,363,469 1,102,471
TOR 1,400,327 755,083 1,275,978 1,930,415 2,110,009
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TOT 21,890,052 14,065,986 23,080,449 23,991,053 23,961,427
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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BAL 2,132,387 1,973,176 1,835,692 1,660,738 2,535,208
BOS 1,786,633 2,147,641 2,231,551 2,464,851 2,510,012
CAL 2,567,427 2,655,872 2,696,299 2,340,925 2,647,291
CHI 1,669,888 1,424,313 1,208,060 1,115,749 1,045,651
CLE 655,181 1,471,805 1,077,898 1,411,610 1,285,542
DET 2,286,609 1,899,437 2,061,830 2,081,162 1,543,656
KC 2,162,717 2,320,794 2,392,471 2,350,181 2,477,700
MIL 1,360,265 1,265,041 1,909,244 1,923,238 1,970,735
MIN 1,651,814 1,255,453 2,081,976 3,030,672 2,277,438
NY 2,214,587 2,268,030 2,427,672 2,633,701 2,170,485
OAK 1,334,599 1,314,646 1,678,921 2,287,335 2,667,225
SEA 1,128,696 1,029,045 1,134,255 1,022,398 1,298,443
TEX 1,112,497 1,692,002 1,763,053 1,581,901 2,043,993
TOR 2,468,925 2,455,477 2,778,429 2,595,175 3,375,883
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TOT 24,532,225 25,172,732 27,277,351 28,499,636 29,849,262
NATIONAL LEAGUE
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
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ATL 1,048,411 535,418 1,801,985 2,119,935 1,724,892
CHI 1,206,776 565,637 1,249,278 1,479,717 2,107,655
CIN 2,022,450 1,093,730 1,326,528 1,190,419 1,275,887
HOU 2,278,217 1,321,282 1,558,555 1,351,962 1,229,862
LA 3,249,287 2,381,292 3,608,881 3,510,313 3,134,824
MON 2,208,175 1,534,564 2,318,292 2,320,651 1,606,531
NY 1,192,073 704,244 1,323,036 1,112,774 1,842,695
PHI 2,651,650 1,638,752 2,376,394 2,128,339 2,062,693
PIT 1,646,757 541,789 1,024,106 1,225,916 773,500
STL 1,385,147 1,010,247 2,111,906 2,317,914 2,037,448
SD 1,139,026 519,161 1,607,516 1,539,815 1,983,904
SF 1,096,115 632,274 1,200,948 1,251,530 1,001,545
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TOT 21,124,084 12,478,390 21,507,425 21,549,285 20,781,436
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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ATL 1,350,137 1,387,181 1,217,402 848,089 984,930
CHI 2,161,534 1,859,102 2,035,130 2,089,034 2,491,942
CIN 1,834,619 1,692,432 2,185,205 2,072,528 1,979,320
HOU 1,184,314 1,734,276 1,909,902 1,933,505 1,834,908
LA 3,264,593 3,023,208 2,797,409 2,980,262 2,944,653
MON 1,502,494 1,128,981 1,850,324 1,478,659 1,783,533
NY 2,761,601 2,767,601 3,034,129 3,055,445 2,918,710
PHI 1,830,350 1,933,335 2,100,110 1,990,041 1,861,985
PIT 735,900 1,000,917 1,161,193 1,866,713 1,374,141
STL 2,637,563 2,471,974 3,072,122 2,892,799 3,080,980
SD 2,210,352 1,805,716 1,454,061 1,506,896 2,009,031
SF 818,697 1,528,748 1,917,168 1,785,297 2,059,701
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TOT 22,292,154 22,333,471 24,734,155 24,499,268 25,323,834
Source: Total Baseball, 3rd Edition