1997 Season: Home Attendance

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Overall 1997 regular season attendance in Major League Baseball was 63,196,222 in 2,234 games for an average per game crowd of 28,288; numbers in parentheses indicate ranking in 1996; HD indicates home dates; Attendance based on tickets sold.

American League

AttendanceHDAverage
1Baltimore (1)3,711,1328145,816
2Cleveland (2)3,404,7508042,559
3Seattle (4)3,198,9958139,494
4Texas (3)2,945,2288036,815
5New York (7)2,580,4457833,083
6Toronto (5)2,589,2978131,967
7Boston (6)2,226,1368027,827
8Chicago (9)1,865,2227823,913
9Anaheim (8)1,767,3248121,819
10Kansas City (11)1,517,6387719,710
11Milwaukee (12)1,444,0277818,513
12Minnesota (10)1,411,0648117,421
13Detroit (13)1,365,1577917,280
14Oakland (14)1,261,2197915,965
AL Totals31,287,6341,11428,086

National League

AttendanceHDAverage
1Colorado (1)3,888,4538148,006
2Atlanta (3)3,463,9888142,765
3Los Angeles (2)3,318,8868140,974
4St. Louis (4)2,658,3578132,819
5Florida (10)2,364,3878029,555
6Chicago (5)2,190,3087927,725
7San Diego (6)2,089,3368026,117
8Houston (7)2,046,8118125,269
9New York (12)1,766,1747822,643
10Cincinnati (8)1,785,7888022,322
11San Francisco (13)1,690,8318021,135
12Pittsburgh (14)1,657,0228020,713
13Philadelphia (9)1,490,6387719,359
14Montreal (11)1,497,6098118,489
NL Totals31,908,5881,12028,490

1997 Major League Baseball Milestones1997 SeasonDivisional Series Summaries
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