Phillies imaginary fans > Red Sox imaginary fans

Tonight the Boston Red Sox Fenway sell out streak is expected to end.  It is interesting to note that during the span of the streak that the Phillies actually outdrew the Red Sox.

The Phillies attendance figures for the streak are noted below - 2003 is a partial season only reflecting games after May 15th when the Red Sox streak commenced.

Season	Phillies Attendance
2003*	1,788,708
2004	3,250,092
2005	2,665,304
2006	2,701,815
2007	3,108,325
2008	3,422,583
2009	3,600,693
2010	3,777,322
2011	3,680,718
2012	3,565,718
2013	197,931
Total	31,759,209
Bosox	29,067,339
Phils +	2,691,870

So it turns out that the Phillies drew 31.7 MM fans during the sellout streak, while the Red Sox drew 29MM. The difference was 2.7MM fans. Which is actually more then the entire 2005 draw for the Phils.

Of course as anyone who attended a midweek "sold out" Phillies game in 2012 can attest the Phillies were likely beefing up their own numbers during this time period as well.  Thus the title of the post re: Imaginary Fans.   

As always MLB attendance figures are for tix sold (which likely includes tix given away/written off) and do not reflect turnstile attendance.

Sources CNN-SI
baseball-ref.com