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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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
20043,250,092
20052,665,304
20062,701,815
20073,108,325
20083,422,583
20093,600,693
20103,777,322
20113,680,718
20123,565,718
2013197,931
 Total31,759,209
Bosox29,067,339
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

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