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Oct 2, 2009 3:10 pm US/Central

MLB Attendance Drops For Second Straight Season

NEW YORK (AP) ― Major League Baseball attendance has dropped 6.9 percent across the National and American leagues to its lowest level since 2003.

But the Texas Rangers have seen the biggest uptick in attendance of any big-league club this season.

Throughout big-league ball, attendance averaged 30,276 per date. That's after a 0.8 percent decrease last season from a record average in 2007 of 32,785.

Baseball officials said they were pleased that attendance didn't fall further in the face of the recession and the decreased capacity of New York's two new ballparks.

But a resurgent team on the field helped the Texas Rangers fight the effects of the recession like no other club, seeking a 14 percent increase in its home attendance. The Kansas City Royals, with a newly renovated Kauffman Stadium, and the Florida Marlins jumped 12 percent each.

 

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