2017 Spring Training Baseball Attendance

The 30 major league teams that are evenly split between the Cactus and Grapefruit leagues had total ticket sales of 3,535,479 for 513 games in 2017. There were no rainouts, so every scheduled game was played. The average paid crowd per game was 6,892.

Attendance figures are based on tickets sold for the games that were played between major league teams in the spring training ballparks in Arizona and Florida. Also included in the final tally were exhibitions played between MLB teams and WBC squads, and there were 19 such games in 2017.

All numbers are from Spring Training Connection and teams are sorted by highest to lowest average attendance within each league.

Cactus League
1,918,607 tickets sold by 15 teams for 255 games (7,524 average)

Team	Total	Games	Average	High	Low	Ballpark (Capacity)
Chicago Cubs	251,899	17	14,818	15,513	10,762	Sloan Park (15,000)
Arizona Diamondbacks	176,883	17	10,405	14,002	5,114	Salt River Fields (11,000)
San Francisco Giants	182,518	18	10,140	12,184	7,385	Scottsdale Stadium (12,000)
Los Angeles Dodgers	165,911	18	9,217	13,219	4,294	Camelback Ranch (13,000)
Colorado Rockies	152,985	17	8,999	13,565	4,255	Salt River Fields (11,000)
Seattle Mariners	135,401	18	7,522	12,358	3,400	Peoria Sports Complex (12,224)
Los Angeles Angels	114,780	17	6,752	9,607	3,227	Tempe Diablo Stadium (9,558)
Cleveland Indians	101,517	16	6,345	11,624	2,364	Goodyear Ballpark (10,311)
Kansas City Royals	98,487	16	6,155	9,197	3,183	Surprise Stadium (10,500)
Oakland A's	102,212	17	6,012	10,606	3,108	Hohokam Stadium (10,000)
Texas Rangers	98,934	17	5,820	11,216	2,426	Surprise Stadium (10,500)
San Diego Padres	92,245	17	5,426	11,194	1,864	Peoria Sports Complex (12,224)
Chicago White Sox	91,698	17	5,394	13,169	2,200	Camelback Ranch (13,000)
Milwaukee Brewers	80,285	16	5,018	10,134	1,806	Maryvale Baseball Park (10,000)
Cincinnati Reds	72,852	17	4,285	11,553	1,422	Goodyear Ballpark (10,311)

Grapefruit League
1,616,872 tickets sold by 15 teams for 258 games (6,267 average)

Team Total Games Average High Low Ballpark (Capacity)

Boston Red Sox 176,320 18 9,796 10,157 8,521 JetBlue Park (10,823)

New York Yankees 156,048 17 9,179 10,872 6,291 Steinbrenner Field (11,076)

Detroit Tigers 127,345 17 7,491 9,704 4,735 Joker Marchant Stadium (9,000)

Philadelphia Phillies 128,236 18 7,124 11,173 4,109 Spectrum Field (8,500)

Baltimore Orioles 119,736 17 7,043 8,171 4,153 Ed Smith Stadium (8,500)

Minnesota Twins 118,145 17 6,950 9,538 4,294 Hammond Stadium (8,730)

Atlanta Braves 120,531 18 6,696 9,439 4,539 Champion Stadium (9,500)

Pittsburgh Pirates 110,495 18 6,139 7,989 4,204 LECOM Park (8,500)

New York Mets 103,351 18 5,742 7,462 3,789 First Data Field (7,160)

St. Louis Cardinals 90,318 16 5,645 7,372 3,939 Roger Dean Stadium (7,000)

Washington Nationals 84,804 16 5,300 7,675 3,975 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches (7,800)

Toronto Blue Jays 81,961 17 4,821 5,512 3,222 FL Auto Exchange Stadium (5,509)

Tampa Bay Rays 81,752 18 4,542 6,513 2,653 Charlotte Sports Park (6,823)

Houston Astros 55,881 15 3,725 7,721 1,987 Ballpark of the Palm Beaches (7,800)

Miami Marlins 61,949 18 3,442 5,084 1,996 Roger Dean Stadium (7,000)

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JetBlue Park during a Red Sox-Northeastern exhibition
While not included in official spring training attendance, tickets are also sold (although usually not at full prices) to the handful of exhibitions played between a major league team and what's usually a collegiate squad. For example, the Red Sox play an annual game against Boston-based Northeastern University to begin their spring training schedule at JetBlue Park, an exhibition that 7,608 attended in 2017, when an acknowledged total of 24,267 attended 7 exhibitions in 7 spring training ballparks.

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2017 Spring Training Attendance