The Philadelphia Phillies have struggled with attendance numbers throughout the last few seasons, usually ranking in the bottom 10 in that category for the past three seasons.
However, as Phillies president Andy MacPhail pointed out in his season-ending press conference Tuesday, that number, along with the team’s television ratings, saw an increase in 2018:
“A quarter of a million more people went through our turnstiles this year than did last year. USA Today had an article on baseball attendance that’s diminishing, we were the second highest percentage gainer in all of baseball behind the Astros, and they were the world champions.