Marlins Park, the high-tech stadium built in March 2012 as the new home of the Miami Marlins, is among the smallest in the league, with a capacity of just 37,442.
But Monday night, there were many, many seats to spare.
The paid attendance for the Marlins’ 8-4 win over the Phillies was just 5,415, the smallest announced crowd ever at the ballpark and a staggeringly low number for a Major League Baseball game, even by Marlins standards. So far this year, the team is averaging just 11,892 paid fans a night, the lowest in the league and down considerably from last year’s paltry numbers.