Attendance in Major League Baseball has been declining since 2013. This is happening while Home Runs and Strikeouts are at all time highs, but hits are near an all time low.
Are these things connected and part of a systemic issue?
Through May 31st, 440,561 fewer people have attended games vs 2018. For context that’s 26,700 fans per game. Attendance peaked in 2007, averaging 32,696 fans per game. 79,484,718 total.
*The numbers below are an average per team, per game*
There have been an average of 1.34 home runs per game. The record is 1.