Here are the attendance figures by team/stadium for the National League
for the 1900 season. Where a team used more than one
stadium, figures are for all home games.
You can also view figures for 1899
or 1901
and a complete list of years is here.
Although the American
League of 1900 considered itself a minor league, we have stats for it.
These attendance figures are from the October 27, 1900 Sporting Life.
Team
Stadium
Attendance
Chicago White Sox
124,000
Detroit Wolverines
104,000
Milwaukee Brewers
88,000
Kansas City Blues
84,000
Indianapolis Hooisers
76,000
Cleveland Lake Shores
60,000
Buffalo Bisons
56,000
Minneapolis Millers
40,000
In an article entitled Cat Out Of Bag, Sporting Life, through
the work of an editor of the Chicago Daily News claimed that they
had the real attendance figures of the American League. "Under the
rules of the American League, each club must turn over to the League 10
per cent of each admission, averaged at 25 cents, to defray the expenses
of umpires, the League president and other matters." Naturally teams
wanted to inflate their attendance figures to the public so that they
could be seen to be a success (and the inflated figures are available
elsewhere). But at the same time individual teams wanted to keep from
paying too much to the league. Since these appear to be the numbers
officially reported to Ban Johnson, I'll go with them.
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