Huge crowds this weekend?

[SrMeowMeow]

EDIT: Thought this was the game thread.

[Don Quixote]

GT just said over 40K tonight (Fri)

So I guess 30K were Philthy fans?

[Slappy]

Felt like 50/50 there tonight to me. Thought Philly fans represented themselves well. No complaints, other than our play on the field.

[Going Underground]

Go to the Pirate games instead. 15,000 or a little more and mostly O's fans.

[The Rick]

GT just said over 40K tonight (Fri)

40,459 - 84% capacity. Thank you Phillies fans.

[McNulty]

I was on 95 at White Marsh around 3 today. It was a parking lot. The 3 left lanes were full of PA, NJ and DE plates. More than I usually see in Philly.

GD locusts.

[Frobby]

46,611 on Saturday. That's standing room only. Over 87,000 for the two games. This is going to be the biggest three-game series in quite a while. Good chance of 40,000+ on Sunday.

[El Gordo]

46,611 on Saturday. That's standing room only. Over 87,000 for the two games. This is going to be the biggest three-game series in quite a while. Good chance of 40,000+ on Sunday.

What % Philly fans to O's fans? On TV it seemed like 80-20.

[Scrat1]

Anyone have the season total attendance numbers vs. the past few seasons at this time? I'll rep you for your work.

[OFFNY]

Anyone have the season total attendance numbers vs. the past few seasons at this time? I'll rep you for your work.

2011: 1,755,461

2010: 1,733,019

2009: 1,907,163

2008: 1,950,075

2007: 2,164,822

2006: 2,153,139

2005: 2,624,740

2004: 2,744,018

2003: 2,454,523

[OFFNY]

Anyone have the season total attendance numbers vs. the past few seasons at this time? I'll rep you for your work.

Oh sorry, I misread your question.

[ThisIsOurHouse]

Anyone have the season total attendance numbers vs. the past few seasons at this time? I'll rep you for your work.

I wouldn't know where to find that specifically but perhaps this may help:

Average number of fans per game: Where we rank in the MLB:

2012: 24,067 [22]

2011: 21,943 [26]

2010: 21,662 [24]

2009: 23,545 [21]

2008: 25,000 [24]

2007: 27,060 [23]

2006: 26,581 [20]

2005: 32,404 [14]

...

2001: 38,685 [6]

It's a shame that we have one of the top five most beautifully aesthetic stadium's in baseball yet we rank towards the bottom in attendance. Hope we begin to turn this around

ESPN

[Frobby]

Anyone have the season total attendance numbers vs. the past few seasons at this time? I'll rep you for your work.

The Sun, up until very recently, used to post a game-by-game comparison on their Orioles statistics section. As of May 21, the O's were up about 15% compared to the same time last year. But I can't find updated information (or any statistics for the team at all) on the Sun's site now. I can pretty much assure you that they are doing better than +15% after this weekend, though.

[scottbbfm]

I wouldn't know where to find that specifically but perhaps this may help:

Average number of fans per game: Where we rank in the MLB:

2012: 24,067 [22]

2011: 21,943 [26]

2010: 21,662 [24]

2009: 23,545 [21]

2008: 25,000 [24]

2007: 27,060 [23]

2006: 26,581 [20]

2005: 32,404 [14]

...

2001: 38,685 [6]

It's a shame that we have one of the top five most beautifully aesthetic stadium's in baseball yet we rank towards the bottom in attendance. Hope we begin to turn this around

On pace for 2 million.

[Frobby]

I wouldn't know where to find that specifically but perhaps this may help:

Average number of fans per game: Where we rank in the MLB:

2012: 24,067 [22]

2011: 21,943 [26]

2010: 21,662 [24]

2009: 23,545 [21]

2008: 25,000 [24]

2007: 27,060 [23]

2006: 26,581 [20]

2005: 32,404 [14]

...

2001: 38,685 [6]

It's a shame that we have one of the top five most beautifully aesthetic stadium's in baseball yet we rank towards the bottom in attendance. Hope we begin to turn this around

From your numbers, it would appear that we have. The 2012 figure is the best since 2008. I think if the team plays well this summer it would be possible to top 2008. By the way, after today's game the average is now 24,872. Tomorrow should drive the average up over 25,000. June and July are traditionally the best two months, April and May are the weakest. I think the rest of June will be strong with a weekend series with the Nats to come that should also draw very big crowds.