The Oakland Athletics are unhealthy. Like actually unhealthy. A lot in order that fewer persons are going to look at their video games now than early within the twentieth century, when the membership was situated within the Metropolis of Brotherly Love because the Philadelphia A’s.
In accordance with a submit by DraftKings on X, Oakland’s common attendance was nearly 200 individuals fewer than it was by 66 video games in 1911 for the Philadelphia model of the franchise.
The mathematics checks out after consulting official sources. Per ESPN data, Oakland’s common attendance this season is 9,823 followers per sport.
Nevertheless, Oakland’s entrance workplace has a sliver of hope for the final month of the season because the 1911 Philadelphia workforce’s common attendance completed at 8,077 followers per sport according to Baseball Reference.
So, if the present price holds, Oakland’s 2024 season will not be the worst attended — at the least since previous to World Conflict I.
According to Boston University, Philadelphia’s inhabitants in 1910 was simply over 1.5 million individuals. In the present day, Oakland’s inhabitants is estimated at a little over 435,000 people.
If followers wish to cut up hairs with comparisons, it is not a far shout to say Oakland’s 2024 attendance (or lack thereof) is best now with fewer individuals out there to place in seats than Philadelphia had with extra residing within the metropolis on the time.
The Athletics’ lease with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum expires after this season and the membership will spend the next three years in Sacramento earlier than its transfer to Las Vegas in 2028.
