The Oakland Athletics are unhealthy. Like actually unhealthy. A lot in order that fewer individuals 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 line with a publish by DraftKings on X, Oakland’s common attendance was nearly 200 folks fewer than it was by way of 66 video games in 1911 for the Philadelphia model of the franchise.
The maths checks out after consulting official sources. Per ESPN data, Oakland’s common attendance this season is 9,823 followers per recreation.
Nonetheless, Oakland’s entrance workplace has a sliver of hope for the final month of the season because the 1911 Philadelphia staff’s common attendance completed at 8,077 followers per recreation according to Baseball Reference.
So, if the present fee holds, Oakland’s 2024 season will not be the worst attended — at the least since previous to World Battle I.
According to Boston University, Philadelphia’s inhabitants in 1910 was simply over 1.5 million folks. At the moment, Oakland’s inhabitants is estimated at a little over 435,000 people.
If followers need 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 folks accessible 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.