Tigers break attendance record

09/25/2008 3:09 PM ET
Tigers break attendance record
Club eclipses last year's mark of 3,047,139 on Thursday
By Jason Beck / MLB.com

DETROIT -- The Tigers officially set a new single-season franchise attendance record Thursday, using their final weekday afternoon game of the season to push past last season's old mark.

Thursday's announced crowd of 36,259 tickets sold pushed the season total to 3,081,908. That eclipsed last year's previous record of 3,047,139.

Last season was the first time in franchise history that the Tigers crossed the 3-million mark in attendance. With a surge in season-ticket sales last winter and single-ticket purchases in the spring following offseason moves to acquire slugger Miguel Cabrera, Dontrelle Willis and Edgar Renteria, the Tigers were expected to set the attendance mark. They have three home games left against the Rays this weekend to add to the record.

"The Tigers would like to thank the fans for all of their support that has enabled the franchise to set attendance records in each of the past two seasons," team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said. "Tigers fans have always been among the best in baseball."

The Tigers entered Thursday with an average home attendance of 39,554 per game, trailing only the Yankees and Angels among American League clubs. They also set a single-game Comerica Park attendance record earlier this year with a crowd of 45,280, set for a Saturday home game on July 26 against the division rival White Sox.

"The fact of the matter is it's a great baseball town," manager Jim Leyland said Tuesday. "They've proven that day in and day out all year long. We're going to have to earn some of them back. If we play well, we'll get them back. You have to earn them. We have a great product. We just haven't given them a great performance."

Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Lots of no shows this afternoon.

Looked more like 26,000 If that



lucky for me there were plenty of empty seats in Section 217

Sat in the shade



Thank God


It hit 87 on the scoreboard during the game

Too Damn Hot

Imagine if they were doing good this year :haha:

iluvpudge7 wrote:

Imagine if they were doing good this year :haha:

I would have died of heatstroke


Thank God for no shows on hot sunny days

I wonder how many fans really came this year? I'll bet there were more last year.

catbox_9 wrote:

I wonder how many fans really came this year? I'll bet there were more last year.

There have been lots of no shows since Late August;

I say about 10,000 every game


There were big crowds earlier this season


Opening Day;


The Interleague Games; especially 68 WS Night against the Cardinals; 45,000 people!


The White Sox Series in June and July had huge crowds;


The Yankees games in May

Plenty of SRO sold

Those were probably how many tickets were sold, but definately not the number in attendance. If anything the park looks a whole lot more empty than last year.

mrsrabelo wrote:

Those were probably how many tickets were sold, but definately not the number in attendance. If anything the park looks a whole lot more empty than last year.

It is!


People are giving their tickets away.


Someone offered me an Infield Box ticket for Thursday's game [ Wed Night at the Garage] for free

I declined; Too hot yesterday

I sat up in the Mezzainne Section in the shade

Nothing wrong with the FANS....
now just have to work on the PLAYERS...