MLB attendance by team, 2005

Which MLB team drew the biggest crowds in 2005?

The New York Yankees drew the biggest home crowds in the 2005 MLB regular season, 50,502 a game over 81 home dates; the Tampa Bay Rays drew the smallest, 14,232. 74,925,821 fans saw 2,419 games, 30,974 a game.

MLB 2005 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

1	NYY	81	50,502	4,090,692	55,327	37,007
2	LAD	81	44,489	3,603,646	55,891	32,570
3	STL	81	43,691	3,538,988	50,434	30,612
4	LAA	81	42,033	3,404,686	44,109	30,783
5	SF	81	39,272	3,181,023	43,069	31,704
6	CHC	80	38,750	3,099,992	40,488	36,465
7	SD	81	35,429	2,869,787	43,876	31,643
8	NYM	80	35,374	2,829,931	55,953	35,016
9	BOS	81	35,159	2,847,888	35,700	37,709
10	HOU	81	34,627	2,804,760	43,596	30,648
11	WSH	81	33,728	2,731,993	44,492	32,052
12	SEA	81	33,649	2,725,549	46,252	27,604
13	PHI	80	33,316	2,665,304	45,449	29,285
14	BAL	81	32,404	2,624,740	49,828	30,413
15	TEX	80	31,565	2,525,221	50,523	27,127
16	ATL	80	31,515	2,521,167	52,274	32,758
17	CHW	81	28,924	2,342,833	39,610	28,171
18	MIL	81	27,297	2,211,023	45,079	29,341
19	ATH	81	26,038	2,109,118	47,385	29,882
20	ARI	81	25,416	2,058,718	45,749	32,323
21	DET	80	25,306	2,024,485	44,105	26,352
22	MIN	81	25,114	2,034,243	48,764	27,376
23	TOR	81	24,876	2,014,987	50,560	29,901
24	CLE	81	24,861	2,013,763	42,521	27,432
25	CIN	81	23,988	1,943,068	42,794	32,460
26	COL	80	23,930	1,914,389	48,538	31,370
27	PIT	79	23,003	1,817,245	38,579	33,014
28	MIA	81	22,872	1,852,608	57,405	32,854
29	KC	79	17,357	1,371,181	41,788	26,047
30	TB	81	14,232	1,152,793	33,220	29,234
Team	League	2,419	30,974	74,925,821

Regular season, the crowd ESPN files with each final. A neutral-site game counts for the club listed at home, as ESPN counts it; a game with no count on file is left out of both columns. Seasons are listed where ESPN has a crowd for at least 80% of the finals.