WALLETHUB News:With the 2017 World Series in full gear and tickets to see the games live costing hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its Best Baseball Cities report to go along with its World Series Facts – Dodgers vs. Astrosinfographic.
To determine the best places to be a fan of America’s second most followed sport, WalletHub compared more than 360 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional baseball team across 31 key metrics. They range from performance level of team(s) to average ticket price to stadium accessibility.
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Top 20 Baseball Cities
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New York, NY
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11
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Kansas City, MO
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2
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St. Louis, MO
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12
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Detroit, MI
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3
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Los Angeles, CA
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13
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Baltimore, MD
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4
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San Francisco, CA
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14
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Cleveland, OH
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5
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Arlington, TX
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15
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Oakland, CA
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6
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Boston, MA
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16
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Minneapolis, MN
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7
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Atlanta, GA
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17
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St. Petersburg, FL
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8
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Cincinnati, OH
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18
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Milwaukee, WI
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9
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Chicago, IL
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19
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Washington, DC
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10
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Pittsburgh, PA
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20
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Philadelphia, PA
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Best vs. Worst
- MLB: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ have the best performance level, 57.0 percent, which is 1.3 times better than that of the Philadelphia Phillies, the team with the worst at 42.6 percent.
- MiLB: The State College Spikes’ have the best performance level, 61.0 percent, which is 1.6 times better than that of the Bristol Pirates, the team with the worst at 37.9 percent.
- NCAA: The Oregon State Beavers’ have the best performance level, 77.95 percent, is 5.6 times better than that of the Saint Peters Peacocks, the team with the worst at 13.85 percent.
- Phoenix has the lowest average season ticket price (for MLB games), $18.53, which is three times less expensive than in Boston, the city with the highest at $54.79.
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-baseball-cities/12864/