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Postwar attendance boom comes to an end as people start buying television sets They'd rather stay home and watch TV than go out to see a ballgame or a movie Yankee attendance drops after each of their five consecutive World Series titles Teams leave old homes in Boston, St. Louis, Philly, NYC And draw good crowds in Baltimore and Kansas City, Wisconsin and California Especially in Milwaukee! Cheese-happy fans storm the box office! As do the sun-drenched enthusiasts in Southern California!
American League Leaders				National League Leaders
Team & Finish		Total	Year	Team & Finish		Total	Comments
New York	1st	1,950,107	1951	Brooklyn	2nd	1,282,628	Milwaukee leads 'em all 6 years in row New Orioles draw 1,060,910 in Baltimore Athletics draw 1,393,054 in K.C. Frisco: 1,272,625 / LA: 1,845,556
New York	1st	1,629,665	1952	Brooklyn	1st	1,088,704
New York	1st	1,537,811	1953	Milwaukee	2nd	1,826,397
New York	2nd	1,475,171	1954	Milwaukee	3rd	2,131,388
New York	1st	1,490,138	1955	Milwaukee	3rd	2,005,836
New York	1st	1,491,784	1956	Milwaukee	2nd	2,046,331
New York	1st	1,497,134	1957	Milwaukee	1st	2,215,404
New York	1st	1,428,438	1958	Milwaukee	1st	1,971,101
New York	3rd	1,552,030	1959	Los Angeles	1st	2,071,045
Chicago	3rd	1,644,460	1960	Los Angeles	4th	2,253,887
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