Single-season Chicago
attendance records
(chronological)

ATTENDANCE


Attendance leaders
for each decade

The CUBS owned Chicago
in the 1930s
Low season attendance in the old days:
  • No NIGHT GAMES
  • Fans were at WORK in daytime
  • Lots of DOUBLE HEADERS
  • They traveled by TRAIN
  • They had more OFF DAYS

    • The SOX owned Chicago
    in the 1910s
    Great Comiskey crowd:      52,494
  • Sox-Yankees doubleheader
  • June 18, 1933
    • Great Wrigley crowd:      46,965
  • Cubs-Pirates doubleheader
  • May 31, 1948

    • The SOX owned Chicago
    in the 1950s

         		When Sox fans don't like their owner...
  • ... they STAY AWAY from the park

    When Cub fans don't like their owner...
  • ... they read the SUN-TIMES
    • The CUBS owned Chicago
    in the 1990s
    Great Comiskey crowd:      41,825
  • Sox-Cubs in City Series
  • October 14, 1923
    		• Great Wrigley crowd:      44,868
  • Cubs-Sox in City Series
  • October 7, 1928
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