And total league attendance last season was 2.5 million, also a record.
Meanwhile, league attendance is down, for the first time in years.
Across the nation, meanwhile, major league attendance is down 20 percent from last year.
The main reason of that merger was the poor league attendance.
But the Mechanics were last in league attendance, with an average of 1,601 going into the weekend.
League attendance has averaged between 10,000 and 13,000 fans per game.
By 1969 minor league attendance had slipped to about 10 million.
League attendance continues to increase each season, with over one million fans attending games per year.
At the current pace, the league attendance for this season would be the third highest ever recorded.
League attendance has remained relatively stable, despite a decline from an average of 10,869 a game in 1998.