NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball finished the 2004 campaign with the highest single-season attendance total in its history.
The majors drew 73,022,969 fans to 30 different stadiums around the country. The 2004 season had the third-highest average attendance. The 2000 season had 72,748,970 fans.
"Setting the all-time season attendance record is further evidence that this great sport has never been more popular," said Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig. "We have had a great regular season and all of us in baseball are looking forward to a tense, dramatic and compelling postseason."
Seven teams set home season records: Anaheim, Boston, the Chicago Cubs, Houston, the New York Yankees, Philadelphia and San Diego.
The New York Yankees set a Major league record for road attendance (3,308,666), the first American League Club to draw more than three million on the road. The 2000 Cincinnati Reds set the previous mark of 3,016,074.
