Dragons Again Lead Single-A Baseball in Attendance
Dayton, Ohio- Minor League Baseball™ has announced the final attendance rankings for all 160 teams for the 2014 season. The Dayton Dragons, a Single-A team, finished sixth in average per date at 8,437 with a season total of 573,709. Nine of the top 10 clubs in the final rankings were Triple-A teams with the Dragons as the only exception.
The Dragons final attendance total ranked first among the 130 teams below the Triple-A level. The Dragons have finished in the top 10 among all Minor League Baseball clubs in each of their 15 seasons and have finished # 1 among all Single-A and Double-A teams for nine straight years.
The Dragons 15 seasons of operation represent the top 15 single-season attendance totals in Single-A baseball history.
Each of the Dragons home games in 2014 resulted in a sell-out, extending the Dragons sell-out streak to 1,051 consecutive games. Every Dragons game ever played at Fifth Third Field has been a sell-out.
Minor League Baseball™ also announced that its regular season attendance total of 42,411,194 was the third highest total in history and the highest since 2008. The season total is up 857,413 from 2013. The top 10 season attendance totals in MiLB history have come in the last 10 years.
2014 Attendance Rankings (affiliated teams)
Minor League Top-10 (from among 160 teams)
| Rank | Club | Class | League | Att. | Avg. |
| 1 | Charlotte Knights | AAA | International | 687,715 | 9,686 |
| 2 | Indianapolis Indians | AAA | International | 660,289 | 9,433 |
| 3 | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | AAA | International | 614,888 | 9,042 |
| 4 | Columbus Clippers | AAA | International | 628,980 | 8,985 |
| 5 | Sacramento River Cats | AAA | Pacific Coast | 607,839 | 8,561 |
| 6 | Dayton Dragons | A | Midwest | 573,709 | 8,437 |
| 7 | Round Rock Express | AAA | Pacific Coast | 595,700 | 8,390 |
| 8 | Buffalo Bisons | AAA | International | 535,275 | 8,110 |
| 9 | Albuqueque Isotopes | AAA | Pacific Coast | 564,625 | 8,066 |
| 10 | Louisville Bats | AAA | International | 567,256 | 7,991 |
Double-A and Single-A Top-10 (from among 130 teams)
| Rank | Club | Class | League | Att. | Avg. |
| 1 | Dayton Dragons | A | Midwest | 573,709 | 8,437 |
| 2 | Frisco RoughRiders | AA | Texas | 449,773 | 6,614 |
| 3 | Richmond Flying Squirrels | AA | Eastern | 418,147 | 6,336 |
| 4 | Brooklyn Cyclones | SS-A | New York/Penn | 231,628 | 6,260 |
| 5 | Birmingham Barons | AA | Southern | 437,612 | 6,252 |
| 6 | Tulsa Drillers | AA | Texas | 403,732 | 6,211 |
| 7 | Kane County Cougars | A | Midwest | 415,571 | 6,023 |
| 8 | Fort Wayne TinCaps | A | Midwest | 406,715 | 5,810 |
| 9 | Reading Fightin Phils | AA | Eastern | 394,458 | 5,801 |
| 10 | Corpus Christi Hooks | AA | Texas | 393,769 | 5,625 |