With the 2021 World Series in full gear and tickets to see the games live costing hundreds to thousands of dollars, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on Best Baseball Cities, as well as accompanying videos and expert commentary, to go along with its World Series Facts – Astros vs. Braves infographic.
Los Angeles ranked second among all compared cities, with specific nods to the Dodgers’ recent performance in the MLB, and UCLA’s performance in the NCAA.
To determine the best places to be a fan of America’s second most followed sport, WalletHub compared over 330 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional baseball team across 31 key metrics. They range from performance level of team(s) to average ticket price to stadium accessibility.
Top 20 Baseball Cities
1. New York, NY
2. Los Angeles, CA
3. St. Louis, MO
4. Atlanta, GA
5. Boston, MA
6. Chicago, IL
7. Minneapolis, MN
8. Oakland, CA
9. Cleveland, OH
10. San Francisco, CA
11. Cincinnati, OH
12. Philadelphia, PA
13. Pittsburgh, PA
14. St. Petersburg, FL
15. Houston, TX
16. Milwaukee, WI
17. Arlington, TX
18. San Diego, CA
19. Kansas City, MO
20. Denver, CO
Best vs. Worst
MLB: The Los Angeles Dodgers have the best performance level, 64.51 percent, which is 1.9 times better than that of the Baltimore Orioles, the team with the worst at 34.67 percent.
MiLB: The Hillsboro Hops have the best performance level, 61.40 percent, which is 1.5 times better than that of the Louisville Bats, the team with the worst at 42.04 percent.
NCAA: The UCLA Bruins have the best performance level, 77.87 percent, which is 11.3 times better than that of the Saint Peter’s Peacocks, the team with the worst at 6.87 percent.
Pittsburgh has the lowest average season ticket price (for MLB games), $20.75, which is 2.9 times less expensive than in Boston, the city with the highest at $60.09.
To view the full report and your city’s rank, visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-baseball-cities/12864
Please let me know if you have any questions about each report or if you would like to schedule a phone, Skype or in-studio interview with one of our experts. Feel free to embed this YouTube video summarizing the study on your website. You can also use or edit these raw files as you see fit. Full data sets for specific cities are also available upon request.
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