Florida is the Worst Baseball State in America

You can make all the excuses and all the nonsense ever to determine who has a better or worse fanbase, but in the end, it all comes down to how many people are in the seats for home games.  That's how a team makes their money, and that's what I am analyzing in this post.

I took a look at now only how many people are in the seats for a game, but also compared to how good the team is.  Granted, a bad team will be less attractive for fans to attend than a successful team. 

This "FW" stat is a look at how many fans show up to a game in comparison to the team's winning percentage.  Now it isn't flawless, since you can argue that teams who have capacity attendance (Philly/Boston) could sell more seats if they were available.  But this shows a rough draft on some of the best fans for unsuccessful teams, and the successful teams who can not draw a crowd. 

First is worse, the bottom is better.  You really should group it out however.  There is a vast difference between small numbers, such as the jump from Oakland to Cleveland.  The FW is found by the following formula = Winning Percentage / Attendance X 10000

Team	Attendance	Winning Percentage	Capacity%	FW Stat
Marlins	17101	0.484	43.7	0.2830243845
Rays	19612	0.538	57.6	0.2743218438
Indians	21106	0.532	48.6	0.2520610253
A's	19059	0.438	54.4	0.2298126869
Pirates	23577	0.527	61.5	0.2235229249
Diamondbacks	24166	0.537	49.7	0.2222130266
Nationals	23391	0.495	56.4	0.2116198538
Blue Jays	23294	0.49	47.3	0.2103545978
Braves	28602	0.589	57.5	0.2059296553
Royals	19972	0.4	52.7	0.2002803925
White sox	24376	0.484	60	0.1985559567
Mariners	23342	0.453	48.8	0.1940707737
Orioles	21873	0.413	48.1	0.1888172633
Reds	27285	0.495	64.5	0.1814183617
Tigers	29739	0.526	72.1	0.1768721208
Padres	25570	0.427	59.9	0.1669925694
Red Sox	37574	0.613	101.4	0.1631447277*
Mets	30681	0.5	73.4	0.1629673088
Rangers	36826	0.573	74.9	0.1555965894
Brewers	35435	0.531	84.6	0.1498518414
Cardinals	37696	0.526	85.7	0.1395373514
Phillies	45482	0.628	104.2	0.1380766017*
Giants	41736	0.573	99.6	0.1372915469
Angels	39002	0.531	85.9	0.1361468643
Yankees	44359	0.598	88.2	0.1348091706
Rockies	35614	0.474	70.5	0.1330937272
Astros	26530	0.326	64.8	0.1228797588
Dodgers	36609	0.442	65.4	0.1207353383
Twins	39207	0.468	99.3	0.1193664397
Cubs	36766	0.396	89.3	0.1077082087

* denotes teams operating at capacity, so stat can be flawed

While this isn't a black and white stat, it shows some teams that are drawing without success, and vice versa.  The Rays are 7 games over .500, and yet draw less than 20k fans.  The Cubs draw nearly 37k while being 20 games below .500

Interesting stuff....cheers!