As anyone in Tampa Bay, I am sick of hearing how poor the attendance is to Rays' games. You can't read a paper or turn on the radio with-out hearing just how bad it is. Being into number, I dug in and my conclusion is, attendance at Yankee games is pitiful.
It is really pretty simple math.
The Yankees are averaging 44359 fans per game with a payroll of almost $202 million. It works out to just under 220 fans per game per $1M spent on salary.
The Rays are averaging 19971 fans per game with a payroll of almost $42 million. That works out to just over 476 fans per game per $1M spent on salary.
I will do that math for you. The Rays are averaging more than double what the Yankees are averaging as far as fans per game vs. payroll spent.
I would be curious to see what the Yankees would draw next year if you made a few cuts to bring the payroll down to $41M.
