Minor League Attendance

This season, Minor League teams drew a combined 41,710,357 fans, an increase of 377,078 over the 2005 record-setting total. The total includes 176 teams in the 14 affiliated domestic leagues in the United States and Canada, plus the 16 teams in the Triple-A Mexican League.
The 2004 season marked the first year in which Minor League Baseball had increased its attendance in more than 50 years, drawing 39,887,755. The record didn't stand long as the 2005 season brought a boost of almost a million and a half more fans.

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