2019 CPBL Attendance Review

After 240 regular-season games and five games in the 2019 Taiwan Series, another year of the CPBL season is in the bag. As always, here is the end of season review for the 2019 CPBL attendance record.

In 2019, the CPBL attracted a total 1,398,246 fans across 240 games, an average of 5826 per game. Comparing with 2018 data, the league sees an increase of 6.76%.

The Lamigo Monkeys once again topped the league with an average attendance of 7308, compared with 2018, they had a 1.85% drop. The Chinatrust Brothers had a massive 47.67% increase in attendance coming in second with an average of 6790.

Things are not looking well for the Fubon Guardians and the Uni-Lions, as the Guardians suffered a drop of 8.65% in average attendance with 5175. The Uni-Lions came in last with 4031 fans per game. However, it was only a minor 2.16% dip.

2019 Attendance Games Total Average vs 2018
Lamigo Monkeys 60 438,460 7308 Down 1.85%
Chinatrust Brothers 60 407,401 6790 Up 47.67%
Fubon Guardians 60 310,499 5175 Down 8.65%
Uni-Lions 60 241,886 4031 Down 2.16%
CPBL 240 1,398,246 5826 Up 6.76%

2019 Taiwan Series Attendance

The 2019 Taiwan Series was a showdown between the two of the most popular teams in the CPBL, the Lamigo Monkeys and Chinatrust Brothers. The Monkeys defeated the Brothers 4-1 in the best-of-seven series.

A total of 85,349 fans showed up across five games during the 2019 Taiwan Series. The average attendance for the entire series is at 17,070 with 88% of the stadium capacity rate.

Taiwan Series Stadium Total Capacity %
Game 1 Taoyuan 20,100 20,000 101
Game 2 Taoyuan 18,610 20,000 93
Game 3 Taichung 11,176 19,000 59
Game 4 Taichung 16,110 19,000 85
Game 5 Taichung 19,353 19,000 102
Total Stadium 85,349 97,000 88

Attendance Per Game Chart

Total Attendance Chart

Average Attendance Chart

Attendance Plus Chart (ATT+)

Here is the “average team attendance vs the average league attendance”. In a way, we can call it “ATT+”. Just think of this as the “OPS+”, but for team attendance.

So, how do we use this? The league average will equal to 100. If a team’s ATT+ is 160, then the team is performing 60% better than the average league attendance. Whereas if a team’s ATT+ is at 60, then that team is 40% lower than the average league attendance.

  • Lamigo Monkeys: 125 ATT+ 25% above league average
  • Chinatrust Brothers: 117 ATT+ 17% above league average
  • Fubon Guardians: 89 ATT+ 11% below league average
  • Uni-Lions: 69 ATT+ 31% below league average

Cities Attendance Breakdown

City Total Games Average Attendance vs 2018
Taoyuan 60 7308 Down 1.85%
Xinzhuang 60 5175 Down 7.09%
Taichung 46 6739 Up 53.49%
Tainan 41 4025 Down 5.96%
Kaohsiung 15 4811 Up 36.07%
Tianmu 11 6322 Up 10.41%
Hualien 7 4651 Down 0.28%

Monthly Attendance Breakdown

Monthly Attendance
Total Games Average Attendance
March 12 5841
April 36 5980
May 39 4759
June 33 5548
July 32 5535
August 45 5944
September 38 6506
October 5 10,447

Days Attendance Breakdown: Weekday vs Weekend

Average Attendance Monkeys Brothers Guardians Uni-Lions CPBL
Tuesday 3820 6888 3569 2817 4443
Wednesday 4195 4598 4345 3425 4139
Thursday 4762 4889 3802 3489 4205
Friday 6895 5539 5233 3746 5418
Saturday 11,849 9578 7093 5061 8487
Sunday 8033 7643 5429 4461 6323
Week Day (Mon-Fri) 5182 5398 4423 3444 4619
Weekend (Sat-Sun) 10,088 8611 6227 4750 7405

CPBL Attendance 2016 – 2019 Season

Lamigo Monkeys’ Attendance 2016 – 2019 Season

Chinatrust Brothers’ Attendance 2016 – 2019 Season

Fubon Guardians’ Attendance 2016 – 2019 Season

Uni-Lions’ Attendance 2016 – 2019 Season

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