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Is Missouri the only SEC school where softball massively outdraws baseball?
Posted on 5/23/24 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 5/23/24 at 12:17 pm
Mizzou softball ranked 4th in the nation, averaging 2,520 fans per game. Source.
By contrast, Mizzou baseball ranked just 62nd in the nation, averaging just 1,315 attendees per game. Good enough for a distant last place in the SEC. About half of what the softball program managed. Mizzou softball also outdrew Georgia baseball (2,456 per game) and Oklahoma baseball (1,837 per game).
On the one hand, pretty embarrassing stuff for our baseball program. On the other hand, it makes me think the potential might be there if Mizzou made the right coaching hire and built a proper baseball stadium.
By contrast, Mizzou baseball ranked just 62nd in the nation, averaging just 1,315 attendees per game. Good enough for a distant last place in the SEC. About half of what the softball program managed. Mizzou softball also outdrew Georgia baseball (2,456 per game) and Oklahoma baseball (1,837 per game).
On the one hand, pretty embarrassing stuff for our baseball program. On the other hand, it makes me think the potential might be there if Mizzou made the right coaching hire and built a proper baseball stadium.
This post was edited on 5/23/24 at 12:18 pm
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Posted on 5/23/24 at 12:26 pm to BreakawayZou83
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Georgia baseball (2,456 per game)
This is crazy.
Georgia really does fit the mold for a true sleeping giant in college baseball. So much in-state talent, baseball fans up and down the state, and one of the best teams in the MLB an hour down the road. How they aren’t able to harness all this in the form of fan interest and support is really a curiosity
Posted on 5/23/24 at 12:31 pm to BreakawayZou83
Mizzou hoops: women > men
Posted on 5/23/24 at 12:32 pm to BreakawayZou83
I would guess OU Softball outdraws Baseball. Just look at the difference in their ballparks.
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Posted on 5/23/24 at 12:39 pm to Farmer1906
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I would guess OU Softball outdraws Baseball. Just look at the difference in their ballparks.
Just like Mizzou.
Softball:
vs. Baseball:
Posted on 5/23/24 at 12:41 pm to BreakawayZou83
Probably not the case now, but I'm sure there were many years in the 2000s-early 2010s where Alabama softball outdrew baseball
Posted on 5/23/24 at 12:44 pm to theballguy
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Mizzou hoops: women > men
Mizzou has the third best attendance for men's basketball in the SEC (behind Kentucky and Arkansas).
Posted on 5/23/24 at 1:17 pm to BreakawayZou83
Alabama averages about the same
Softball - 3,745 pre game (#1 nationally) (2023)
Baseball - 3,835 (#20 nationally) (2024)
Softball - 3,745 pre game (#1 nationally) (2023)
Baseball - 3,835 (#20 nationally) (2024)
Posted on 5/23/24 at 1:27 pm to MrWalkingMan
Foley Field only holds 2,760 so we do draw pretty well.
Posted on 5/23/24 at 1:46 pm to Temple of the Dog
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Alabama averages about the same Softball - 3,745 pre game (#1 nationally) (2023)
If there are 3,745 pre game, how many of those leave before the first pitch?
Posted on 5/23/24 at 2:10 pm to BreakawayZou83
OSU baseball attendance averages 4,774 but they’ve always been the baseball school in Oklahoma. Sooners softball stadium is insane though.
Posted on 5/23/24 at 5:03 pm to BreakawayZou83
OU softball 3764 per game
OU baseball 2295 per game
OU baseball 2295 per game
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