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Average MLB ticket price by team in 2017 (in U.S. dollars)

This graph depicts the average MLB ticket prize of all Major

League Baseball teams in 2017. The average MLB ticket

price for a Houston Astros home game is 37.25 U.S. dollars.

Average MLB ticket price - additional information 

During the 2016 MLB season, the league-wide average ticket price stood at

31 U.S. dollars. This marks an increase of approximately 8 U.S. dollars from

the price in the 2006 season. The most expensive ticket on average in the

league cost nearly 55 U.S. dollars during this season, sold by the Boston

Red Sox. The New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs are slightly behind

at roughly 51 U.S. dollars, almost three times as much as the most

affordable ticket in the league sold by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Ticketing revenue makes up a considerable share of the total revenue for all

MLB teams. The Boston Red Sox averaged 170 million U.S. dollar in gate

receipts from 2009 to 2015. Annual ticket sale of the New York

Yankees were inbetween 250 and 320 million U.S. dollars during this period.

In 2015, New York Yankees announced its highest revenue of 516 million

U.S. dollars, constituting 16 percent of the overall revenue in Major League

Baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants came in

second and third on the MLB revenue table in 2015, with about 440 million

U.S. dollars and almost 410 million U.S. dollars in revenue respectively. 

150.63150.63

106.05106.05

102.09102.09

101.08101.08

79.7179.71

78.1978.19

76.0776.07

72.872.8

72.6672.66

69.3169.31

65.2265.22

60.2960.29

59.7459.74

Chicago Cubs

New York Yankees

Boston Red Sox

Atlanta Braves

Cincinnati Reds

Baltimore Orioles

Pittsburgh Pirates

St. Louis Cardinals

San Diego Padres

New York Mets

Cleveland Indians

San Francisco Giants

Washington Nationals

Ticket price in U.S. dollars

59.6359.63

58.4158.41

58.1458.14

57.8557.85

55.6955.69

54.8954.89

54.7154.71

53.8753.87

52.6552.65

51.2651.26

51.1751.17

50.2250.22

48.3248.32

44.9944.99

43.4843.48

32.3232.32

30.2630.26

Colorado Rockies

Oakland Athletics

Arizona Diamondbacks

Miami Marlins

Houston Astros

Minnesota Twins

Milwaukee Brewers

Philadelphia Phillies

Seattle Mariners

Tampa Bay Rays

Detroit Tigers

Texas Rangers

Toronto Blue Jays

Los Angeles Dodgers

Kansas City Royals

Los Angeles Angels

Chicago White Sox

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