The Braves completed their regular-season home schedule with attendance of roughly 2.65 million, the team’s highest in 12 years and up about 100,000 — or 4% — from 2018.
The announced attendance of 2,655,100 at SunTrust Park this season was the Braves’ highest since they drew 2.74 million at Turner Field in 2007.
The Braves’ average of 32,779 per game this season ranks 12th among the 30 MLB teams.
MLB defines attendance as tickets sold.
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» MORE: SunTrust Park attendance through the years
Home attendance this year was the Braves’ 10th best in the 54 seasons since moving to Atlanta in 1966 and their best in three years at SunTrust Park.
The franchise record is 3.88 million in 1993 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The Braves drew more than 3 million in each of their first four seasons at Turner Field (1997-2000), but had fallen to 2.02 million by their final year there in 2016, a 93-loss season.
The Braves drew 2,505,297 in 2017, SunTrust Park’s inaugural season, and 2,555,782 in 2018.
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