The average regular season attendance in the minor leagues dropped 1.5 percent this year while the total rose slightly, said the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues.
Triple-A Lehigh Valley (Pa.) led U.S. teams in total attendance (622,421) for the second straight year and in average (9,153) for the third year in a row.


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