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Cardinals Continue Home Dominance Despite Poor Attendance

The Cardinals faithful hasn't been showing up lately.
Zach Pressnell|
May 19, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Gordon Graceffo (44) and catcher Pedro Pages (43) celebrate after the Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images
May 19, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Gordon Graceffo (44) and catcher Pedro Pages (43) celebrate after the Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images | Jeff Curry-Imagn Images

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The St. Louis Cardinals have shined this season, and it's took a lot of people by surprise.

The front office is in the midst of a huge change as the keys to the team are being handed from John Mozeliak to Chaim Bloom at the end of the season. This resulted in the Cardinals hardly doing anything in the offseason.

But the players on the field don't seem to care whether the from office was trying to contend or rebuild. All they've done is win this season, no matter if the fanbase or front office supports them. Their best play has come at home, too, despite having the lowest attendance numbers in five years.

According to Baseball Reference, the Cardinals are averaging just over 28,000 tickets sold per home game this season. That ranks them ninth out of 15 National League teams in attendance, good for their worst NL ranking since 1896 (not including the 2020 COVID season).

Attendance and fan support has clearly been a problem, especially considering the Cardinals are a team who routinely sells out the stadium.

But the play at home has been incredible. They're 16-6 at home following the rout of the Detroit tigers on Monday night. Coming into the series with Detroit, the Cardinals had won six of their seven home series' this season, despite the lower attendance numbers.

If the Cardinals continue to win, it's almost a certainty that the fans begin to show up again. At this point, it's a bit embarrassing to see the attendance numbers so relatively low while the team is playing such good baseball.

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ZACH PRESSNELL

Zach Pressnell has experience covering all major US sports at both the professional and collegiate levels. He’s produced content for FanSided, Blog Red Machine, The Game Haus, Bethany College Athletics and the Bethany College online newspaper, He graduated from Bethany College (WV) with a degree in Communications and Media Arts, specializing in Sports Journalism. Pressnell was also a four-year member of the baseball team where he earned himself All-PAC recognition as a pitcher (and a cool Tommy John surgery scar). Now, Pressnell specializes in NFL and MLB coverage for Sports Illustrated’s “On SI” network among others. For all business/marketing inquiries regarding "St. Louis Cardinals On SI," please reach out to Scott Neville: scott@wtfsports.org

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