In the Rangers’ final home series of the season, attendance at Globe Life Field averaged around 29,000 fans per game. The Arlington ballpark has a standard baseball seating capacity of 40,300.
The three-game series against the New York Mets meant a great deal to the Rangers. Winning it would have allowed them to maintain their division lead and move closer to the postseason. Instead, they lost two of the three games, putting themselves in a difficult position.
Given what was at stake, sellout crowds at Globe Life Field might have been expected to spur the team toward its first postseason appearance in three years. But the atmosphere in the stands at the Arlington ballpark didn’t seem to match the importance of the series.
On Tuesday, the Rangers fell 6-3 to the Mets, with 24,191 fans in attendance. On Wednesday, the Mets beat the Rangers 7-2 in front of 30,188 fans. On Thursday, Texas won 3-1, with 25,320 fans attending the team’s final regular-season home game at Globe Life Field.
Before the game, tickets were available on MLB.com for as little as $6.
The Rangers finished the regular season with 2,406,217 fans across 81 home games, an average of 29,706 per game. They ranked 15th in MLB attendance.