{"id":156238,"date":"2018-10-24T08:19:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T13:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=156238"},"modified":"2018-10-24T16:26:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T21:26:17","slug":"best-worse-baseball-cities-ranked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=156238","title":{"rendered":"Best, Worst baseball cities, ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>With the 2018 World Series in full gear and tickets to see the games live costing hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-baseball-cities\/12864\/\">Best Baseball Cities<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-baseball-cities\/12864\/#videos-for-news-use\">accompanying videos<\/a> to go along with its <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/blog\/world-series-fun-facts\/7683\/\">World Series Facts \u2013 Red Sox vs. Dodgers<\/a> infographic.<\/p>\n<p>To determine the best places to be a fan of America\u2019s third most followed sport, WalletHub compared 360 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional baseball team across 31 key metrics. They range from performance level of team(s) to average ticket price to stadium accessibility.<\/p>\n<table width=\"441\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\" width=\"441\"><strong><u>Top 20 Baseball Cities <\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"31\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">New York, NY<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">11<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Oakland, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"31\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">Los Angeles, CA<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Minneapolis, MN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"31\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">St. Louis, MO<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">13<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Detroit, MI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"31\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">Atlanta, GA<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">St. Petersburg, FL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"31\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">Chicago, IL<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">15<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Baltimore, MD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"31\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">San Francisco, CA<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">16<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Milwaukee, WI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"31\">7<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">Cincinnati, OH<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">17<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Cleveland, OH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"31\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">Boston, MA<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">18<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Philadelphia, PA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"31\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">Pittsburgh, PA<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">19<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">San Diego, CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"31\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">Arlington, TX<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"36\">20<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">Kansas City, MO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><u>Best vs. Worst<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MLB: <\/strong>The Chicago Cubs have the best\u00a0<strong>performance\u00a0level<\/strong>,\u00a060.21 percent, which\u00a0is 1.5 times better than that of the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Reds, the teams with the worst at 41.15 percent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>MiLB: <\/strong>The Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders have the best\u00a0<strong>performance\u00a0level<\/strong>,\u00a060.29 percent,\u00a0which is 1.7 times better than that of the\u00a0Bristol Pirates, the team with the worst at 35.71 percent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NCAA: <\/strong>The Oregon State Beavers\u00a0have the best\u00a0<strong>performance\u00a0level<\/strong>,\u00a078.67 percent, which\u00a0is 9.9 times better than that of the\u00a0Saint Peters Peacocks, the team with the worst at 7.93 percent.<\/li>\n<li>Phoenix has the\u00a0lowest<strong>\u00a0average season ticket price (for MLB games)<\/strong>, $19.65, which\u00a0is 2.9 times less expensive than in\u00a0Boston, the city with the highest at $56.97.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To view the full report and your city\u2019s rank, please visit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-baseball-cities\/12864\/\">https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-baseball-cities\/12864\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More from WalletHub<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-worst-cities-for-football-fans\/9691\/\">Best &amp; 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