The A’s hosted the Guardians on Tuesday night for their fifth game of the 2023 MLB season, though just about no one in Oakland was watching. The RingCentral Coliseum drew a shockingly low attendance for the A’s clash against Cleveland, with a recorded 3,407 fans “filling” the stadium.
According to JJ Cooper of Baseball America, the attendance in Oakland was fewer than that of 11 of the 13 Triple A games that took place on the same evening. Of those 11, four drew more than twice the in-attendance audience than the Athletics.
For reference, the Oakland Coliseum has a capacity of 56,782, per Sportsnaut, making it the largest stadium in MLB. The 3,407 fans in attendance on Tuesday represented just 6% of the stadium’s maximum capacity.