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List of World Series Television Ratings - TV baseball ratings

Submitted by Scholar Muchu on Fri, 2005-10-28 22:36.

Major League Baseball has a problem with television ratings. The 2005 World Series was the lowest rated ever. Baseball hasn't be a big draw since the 1990s and that's due to a variety of reasons.

How bad has the fall been for baseball? Look at this list of world series television ratings:

Year Rating Share
1973 30.7 57
1974 25.6 47
1975 29 53
1976 27.7 48
1977 29.9 52
1978 32.7 56
1979 28 51
1980 32.8 56
1981 30 49
1982 28 49
1983 23.3 41
1984 22.9 40
1985 25.3 39
1986 28.6 46
1987 24 41
1988 23.9 39
1989 16.4 30
1990 20.8 36
1991 24 39
1992 20.2 34
1993 17.3 30
1995 19.5 33
1996 17.4 29
1997 16.8 29
1998 14.1 24
1999 16 26
2000 12.4 21
2001 15.7 25
2002 11.9 20
2003 13.9 25
2004 15.8 25
2005 11.1 19

1994 isn't shown as the world series was canceled that year.

To really see how bad the world series ratings have fallen, take a look at this chart:

World Series Television Ratings
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