In the Twins’ first post-Labor Day home game after a massive trade deadline sell-off, the team drew its smallest September crowd in Target Field history Tuesday night in a blowout 12-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
During a Bark at the Park promotion, the Twins announced a paid crowd of 11,721 on a clear, 75-degree evening.
The previous September low at Target Field was 14,222 fans against Cleveland on Sept. 15, 2021.
There have been smaller crowds for Twins games at Target Field during April and May, when cold weather is more of a factor, but Tuesday’s game brought the second-smallest crowd of the season, even if it included the announced 300 dogs in the crowd.
The Twins drew only 10,240 fans April 14, their lowest-attended game in Target Field history, excluding the 2020 COVID season when there were no fans and the start of the 2021 season when they were COVID-related capacity limits.
The last time the Twins drew such a small crowd to a September home game was Sept. 3, 2003, when they played at the Metrodome. Even Tuesday’s Split the Pot raffle barely surpassed $3,000 when it typically hovers around $10,000.
Since the end of July, the Twins traded away 10 major league players and the Pohlad family announced it was no longer selling the team after exploring a sale for 10 months, bringing on two minority investment groups.
The Twins will likely finish with their worst-attended season at Target Field since the stadium opened in 2010, on pace to draw about 1.80 million fans. Their total attendance last year was 1.95 million, averaging 24,094 fans per home game.
