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Competitive Balancing Act II, Scene III—This Is Pop: Redefining Large- and Small-Market by Population

2004-04-17 01:33

by Mike Carminati

Other entries in the series:

Competitive Balancing Act I—The King James Version: An Overview of the Literature, Scenes I, II, III, and IV
Competitive Balancing Act II—This Is Pop: Redefining Large- and Small-Market by Population, Scenes I, II, and III
Competitive Balancing Act III—C'mon Freddy, Everyone into the Poo-el: Reviewing the Available Player Pool
Competitive Balancing Act IV—Natural Resources: Attendance and Competitive Balance

The previous section contained an anecdotal history of the team movements and expansions to new markets, a nice and easy review. "Y' know, every now and then I think you might like to hear something nice and easy. But there's just one thing: you see, we never ever do nothing nice and easy. We always do it nice and rough. So…we're gonna do the finish rough." (Thank you, Tina)

What would one of my studies without heaping gobs of tables? So here goes. First is a comparison of large and small market teams using various stats:

Yr	#	PCT	POS	ATT/G	BA	OBP	SLUG	OPS	ERA
1871	0.50	1.47	0.43	N/A	1.03	1.03	1.01	1.02	0.85
1872	0.22	1.48	0.45	N/A	1.05	1.09	1.02	1.05	0.67
1873	0.80	1.10	0.71	N/A	0.94	0.95	0.91	0.93	0.91
1874	0.60	1.05	0.94	N/A	0.91	0.92	0.87	0.89	0.94
1875	0.44	1.05	0.95	N/A	1.07	1.06	1.07	1.07	0.99
1876	0.60	0.94	1.06	N/A	1.11	1.09	1.13	1.11	1.22
1877	0.20	0.86	1.56	N/A	1.03	1.03	1.01	1.02	1.25
1878	0.00	0.00	0.00	N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1879	0.14	1.19	0.88	N/A	1.02	1.02	1.03	1.03	0.98
1880	0.14	1.75	0.20	N/A	1.17	1.16	1.15	1.15	0.79
1881	0.14	1.40	0.20	N/A	1.16	1.14	1.14	1.14	0.86
1882	0.56	0.99	0.83	N/A	0.99	1.00	0.96	0.98	1.07
1883	1.29	1.12	0.74	N/A	1.01	1.00	1.03	1.02	0.92
1884	1.00	1.13	0.69	N/A	1.06	1.07	1.09	1.08	0.96
1885	1.29	1.15	0.82	N/A	1.04	1.04	1.07	1.06	1.00
1886	1.29	1.09	1.09	N/A	0.99	0.99	0.98	0.98	1.02
1887	1.67	1.24	0.67	N/A	1.03	1.04	1.04	1.04	0.93
1888	1.29	1.44	0.41	N/A	1.04	1.05	1.09	1.07	0.75
1889	1.29	1.51	0.41	N/A	1.04	1.06	1.08	1.07	0.79
1890	1.27	1.07	0.95	N/A	1.02	1.00	1.05	1.02	1.00
1891	0.70	1.14	0.68	N/A	1.03	1.02	1.05	1.03	1.00
1892	1.00	1.14	0.77	N/A	1.03	1.04	1.03	1.04	1.00
1893	1.00	1.08	0.86	N/A	1.02	1.00	1.05	1.02	0.92
1894	1.00	1.18	0.66	N/A	1.05	1.03	1.04	1.04	0.96
1895	1.00	1.02	0.95	N/A	0.99	1.00	0.99	1.00	1.07
1896	1.00	0.90	1.36	N/A	0.98	0.98	0.99	0.98	1.11
1897	1.00	0.93	1.17	N/A	1.00	0.99	1.01	1.00	1.09
1898	1.00	0.95	1.05	N/A	0.99	0.98	1.00	0.99	0.99
1899	1.00	1.30	0.59	N/A	1.03	1.04	1.04	1.04	0.83
1900	1.67	1.01	1.06	N/A	1.03	1.04	1.01	1.02	1.07
1901	1.29	1.02	0.92	1.15	1.03	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.02
1902	1.00	0.92	1.25	1.17	0.98	0.99	0.96	0.98	1.01
1903	1.29	1.17	0.70	1.24	1.03	1.05	1.02	1.03	0.98
1904	1.29	1.21	0.74	1.27	1.04	1.04	1.06	1.05	0.90
1905	1.29	1.28	0.62	1.49	1.06	1.05	1.06	1.06	0.86
1906	1.29	1.47	0.41	1.61	1.07	1.08	1.07	1.08	0.81
1907	1.29	1.33	0.52	1.50	1.00	1.03	1.01	1.02	0.87
1908	1.29	1.13	0.78	1.30	0.99	1.02	1.00	1.01	0.96
1909	1.29	1.25	0.70	1.34	1.00	1.00	1.04	1.02	0.81
1910	1.29	1.25	0.56	1.26	1.02	1.01	1.04	1.02	0.87
1911	1.29	1.26	0.59	1.45	1.02	1.00	1.05	1.03	0.84
1912	1.29	1.01	1.09	1.30	1.02	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01
1913	1.29	1.15	0.70	1.71	1.03	1.02	1.04	1.03	0.92
1914	1.18	1.03	0.95	1.10	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.00
1915	1.18	0.92	1.18	1.19	0.99	1.00	1.01	1.01	1.15
1916	1.29	1.06	0.74	1.64	1.03	1.02	1.06	1.04	1.01
1917	1.29	1.11	0.82	1.77	1.01	1.02	1.02	1.02	0.92
1918	1.29	1.00	1.03	1.46	1.00	1.00	0.99	1.00	1.08
1919	1.29	1.07	0.78	1.57	1.03	1.01	1.06	1.04	1.04
1920	1.29	1.07	0.87	1.86	0.99	1.00	1.03	1.01	0.96
1921	1.29	0.92	1.30	1.58	1.01	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.10
1922	1.29	1.02	0.92	1.39	1.01	1.02	1.01	1.01	1.04
1923	1.29	1.05	0.87	1.68	1.03	1.04	1.05	1.05	1.04
1924	1.29	1.04	0.92	1.54	1.01	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.07
1925	1.29	0.96	1.46	1.31	0.99	1.00	0.99	1.00	1.04
1926	1.29	1.07	0.97	1.38	1.00	1.01	1.01	1.01	0.94
1927	1.29	1.07	0.92	1.52	1.02	1.03	1.05	1.04	0.97
1928	1.29	1.05	0.97	1.51	1.00	1.01	1.03	1.02	0.97
1929	1.29	1.14	0.70	2.12	1.04	1.04	1.11	1.08	1.00
1930	1.29	1.10	0.82	1.90	1.05	1.05	1.09	1.07	1.02
1931	1.29	1.08	0.82	1.72	1.04	1.06	1.09	1.07	1.03
1932	1.29	1.16	0.70	1.80	1.04	1.05	1.10	1.08	1.00
1933	1.29	1.02	0.82	1.49	1.01	1.03	1.04	1.04	1.05
1934	1.29	1.08	0.82	1.67	1.02	1.03	1.05	1.04	1.01
1935	1.29	1.13	0.74	1.57	1.02	1.02	1.05	1.03	0.94
1936	1.29	1.03	0.85	1.51	1.03	1.03	1.04	1.03	1.00
1937	2.20	1.18	0.67	1.83	1.00	1.02	1.05	1.04	0.95
1938	2.20	1.03	0.91	1.37	0.96	1.00	0.97	0.99	0.99
1939	2.20	1.07	0.97	1.44	0.98	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.98
1940	2.20	0.97	1.10	1.46	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.98
1941	2.20	0.92	1.03	1.44	0.99	0.99	1.02	1.01	1.04
1942	2.20	0.95	1.18	1.41	1.00	0.99	0.99	0.99	1.03
1943	2.20	0.84	1.88	1.15	0.98	0.98	0.95	0.97	1.12
1944	1.29	0.93	1.15	1.42	1.00	1.00	0.98	0.99	1.09
1945	1.29	0.99	0.97	1.60	1.01	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.05
1946	0.78	1.05	0.92	1.52	0.99	1.02	1.00	1.01	0.94
1947	0.78	1.06	0.77	1.45	1.02	1.03	1.06	1.05	1.03
1948	0.78	0.98	1.29	1.30	0.99	0.99	1.00	0.99	0.98
1949	0.78	1.03	0.97	1.38	1.00	1.00	1.01	1.01	0.98
1950	0.78	1.04	0.87	1.46	1.01	0.99	1.04	1.02	0.96
1951	0.78	1.11	0.82	1.46	1.02	1.02	1.06	1.04	0.97
1952	0.78	0.98	0.82	1.41	1.01	1.00	1.02	1.01	1.00
1953	1.00	1.03	0.95	1.25	1.01	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.04
1954	1.00	1.08	0.80	1.03	1.02	1.02	1.04	1.03	0.98
1955	1.29	1.16	0.74	0.96	1.01	1.02	1.04	1.03	0.88
1956	1.29	1.04	0.97	0.95	1.02	1.02	1.03	1.02	0.95
1957	1.29	1.08	0.87	0.94	0.98	1.02	0.98	0.99	0.91
1958	1.29	1.02	0.92	1.07	1.03	1.03	1.05	1.04	1.02
1959	1.29	1.10	0.66	1.26	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.96
1960	1.29	0.95	1.30	1.24	0.99	1.00	0.99	0.99	1.01
1961	1.25	1.03	0.82	1.13	1.00	1.01	1.03	1.02	1.02
1962	1.50	1.04	0.80	1.31	1.00	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.02
1963	1.50	1.03	0.89	1.29	1.01	1.00	1.01	1.00	0.96
1964	1.50	1.04	0.93	1.30	1.01	1.00	0.99	1.00	0.95
1965	1.50	0.96	1.00	1.05	0.97	0.98	0.95	0.96	0.96
1966	1.50	0.97	1.12	1.01	0.98	0.99	0.98	0.99	1.02
1967	1.22	1.02	0.85	1.06	0.96	0.99	0.95	0.97	0.94
1968	1.00	0.93	1.39	1.20	0.94	0.97	0.97	0.97	1.07
1969	1.18	0.99	1.07	1.32	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.96
1970	1.00	0.95	1.24	1.33	0.98	0.99	0.95	0.97	1.01
1971	0.85	0.96	1.13	1.34	0.99	1.00	0.98	0.99	1.02
1972	0.85	0.99	1.02	1.40	0.97	0.99	0.96	0.97	0.99
1973	0.85	0.96	1.18	1.28	0.98	0.99	0.95	0.97	0.97
1974	0.85	0.97	1.18	1.27	1.01	1.01	1.00	1.00	1.04
1975	1.00	0.93	1.33	1.16	0.99	0.99	0.97	0.98	1.06
1976	1.00	0.98	1.05	1.24	0.98	0.98	0.99	0.98	1.00
1977	1.17	1.04	0.89	1.29	1.01	1.01	1.03	1.02	0.94
1978	1.17	1.01	0.93	1.29	1.02	1.01	1.00	1.01	1.00
1979	1.17	1.01	1.14	1.31	1.01	1.00	1.01	1.01	1.00
1980	1.17	0.99	1.10	1.35	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.03
1981	1.36	1.03	1.06	1.42	1.01	1.02	1.01	1.01	0.96
1982	1.36	1.02	1.16	1.18	1.00	1.01	1.00	1.01	0.98
1983	1.36	1.07	0.80	1.23	1.01	1.01	1.03	1.02	0.95
1984	1.17	1.09	0.82	1.43	1.01	1.01	1.05	1.03	0.94
1985	1.17	1.13	0.76	1.40	1.01	1.02	1.05	1.04	0.94
1986	1.17	1.13	0.67	1.35	1.02	1.02	1.03	1.03	0.96
1987	1.17	1.02	1.30	1.24	0.99	0.99	1.01	1.00	0.97
1988	1.17	0.98	1.01	1.12	1.00	1.00	1.01	1.01	1.04
1989	1.60	1.05	0.77	1.22	1.01	1.01	1.02	1.01	1.00
1990	1.60	1.08	0.71	1.24	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.98
1991	1.60	0.95	1.11	1.16	0.97	0.98	1.00	0.99	1.05
1992	1.60	0.96	1.29	1.21	0.96	0.99	0.98	0.99	1.03
1993	1.80	1.14	0.64	1.16	1.00	1.02	1.02	1.02	0.89
1994	1.80	1.04	0.86	1.10	0.98	1.00	0.99	1.00	0.95
1995	1.80	1.00	1.03	1.12	0.98	1.00	0.98	0.99	0.97
1996	1.80	0.95	1.03	0.95	0.97	0.97	0.98	0.97	0.98
1997	1.80	1.09	0.79	1.09	1.00	1.02	1.00	1.01	0.94
1998	1.73	1.10	0.71	0.94	1.02	1.02	1.04	1.03	0.98
1999	1.73	1.05	0.77	1.02	0.99	1.00	1.01	1.01	0.97
2000	1.73	1.04	0.77	1.06	1.00	1.01	1.03	1.02	0.99
2001	1.73	1.10	0.76	1.02	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.92
2002	1.73	1.16	0.81	1.27	1.02	1.02	1.04	1.03	0.90
2003	1.73	1.13	0.62	1.33	1.00	1.00	1.02	1.01	0.89
Avg	1.22	1.07	0.89	1.34	1.00	1.01	1.01	1.01	0.97

Here are the minimum and maximum populations for all cities represented (prorated by team for multiple-team locations) as well as the cutoff and the percentage of the max each of the other two represents:

Yr	Max Pop	City	Min Pop	City	Min/Max	Cutoff Pop	City	% Max
1871	1,521,463	New York	11,257	Rockford	0.74%	319,398	Chicago	20.99%
1872	1,564,822	New York	6,904	Middletown	0.44%	318,795	St. Louis	20.37%
1873	1,608,182	New York	23,051	Elizabeth	1.43%	360,239	Chicago	22.40%
1874	1,651,541	New York	20,737	Hartford	1.26%	380,660	Chicago	23.05%
1875	1,694,901	New York	12,442	Keokuk	0.73%	306,533	Boston	18.09%
1876	1,738,260	New York	27,830	Hartford	1.60%	421,502	Chicago	24.25%
1877	441,923	Chicago	31,376	Hartford	7.10%	441,923	Chicago	100.00%
1878	462,343	Chicago	69,694	Indianapolis	15.07%	532,550	Brooklyn	115.18%
1879	482,764	Chicago	50,918	Syracuse	10.55%	482,764	Chicago	100.00%
1880	503,185	Chicago	56,747	Troy	11.28%	503,185	Chicago	100.00%
1881	562,852	Chicago	57,168	Troy	10.16%	562,852	Chicago	100.00%
1882	887,129	Philadelphia	57,589	Troy	6.49%	352,738	Baltimore	39.76%
1883	1,045,206	New York	62,598	Columbus	5.99%	267,670	Cincinnati	25.61%
1884	1,074,992	New York	23,961	Altoona	2.23%	152,154	Detroit	14.15%
1885	1,104,778	New York	118,502	Providence	10.73%	276,024	Cincinnati	24.98%
1886	1,134,564	New York	101,944	Kansas City	8.99%	280,200	Cincinnati	24.70%
1887	1,164,350	New York	96,322	Indianapolis	8.27%	284,377	Cincinnati	24.42%
1888	2,388,271	New York	99,360	Indianapolis	4.16%	288,554	Cincinnati	12.08%
1889	2,447,842	New York	84,500	Columbus	3.45%	292,731	Cincinnati	11.96%
1890	1,253,707	New York	81,434	Toledo	6.50%	242,039	New Orleans	19.31%
1891	2,600,393	New York	91,891	Columbus	3.53%	303,376	San Francisco	11.67%
1892	2,693,372	New York	145,849	Louisville	5.42%	470,960	Boston	17.49%
1893	2,786,350	New York	153,210	Louisville	5.50%	482,202	Boston	17.31%
1894	2,879,329	New York	160,570	Louisville	5.58%	493,443	Boston	17.14%
1895	2,972,308	New York	167,930	Louisville	5.65%	504,685	Boston	16.98%
1896	3,065,287	New York	175,290	Louisville	5.72%	515,926	Boston	16.83%
1897	3,158,266	New York	182,650	Louisville	5.78%	527,168	Boston	16.69%
1898	1,625,622	New York	190,011	Louisville	11.69%	538,409	Boston	33.12%
1899	1,672,112	New York	197,371	Louisville	11.80%	549,651	Boston	32.87%
1900	1,718,601	New York	321,616	Pittsburgh	18.71%	575,238	St. Louis	33.47%
1901	1,785,083	New York	283,953	Washington	15.91%	359,520	Buffalo	20.14%
1902	1,851,564	New York	289,188	Washington	15.62%	366,653	Buffalo	19.80%
1903	1,278,697	New York	294,423	Washington	23.03%	385,303	Pittsburgh	30.13%
1904	1,323,018	New York	299,658	Washington	22.65%	406,532	Pittsburgh	30.73%
1905	1,367,339	New York	304,894	Washington	22.30%	427,761	Pittsburgh	31.28%
1906	1,411,660	New York	310,129	Washington	21.97%	448,989	Pittsburgh	31.81%
1907	1,455,981	New York	315,364	Washington	21.66%	470,218	Pittsburgh	32.30%
1908	1,500,302	New York	320,599	Washington	21.37%	491,447	Pittsburgh	32.76%
1909	1,544,623	New York	325,834	Washington	21.09%	512,676	Pittsburgh	33.19%
1910	1,588,944	New York	331,069	Washington	20.84%	533,905	Pittsburgh	33.60%
1911	1,617,385	New York	339,166	Boston	20.97%	539,349	Pittsburgh	33.35%
1912	1,645,825	New York	343,040	Boston	20.84%	571,348	Detroit	34.72%
1913	1,674,266	New York	346,914	Boston	20.72%	611,087	Baltimore	36.50%
1914	1,277,030	New York	240,459	St. Louis	18.83%	452,818	San Francisco	35.46%
1915	1,298,360	New York	243,321	St. Louis	18.74%	461,794	San Francisco	35.57%
1916	1,759,587	New York	358,535	Boston	20.38%	663,690	Baltimore	37.72%
1917	1,788,028	New York	362,409	Boston	20.27%	681,224	Baltimore	38.10%
1918	1,816,468	New York	366,283	Boston	20.16%	698,758	Baltimore	38.47%
1919	1,844,909	New York	370,156	Boston	20.06%	716,292	Baltimore	38.83%
1920	1,873,349	New York	374,030	Boston	19.97%	733,826	Baltimore	39.17%
1921	1,917,029	New York	375,686	Boston	19.60%	740,931	Baltimore	38.65%
1922	1,960,709	New York	377,343	Boston	19.25%	748,036	Baltimore	38.15%
1923	2,004,389	New York	378,999	Boston	18.91%	757,998	Boston	37.82%
1924	2,048,069	New York	380,656	Boston	18.59%	762,245	Baltimore	37.22%
1925	2,091,749	New York	382,312	Boston	18.28%	769,350	Baltimore	36.78%
1926	2,135,429	New York	383,968	Boston	17.98%	776,455	Baltimore	36.36%
1927	2,179,109	New York	385,625	Boston	17.70%	783,560	Baltimore	35.96%
1928	2,222,789	New York	387,281	Boston	17.42%	790,664	Baltimore	35.57%
1929	2,266,469	New York	388,938	Boston	17.16%	797,769	Baltimore	35.20%
1930	2,310,149	New York	390,594	Boston	16.91%	804,874	Baltimore	34.84%
1931	2,327,634	New York	410,684	St. Louis	17.64%	821,369	St. Louis	35.29%
1932	2,345,119	New York	410,389	St. Louis	17.50%	827,020	Montreal	35.27%
1933	2,362,604	New York	410,093	St. Louis	17.36%	835,463	Montreal	35.36%
1934	2,380,089	New York	409,798	St. Louis	17.22%	843,906	Montreal	35.46%
1935	2,397,574	New York	409,502	St. Louis	17.08%	831,987	Baltimore	34.70%
1936	2,415,058	New York	409,206	St. Louis	16.94%	837,410	Baltimore	34.67%
1937	2,432,543	New York	408,911	St. Louis	16.81%	869,235	Montreal	35.73%
1938	2,450,028	New York	408,615	St. Louis	16.68%	877,678	Montreal	35.82%
1939	2,467,513	New York	408,320	St. Louis	16.55%	853,677	Baltimore	34.60%
1940	2,484,998	New York	408,024	St. Louis	16.42%	878,336	Cleveland	35.35%
1941	2,666,898	New York	454,988	St. Louis	17.06%	913,730	Baltimore	34.26%
1942	2,848,798	New York	501,953	St. Louis	17.62%	1,003,905	St. Louis	35.24%
1943	3,030,698	New York	548,917	St. Louis	18.11%	1,097,834	St. Louis	36.22%
1944	3,212,598	New York	595,881	St. Louis	18.55%	1,235,095	San Francisco	38.45%
1945	3,394,498	New York	642,846	St. Louis	18.94%	1,385,235	San Francisco	40.81%
1946	3,576,398	New York	689,810	St. Louis	19.29%	1,535,375	San Francisco	42.93%
1947	3,758,298	New York	736,774	St. Louis	19.60%	1,685,515	San Francisco	44.85%
1948	3,940,198	New York	783,738	St. Louis	19.89%	1,835,654	San Francisco	46.59%
1949	4,122,098	New York	830,703	St. Louis	20.15%	1,985,794	San Francisco	48.17%
1950	4,303,998	New York	877,667	St. Louis	20.39%	2,135,934	San Francisco	49.63%
1951	4,387,090	New York	895,134	St. Louis	20.40%	2,187,217	San Francisco	49.86%
1952	4,470,182	New York	912,601	St. Louis	20.42%	2,238,500	San Francisco	50.08%
1953	4,553,274	New York	930,067	St. Louis	20.43%	2,270,896	Pittsburgh	49.87%
1954	4,636,366	New York	1,099,725	Milwaukee	23.72%	2,290,116	Pittsburgh	49.39%
1955	4,719,458	New York	970,600	Kansas City	20.57%	2,309,336	Pittsburgh	48.93%
1956	4,802,550	New York	994,989	Kansas City	20.72%	2,328,555	Pittsburgh	48.49%
1957	4,885,642	New York	1,019,378	Kansas City	20.86%	2,372,417	Cleveland	48.56%
1958	14,906,204	New York	1,043,767	Kansas City	7.00%	2,492,395	Cleveland	16.72%
1959	15,155,480	New York	1,068,156	Kansas City	7.05%	2,597,479	San Francisco	17.14%
1960	15,404,756	New York	1,092,545	Kansas City	7.09%	2,648,762	San Francisco	17.19%
1961	15,567,807	New York	1,110,683	Kansas City	7.13%	2,436,817	Montreal	15.65%
1962	7,865,429	New York	1,128,821	Kansas City	14.35%	2,404,674	Pittsburgh	30.57%
1963	7,946,955	New York	1,146,959	Kansas City	14.43%	2,404,294	Pittsburgh	30.25%
1964	8,028,481	New York	1,165,097	Kansas City	14.51%	2,403,914	Pittsburgh	29.94%
1965	8,110,007	New York	1,183,236	Kansas City	14.59%	2,403,534	Pittsburgh	29.64%
1966	8,191,532	New York	1,201,374	Kansas City	14.67%	2,403,153	Pittsburgh	29.34%
1967	8,273,058	New York	1,219,512	Kansas City	14.74%	2,440,224	Toronto	29.50%
1968	8,354,584	New York	1,479,851	Atlanta	17.71%	2,487,179	Toronto	29.77%
1969	8,436,109	New York	1,255,788	Kansas City	14.89%	2,380,263	St. Louis	28.22%
1970	8,517,635	New York	1,273,926	Kansas City	14.96%	2,410,884	St. Louis	28.30%
1971	8,471,936	New York	1,279,244	Kansas City	15.10%	2,537,341	Dallas-Fort Worth	29.95%
1972	8,426,238	New York	1,284,562	Kansas City	15.24%	2,565,857	Nassau-Suffolk	30.45%
1973	8,380,539	New York	1,289,880	Kansas City	15.39%	2,570,852	Nassau-Suffolk	30.68%
1974	8,334,840	New York	1,295,198	Kansas City	15.54%	2,575,846	Nassau-Suffolk	30.90%
1975	8,289,142	New York	1,300,516	Kansas City	15.69%	2,635,211	Houston	31.79%
1976	8,243,443	New York	1,305,834	Kansas City	15.84%	2,728,427	Houston	33.10%
1977	8,197,744	New York	1,311,152	Kansas City	15.99%	2,602,962	Cleveland	31.75%
1978	8,152,046	New York	1,316,470	Kansas City	16.15%	2,679,995	Cleveland	32.88%
1979	8,106,347	New York	1,321,788	Kansas City	16.31%	2,757,029	Cleveland	34.01%
1980	8,060,649	New York	1,327,106	Kansas City	16.46%	2,819,835	Montreal	34.98%
1981	8,221,684	New York	1,352,683	Kansas City	16.45%	2,828,349	Montreal	34.40%
1982	8,382,720	New York	1,378,260	Kansas City	16.44%	2,839,178	Cleveland	33.87%
1983	8,543,756	New York	1,403,837	Kansas City	16.43%	2,841,737	Cleveland	33.26%
1984	8,704,792	New York	1,429,414	Kansas City	16.42%	2,863,421	Miami	32.89%
1985	8,865,828	New York	1,454,991	Kansas City	16.41%	2,918,282	Miami	32.92%
1986	9,026,863	New York	1,480,567	Kansas City	16.40%	2,973,142	Miami	32.94%
1987	9,187,899	New York	1,506,144	Kansas City	16.39%	3,007,685	Montreal	32.74%
1988	9,348,935	New York	1,531,721	Kansas City	16.38%	3,037,574	Montreal	32.49%
1989	9,509,971	New York	1,557,298	Kansas City	16.38%	3,067,463	Montreal	32.26%
1990	9,671,007	New York	1,582,875	Kansas City	16.37%	3,097,353	Montreal	32.03%
1991	9,763,899	New York	1,602,194	Kansas City	16.41%	3,127,242	Montreal	32.03%
1992	9,856,792	New York	1,621,512	Kansas City	16.45%	3,190,400	Atlanta	32.37%
1993	9,949,684	New York	1,631,900	Milwaukee	16.40%	3,206,924	Montreal	32.23%
1994	10,042,577	New York	1,640,139	Milwaukee	16.33%	3,246,765	Montreal	32.33%
1995	10,135,470	New York	1,648,378	Milwaukee	16.26%	3,286,606	Montreal	32.43%
1996	10,228,362	New York	1,656,616	Milwaukee	16.20%	3,326,447	Montreal	32.52%
1997	10,321,255	New York	1,664,855	Milwaukee	16.13%	3,379,430	Seattle	32.74%
1998	10,414,147	New York	1,673,094	Milwaukee	16.07%	3,366,408	Montreal	32.33%
1999	10,507,040	New York	1,681,333	Milwaukee	16.00%	3,386,389	Montreal	32.23%
2000	10,599,933	New York	1,689,572	Milwaukee	15.94%	3,406,369	Montreal	32.14%
2001	10,692,825	New York	1,697,811	Milwaukee	15.88%	3,426,350	Montreal	32.04%
2002	10,785,718	New York	1,706,050	Milwaukee	15.82%	3,454,555	Phoenix	32.03%
2003	10,878,610	New York	1,714,289	Milwaukee	15.76%	3,555,895	Phoenix	32.69%
Avg					14.94%			34.60%

To be continued…

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