It’s been nearly a month since the Columbia Fireflies closed out their 2019 season, and we’re already missing #ThirstyThursdays, singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh-inning stretch, and the Fly Guys.
As we count down to Opening Night 2020 (April 9, a.k.a. 128 days from now), we’re taking a look back at the 2019 Fireflies season, by the numbers:
Concessions 🌭
This season at Segra Park, Columbia consumed:
- 6 tons of hot dogs
- 7 tons of chicken tenders
- 13 tons of french fries
- 2.5 tons of pulled pork
- 1,800 kegs of beer, which equals about 222,000 pints
Schedule 📆
The team typically plays a 140-game season, which can be affected by rainouts. Here are the numbers from the 2019 season:
- 136: Total number of games
- 66: Home games
- 4: Home-game rainouts
- 56: Total number of different players that appeared in games
Fans 👨👩👧👧
Take me out to the croooowds.
- 1,073,276: Total attendance at games from 2016-2019 (We eclipsed the 1 million fan mark during the 2019 season – WTG, Cola 👏)
- 268,319: Average attendance per season
- 172,414: Attendance at non-Fireflies Baseball events at Segra Park from 2016-Aug. 2019
- 611: Total number of special events held at Segra Park from Mar. 2016-Aug. 2019
Stats ⚾
Stats from home games this season + all seasons:
- 34: Home runs hit by the Fireflies in 2019
- 588: Strikeouts thrown by Fireflies pitchers in 2019
- 136: Home runs hit by the Fireflies from 2016-2019
- 2,361: Strikeouts thrown by Fireflies pitchers from 2016-2019
Good work, everybody. Now, click below to start planning for next season (we recommend printing the schedule + sticking it on the office fridge), and follow the team on Facebook, Instagram + Twitter for updates. Ⓟ
