MLB opening day attendance 2023: Sellout crowds for Yankees, Padres, and more

MLB announced that the 2023 edition set a record for first-round attendance, with 1,010,999 people making it to the stadiums on Opening Day. It was the most-attended round in MLB history and a 98% increase over the previous record of 510,056 in 2017.

MLB Opening Day arrived and went by fast. All the ballclubs hit the field, much to the joy of baseball fans, commentators and everyone else involved with this beautiful sport.

"Today's #OpeningDay attendance at Yankee Stadium: 46,172 (sellout)" - Bryan Hoch

The professional baseball league also said that the tournament's average attendance of 25,275 set a first-round record, surpassing the previous average of 20,402 by 24%.

"52,075 fans in attendance for Dodgers #OpeningDay. First sellout of the season." - Doug McKain

"Opening Day attendance at Petco Park: 45,103.It is a sellout.The next three games are already sold out, too.They're playing the Rockies." - Alden Gonzalez

Stadium attendance has been up in the U.S. recently. The LoanDepot Park in Miami, where Pool D WBC matches were held, established the record for the most-attended World Baseball Classic round in U.S. history, with 295,850 people, an increase of 81%.

Mexico's triumph over Team USA at Chase Field on March 12 drew 47,534 people, a WBC attendance record for any first-round game.

MLB Opening Day 2023 attendances & updates

Opening Day 2023 provided about everything baseball fans could have hoped for.

In New York, a finer screenplay couldn't have been written as Aaron Judge went deep on the first pitch he saw this season to pick up right where he left off. In a five-hit effort, Adley Rutschman led the Baltimore Orioles to a 10-9 victory, and Baltimore demonstrated why many consider it an exciting sleeper option.

Later in the day, spectators were treated to a couple of tense games. A game between two perennial Cy Young hopefuls, Aaron Nola of Philadelphia and Jacob deGrom of Texas, ended in a wild 11-7 victory for the Rangers. The Blue Jays and Cardinals traded leads four times before Toronto won 10-9.